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Setting the stereo position, Changing the signal phase, Checking the fader level, Solo, Muting tracks

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6 - Basic Recording Setting the stereo position Use the PAN parameter to set the stereo position. The full left value is L63, and the full right value is R63. The center position is shown by C . PAN indication Turn the PAN knob to adjust the stereo position. Setting range: L63 to C to R63 (Default: C) Changing the signal phase When the phase is inverted due to the mic wiring or other reason, use the PHASEØ display area to correct the phase. 1. Use the CURSOR (5/b/g/t) buttons to move the cursor to the PHASEØ display area. PHASEØ indicator 2. Turn the JOG/DATA dial to change the built-in signal phase. Options: PHASEØ indicator unlit (default): Normal phase PHASEØ indicator lit: Inverted phase Checking the fader level Check the level on the LEVEL display area on the Mixer screen for each track. Operations cannot be made on this display. Operations for LEVEL on the Mixer screen for each input (INPUT A to H) are explained below. 1. Use the CURSOR (5/b/g/t) buttons to move the cursor to the LEVEL display area. Fader level indication 48 TASCAM DP-24 2. Turn the JOG/DATA dial to adjust the level. Setting range: inf to +6.0dB When playing back a track, in the initial settings, the positions of the faders (physical faders) on the top panel and the actual level of the faders (internal faders) are always matched, but a fader group or MIDI command sent by a remote control to the unit could make them to differ. Even in this case, when you move a physical fader, the internal fader matches the physical fader value, and thereafter the physical fader controls the level. CAUTION A sudden level change may occur. Solo Press the SOLO button to select the Solo mode. The SOLO button becomes lit. In Solo mode, the REC button of each track works as a SOLO button, so you can monitor the signal of the desired track. The Solo mode of this unit is a solo-in-place monitor, so all other tracks are muted except the one whose REC button was pressed. 1. When the Home screen is displayed, press the SOLO button to select the Solo mode. In Solo mode, the SOLO button becomes lit. 2. Press the REC button for the track you want to turn soloing on/off. When Solo mode is activated, the MUTE/SOLO indicator of the track whose REC button was pressed lights. ªª To cancel soloing In Solo mode, press the SOLO button or the REC button to which track solo is enabled. When Solo mode is deactivated, the MUTE/SOLO indicator of the track whose REC button was pressed goes off. Muting tracks 1. Press the MUTE button to enter Mute mode. In Mute mode, the MUTE button becomes lit. 2. Press the REC button for the track you want to turn muting on/off. When muting is turned on, the MUTE/SOLO indicator of the track whose REC button was pressed lights. ªª To cancel muting Press the MUTE button to enter the Mute mode. Press the REC button of a muted track to cancel muting (its MUTE/SOLO indicator goes off ). When solo is activated during muting, you can hear the sound, but this does not mean that muting was canceled.

Section	Page
1 – Introduction	8
Features	8
Items included with the product	8
Conventions used in this manual	8
Intellectual property rights	9
Precautions for placement and use	9
Beware of condensation	9
Cleaning the unit	9
About SD cards	9
Precautions for use	10
About CDs (Compact Discs)	10
Precautions for use	10
About CD-R and CD-RW discs	10
2 - Quick Guide	12
Playback and mixing	12
Preparation	12
Listening to the demo song	13
Recording and mastering	14
Creating a new song	14
Connecting and setting the input sources	15
Setting the guitar as the recording source for TRACK 1	15
Adjusting and monitoring the input level	15
Recording a guitar to TRACK 1	16
Playing back the recording	16
Recording a guitar to TRACK 2	16
Recording a vocal to TRACK 3	17
Mixing the tracks	18
Mastering a recording	19
Creating an audio CD with the master file	21
Inserting a CD	21
Writing to a CD-R/CD-RW	22
Ejecting a CD	23
Shutting down	23
3 – Names and Functions of Parts	24
Top panel	24
Front panel	28
Rear panel	29
Home screen	30
Menu structure	31
Screen operations	32
4 – Preparation	34
Inserting and removing SD cards	34
Inserting an SD card	34
Removing the card	34
About write-protected SD cards	34
Powering the unit	34
Start-up & Shutdown	35
Starting up the unit	35
Shutting down	35
Setting the date and time	35
Preparing an SD card for use	36
Recorder modes	36
Connecting other equipment	36
Front panel	36
Rear panel	37
Adjusting the contrast	37
5 - Song Management	38
Editing names	38
Loading a song	38
Creating a new song	38
Saving a song	39
Viewing song information	40
Copying songs	40
Erasing songs	41
Protecting songs	41
Deleting unnecessary audio data from a song	42
Changing a song name	43
6 - Basic Recording	44
Selecting the input sources	44
Assigning inputs	44
Assigning to a mono track	44
Assigning to a stereo track	44
Assigning to a stereo bus	44
Checking the assignment	45
Canceling an assignment	45
Using phantom power	45
Monitoring	45
Monitor selection	45
OL indicators and level meters	46
Setting the Mixer screen	46
Using EQ (equalizer)	46
DIGITAL TRIM setting (Track only)	47
Built-in Send Effects and External Effects	47
Setting built-in effects	47
Setting the stereo position	48
Changing the signal phase	48
Checking the fader level	48
Solo	48
Muting tracks	48
Rehearsing the recording	49
Making the first recording	49
Multitrack recording	50
Setting the tracks for recording	50
Setting track pan and level	50
Input selection and assignment	50
Setting input levels	50
Recording	50
Undoing an operation	50
Setting the undoing feature	50
Undoing the last operation (single undo)	51
Undoing previous operations (multi-undo)	51
7 - Recorder Functions	52
Punching in and out	52
Using a foot switch to punch in/out	52
Setting the foot switch	52
Bouncing tracks	53
Performing the track bouncing	53
Checking the result	53
Direct Location Function	54
Locating directly a specified time	54
Locating directly a specified measure/beat	54
Location marks	54
Setting a location mark	54
Skipping to location marks	55
Deleting a location mark	55
Returning to zero (TO ZERO) and returning to last recording position (TO LAST REC)	55
Fast forward/rewind search	55
Jog positioning	55
Viewing the track's waveform	55
Listening to the track sounds	55
Repeat playback	56
Setting IN/OUT points	56
Using repeat playback	56
Moving back a few seconds for replay (jump back playback)	56
Checking cueing points (preview)	57
Auto punch in/out	57
Setting punch in/out points	58
Checking punch in/out points	58
Rehearsing punch in/out	58
Performing auto punch in/out	59
Checking a take	59
Virtual tracks	59
8 - Track Editing	60
Overview of track editing	60
Editing points	60
Basic editing procedures	60
Explanation of items	60
COPY/PASTE	61
COPY/INSERT	61
MOVE/PASTE	62
MOVE/INSERT	62
OPEN (Insert Silence)	62
CUT (Remove Part)	62
SILENCE (Erase Part)	63
CLONE TRACK (Track Duplication)	63
CLEAN OUT (Delete Track)	63
9 - Using Built-In Effects	64
Dynamic effects	64
Inserting a dynamic effect	64
Editing a dynamic effect	64
Guitar effects	64
Inserting a guitar effect	64
Editing guitar effects	65
Calling effects from the guitar effect library	65
Saving guitar effects in the library	65
Send effects	65
Using send effects	65
Editing send effects	65
Calling the send effect library	66
Saving send effects in the library	66
10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Tracks	68
Mixing down tracks	68
Levels and balance	68
Fader group	68
Stereo position (panning)	68
TRACK EQ (equalizer)	68
Send effects	69
Creating a master file	69
Setting the start and end points	69
Creating a master file	70
Exiting Mixdown mode	70
Checking the master file	70
Ending master file checking	71
Finishing up a master file (mastering)	71
Mastering procedures	71
Using the mastering EQ (equalizer)	71
Using mastering compression	72
Using normalize	73
Using the noise shaper (Noise Shaped Dithering)	73
Exiting Mastering mode	73
11 - Various Other Functions	74
Metronome	74
MIDI Sync	74
MIDI remote control	75
Tuner function	75
Setup (PREFERENCE)	76
Auto Monitor	76
Restoring the initial preference settings	77
Viewing information	77
12 - SD Card Management	78
Quick formatting an SD card	78
Full formatting an SD card	79
13 - Exchanging Data with a Computer	80
Operating system requirements	80
Connecting to a computer	80
Disconnecting	81
Track import and export	82
Importing tracks	82
Exporting tracks	83
Deleting files from the AudioDepot folder	83
14 - Using CDs	84
Using the CD drive	84
Preparations before using CDs with this unit	84
Types of CDs that can be used with this unit	84
Loading and ejecting CDs	85
Loading a CD	85
Ejecting a CD	86
Forcing disc ejection	86
Playing back an Audio CD	86
Creating an Audio CD	87
Using Disc At Once	87
Using Track At Once	88
Using LIVE WRITER	89
Finalizing a CD	90
Importing songs from an Audio CD	90
Erasing a CD-RW	91
Media Compatibility Table	91
15 – Troubleshooting	92
16 – Messages	93
General messages	93
CD mode messages	95
CD-related error messages	96
17 – Specifications	97
Ratings	97
Input/output ratings	97
Analog audio input/output ratings	97
Control input/output ratings	97
Audio performance	97
Operating requirements	97
Dimensional drawings	98
General	98
Block diagram	99
Level diagram	100
18 – Appendix	101
MIDI Control Change message	101
Mixer control change parameters	101
MIDI Program Change message	102
Dynamic effects	102
Preset libraries of the send effects	102
Preset libraries of the guitar effects	102
MIDI Implementation Chart	103

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6 - Basic Recording

Setting the stereo position

Use the PAN parameter to set the stereo position.

The full left value is

L63

, and the full right value is

R63

The center position is shown by

Turn the

PAN

knob to adjust the stereo position.

Setting range:

L63

R63

(Default:

)

Changing the signal phase

When the phase is inverted due to the mic wiring or other

reason, use the

PHASE

Ø display area to correct the phase.

Use the CURSOR (

) buttons to move the

cursor to the

PHASE

Ø display area.

Turn the JOG/DATA dial to change the built-in

signal phase.

Options:

PHASE

indicator unlit (default): Normal phase

PHASE

Ø indicator lit: Inverted phase

Checking the fader level

Check the level on the

LEVEL

display area on the Mixer

screen for each track. Operations cannot be made on this

display.

Operations for

LEVEL

on the Mixer screen for each input

(INPUT A to H) are explained below.

Use the CURSOR (

) buttons to move the

cursor to the

LEVEL

display area.

Turn the JOG/DATA dial to adjust the level.

Setting range:

inf

+6.0dB

When playing back a track, in the initial settings, the

positions of the faders (physical faders) on the top panel

and the actual level of the faders (internal faders) are always

matched, but a fader group or MIDI command sent by a

remote control to the unit could make them to differ. Even

in this case, when you move a physical fader, the internal

fader matches the physical fader value, and thereafter the

physical fader controls the level.

CAUTION

A sudden level change may occur.

Solo

Press the

SOLO

button to select the Solo mode. The

SOLO

button becomes lit.

In Solo mode, the

REC

button of each track works as a

SOLO

button, so you can monitor the signal of the desired

track.

The Solo mode of this unit is a solo-in-place monitor, so all

other tracks are muted except the one whose

REC

button

was pressed.

When the Home screen is displayed, press the

SOLO button to select the Solo mode.

In Solo mode, the

SOLO

button becomes lit.

Press the REC button for the track you want to turn

soloing on/off.

When Solo mode is activated, the

MUTE/SOLO

indicator of the track whose

REC

button was pressed

lights.

To cancel soloing

In Solo mode, press the

SOLO

button or the

REC

button

to which track solo is enabled.

When Solo mode is deactivated, the

MUTE/SOLO

indicator of the track whose

REC

button was pressed goes

off.

Muting tracks

Press the MUTE button to enter Mute mode.

In Mute mode, the

MUTE

button becomes lit.

Press the REC button for the track you want to turn

muting on/off.

When muting is turned on, the

MUTE/SOLO

indicator

of the track whose

REC

button was pressed lights.

To cancel muting

Press the

MUTE

button to enter the Mute mode.

Press the

REC

button of a muted track to cancel muting (its

MUTE/SOLO

indicator goes off).

When solo is activated during muting, you can hear the

sound, but this does not mean that muting was canceled.

PAN indication

PHASEØ indicator

Fader level indication