10 – External control–Use with 9-pin external control
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TASCAM DA-98HR
10.3.3 Record delay
Most recorders (both VTRs and audio recorders)
drop into record a short time after they receive the
command to start recording, and editor/controllers
are programmed to take this into account.
However, the DA-98HR starts recording immediately
it receives the command. You can compensate for
this using the Record Delay settings.
1
Go to menu group 6, move the cursor to
Rec
Dly
(Record Delay) and press
ENTER
:
2
Use the
§
and
¶
keys to select the record
delay in frames. This is the time the DA-98HR
delays between receiving a record command
and actually starting to record.
This value can be between
0
and
9
, or the
default
Auto
setting. 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 incremented as subse-
quent 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 reason,
internal data frame timing (every 30 ms) is used
instead.
NOTE
This delay is also used for controlling the timing of the mon-
itor switching.
10.3.4 Cue-up tally
When the DA-98HR is in 9-pin protocol mode and a
locate command is received, 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
§
and
¶
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 MicroLynx
synchronizers) make a distinction between pause and
stop. When using such synchronizers, select the
Still
value.
10.3.5 Fast wind speed
There are two basic methods for locating which are
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-98HR is
used with the second method, the tape will almost
invariably overshoot 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
A u t o
( 0
F r a m e )
Emulation Number
of
frames
TASCAM
0
PCM-7050
3
BVH-3000
4
BVU-950
6
BVW-75
3
PCM-800
0
BVH-2000
4
DVR-10
5
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
