Tascam DP-004 - Manual (Page 6)

6 TASCAM DP-004
Table of Contents
5–Song Management
................................................... 47
Partitions and songs .......................................................... 47
Selecting the active partition ........................................... 47
Loading a saved song ........................................................ 48
Creating a new song .......................................................... 49
Saving a song ..................................................................... 49
Viewing song information ............................................... 50
Copying songs .....................................................................51
Erasing songs ...................................................................... 52
Protecting songs ................................................................. 53
6–Basic Recording
........................................................... 54
Selecting the input source ................................................ 54
Monitoring the input signal .............................................. 55
Setting the monitoring mode ............................................... 55
About the OL indicators and meters ............................... 56
Assigning input channels .................................................. 57
Making the first recording ................................................ 58
Overdubbing ....................................................................... 60
Setting up to overdub .......................................................... 61
Rehearsal ........................................................................... 61
Recording an overdub .......................................................... 62
Mixdown ............................................................................. 62
Level and balance ................................................................ 62
Stereo position (panning) ..................................................... 62
Mastering ............................................................................ 62
Setting the end point ........................................................... 63
Recording the master track .................................................. 64
Undoing operations (undo) .............................................. 66
Undoing the last operation (single undo) ............................. 66
Undoing a previous operation (multi-undo) .......................... 66
Erasing the operation history ............................................... 68
7–Recorder Functions
................................................... 69
Punching in and out ........................................................... 69
Bouncing tracks .................................................................. 69
Using the bounce function ................................................... 70
Confirming the result ........................................................... 71
Locate and search functions ............................................. 71
Direct locate function .......................................................... 71
RTZ and LRP ........................................................................ 72
Fast forward/rewind search ................................................. 73
Repeat playback ................................................................. 73
Setting IN and OUT points ................................................... 73
Editing IN/OUT points .......................................................... 74
Using repeat playback.......................................................... 75
Setting the interval between repetitions............................... 75
8–Miscellaneous Functions ....................................... 76
Metronome ........................................................................ 76
Tuner .................................................................................... 77
Turning the power off automatically ............................... 78
Restoring the initial preference settings ......................... 78
Viewing information .......................................................... 79
9–SD Card Management
............................................ 81
Overview of partitions ....................................................... 81
Write-protected cards ....................................................... 81
Formatting cards and setting partition sizes ................. 82
Reformatting MTR partitions ........................................... 83
Reformatting the FAT partition ........................................ 84
Initializing SD cards ........................................................... 85