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TASCAM HS-2  

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Switching project screens

When you press the ENTER button or a folder name 

(project name or session name) button on a project 

screen (project selection screen, session selection screen, 

AES31 file selection screen, take selection screen, playlist 

selection screen), a different screen will open as shown 

below. 

Project selection screen

Session selection screen

AES31 file selection screen

Take selection screen

Playlist selection screen

Timeline 

mode

Take mode

Playlist mode

5–Projects 

Summary of Contents for HS-2

Page 1: ...HS 2 2 Channel Audio Recorder D01149720A OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment For U S A In North America use only on 120V supp...

Page 3: ...ng CAUTION Leave 1U of space above the unit for ventilation Allow at least 10 cm 4 in at the rear of the unit for ventilation 1 Read these instructions 2 Keep these instructions 3 Heed all warnings 4...

Page 4: ...4 TASCAM HS 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 8 8 For China...

Page 5: ...Turning the power ON and OFF 26 Setting the time of the built in clock 27 Lock function 27 Recording times 28 4 Basic operation 29 SD card CF card preparation 29 Card selection 29 Formatting SD cards...

Page 6: ...esignated region Fade IN Fade Out 60 Removing the designated fade Remove Fade IN Remove Fade Out 61 Setting the playback level in the designated region Level 61 Undoing the previous edit UNDO 62 Redoi...

Page 7: ...OPERATION MODE 108 Folder structure 108 File names 108 11 Mark and locate functions 109 Mark functions 109 Adding marks 109 Using keys to locate to marks 109 Mark list screen 109 Locating to marks 110...

Page 8: ...e using graphical interface on TFT color touchscreen XLR analog balanced inputs and outputs RCA analog unbalanced inputs and outputs XLR AES EBU digital inputs and outputs COAXIAL S PDIF digital input...

Page 9: ...ontact your legal advisor Under no circumstances will TEAC Corporation be responsible for the consequences of any illegal copying performed using the recorder Precautions for placement and use The gua...

Page 10: ...yback but also uses USB memory devices for backing up DATA on SD cards CF cards and for saving files to SD cards CF cards We recommend using genuine TASCAM CF cards but use of other CF cards that are...

Page 11: ...moving SD cards CF cards on page 24 5 HOME key Press to open the Home Screen Press the MENU key while pressing and holding the HOME key to open the LOCK SETUP screen See Lock function on page 27 Turn...

Page 12: ...fferent layout from US keyboards To use a US keyboard change the setting on the PREFERENCES page of the SYSTEM SETUP screen See PREFERENCES page on page 102 t PROJECT key Press to open screens related...

Page 13: ...ing this key to turn synchronization with timecode ON OFF d JOG SHUTTLE key and indicator Use to enable use of the JOG SHUTTLE dial Press this key to enable the jog operation mode of the JOG SHUTTLE d...

Page 14: ...n external controller for example to this 9 pin D sub connector for RS 232C serial control NOTE It cannot be used at the same time as the RS 422 connector See RS 232C page on page 96 z PARALLEL connec...

Page 15: ...the GROUND terminal Please prepare a wire to use with the GROUND terminal PARALLEL connector The PARALLEL connector on the rear panel allows external control of this unit TASCAM RC SS20 can be connec...

Page 16: ...the PLAY and RECORD signals during playback in timeline mode you can start overwriting the recording RS 232C connector The RS 232C connector on the rear panel can be connected to an RS 232C connector...

Page 17: ...h external timecode or the built in timecode generator selectable The CHASE indicator blinks when not operating with timecode synchroni zation for example when stopped This includes when synchronizati...

Page 18: ...takes on page 51 8 Input monitoring indicators The indicators at the left end of the level meters show the status of input monitoring The background colors of the indicators stands for the following d...

Page 19: ...ual screen is shown If the total number of entries including files and subfolders inside a session folder exceeds about 20 000 recording becomes impossible and Rec Limit is shown For details see Recor...

Page 20: ...user word for the first half of the take name Touch the EDIT button to open the screen where you can change the user word This works the same as the screen for editing project names Session Name mode...

Page 21: ...ly selected take or entry is shown During Record Standby the file name of the take to record next will be displayed Take numbers are assigned in the order that they are recorded within a session g Tim...

Page 22: ...SSION selection screen will not open even if you press the session name display area See PROJECT screen on page 34 CIRCLE TAKE button Touch this to add or remove at the beginning of the current take n...

Page 23: ...selection yellow background and turn the DATA dial to change the page number turn right to increase and turn left to decrease z Current time cursor This cursor shows the playback position and scrolls...

Page 24: ...ard slot remove the SD card and then reinsert the card If you use CF card remove the CF card press the square button to the right of the slot and then reinsert the card Removing SD cards CF cards Turn...

Page 25: ...her About the display Adjusting the display angle Push the LCD TILT button to unlock the display and then pull the bottom of the display forward to adjust the angle Pull the bottom of the display unti...

Page 26: ...ilm to the display Doing so could prevent normal operation Gently wipe the display with a soft dry cloth that does not shed dust e g a cleaning cloth Avoid wiping with a stiff cloth or rubbing with fo...

Page 27: ...clock before making your first recording If you do not set the clock the time stamps on recorded files will be incorrect Lock function Press the MENU key while pressing and holding the HOME key on th...

Page 28: ...LOCK if an operation is conducted using RS 232C RS 422 PARALLEL or ETHERNET the following pop up message appears when external input is locked Remote Keyboard control locked Recording times The table...

Page 29: ...ard preparation Card selection 1 Press the MENU key on the front panel to open the MENU screen 2 Touch the MEDIA MANAGE button to open the MEDIA MANAGE screen 3 Touch the SELECT button from the MEDIA...

Page 30: ...h the QUICK button next to the SD FORMAT or CF FORMAT item the following message appears on the pop up window NOTE If no card is inserted in that slot the following pop up message appears 4 Click the...

Page 31: ...e CANCEL button in the pop up window to cancel formatting and return to the MEDIA MANAGE screen Creating a new project 1 Press the PROJECT key on the front panel to open the PROJECT screen 2 Touch the...

Page 32: ...lock 1 Press the HOME key on the front panel to open the Home Screen 2 Touch the SYNC button to open the SYNC T C screen NOTE You can also open SYNC T C screen by touching SYNC T C button on MENU scre...

Page 33: ...of files subfolders and other items in it becomes large For this reason the following things might occur When the total number of items in one folder exceeds about 20000 Recording of a new take might...

Page 34: ...he number of sessions in each project Fs This shows the sampling frequency of the project The sampling frequency values are abbreviated as follows Sampling frequency Fs abbreviation 44 1 kHz 44k 47 95...

Page 35: ...ts of that project If you touch the e button for any session other than the current session a pop up window will appear confirming that you want to load that session Touch the OK button to show the co...

Page 36: ...a take The letter C appears in the icon which is also highlighted yellow for the currently loaded take INFO button Touch this button to open a pop up window that shows information about the take that...

Page 37: ...ampling frequency of the project 8 8NEXT button Touch to open the next page 8 8CREATE PROJECT button Touch this to create a project with the current settings If a project with the same name already ex...

Page 38: ...ter buttons Use these to input the project name 8 8BS button Use this to erase the character to the left of the cursor 8 8DEL button Use this to erase the character to the right of the cursor 8 8Shift...

Page 39: ...ilding projects Rebuilding file rescan should be performed whenever there is an inconsistency between the unit s file lists and the actual directory contents that may occur for example when an audio f...

Page 40: ...ating new sessions 1 Press the PROJECT key on the front panel to open the PROJECT screen 2 Touch the e button of the project to which you want to add a session to open the session selection screen If...

Page 41: ...letes the Home Screen opens NOTE The letter C appears in the icon to the left of the name of the current session Rebuilding sessions Rebuilding file rescan should be performed whenever there is an inc...

Page 42: ...a progress status pop up appears When export completes the pop up disappears CAUTION If a session with the same name already exists on the media storage device to export to a confirmation message appe...

Page 43: ...project selection screen session selection screen AES31 file selection screen take selection screen playlist selection screen a different screen will open as shown below Project selection screen Sess...

Page 44: ...ated in an original format based on AES31 In timeline mode playback units are called regions and their extent is shown in the track area of the Home Screen Take mode functions The following functions...

Page 45: ...rther details about these settings see Creating new projects on page 37 3 After you complete making settings touch the CREATE PROJECT button NOTE If a project with the same project name already exists...

Page 46: ...pen the MENU screen 2 Touch the REC SETUP button to open the REC SETUP screen On the REC MODE page you can select the record ing mode The background color for the selected mode is light blue For more...

Page 47: ...een becomes red indicating that the unit is recording The time counter starts at the same time When the elapsed time ABS time from the beginning of the timeline reaches 23 59 59 MM MM is the maximum n...

Page 48: ...start position Use the m and keys jump to a mark or use the manual locate function to locate to the time where you want to start playback When time code synchronization is ON playback will occur at th...

Page 49: ...If you touch the INFO button after selecting a file by touching the filename area the date and time last changed and the file size of that file are shown The letter C appears in the icon which is also...

Page 50: ...ge 38 4 Touch the Enter button on the AES31 NAME screen or press the DATA dial to save the data with input name During saving a progress bar will be shown in the pop up window When saving is complete...

Page 51: ...the front panel to display the Home Screen 2 Touch the AES31 file name display button on the Home Screen to display the pull down menu 3 Touch the IMPORT ALL TAKES button on the pull down menu item 4...

Page 52: ...t to delete to display the session selection screen If it is not the current project touch the OK button on the pop up window which appears to confirm loading 3 Touch the e button of the project conta...

Page 53: ...ting may greatly consume the memory used in managing regions or editing history In this case the pop up message Cannot Edit System limit reached appears Selecting the range to copy cut delete When the...

Page 54: ...touch the OK button or press the DATA dial The current IN and OUT points are deleted and the IN mark and OUT mark disappear from the marking area Selecting a complete region for editing 1 Press the H...

Page 55: ...selected region Cut You can erase the selected region and move the following data forward NOTE The data cut is saved on the copy buffer When the whole fade in out area is included the fade informatio...

Page 56: ...T button and select the re gion you want to erase using the SET IN SET OUT and SELECT Region buttons on the pull up menu 5 Touch the EDIT button to display the pull up menu 6 Touch the Erase button on...

Page 57: ...layed In this case the EDIT pull up menu will remain open Inserting the designated file into the desig nated position Insert File You can insert the entire contents of a 2ch BWF file WAV file into the...

Page 58: ...he Home Screen will be displayed after the pop up window is displayed and the EDIT pull up menu is closed Inserting mute data into the designated position Insert Mute You can insert mute data into the...

Page 59: ...will be displayed after the pop up window is displayed In this case the EDIT pull up menu will remain open Pasting the data in the designated file into the designated position Paste File You can past...

Page 60: ...name touch the RENAME button or touch the CANCEL button to cancel 8 When pasting is complete the Home Screen will be displayed after the pop up window is displayed and the EDIT pull up menu is closed...

Page 61: ...n open Setting the playback level in the designated region Level You can set playback level for the entire designated region after fade in before fade out 1 Press the HOME key to display the Home Scre...

Page 62: ...of this unit Loading a project session or AES31 edit information Changing the operation mode Redoing an edit REDO After undoing an edit you can redo it 1 Press the HOME key to display the Home Screen...

Page 63: ...etween the IN mark and OUT mark is to be edited and indicated in light blue Bouncing the interval 8 Touch the Bounce I O button to open a pull up menu 9 Touch the BOUNCE button on the pull up menu to...

Page 64: ...ine mode and then set whether other settings should be retained from the currently open project or whether the factory defaults should be used instead For further details about these settings see Edit...

Page 65: ...Session operations on page 40 Recording mode settings 1 Press the MENU key on the front panel to open the MENU screen 2 Touch the REC SETUP button to open the REC SETUP screen On the REC MODE page yo...

Page 66: ...the STOP RETAKE key Retaking a recording Press the STOP RETAKE key while pressing and holding the SHIFT key to erase the last recorded take The recorded audio file itself will be erased If you press t...

Page 67: ...the PLAY key again to resume playback Press the STOP RETAKE key to stop playback Press the MARK key or MARK key to switch takes Press and hold the m or key to search backward or forward Press the MAR...

Page 68: ...ist button in the pull down menu to open the take selection screen for the current session 4 Select the take that you want to edit the start time 5 Touch the MENU button on the take selection screen t...

Page 69: ...pop up window stating Cannot EXPORT Not enough space on xxx 1 is displayed before the export starts and the export will not be performed 1 x x x SD card CF card USB memory Export destination media na...

Page 70: ...en Moving a take re ordering Move a take to change the playback order 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 1 Select a take you want to move on the take selec tion screen 2 Touch the MENU button on the take selection s...

Page 71: ...NOTE When you have selected multiple takes you cannot select the EDIT NAME button on the pull up menu item 4 Input the take name See Editing the project name on page 38 for the in put method 5 Touch...

Page 72: ...screen or press the STOP or EXIT CANCEL key If the file name given after divided already exists and the take cannot be divided the message Cannot Divide appears 5 When dividing is complete the Home S...

Page 73: ...is to be used for the combination that was selected at step 3 5 A confirmation message appears and 4 seconds in total before and after the combining point will be played repeatedly Touch the OK butto...

Page 74: ...a project or session Changing the operation mode Recording Redoing the previously undone take edit REDO After undoing an edit you can redo it 1 Press the HOME key to display the Home Screen 2 Touch th...

Page 75: ...current session a pop up window appears confirming that you want to load it Touch the OK button 6 Touch the OK button or press the DATA dial when a confirmation pop up message appears When loading com...

Page 76: ...he playlist for which you want to change the name to open the session selection screen If it is not the current project a pop up window appears confirming that you want to load it Touch the OK button...

Page 77: ...ouching the e button on the playlist you want to load 7 When a confirmation message pop up appears touch the OK button or press the DATA dial After loading completes the Home Screen opens Deleting a p...

Page 78: ...elect the corresponding entry Touch this button to display the take list on the right side You can assign a take to this button by touching the button with the take name you want to register under thi...

Page 79: ...folder name display button This shows the name of the folder which is selected in the current list display area Touch this button to show the session list in the take list display area y Take name li...

Page 80: ...laylist is can be added to the playlist If the take that you want to add does not appear use the scroll buttons or DATA dial to scroll through the list until the take appears and then touch its name T...

Page 81: ...try by touching the take name that appears yellow in the take list on the right side or by touching the MENU button and then touching the CLEAR button on the pull up menu Editing entry titles 1 Press...

Page 82: ...up window asking you to reset the Start End Point to the beginning ending time of the file Touch the OK button on the pop up window to reset the Start End Point to the beginning ending time of the fi...

Page 83: ...button to open and touch the number buttons on the EDIT START TC screen to change the Start TC 5 The value shown next to the Start TC item is the playback starting time for the selected entry Touch th...

Page 84: ...positions Change the Start Point Fade In Length to move the playback point to the Start Point If you change it during the playback playback will be performed after the playback point is moved Change...

Page 85: ...open a pull up menu and touching the SAVE button Entry List Screen Assign File Screen Naming a playlist and saving it On the ENTRY List or ASSIGN File screen after touching the MENU button to open th...

Page 86: ...t project session name button at the top right of the PROJECT screen to open the playlist selection screen for the current session 4 Touch the name of the playlist that you want to play to select it I...

Page 87: ...On the PLAY SETUP screen you can set whether only the currently selected entry is played or whether all the entries within the current playlist are played You can also enable and disable repeat playba...

Page 88: ...cording on only the selected media storage device current media default value Mirror Recording on two media storage devices simultaneously NOTE When the current project Fs is 88 2k 96k 176 4k or 192kH...

Page 89: ...storage device that is not selected If you start recording with Mirror set recording is performed with the same take name on the same project folder of both media storage devices If you perform the r...

Page 90: ...s PreREC Time Turn this function ON or OFF and set the length of pre recording time Default OFF When PreREC Time is ON the signal input during recording standby is captured by the built in memory for...

Page 91: ...t Only the currently selected take or playback is played back All Take button All the takes in the currently loaded session or all the entries in the playlist are played back Repeat Mode Turn repeat p...

Page 92: ...intervals Inf during playback the affected keys are disabled for this amount of time Default value 0 msec NOTE When the PLAY Inhibit Time item is set to Inf the incremental play function is automatica...

Page 93: ...hen you want to match the timing of this unit s audio with a timecode master device audio recorder video or built in time code generator You can also set timecode offset TC Offset with the timecode ma...

Page 94: ...time code and it turns off after time code is captured START TIME When you touch the GENERATOR item RESTART button the time when the time code restarts is shown Touch the START TIME item EDIT button...

Page 95: ...re sponding page GENERAL page Make the external remote controller settings on this page FADER MODE Allows the fader on an external TASCAM RC HS20PD remote controller sold separately to be enabled or d...

Page 96: ...422 page If the Option SY 2 has not been installed RS 422 cannot be selected Baud Rate bps Set the transmission speed baud rate with these buttons Setting buttons bps 4800 9600 19200 and 38400 defaul...

Page 97: ...Gateway must be set manually Setting buttons DHCP STATIC default LINK SPEED This button affects how the link speed is determined Setting buttons Auto Default Negotiates the best possible link speed ac...

Page 98: ...NOTE Only one FTP connection can be active at a time Because some FTP client applications may allow you to start multiple FTP connections to the same unit you may not be able to transfer files correc...

Page 99: ...is possible only while playback is stopped Folders other than the current project session folder may be always deleted 7 Changing the name of files and folders on this unit The FTP commands for File...

Page 100: ...ter values or scrolls the list down when the screen shows a list Character input keys Input the characters while this unit dis plays the keyboard screen Setting values necessary to connect with VNC Se...

Page 101: ...before the faders default Meters show the signal after the faders In this case the button appears light blue Ref Level Line Touch to turn the reference level line that appears on the level meter ON de...

Page 102: ...ort cannot be performed is shown 8 8Save User Preset You can save the current setting values as Preset DATA in the built in memory by pressing the Save button 8 8Load Preset Touch the User button to l...

Page 103: ...e controller sold separately connected to the unit Displaying Operating a folder file BROWSE This section describes how to display manipulate folders and files on SD cards CF cards and USB memory devi...

Page 104: ...o see information on SD card 2 Select a folder file Folder Project01 The selected folder file is highlighted in yellow 3 Touch the INFO button to display information on the selected folder file in pop...

Page 105: ...the media containing the copy destination folder First media selection screen The last displayed copy destination folder selection screen appears the second time or later If a CF card was selected las...

Page 106: ...Touch the BROWSE button to open the BROWSE screen SD card 3 Move to the media folder containing a folder file to delete Folder Project01 Select a folder file to delete The selected folder file is hig...

Page 107: ...be erased Execute these commands only if you are absolutely certain that you want to erase the media storage device contents CURRENT MEDIA This shows the currently selected media storage device name a...

Page 108: ...card folder and file structure by accessing it from a computer using a card reader for example Be aware however if you change or erase files inside a project or change any names the HS 2 might not be...

Page 109: ...value set by the user In the example above this would be when the level exceeds the maximum level minus 0 20 dB If a mark is triggered using parallel control a mark is added in the same manner as if t...

Page 110: ...n again to return to the MARK LIST screen Mark list information screen NOTE After recording the MARK LIST screen might show a TOTAL number of marks that is 2 or 3 greater than the sum of the MANUAL MA...

Page 111: ...t one To input a specific digit touch it to make its background yellow then use the number buttons or the DATA dial to enter two digits at a time Touch the CURRENT b button to copy the current playbac...

Page 112: ...an amount of time to go forward from the current time Input an amount of time to go backward from the current time Input the time using the number buttons You can also select a number field in the LOC...

Page 113: ...e front panel of this unit Connect USB keyboards to the USB connector on the front panel of this unit A variety of operations are possible but using the keyboard is especially efficient for inputting...

Page 114: ...used in names The letter in the second half of the next take name can only be an uppercase letter from the alphabet List of keyboard operations In addition to inputting names a keyboard can be used t...

Page 115: ...ck with time code synchronization repeat steps 3 and 4 6 Either of the following operations will turn syn chronization off While pressing and holding the SHIFT key press the CALL CHASE key on the fron...

Page 116: ...ized by the computer as a drive named HS 2 In this example the drive name HS 2 is used 6 Copy the audio file that you want to import into the Session_i session folder inside the Project_i project fold...

Page 117: ...nitoring OFF 8 8 Recording is not possible Reconfirm connections Adjust the recording levels If the media storage device does not have sufficient space erase unneeded DATA to increase the amount of av...

Page 118: ...s when the card is formatted with a cluster size that is smaller than the standard of this unit MM Read Error An error occurred when reading the card MM SD CF or USB memory MM to MM Copy failed Copyin...

Page 119: ...take is copied to the current session In this case a file with the same name as the copied take already exists in the current session RENAME button change the name and copy the file CANCEL button do n...

Page 120: ...te combine Media Full The media does not have enough space so you cannot com bine Cannot execute File property is not matched to current project Cannot execute as the file property is not the same as...

Page 121: ...L and Import All Takes Clear the current AES31 editing information and import all the takes Clear In Out Point Clear IN and OUT points Combine these Takes aaaaaaaa bbbbbbbb Combine the two takes aaaaa...

Page 122: ...on is being deleted Deleting Take The take is being deleted Digital Input Error eeeeeeee An error occurred with the digital input selected for the input signal eeeeeeee Unlocked not synchronized with...

Page 123: ...ession cannot be found Select a session Load Factory Preset Load the factory settings Load selected project pppppppp Load the selected project pppppppp name of project to load Load selected playlist p...

Page 124: ...ses sion or recording results in a file path name of more than 255 characters This can occur if you give projects and sessions long names using a computer Operation Failed Unmatched Fs Sampling frequ...

Page 125: ...in jog mode Project Screen is not available while Recording The plroject screen cannot be changed during recording QUICK FORMAT FORMAT MM This will erase all DATA on card Quick formatting will be per...

Page 126: ...name RETAKE Ignore last RECORD pass A retake will be performed Save changes in Current EDL ssssssss Save changes to the current timeline ssssssss name of AES31 editing informa tion file Save changes i...

Page 127: ...ssion There is no Take There is no take so playback is not possible Select a session with takes This file was converted to BWF format The file format was converted to BWF This message appears when the...

Page 128: ...rms D Ref 16dBFS A Input 4dBu 22dBu 9 76Vrms D Ref 18dBFS A Input 4dBu 24dBu 12 3Vrms D Ref 20dBFS A Input 4dBu D Ref Digital Ref Level A Input Analog Input Ref Level ANALOG INPUTS L R UNBALANCED conn...

Page 129: ...ch threads RS 232C Connector D sub 9 pin inch pitch threads PARALLEL Connector D sub 25 pin inch pitch threads TIME CODE IN attached with Option SY 2 board Connector BNC connector Signal voltage ampli...

Page 130: ...ayback Distortion ANALOG IN to ANALOG OUT 0 005 or less JEITA recording and playback S N ratio ANALOG IN to ANALOG OUT 100 dB or more JEITA recording and playback Other specifications Power AC 100 240...

Page 131: ...TASCAM HS 2 131 17 Specifications Block diagram...

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