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D01219420B

DP-32SD

Digital Multitrack Recorder

OWNER'S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...D01219420B DP 32SD Digital Multitrack Recorder OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...e to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures a Reor...

Page 3: ...time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or...

Page 4: ...t rubbing the eye and then consult a doctor immediately If the fluid gets on a person s body or clothing it could cause skin injuries or burns If this should happen wash it off with clean water and th...

Page 5: ...for customers using both DP 32SD and DP 24 units 28 Editing names 28 Loading a song 28 Creating a new song 29 Saving a song 29 Viewing song information 30 Copying songs 30 Erasing songs 30 Protecting...

Page 6: ...Send effects 53 Using send effects 53 Adjusting send effects 53 Loading send effect settings 53 Saving send effects in the library 53 10 Mixing Down and Mastering Songs 54 Mixing down tracks 54 Level...

Page 7: ...n be adjusted independently for each playback track Automatic punch in out Track bouncing COPY INSERT COPY PASTE MOVE INSERT MOVE PASTE OPEN CUT SILENCE CLONE TRACK and CLEAN OUT track editing functio...

Page 8: ...midity Very dusty locations Make sure that the unit is mounted in a level position for correct operation Do not place any object on the unit for heat dissipation Avoid installing this unit on top of a...

Page 9: ...hock 3 Connect headphones to the PHONES jack on the front panel Headphones 4 Press and hold the STANDBY ON button for a few seconds on the rear panel to turn the power ON When the unit starts the Home...

Page 10: ...the overall level is neither increased nor decreased Use the track faders to adjust the balance of the tracks Use the MONITOR LEVEL knob to adjust the final monitoring volume 9 Press the MIXER button...

Page 11: ...URSOR 5 b buttons to move the cursor highlighted blue to select Bit bit rate or Hz sampling frequency and then use the JOG DATA dial to set it as desired 7 Press the F2 YES button The currently loaded...

Page 12: ...when the loudest sound to be recorded is input If the OL indicator continues to light even when the TRIM knob is turned down the guitar signal itself is too loud In this case lower the output level o...

Page 13: ...of the song ZERO point and start playback of the recorded rhythm guitar to practice the lead guitar part along with the recording Raise the fader for TRACK 2 to hear the input guitar signal along wit...

Page 14: ...tays lit while recording 9 After you finish your performance press the STOP 8 button to stop recording The recorded file is saved in the folder of the currently loaded song 10 Press the REC button for...

Page 15: ...the MIXDOWN MASTERING button again to switch to Masteringmode 2 In this mode press the PLAY t button to listen to the master file that you have created NOTE Confirm that both the EQand COMPitems are s...

Page 16: ...he F1 g button to return to the Mastering screen Re recording the master file Re record the master file with equalization and compression applied to create a new master file 1 When in Masteringmode pr...

Page 17: ...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 pha...

Page 18: ...ss to locate the beginning of the song 00 00 00 00 ZERO point See Returning to zero or the last recording position on page 43 y F FWD TO LAST REC button When stopped or playing back press and hold thi...

Page 19: ...al external effects on page 36 b SEND MASTER 1 MASTER 2 knobs Use these knobs to adjust the amount of master track signal output to the EFFECT SENDS jacks Use the SEND MASTER 1 knob also to adjust the...

Page 20: ...ress this to start post roll playback from the current position for a set amount of time then return to the current position and stop See Previewing cue points on page 45 E REPEAT button indicator Pre...

Page 21: ...al H LINE GUITAR switch Set this switch according to the input source of the MIC LINE INPUT H When connecting an electric guitar electric bass or similar instrument directly set this switch to GUITAR...

Page 22: ...E function Press the F2 SAVE button to open the SONG SAVEpop up window Menu structure Press the MENU button to open the MENUscreen The menu contains the following items Menu item Function Reference SO...

Page 23: ...button shows that 4 is assigned to the F2 button when using this screen In this manual the function assigned to a function button is shown in parentheses for example F2 4 button In this way INFO is as...

Page 24: ...12 MB in size can be used A list of SD cards that have been confirmed to work with this unit can be found on the TEAC Global Site http teac global com About write protected SD cards SD cards have writ...

Page 25: ...e screen If the unit is connected to a computer disconnect the USB cable after performing the necessary procedure on the computer to disconnect the unit After making these preparations press and hold...

Page 26: ...necessary Formatting the supplied SD card will erase the demo song stored on it 1 Confirm that the SD card is loaded and turn the power on 2 An Invalid Card pop up warning appears when a new SD card o...

Page 27: ...EL knob STEREO fader and external monitor monitoring system Depending on the microphone a loud noise could occur resulting in harm to equipment and hearing NOTE Before producing any sound minimize the...

Page 28: ...dio data for the recorded multitrack TRACKS 1 to 31 32 and the master file are saved in the song This chapter covers basic operations including procedures for loading songs and creating new songs as w...

Page 29: ...loaded song and create a new song NOTE If you press the F1 NO button the pop up window disappears from the SONG LISTscreen 9 Once the song is created the pop up window disappears from the SONG LISTsc...

Page 30: ...The MUSIC folder must always have at least one song in it Therefore one song will be automatically created when you insert or format a card Viewing song information You can check the song file format...

Page 31: ...rom a song In addition to audio data for a track a song may also contain unused audio data When a track is overwritten in this unit the overwritten audio data is not erased but remains on the SD card...

Page 32: ...s you want and press the F2 YES button NOTE To cancel changing a song name press the F1 NO button instead of the F2 YES button 6 Once the song name is changed the pop up window disappears from the SON...

Page 33: ...tereo bus To use an external effect device assign the inputs A to H that are connected to the outputs of the effect EFFECT RETURN to a stereo bus to return the effect signal to that stereo bus You can...

Page 34: ...tom power on only when using a condenser microphone that requires phantom power 6 Basic Recording Do not supply phantom power to an unbalanced dynamic microphone Doing so could cause a malfunction Sup...

Page 35: ...to H Stereo level meter L R This meter shows the output level of this unit s stereo bus Adjust this level with the STEREO fader Peak hold display Using the peak hold function you can set how long pea...

Page 36: ...e playback level before the EQ 1 Use the CURSOR 5 b g t buttons to move the cursor to the DIGITAL TRIMdisplay area Digital trim 2 Turn the JOG DATA dial to set the value Setting range 42dBto 6dB Defau...

Page 37: ...adjust the levels sent to stereo buses independently for each input INPUT A to H 1 Use the CURSOR 5 b g t buttons to move the cursor to the LEVELarea Fader level indicator 2 Turn the JOG DATA dial to...

Page 38: ...t button lights The REC button of tracks set to be recorded keep flashing because they are not being recorded 5 After rehearsing your recording press the STOP 8 button 6 Press the REHEARSE button to e...

Page 39: ...ly get your previous take back NOTE The UNDO REDO button lights when a single undo or multiple undo has been performed When you change the track type the assignment is turned OFF and any recorded trac...

Page 40: ...n this state the UNDO REDO button lights The record of operations undone by a multiple undo is not immediately erased The unit has simply been returned to a previous state On the HISTORY LISTscreen th...

Page 41: ...footswitch below Setting the footswitch Set the footswitch on the PREFERENCEscreen 1 When the recorder is stopped press the MENU button to open the MENUscreen 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or the CURSOR 5 b...

Page 42: ...point where you want to start the bounce and press the RECORD 0 button to start bouncing Press the STOP 8 button at the position where you want to end the bounce Checking the bounce result Mute the bo...

Page 43: ...is the mark at the current position or the mark that is placed closes before the current position A flag icon is also shown above the timeline NOTE The marks are numbered in the order that you enter...

Page 44: ...eat playback Use the repeat playback function to play the same part again and again The repeat playback interval is the audio between the IN and OUT points Setting IN OUT points In addition to setting...

Page 45: ...out points set in advance When using auto punch in out recording playback starts from the pre roll point before the punch in point where recording starts Once the punch out point is reached recording...

Page 46: ...by press the REHEARSE button The REHEARSE button lights 2 Press the RECORD 0 button Automatic punch in out rehearsal starts Playback starts from the pre roll point You can monitor both the track playb...

Page 47: ...w these procedures to record a virtual track 1 Select the track 2 Press the VIRTUAL TRACK button 3 Select UNUSED 4 Press the F4 LOAD button to assign the virtual track to be recorded to 5 Once you hav...

Page 48: ...he IN button to set the IN point at the current position OUT point The OUT point is the end point for the part of the track to be edited Press and hold the MARK SET button and press the OUT button to...

Page 49: ...f the target track is not changed You can make multiple copies in a single operation In other words you can overwrite the target track from the TO point with a designated number of repetitions of the...

Page 50: ...OUT points on the source track This operation inserts recorded data into the target track starting from the TO point Therefore the target track becomes longer The following parameters are used in this...

Page 51: ...s for example CLONE TRACK duplicate track Use this function to duplicate a mono or stereo track to a different track This copies the entire track so the IN OUT and TO points have no effect The followi...

Page 52: ...e selected dynamic effect The parameters differ depending on the effect type Use the CURSOR 5 b g t buttons to select the parameter that you want to change and then use the JOG DATA dial to set the va...

Page 53: ...se one of the three types of send effects REVERB DELAY and CHORUS available You cannot use multiple types of effects simultaneously Using send effects You can send input channel or track signals to th...

Page 54: ...blink and the movement will have no effect Ungrouping tracks 1 Press all the SELECT buttons of tracks in the group to turn them off 2 Press the GROUP button If you press the GROUP button before turni...

Page 55: ...ng a master file set the start and end points to be used for the mixed down master file The range between the song s IN and OUT points will be recorded as the master file Usually you will probably wan...

Page 56: ...nal stereo recorder If you are not satisfied with this master file you can perform a new mixdown NOTE To listen to a master file recorded in a saved song load the song change the recorder to Mastering...

Page 57: ...EQUALIZERscreen 2 Adjust mastering equalization on this screen The equalizer parameters are as follows GAIN FREQ HIGH Setting range 12 dB Default 0 dB Setting range 1 7 kHz to 18 kHz Default 10 kHz MI...

Page 58: ...the compressor disengages after the level drops below the threshold AUTO MAKE This feature automatically adjusts the volume to prevent it from being reduced by the compressor 6 When using the multi b...

Page 59: ...that the metronome sound could also be recorded if you are using a microphone to record in the same room When the metronome is running you can adjust the LEVEL item on the METRONOMEscreen but other i...

Page 60: ...e Page 44 Auto Monitor Set automatic monitoring Page 60 Preview Time Set preview playback time Page 45 Peak Hold Set peak hold time Page 35 Song Name Type Set file name format Page 61 Date Time Set da...

Page 61: ...e MENUscreen 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or the CURSOR 5 b g t buttons to select highlight green PREFERENCE and then press the F4 t button The PREFERENCEscreen opens 3 Use the CURSOR 5 b buttons to select...

Page 62: ...in size can be used A list of SD cards that have been confirmed to work with this unit can be found on the TEAC Global Site http teac global com Quick formatting an SD card Use the QUICK FORMATitem to...

Page 63: ...ant data before full formatting a card Follow these procedures to fully format an SD card 1 When the recorder is stopped press the MENU button to open the MENUscreen 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or the CUR...

Page 64: ...t to computers with the following operating systems Windows Windows 8 including 8 1 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Mac OS X Mac OS X Mavericks 10 9 Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10 8 Mac OS X Lion 10 7 M...

Page 65: ...function key to disconnect this unit and the computer After that unplug the USB cable The Home screen opens on the display Track import and export You can import and export individual tracks between...

Page 66: ...t you want to export and then press the F2 4 button A check mark 4 appears in the box next to the selected track By checking multiple boxes 4 you can export more than one track at once NOTE To remove...

Page 67: ...uce the noise This might be caused by interference from another device If there is a power amplifier or other device that uses a large transformer a fluorescent light or something similar nearby you m...

Page 68: ...nserted in the unit Always use the DP 32SD to format cards to be used with it Replace the card or format it using the FORMAT menu FAT formatting erases all data currently on the card I O Too Short The...

Page 69: ...ges made since the song was loaded will be cleared and the song will be reset to status it had when loaded Proceed only when you are sure you wish to discard all changes Same Track The same track has...

Page 70: ...and restart it If these error messages continue to appear please contact a TEAC Service Center Device Error File Error Not Continued Remote Cmd Remote Rx Sys Rom Err System Err 50 System Error 1 Syst...

Page 71: ...imum output level 14 dBu Output impedance 200 PHONES jack Connector 6 3 mm stereo jack Maximum output level 70 mW 70 mW or more THD N 0 1 or less 32 load Control input output ratings USB port Connecto...

Page 72: ...100 4 x 336 9 mm Width x Height x Depth excluding projections Weight 6 2 kg 13 67 lb Operating temperature range 5 to 35 C 41 to 95 F Dimensional drawings 514mm 100 4mm 336 9mm Illustrations in this m...

Page 73: ...TASCAM DP 32SD 73 16 Specifications Block diagram...

Page 74: ...74 TASCAM DP 32SD 16 Specifications Level diagram...

Page 75: ...by the warranty we will payreturnsurfaceshippingchargestoanydestinationwithintheUnitedStates LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES Any implied warranties INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNES...

Page 76: ...TY DP 32SD TEAC CORPORATION http tascam jp Phone 81 42 356 9143 1 47 Ochiai Tama shi Tokyo 206 8530 Japan TEAC AMERICA INC http tascam com Phone 1 323 726 0303 1834 Gage Road Montebello California 906...

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