Tascam DA-98, Owner'S Manual

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Section 11 – External control
11-2 – 1.00 – 06/97
1) Go to menu group 6, move the cursor to
Rec
Dly (Record Delay) and press
ENTER
:
2) Use the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to select the record
delay in frames.
This is the time that the DA-98 should delay
between receiving a record command and actually
starting to record.
This value can be between
0
and
9
, or defaults
to
Auto
. The value of the Auto setting depends
on the emulation selected, as shown below:
The delay is calculated in the following way: the
first frame boundary of the video signal received
at the
VIDEO IN
after the record command is
received is counted as”1”. This number is incre-
mented as subsequent frames are received, and
when it equals the record delay value as set above,
recording starts.
If the value is set to
0
, recording starts instantly
on receipt of the command, and if to 1 , when the
first frame edge is received.
If no correct video sync signals are being received,
or if video sync mode is not enabled for some rea-
son, internal data frame timing (every 30ms) is
used instead.
This delay is also used for controlling the timing of
the monitor switching.
11.1.4 Cue-up tally
When a locate command is received while the
DA-98 is in 9-pin protocol mode, the transport
locates to the desired position, and then goes into
pause mode.
What is then returned to the controller depends on
the following setting:
1) Go to menu group 6, move the cursor to
Cueup Tly (cue-up tally), and press
ENTER
:
2) Use the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to select between
Stop
and
Still
.
Some controllers will only take their next action
when they know that the controlled slaves are
stopped. Select the
Stop value for use with these
controllers.
Other controllers (e.g. the LYNX II and MicroL-
ynx synchronizers) make a distinction between
pause and stop. When using such synchronizers,
select the
Still
value.
11.1.5 Fast wind speed
There are two basic methods for locating used by
controllers. The first method is to send a locate
command. The second is to send fast wind and
shuttle commands.
If the usual high speed winding of the DA-98 is
used with the second method, the tape will almost
invariable overshooot each time and never come to
rest. For that reason, you can select between the
fast wind modes (at 100 times play speed) and fast
shuttle (8 times play speed) depending on the
method used by your controller.
1) Go to menu group 6, move the cursor to
Fast Spd (fast wind speed) and press
ENTER
:
R e c o r d D e l a y
1 F r a m e
Emulation Frames
PCM-7050
3
BVH-3000
4
BVU-950
6
BVW-75
3
PCM-800
0
BVH-2000
4
DVR-10
5
TASCAM
0
C u e u p T a l l y
S t o p
F a s t W i n d S p e e d
x 1 0 0