Tascam DA-78HR - Manual (Page 14)

2 - Front and rear panel features
TASCAM DA-78HR
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transport momentarily goes into stop mode before
the tape starts fast-winding.
B STOP key
Cancels any current tape transport mode, and stops
the tape. If pressed in chase mode, cancels the mode
and stops the tape.
C PLAY key
Starts playing the tape. If this key pressed while
recording is in progress, the DA-78HR drops out of
record mode.
D RECORD key
If the PLAY key
C
is pressed while the RECORD
key is held down, recording will start on all “armed”
tracks (5.2.1, “Preparing to record”).
If the DA-78HR is in play mode, and the REC key is
pressed, recording will start immediately on any
“armed” tracks.
The RECORD key also is used to set punch-in points
during auto punch-in/out operations (5.6, “Punch-in
and punch-out”).
E DATA/LEVEL control
When the SHUTTLE/DATA key is pressed, the indica-
tor will light. The DATA/LEVEL control will then be
active as a shuttle control. Turning the control to the
right provides forward cueing and turning it to the
left provides reverse cueing, similar to “rock and
roll” on open-reel tape decks. For details, see 7.7,
“Shuttle operations”.
When the SHUTTLE/DATA key is pressed in conjunc-
tion with the SHIFT key, the DATA/LEVEL control is
also used as a data entry control to make various set-
tings, including the sub-mixer settings. See 4.3.7,
“Using the DATA/LEVEL knob to set values” and
7.4, “Sub-mixer” for details.
2.3 System control keys
The following keys all provide access to more
advanced functions of the DA-78HR. Many of them
are also used in the menu system to view and set sys-
tem parameters. See 4, “Menu interface, etc.” for
details.
Many of them also serve two functions, as shown by
the blue “shifted” legends below the unshifted leg-
ends (shown here in parentheses). See 4.2, “The
SHIFT key” for details.
F SHIFT key and indicator
Controls the behavior of the other keys (see 4.2, “The
SHIFT key” for details).
G RHSL (DELAY) key and indicator
This key and indicator allow selection of the
rehearsal mode in auto punch-in and out (5.6,
“Punch-in and punch-out”).
When the DA-78HR is in shift mode, this key allows
the setting of track delays (7.3, “Track delay”).
H AUTO IN/OUT (OFFSET) key and
indicator
This key and indicator allow automatic punch-in and
punch out following rehearsal (5.6, “Punch-in and
punch-out”).
When the DA-78HR is in shift mode, this key allows
the setting of chase offsets (8.3, “Machine offset”
and 9.6.2, “Timecode offset”).
I CLEAR (PRE ROLL) key
This key defeats the rehearsal and auto modes during
auto punch-in and out (see 5.6, “Punch-in and punch-
out”). It can also be used to cancel a format operation
(5.1, “Formatting a tape”).
When the DA-78HR is in shift mode, this is used to
set pre- and post-roll times (5.6.4, “Editing the pre-
roll and post-roll times” and 7.1.3, “Setting the loca-
tion pre-roll time”).
J VARI SPEED / PITCH key and
indicator
Used to set the varispeed (pitch) amount, and to turn
the function on and off (see 7.6, “Vari speed (pitch
control)”.
K ALL INPUT ( ▼ ) key and indicator
This key is used to switch the monitoring mode so
that the outputs mirror the inputs (see 6.1, “ALL
INPUT”).
L AUTO MON ( ▲ ) key and indicator
This key is used to change the monitoring mode to
change automatically in punch operations (see 6.2,
“AUTO MON”).
In menu mode and when editing parameters, this acts
as a key to select and change (increment) parameters.
When used with the SHIFT key, it acts as a cursor
key.