TEAC DP-008 DP-008 Owner's Manual - Page 5

1 - Introduction 7 Overview of this unit 7 About this manual 7 Manual conventions 7 Product parts 7 Intellectual property rights 8 About SD cards 8 Precautions for use 8 Cautions on installation 9 Beware of condensation 9 Cleaning the unit 9 2 - Quick Start Guides 10 Playback and mixing 10 Preparing to listen to the demo song.. 10 Playing and mixing the demo song.......11 From recording to creating a master track.13 Creating a new song 13 Connecting and setting the input sources 14 Setting the guitar as TRACK 1 recording source 15 Adjusting the input level and monitoring 15 Recording guitar to TRACK 1 16 Listening to your recording 16 Record guitar to TRACK 2 17 Record vocals on TRACK 3 18 Mixing the tracks 20 Mastering the mix 20 Shutting down the unit 23 3 - Names and Functions of Parts. 24 Top panel 24 Front panel 26 Rear panel 27 Right side panel 28 Bottom panel 29 Home Screen 30 4 - Preparations 31 Preparing the power and SD card 31 Installing an SD card 31 Preparing the power 31 Connecting an AC adaptor (sold separately 32 Start-up & shutdown 32 Starting up the unit 32 Shutting down 32 Formatting SD cards 33 Recorder modes 33 Connecting with other equipment 34 Table of Contents Rear panel connections 34 Right side panel connections 34 Adjusting the contrast 34 Setting the backlight 35 5 - Song Management 36 Partitions and songs 36 Selecting the active partition 36 Editing names 37 Loading a saved song 37 Creating a new song 37 Saving a song 38 Viewing song information 38 Copying songs 38 Erasing songs 39 Protecting songs 40 6 - Basic Recording 41 Selecting the input source 41 Phantom power 41 Monitoring input signals 42 About the OL indicators and level meters.42 Assigning inputs 43 Using input EQ 43 Making the first recording 44 Multitrack recording 45 REC indicator settings 45 Track pan and level settings 45 Input selection and assignment .......... 45 Input level settings 45 Making additional recordings 45 Mixdown 45 Level and balance 45 Stereo position (panning 45 Track EQ (equalizer 45 Reverb 46 Muting tracks 47 Mastering 48 Setting the end point 48 Recording the master track 48 Undoing operations (undo 49 Undoing the last operation (single undo 50 Undoing a previous operation (multi-undo 50 Erasing the operation history 51 7 - Recorder Functions 52 Punching in and out 52 Using the foot switch to punch in/out .52 Setting the foot switch polarity .......... 52 Bouncing tracks 53 Using the bounce function 53 TASCAM DP-008 5