Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24, Owner'S Manual

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TASCAM DP-24
3 – Names and Functions of Parts
1
GUITAR indicator
This indicator lights when the LINE-GUITAR switch on
the rear panel is set to GUITAR.
2
Display
Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (
5
/
b
/
g
/
t
) buttons to return to the Home screen, to open
the
MENU
screen, to assign input signals to tracks,
to change parameters for each input or track, and to
perform many other operations.
3
PHANTOM (+48V) button/indicator
Use this button to turn the phantom power on/off for
the MIC/LINE INPUT A-D and E-H jacks on the rear
panel.
The PHANTOM indicator lights when phantom power
is turned on.
When the GUITAR indicator is lit, even if phantom
(+48V) power is ON (indicator lit) for E-H, INPUT H will
not receive phantom power.
CAUTION
Use the STEREO fader to lower the output volume
•
of the unit before turning phantom power on or off.
Depending on the microphone, a loud noise could
occur, damaging equipment and harming people's
hearing.
Do not connect or disconnect a microphone when
•
phantom power is turned on.
Turn phantom power on only when using a condenser
•
microphone that requires phantom power.
Do not supply phantom power to an unbalanced
•
dynamic microphone.
Supplying phantom power to some types of ribbon
•
microphones could break them. Do not supply
phantom power to a ribbon microphone if you are in
doubt.
4
OL indicators (A-H)
These indicators light when the input source signal is
too loud.
5
TRIM knobs (A-H)
Use these knobs to adjust the input levels. (See
"Making the first recording" on page 49.)
6
SOURCE buttons/indicators
When you press one of these buttons, the
corresponding input (INPUT A to H) is selected (its
button lights) as the input source.
The mixer and other functions are applied to the
selected input.
These buttons are also used to assign an input source
to a track (see "Assigning inputs" on page 44).
7
MUTE/SOLO indicators
These indicators light when a track is muted or in Solo
mode. When the SOLO button is not lit, it indicates the
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