Page 1: ...T T E A C P r o f e s s i o n a l D i v i s i o n DA 88 Digital Multitrack Recorder OWNER S MANUAL 5 7 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 ...
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Page 4: ...sly recorded on it To prevent formatting from starting acciden lly the FORMAT key is not actually a v d unless you press it twice IMPORTANT Audio can be recorded while formatting l3WiWswise of ycu to format the tape from the beginning all the way to the end before recording audio This insures against noise and discontinuity of absolute time data If you want to record audio and format a tape at one...
Page 5: ...s selected by the DISPLAY switch The display will also show error messages For details on them see page 26 0 The display can quickly be switched back to show ABS time when you hold DISPLAY and press 1 at any time except when error messages show 0 The ABS time display can flicker when the tape is fast winding while in FFWD REW or LOC 13 WARNING LED Flashes to warn you that trouble occurred Error me...
Page 6: ...starting running at the expected high speed During this interval the transport is detecting the tape characteristics 26 STOP key Disables the current transport mode and stops any tape motion 29 PLAY key Enables play mode or punches out of record if pressed duringrecord 30 RECORD key Pressing PLAY while holding RECORD initiates record on any track whose REC FUNCTION indicator was blinking to showRe...
Page 7: ... 848 remote control unit may alternatively be connected to the SYNC IN jack The remote can control a maximum of 6 DA 88s separately m Use only the optional PW 88S sync cable for establishing the sync in and out connection WARNING P l e a s e u s e o n l y T A S C A M c a b l e s a s t h e r e a r e v e aoecific c a b l e r e a u i r e m e n t s t h e s e c a b l e s a r a s b e c i a l l c o n f i...
Page 8: ...loured in accordance with the following code GREEN AND YELLOW EARTH BLUEz NEUTRAL BROW LIVE WARNING This apparatus must be earthed For the DA 88 to be connected to other digital machines the following optional accessories are available from TASCAM As the cokx rs of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals inyour plug proc...
Page 9: ... control buttons except STOP are locked out If you stop the tape before formatting is complete reformat it from the beginning o Tapes once used for recording video cannot correctly be formatted Don t try to format such tapes To format anew tape 1 Switch on power to the DA XX 2 Load a Hi8 tape into the DA 88 3 Press FORMAT Its LED will start blinking 4 Press FORMAT again Its LED will turn on solid ...
Page 10: ...he tape from that intermediate point be sure to mjjiciently inow back the tape beforehand to prevent an unformatted section being leji in between NOTE When the tape runs from the previously formatted part into the newly formatted part there could be discontinuities of ABS time data The tcansition could cause erratic sync if it happens when syncing If audio data is present over the transition zone ...
Page 11: ...ing is complete press S T O P IO To prevent recording from accidentally erasing put the track s intoSafe mode by pressing their R E C F U N C T I O N switch again Playback 11 Check to see that the audio ootputs are correctly connected to your monitor system through a mixer or not 12 Rewind the tape to the beginning of the recording you want to let play then press P L A Y 13 To stop play detinitely...
Page 12: ...ch Its LED will start blinking KZ You c vwt qxwte RHSL REPEAT is activated Press PLAY to let the tape stti playing When the expected punch in point is reached hit RECORD or press the optional RC 30P footswitch This point on the tape is stored into memmy You will continue to hear the tape The monitor does not switch to Source Input because you are still in rehearsal setting mode When the expected p...
Page 13: ...n shows the ABS time of your punch in point Then press the 1 key to increment the punch in point time or press the V key to decrement it Each time either key is pressed the ABS time will increment or decrement by 1 second To speed up the tuning you can hold down either 1 or V and press DISPLAY Each time you press DISPLAY the next upper left two digits will fast increment 11 Likewise you can fine t...
Page 14: ...h inm record and punch out of record as progratne and after 3 seconds of postroll the m pe will rewind stopping at the preroll start point all as you have anticipawd during Rehearsal 16 Press PLAY to check if the new recording sounds right To exit Auto In Out mode Press CLEAR The AUTO IN OUT LED will turn off and the RHSL LED as well To accommodate various situations the DA 88 allows you m let the...
Page 15: ... Ready mcde 5 At the desired punch in point hit the punch in track s REC FUNCTION switch 6 At the punch out point hit the same REC FUNCTION switch again The transport will go into Play mode Foobwikh triggered punch in The optional RG3OP footwitch allows you to achieve no hands punch in and out 1 Plug the RC 30P footswitch into the REMOTE PUNCH ON OUT jack on the deck srear 2 Locate the tape to a p...
Page 16: ...1 fader until meter 8 peaks at 0 dB Use the channel faders and EQ controls to set each track s relative level for the desired balance 6 When the record level setting is complete rewind the tape back to the beginning of the selection 7 Hold RECORD and press PLAY Tracks I 4 will be mixed into track 8 8 At the end of the selection press STOP and rewind the tape to the beginning of the recording just ...
Page 17: ...desired numerals Each time you press either key the display will increment or decrement in 1 sample steps up to 7200 samples down to 200 samples You can hold the key to scroll through the numera ls Repeat steps 2 and 3 for other tracks if necessary To complete the procedure press DISPLAY ABS time will show again To reset the current del y time hold 1 or v and press the other at any time when ABS t...
Page 18: ...digits will fast increment To clear MEMO points Hold either A or V and press the other The locating point currently shown in the display iserased from memory as confirmed by OO OOzOOz appearing instead To aumloca the tape to MEMO points Press LOC 1 m locate the tape m the MEMO I point Press LOC 2 to locak the tape m the M ZMO2 point At the end of locating funckms the tape will stop unless AUTO PLA...
Page 19: ...DA W it is imperative that tapes in use are previously formatted and have ABS time data 0 You cannot synchroriize tapes if they have been formatted for different sampling rates 0 When multiple DA 88s we hooked up be sure to keep all ofthem turned on whether they are all actually in use or not If some DA 88s are in record or play and you turn any others on or off the recording or playing tapes can ...
Page 20: ...e MACHINE ID rotary switch on the rear panel of the master DA S and set it to 0 Similarly assign I to the tirst slave machine y to the second slave and so on in their order of SYNC IN OUT connections m Operating the MACHINE ID switch when the machine is turned on has no ct at all To let slaves chase and lock to the master 4 Turn on the DA 88s and other equipment as well a srequired 5 F ress CHASE ...
Page 21: ...itrack tape on the source machine and an already formaxed blank tape on the target machine 5 Check to see that all the REC FUNCTION switches on the source machine are turned OFF 6 Check to see that all the REC FUNCTION switches on the target machine are turnedON 7 Press CHASE on the target machine so its tape will be located to the sane time point as the source machine 8 Hold RECORD and pressPLAY ...
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