User manual TASCAM TASCAM DA 30 MK II

[. . . ] Model number Serial number WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. For U. S. A. TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection a g a i n s t h a r m f u l i n te r fe r e n c e i n a r e s i d e n t i a l installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] 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 DA 30 MK II/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: 35 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. 2 Select the METRONOME item, and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key. When “INTERNAL” is selected at “Output” [internal metronome] ª When “MIDI” is selected at “Output” [MIDI metronome] ª This setting generates a metronome output via the MIDI interface. You can select MIDI channel, note/note on velocity of a regular click, and note/note on velocity of an accent. 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). You cannot undo them, and the changes are permanent. The FAT format (File Allocation Table) is a disk format which can be read by all personal computers. Selecting the active partition Choose the active partition, from which you can load existing songs and on which you can create new songs, etc. 2. Highlight the PART T ON action and press the ¥ II cursor or YES/ENTER key. The display shows: On the DP-02CF: 1. From the CARD screen, select the PART T ON II action and press YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key. The display shows the partition list as shown in the step 2 on the left column. The sizes of the partitions are shown (not the available space). 2. Move the cursor (§/¶) keys or rotate the DATA dial to the partition to make it active and press YES/ ENTER . shown in step 3 on the left column. NOTE An asterisk (Ú) shows the active partition. The sizes of the partitions are shown (not the available space). NOTE You cannot select the FAT partition here. If a CF card under 5GB is used, just one partition appears on the display, and that is the only partition available as the current active partition, marked with an asterisk. 3. Use the cursor (§/¶) keys or rotate the DATA dial to select the partition to make it active and press YES/ ENTER . The display shows: 3. Press YES/ENTER to select, or NO/EXIT to cancel the partition action. 4. Press YES/ENTER to select, or NO/EXIT to cansel the partition action. The unit stores the current song, loads the current song on the new partition and shows a series of messages about the progress of the operation. 38 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF IMPORTANT–SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2 Advanced techniques Formatting a disk/card As well as formatting the recording media, you can set the size of the unit’s native partitions. CAUTION On the DP-02CF: 1. From the CARD screen, select and enter the F R A action. The display shows: O M T This destroys all data on the entire disk. ONLY CARRY OUT THIS OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO. On the DP-02: 1. From the MENU screen, select and enter the D SK I 2. Select the FORMAT action and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER . NOTE The card size shown on the display may vary from the example given here. 2. Use the DATA dial to select the size of the partitions (64, 32, 16, or 8 gigabytes—1 gigabyte is 512 megabytes). [. . . ] A E X O T A T R MENU ® W V ® E P R T A K A E X O T R C SHIFT + SONG INFO MENU ® D S ® R F R A (DP-02) IK E O M T CARD ® R F R A (DP-02CF) E O M T MENU ® D S ® F R A (DP-02) IK O M T CARD ® F R A (DP-02CF) O M T MENU ® D S ® F T R F R A (DP-02) IK A E O M T CARD ® F T R F R A (DP-02CF) A E O M T AUTO PUNCH, RHSL, etc MENU ® W V ® I P R T A K A E M O T R C TRACK EDIT ® O E P N Press µ or ≤ LOCATION LIST keys for the location mark list Press IN, OUT or TO Description See “Assigning inputs” on page 23. See “Song information” on page 23 See “IN and OUT marks” on page 30. See “IN and OUT marks” on page 30. You may find the same action listed more than once in this alphabetical list. That’s because different people use different words for the same things, so you may find both “Delete” and “Erase”, for example. [. . . ]