User manual TASCAM DP-02

[. . . ] » DP-02 DP-02CF DIGITAL PORTASTUDIO OWNER'S MANUAL D01001200A IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. This appliance has a se rial numbe r located on the rear panel. [. . . ] The screen shows: TIP This repeat interval allows you to reposition your hands for a guitar lick, take a breath for a vocal phrase, etc. , when you are rehearsing. Press NO/EXIT to exit the interval setting mode. Use the DATA dial to set the repeat interval from 0. 5 seconds to 9. 9 seconds in 0. 1 second steps. Working in bars & beats Besides working in minutes and seconds (as explained in detail in "Direct location" on page 29), the unit can work in musical bars and beats. This is especially useful when working with external MIDI devices (see "Working with MIDI" on page 37). TIP "Bars" are also sometimes referred to as "measures". Tempo setting For the bars/beats function to be useful, you must set up a tempo and time signature. These allow the unit to calculate where the bar and beat divisions fall, based on the tempo of your song. With playback stopped, press MENU and select the M D menu. I (tempo and time signature) TS G action and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key: 3. There are two parameters here, the tempo and the time signature. Use the cursor and DATA dial to set these. The tempo is measured in beats per minute (bpm) and can be set from 20 to 250. The time signature can be set with the number of beats to the bar (1 through 12) and the number of beats per whole note (1, 2, 4, or 8). TIP Most rock and pop music is in 4/4 (with a few famous exceptions). Some country and folk songs, as well as waltzes, are in 3/4. Selecting the time mode Once the time signature and tempo are set, the unit can map the bar and beat divisions to the time. To display bars and beats: On the "home" screen, move the cursor to the ABS field: With the cursor at BAR turn the DATA dial counterclock, wise to return to the time-based display. Location is performed in the same way as described in "Location" on page 29, except that there are only two fields now, bars and beats. Track editing is also performed in the same way as described in "About track editing" on page 47, but because the editing points are now set to a bars and beats-based position, the editing can be more "musical". Location mark and Point editing Even when the screen shows positions in bars and beats, location points are edited in minutes and seconds ("To edit a location mark" on page 29 and "IN, OUT and TO marks" on page 48 ), except that the bars and beats equivalent is also shown. TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF Turn the DATA dial clockwise. ABS changes to BAR and the current position in bars and beats is shown, with the tempo shown on the right of the screen: 2 ­ Advanced techniques IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When both LOCATE LIST (µ/ ) keys are held down together in "bars and beats" mode, the display looks something like this: directly, but change, together with the absolute time value, as the DATA dial is turned: NOTE Use the cursor (¶, §) keys to select the mark to trim, and press the ¥ cursor key to show the trim screen. Selecting a point to edit shows the bars and beats below the absolute time value. The bars and beats cannot be set IN, OUT and TO points do not show the bars/beats value when being edited. Metronome To help you keep in time, the unit provides an internal metronome function and a MIDI metronome function. The internal metronome function allows you to listen to the metronome on the unit, while the MIDI metronome function generates a metronome output on the MIDI interface. 1 Press MENU, use the DATA dial or cursor (¶, § ) keys to select the M D menu, and press the ¥ II cursor or YES/ENTER key. Select the METRONOME item, and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key. When "MIDI" is selected at "Output" [MIDI metronome] ª This setting generates a metronome output via the MIDI interface. Generally, percussion type sounds are used as the metronome. You can select MIDI channel, note/note on velocity of a regular click, and note/note on velocity of an accent. 2 When "INTERNAL" is selected at "Output" [internal metronome] ª Scroll the list to set the following parameters: Mode Select from REC ONL (only at recording) and Y R C P A (at recording and playback). [. . . ] AE XOT ATR See "Exporting the mastered stereo tracks" on page 47. Save a track's contents to PC MENU ® W V ® E P R T A K AE XOT RC See "Exporting tracks" on page 46. Select the active disk partition MENU ® D S ® P R I I N (DP-02) IK A TTO See "Selecting the active partition" on CARD ® P R I I N (DP-02CF) A TTO page 38. Set a location mark Press SHIFT + INSERT See "Location marks" on page 29. [. . . ]