Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24, Owner'S Manual

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TASCAM DP-24
Table of Contents
Multitrack recording ........................................................50
Setting the tracks for recording ............................50
Setting track pan and level .....................................50
Input selection and assignment ...........................50
Setting input levels ....................................................50
Recording ......................................................................50
Undoing an operation .....................................................50
Setting the undoing feature...................................50
Undoing the last operation (single undo) .........51
Undoing previous operations (multi-undo) .....51
7 - Recorder Functions ..................................52
Punching in and out ........................................................52
Using a foot switch to punch in/out ....................52
Setting the foot switch .............................................52
Bouncing tracks .................................................................53
Performing the track bouncing.............................53
Checking the result ...................................................53
Direct Location Function ................................................54
Locating directly a specified time ........................54
Locating directly a specified measure/beat .....54
Location marks ...................................................................54
Setting a location mark ............................................54
Skipping to location marks .....................................55
Deleting a location mark .........................................55
Returning to zero (TO ZERO) and returning to last
recording position (TO LAST REC) ...............................55
Fast forward/rewind search ...........................................55
Jog positioning ..................................................................55
Viewing the track's waveform ...............................55
Listening to the track sounds ................................55
Repeat playback ................................................................56
Setting IN/OUT points ..............................................56
Using repeat playback ..............................................56
Moving back a few seconds for replay (jump back
playback) ..............................................................................56
Checking cueing points (preview) ..............................57
Auto punch in/out ............................................................57
Setting punch in/out points ...................................58
Checking punch in/out points ..............................58
Rehearsing punch in/out.........................................58
Performing auto punch in/out ..............................59
Checking a take ..........................................................59
Virtual tracks .......................................................................59
8 - Track Editing ............................................60
Overview of track editing ...............................................60
Editing points ..............................................................60
Basic editing procedures .........................................60
Explanation of items .................................................60
COPY/PASTE ........................................................................61
COPY/INSERT ......................................................................61
MOVE/PASTE .......................................................................62
MOVE/INSERT .....................................................................62
OPEN (Insert Silence) .......................................................62
CUT (Remove Part) ............................................................62
SILENCE (Erase Part) .........................................................63
CLONE TRACK (Track Duplication) ..............................63
CLEAN OUT (Delete Track) .............................................63
9 - Using Built-In Effects ...............................64
Dynamic effects .................................................................64
Inserting a dynamic effect ......................................64
Editing a dynamic effect ..........................................64
Guitar effects ......................................................................64
Inserting a guitar effect............................................64
Editing guitar effects .................................................65
Calling effects from the guitar effect library ....65
Saving guitar effects in the library .......................65
Send effects .........................................................................65
Using send effects ......................................................65
Editing send effects ...................................................65
Calling the send effect library ................................66
Saving send effects in the library .........................66
10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Tracks .....68
Mixing down tracks ..........................................................68
Levels and balance ....................................................68
Fader group ..................................................................68
Stereo position (panning) .......................................68
TRACK EQ (equalizer) ................................................68
Send effects ..................................................................69
Creating a master file .......................................................69
Setting the start and end points ...........................69
Creating a master file ................................................70
Exiting Mixdown mode ............................................70
Checking the master file .................................................70
Ending master file checking ...................................71
Finishing up a master file (mastering) .......................71
Mastering procedures ..............................................71
Using the mastering EQ (equalizer) .....................71
Using mastering compression ...............................72
Using normalize ..........................................................73
Using the noise shaper (Noise Shaped
Dithering) ......................................................................73
Exiting Mastering mode ..........................................73