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Setting the guitar as the recording source for TRACK 1, Adjusting and monitoring the input level

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2 - Quick Guide Setting the guitar as the recording source for TRACK 1 When you press the ASSIGN button to open the Assign screen, the default screen setting for the recording source is A (INPUT A) for TRACK 1, B (INPUT B) for TRACK 2, C (INPUT C) for TRACK 3, and so on for D to H (INPUT D to H) for TRACK 4 to 8. (See "Assigning inputs" on page 35.) Since initially the input source of the INPUT H is set as the recording source of the TRACK 8, you must change the recording source to TRACK 1. Follow the procedure below to change the recording source of the TRACK 1. 1. Press the ASSIGN button to open the Assign screen. 3. Use the TRIM knob for INPUT H to adjust the guitar input level. Set the TRIM knob so that the OL indicator for INPUT H does not light even when the loudest sound to be recorded is input. If the OL indicator continues to light even when the TRIM knob is turned down, the guitar signal itself is too loud. In this case, lower the output level on the guitar. OL indicator When you play the guitar, the input level is shown by the level meter for 1 (TRACK 1) on the display. 2. Use the CURSOR (5/b/g/t) buttons or press the SELECT button for TRACK 1 and align the cursor (frame) on the Assign screen with TRACK 1. 3. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the SOURCE button for INPUT H to set the recording source of TRACK 1 to H. Adjusting and monitoring the input level 1. Press the HOME button to return to the Home screen. 2. Press the REC button for TRACK 1. The REC button flashes and the unit enters recording standby. When you raise the fader for TRACK 1, the STEREO fader and the MONITOR LEVEL knob, you can hear the sound of the guitar through the headphones, and the L and R level meters move. NOTE • You can use the PAN knob for TRACK 1 on the Mixer screen to set the stereo position for monitoring. • When the REC button for TRACK 1 is unlit, you cannot hear the guitar sound that is being input. Recording a guitar to TRACK 1 1. Press the RECORD (0) button to start recording and play the guitar. The REC button for TRACK 1 stops flashing and lights steadily. 2. After you finish your performance, press the STOP (8) button to stop recording. The recorded file is saved in the folder of the currently loaded song. 3. Press the REC button for TRACK 1 so the REC button becomes unlit. TASCAM DP-24SD 13

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TASCAM DP-24SD
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2 - Quick Guide
Setting the guitar as the recording source
for TRACK 1
When you press the
ASSIGN
button to open the Assign screen,
the default screen setting for the recording source is
A
(INPUT
A) for TRACK 1,
B
(INPUT B) for TRACK 2,
C
(INPUT C) for TRACK
3, and so on for
D
to
H
(INPUT D to H) for TRACK 4 to 8. (See
“Assigning inputs” on page 35.)
Since initially the input source of the INPUT H is set as the
recording source of the TRACK 8, you must change the recording
source to TRACK 1.
Follow the procedure below to change the recording source of
the TRACK 1.
1.
Press the
ASSIGN
button to open the Assign screen.
2.
Use the
CURSOR
(
5
/
b
/
g
/
t
) buttons or press the
SELECT
button for TRACK 1 and align the cursor (frame) on
the Assign screen with
TRACK 1
.
3.
Use the
JOG/DATA
dial or the
SOURCE
button for INPUT H
to set the recording source of TRACK 1 to
H
.
Adjusting and monitoring the input level
1.
Press the
HOME
button to return to the Home screen.
2.
Press the
REC
button for TRACK 1.
The
REC
button flashes and the unit enters recording
standby.
3.
Use the TRIM knob for INPUT H to adjust the guitar input
level. Set the TRIM knob so that the OL indicator for INPUT H
does not light even when the loudest sound to be recorded
is input.
If the
OL
indicator continues to light even when the
TRIM
knob is turned down, the guitar signal itself is too loud. In
this case, lower the output level on the guitar.
OL indicator
When you play the guitar, the input level is shown by the
level meter for
1
(TRACK 1) on the display.
When you raise the fader for TRACK 1, the
STEREO
fader
and the
MONITOR LEVEL
knob, you can hear the sound of
the guitar through the headphones, and the
L
and
R
level
meters move.
NOTE
•
You can use the
PAN
knob for TRACK 1 on the Mixer screen
to set the stereo position for monitoring.
•
When the
REC
button for TRACK 1 is unlit, you cannot hear
the guitar sound that is being input.
Recording a guitar to TRACK 1
1.
Press the
RECORD
(
0
) button to start recording and play
the guitar.
The
REC
button for TRACK 1 stops flashing and lights
steadily.
2.
After you finish your performance, press the
STOP
(
8
)
button to stop recording.
The recorded file is saved in the folder of the currently
loaded song.
3.
Press the
REC
button for TRACK 1 so the
REC
button
becomes unlit.