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TASCAM DR-44WL
7 – Playback
Repeated Playback of Selection (Loop
Playback)
With this function, you can continuously repeat (loop) the
playback of a selection that you make.
1. When the
PLAY
FUNCTION
screen is open, press the
7
/
9
button to start playback, and press
ENTER/MARK button at the start point of the section that
you want to start loop playback.
This position is set as IN (start) point.
The icon will light up at the playback position under the
playback indicator bar.
2. Press ENTER/MARK button at the end point of the section
that you want to start loop playback.
This position is set as OUT (end) point, and the unit will
playback the section between the loop playback IN and OUT
points.
The icon will light up at the playback position under the
playback indicator bar.
During loop playback, the
icon lights up under the
recording status indicator.
Press the
8
/HOME button return to the Home screen while
maintaining the IN (start) and OUT (end) points and loop
settings enabled. On the Home screen, the
icon lights up
and the icon lights up at the position corresponding to
IN (start) and OUT (end) points under the playback indicator
bar.
NOTE
•
The
I/O
Too
Short
pop-up message will appear
when the IN-OUT points are too close. Please reset by
spacing at least one second in between.
•
Press
ENTER/MARK
button again to clear the IN and OUT
points.
•
To stop loop playback, set the
PLAY FUNCTION
screen Quick menu
LOOP ON/OFF
to
OFF
. When off,
disappears from the Home screen. Set
LOOP ON/
OFF
to
ON
again to enable loop playback between the set
IN and OUT points.
•
You cannot set the IN and OUT points in different files.
•
The previous IN and OUT point settings are lost when you
set the IN point in a different file.
•
MP3 files with VBR (variable bit rate) format may affect the
accuracy of the IN and OUT points settings.
Clearing IN and OUT points only
1. When the
PLAY
FUNCTION
screen is open, press
QUICK to open the QUICK pop-up menu on the
PLAY
FUNCTION
screen.
2. Using the wheel, select (highlight)
IN
CLEAR
or
OUT
CLEAR
and press ENTER/MARK button.
The set IN and OUT points will be cleared.
Changing the playback speed (VSA)
The DR-44WL has a built-in VSA (Variable Speed Audition)
function to change the playback speed without changing its
pitch.
CAUTION
The VSA function will not work when you select a file
recorded at a sampling rate of 96 kHz or three or more
channels (tracks) exist in MP3. However, the
icon is
displayed, and the setting of the playback speed can be
changed.
To enable the settings of playback speed when a file
recorded at a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz is
loaded by using the
.
button or
/
button.
1. When the
PLAY
FUNCTION
screen is open, press
QUICK to open the QUICK pop-up menu on the
PLAY
FUNCTION
screen.
2. Using the wheel, select (highlight)
SPEED
and press
ENTER/MARK button.
The screen for changing playback speed will be popped up.
3. Use the wheel to change the settings of playback speed.
Options:
X0.5
-
X2.0
(default value: per
X1.0
,
X0.1
)
4. Press ENTER/MARK button to finalize the setting and
return to open the QUICK pop-up menu on the
PLAY
FUNCTION
screen.
5. Press
8
/HOME button to the Home screen while
maintaining the set playback speed enabled.
When the playback speed is larger than
1.0
, the
icon appears or when it is smaller than
1.0
, the
icon
appears at the top of the Home screen.