Tascam DA-98, Owner'S Manual

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Section 10 – Operations related to timecode
06/97 – 1.00 – 10-7
2) Select timecode as the timing reference (see
10.1.3, “Selecting TC or ABS timing”).
3) Select a frame rate (see 10.3, “Selecting the
frame rate”).
4) From menu group 8, move the cursor to
TcRec Src (source for timecode recording)
and press
ENTER
:
5) Use the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to select the source
of the timecode as
Generator TC
.
The options here are
External TC
(received
at TIME CODE IN ),
Generator TC
(the
internal generator) or the third option, which
reflects the settings made in the
Tape TC
Mode
menu (see 10.2, “Tape timecode mode”).
6) Go to menu group 8, move the cursor to Gen
Start
(generator start time) and press
ENTER
:
7) Use the
LEFT
and
RIGHT
keys to select the field
(hours, minutes, seconds or frames) to be
edited, and the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to change
the value.
You can also use the function keys as number keys
to input the value directly, as described in 5.2.2,
“Using the function keys as number keys”.
8) When you have finished setting the start time,
press
ENTER
.
9) Go to menu group 8, move the cursor to
Gen
Mode (generator mode) and press
ENTER
:
10) Press the
TC REC
switch [31].
The indicator will start flashing.
11) Now press the
UP
or
DOWN
key to start the
timecode generator.
The TC GEN indicator by the tape counter will
light.
12) Press and hold the
PLAY
and
press the RECORD
key and the tape will start recording.
The TC REC indicator will light steadily.
The display will change from
Stop
to
Run
.
Pressing the UP or DOWN key while the cursor is
under this field will stop the generator.
You can also start recording and then start the
timecode generator. In this case, an warning mes-
sage will appear on the display screen as you start
recording, to tell you that there is no timecode
source.
If the
Mode
field is set to
Continue
rather
than
Reset
, stopping the generator and then re-
starting it will pick up the timecode values from
where it left off.
Conversely, setting this field to
Reset
will
restart from the start time set above every time the
generator is stopped and re-started.
It is also possible to “drop into” timecode record-
ing by starting the transport in record mode and
then pressing the
TC REC
switch. However, we do
not recommend this method of working, as it is
impossible to check the timecode source prior to
recording.
If the method described above (arming the time-
code track, and then starting recording) is used,
the tape counter is used to show the output from
the timecode source (the generator) when the
timecode track is armed, flashing when the tape is
stopped, and steady when the tape is running.
T C R e c o r d S o u r c e
G e n e r a t o r T C
G e n e r a t o r S t a r t T i m e
0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 3 0 N D
G e n e r a t e M o d e
0 0 : 5 5 : 0 0 : 0 0 3 0 N D
R u n / S t o p M o d e
S t o p R e s e t