TASCAM DP-004 Owners Manual English - Page 5

Table of Contents 1-Introduction 8 Overview of this unit 8 About this manual 8 Manual conventions 8 Product parts 9 Trademarks 9 About SD cards 10 Precautions for use 10 Beware of condensation 10 Cleaning the unit 10 2-Quick Start Guides 11 QSG 1-Playback and mixing 11 Preparing to listen to the demo song 11 Playing and mixing the demo song 13 Shutting down the unit 15 QSG 2-Recording and mastering 15 Connecting and setting the input sources 15 Loading a song file 17 Setting the guitar as track 1 recording source 18 Adjusting the input level and monitoring 18 Recording guitar to track 1 19 Listening to your recording 20 Adding another recording (1)-record guitar to track 2....... 21 Adding another recording (2)-record vocals on track 3...... 22 Mixing the tracks 24 Mastering the mix 25 Shutting down the unit 27 3-Names and Functions of Parts 28 Top panel 28 Front panel 31 Rear panel 31 Right side panel 32 Left side panel 32 Bottom 33 4-Preparations 34 Preparing the power and SD card 34 Installing an SD card 34 Preparing the power 35 Installing batteries 35 Connecting an AC adapter (sold separately 36 Start-up & shutdown 36 Starting up the unit 36 Shutting down 37 Formatting SD cards 38 Display screens 39 Home Screen 39 Screen Organization 40 Using the screens 41 Editing names 43 Recorder modes 44 Connecting with other equipment 45 Rear panel connections 45 Right side panel connections 45 Left side panel connections 46 Setting the contrast 46 TASCAM DP-004 5