Antares TASCAM TA-1VP - Manual (Page 20)

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TASCAM TA-1VP
With an instrument
CHANNEL 1
TA-1VP RECORDER
INSTRUMENT
LINE IN
MAIN LINE OUT
DOUBLE TRACK
LINE OUT
CHANNEL 2
OPTIONAL
WITH AN
INSTRUMENT
If you are recording directly to a tape deck or hard disk
recorder, patch the output from an instrument into the
TA-1VP’s LINE IN and the TA-1VP’s MAIN LINE OUT into
your recorder. If you will be using the TA-1VP’s Double
Tracking function in stereo mode, patch the TA-1VP’s
DOUBLE TRACK LINE OUT to a separate channel on your
recorder.
Live, Direct Microphone connection
The TA-1VP can be used between a microphone and the
mixer input if the mixer does not have an insert point.
Connect the microphone to the front panel MIC IN
connector and select Phantom power if required for your
microphone.
If the signal from the microphone is exceptionally
loud, press the front panel –20dB button to lower the
sensitivity.
Adjust the level using the Setup : “In Analog trim” setting.
If you will be using the TA-1VP’s Double Tracking function
in stereo mode, patch the TA-VP’s DOUBLE TRACK LINE
OUT to a separate channel on the mixer.
The TA-1VP output is at line level, not microphone level,
so be sure to choose an appropriate input on the mixer.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT
MONITORING
If the TA-1VP is used to Auto-Tune an artist’s performance
in real time, it is important that the performer is able
to monitor their original signal, not the pitch-corrected
signal. Trying to react musically to the processed signal
will drive them crazy and, in most cases, drive them
farther off pitch.
Controls and Display Screens
MASTER MODULE
Preset Select ª
When the TA-1VP is first powered up, it will briefly display
the version of its internal firmware and will then display
the Preset Selection screen:
Select Preset:
##: Preset Name
Use the Data Knob to select the desired preset. Presets
may also be selected by MIDI Program Change commands
and may be stepped through sequentially using a
footswitch.
Pressing the PRESET button will always return you to this
screen.
NOTE
Depending on the relative settings of adjacent presets,
changing presets while the TA-1VP is processing audio
may result in audible artifacts. If you are using the TA-1VP
in live performance, care should be taken to change
presets while no audio is being processed.
Factory Presets ª
The TA-1VP provides the ability to store 35 presets. All of
these preset locations initially contain factory presets. The
factory presets can be edited or replaced entirely. Should
you wish, you can always restore the factory presets at a
later time (see the “Restore Factory Presets” page below.)
A couple of things to keep in mind about the factory
presets:
1. Except for those that use it as a special effect, all
factory presets have the Auto-Tune module turned off.
If you want to include Auto-Tune in a factory preset,
either edit the preset and resave it, or copy the preset
to an unused location and edit the copy.
2. Presets that include double tracking default to Stereo
Mode and Auto-Tune set to a chromatic scale. Again,
edit and resave or copy as desired.
INPUT Meter ª
These five LEDs light to indicate the level of the incoming
audio. Ideally, you should adjust the input to the highest
level that does not consistently cause the top red LED
to light. (The red LED lights at a level of –3 dB. Digital
clipping, which introduces a particularly nasty-sounding
distortion, will occur if the input exceeds 0 dB.)
NOTE
This meter reflects the level of the analog audio input. •
It is not affected by the digital Input Trim described
below in the Setup Menu. Depending on how you have
patched the TA-1VP into your system, the input level
5 – Operation