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4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5

TASCAM Pocketstudio 5

Reference Manual

ment 1, channel 3

for part 2, channel 4 for the bass, and

channel 10 for drums).

Number

Name

Description

Piano group

Piano1

Acoustic piano

Piano2

Acoustic piano (bright)

EG_Piano

Electric grand piano

Honky_Tonk

Honky-tonk piano

E_Piano 1

Electric piano 1

E_Piano 2

Electric piano 2

Harpsichord

Clavi

Clavichord

Chromatic percussion

Celesta

Glocken

Glockenspiel

Music_Box

Music box

Vibraphone

Marimba

Xylophone

Tubular

Tubular bells

Dulcimer

Dulcimer (santur)

Organ group

Full_Organ

Drawbar organ

Per_Organ

Percussive organ

Rock_Organ

Rock organ

Church_Org

Church organ

Reed_Organ

Reed organ

Accordion

Harmonica

Harmonica (mouth-organ)

Tango

Tango accordion

Guitar group

Nylon_Gtr

Spanish guitar

Steel_Gtr

Steel-strung (folk) guitar

Jazz_Gt

Jazz electric guitar

Clean_Gtr

Clean electric guitar

Muted_Gtr

Muted electric guitar

Over_Drive

Overdriven electric guitar

Disk_Gtr

Distorted electric guitar

Harmonics

Guitar harmonics

Bass group

Ac_Bass

Acoustic (upright) bass

Finger_Bs

Electric bass (fingered)

Pc_Bs

Electric bass (pick)

Fretless

Electric bass (fretless)

Slap_Bs 1

Slap bass 1

Slap_Bs 2

Slap bass 2

Synth_Bs 1

Synthesizer bass 1

Synth_Bs 2

Synthesizer bass 2

String section group

Violin

Viola

Cello

Violoncello

Contrabass

Double bass

TremoloStr

Tremolo strings

Pizzicato

Pizzicato strings

Harp

Timpani

Timpani (kettledrums)

String ensemble group

Marcato

String ensemble (fast)

SlowString

String ensemble (slow)

SynString1

Synthesized strings 1

SynString2

Synthesized strings 2

Choir

Choir (“aahs”)

Syn_Voice1

Voices (“oohs”)

Syn_Voice2

Synthesized voices

Orch_Hit

Orchestral hit

Brass group

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Mute Trmpt

Trumpet (muted)

FrenchHrn

French horn

BrassSect

Brass section

Syn_Brass1

Synthesized brass 1

Syn_Brass2

Synthesized brass 2

Reed group

SopranoSax

Soprano saxophone

Alto_Sax

Alto saxophone

Tenor_Sax

Tenor saxophone

BaritonSax

Baritone saxophone

Oboe

EnglishHrn

Cor anglais

Bassoon

Clarinet

Pipe group

Piccolo

Flute

Recorder

Pan_Flute

Panpipes

BlowBottle

Blown bottle

Shakuhachi

Whistle

Ocarina

Synth lead group

SquareLead

Square wave lead

Saw_Lead

Sawtooth wave lead

Calliope

Synthesized calliope

Number

Name

Description

Summary of Contents for Pocketstudio 5

Page 1: ...ructions in the literature accompanying the appliance The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous vo...

Page 2: ...ainst harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment gen erates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual m...

Page 3: ...nd supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire to an antenna discharge unit size of grounding conductors location of antenna discharge unit con nection to grounding electrodes and requirements...

Page 4: ...the SMF 26 6 Advanced options and operations Choosing the meter display 28 Choosing the time type 28 Reducing input noise 28 Absolute location 29 To jump to a location mm ss ff 29 To jump to a bars an...

Page 5: ...sound 4 Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 page 12 The internal MIDI tone generator is very flexible when it comes to setting up backing tracks in the style you choose together with chord changes and bre...

Page 6: ...the wheel to set the pan position if you do this while you play back the recorded tracks you can hear your changes The full left position is shown as L63 the center position as C and the full right p...

Page 7: ...able frequencies are 1 7kHz 1 8kHz 1 9kHz 2kHz 2 2kHz 2 4kHz 2 6kHz 2 8kHz 3kHz 3 2kHz 3 4kHz 3 6kHz 3 8kHz 4kHz 4 5kHz 5kHz 5 5kHz 6kHz 6 5kHz 7kHz 7 5kHz 8kHz 9kHz 10kHz 11kHz 12kHz 13kHz 14kHz 15kH...

Page 8: ...pending on the effect This parameter is set to affect the most characteristic element of the effect Accordingly what this parame ter does to the sound depends on the preset Bank Choose between the Pre...

Page 9: ...big heart Fusion1 Sweet sustained overdrive Fusion2 Long delay and bright distortion ClnSolo Long sustained solos are possible with this sound PwrDist1 A tube settingwith echo PwrDist2 A deep chorused...

Page 10: ...tar settings These sound best with bass instruments other sources may not give such a good effect Miller Flanger good for chopper bass Singing A singing bass tone chorus and distor tion Progressive so...

Page 11: ...with value from 0 through 127 Customizing the reverb sound You can make the reverb sound individual with the following parameters Time PreDly HiCut Density and Attack These are explained in more detai...

Page 12: ...m the main menu select Pattern to enter the pattern menu The first field Ctgry category allows you to select a category the different styles are arranged in categories so you can find them easier Here...

Page 13: ...eted and use and so that the whole line is blinking Turn the wheel counterclockwise Repeat the process until one section is left followed by a line saying SongEnd You cannot delete all the sections in...

Page 14: ...ed and Out end section of the area to be deleted and use the wheel to select the start and end sections of the area to be deleted The In and Out section can be the same in which case only that section...

Page 15: ...Use the wheel to change between these two symbols Turning the wheel clockwise sets the chord change point and counter clockwise disables it 2 Use the cursor pad to move the cursor to the third line to...

Page 16: ...hard work if the Pocketstudio 5 gets turned off 9 When you ve finished writing the chord sequence press EXIT twice to return to the main menu Use the cursor pad to move to the CARD menu and press ENTE...

Page 17: ...xdown or during a bounce process The MIDI instrument is only received on MIDI chan nel 1 and so you should set the instrument of part 1 to match your MIDI input when playing with patterns More details...

Page 18: ...lad 90 sPop A pop style made famous in the 90s featuring a Wurlitzer type electric piano Organ Hammond based backing for this slow 16 beat ballad PianoPop Piano based classic slow ballad HardRock What...

Page 19: ...n adds to the feel of this samba based backing Funk1 Slap bass driven funk Funk2 Faster and less four square than the first funk rhythm HighTec Fast and furious high tech fusion 24beatF Quite wonderfu...

Page 20: ...that the chords are set up in these new sec tions depends on whether you are using the User or the Preset area see Select the user area on page 12 In the Preset area whenever you add a new section or...

Page 21: ...to be the bass note Use the wheel to select the bass note for the chord Instruments The instruments that you assign to parts follow the General MIDI standard and are as follows in most cases the names...

Page 22: ...ass fingered 35 Pc_Bs Electric bass pick 36 Fretless Electric bass fretless 37 Slap_Bs 1 Slap bass 1 38 Slap_Bs 2 Slap bass 2 39 Synth_Bs 1 Synthesizer bass 1 40 Synth_Bs 2 Synthesizer bass 2 String s...

Page 23: ...fects 103 Echoes Echoing effects 104 Star_Theme An SF like sound Ethnic group 105 Sitar Sitar Indian 106 Banjo Banjo 107 Shamisenq Shamisen Japanese 108 Koto Koto Japanese 109 Kalimba Kalimba African...

Page 24: ...differ ent drum kits which you can use with the drum parts of the patterns Name Description Standard A standard drum kit Power Set A more powerful rock oriented kit Brush A standard kit played with br...

Page 25: ...right material Make sure that you respect the copyright holder s interests when you use such files See Data cards etc on page 36 for full details of how to connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer Whe...

Page 26: ...ou want to load and press ENTER When an SMF is loaded the tone generator is auto matically set to play back SMFs not patterns If you want to check this from the main menu enter the SYSTEM menu and sel...

Page 27: ...ffect KeyTrans key transposition transpose the original 36 semitones three octaves TIP The transposition is useful if you are learning a piece written in F for example but you re not yet sure of the c...

Page 28: ...recise to small fractions of a second as the ABS timing However it remains a very useful way in which to jump around quickly within the song s structure Reducing input noise You may notice especially...

Page 29: ...you have finished setting the values press ENTER to locate to the position you have just set 5 You can use this position to start playback or recording as the IN or OUT point for punch recording or r...

Page 30: ...mark points You name and edit mark points in the following way 1 Select the CARD menu from the main menu 2 Select the Song Edit menu Scroll down with the wheel until the Edit Mark menu item is highli...

Page 31: ...h Automated punch recording Although you can use the method above it is difficult to press keys on the Pocketstudio 5 when you are playing an instrument that needs two hands like a guitar Also automat...

Page 32: ...ECORD key lights and recording starts Off track monitoring stops When the OUT point is reached the off track moni toring starts again Repeat the punch recording for as many times as it takes to get it...

Page 33: ...g tracks you back up all your tracks to your computer see Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 on page 23 of the Getting Started guide for details This provides you with a safety net if thin...

Page 34: ...s ENTER The MP3 key lights green Now you can use the transport keys to control the playback of the stereo MP3 file PLAY and STOP work as usual RECORD has no effect on the MP3 file but allows the MP3 f...

Page 35: ...s 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 Arm tracks 1 and 2 or 3 and 4 and start recording PLAY RECORD The MP3 will be played back and recorded to the armed tracks Adjust the level of the MP3 playback and hence the level...

Page 36: ...Do not delete or rename these folders or files If you do you will not be able to access the data on the card from the Pocketstudio 5 MP3 Folder Contains the songs mixed down to stereo MP3 files You c...

Page 37: ...en the Pocketstudio 5 is con nected to a Windows computer afterwards They should cause no problems and there is no need to delete them See the later sections Optimizing a card on page 40 etc for detai...

Page 38: ...rosoft Windows 98 SE Second Edition 1 Microsoft Windows Me Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation and Profes sional Microsoft Windows XP Home and Professional Mac OS 9 x The Pocketstudio 5 cannot be used...

Page 39: ...reated it can be renamed as described below Only 4 songs at a time can be stored on the card regardless of how full the card has become Loading and renaming a song You can rename a song at any time If...

Page 40: ...e answer to the question how much space does a song take up On average the Pocketstudio 5 uses about 0 6 megabytes per minute per track but there are just too many vari ables to be able to give a comp...

Page 41: ...erator you may want to set the timing reference to bars and beats rather than seconds so that you can align the audio with the MIDI backing To enter this function from the main menu enter the CARD men...

Page 42: ...more than one track say both tracks of a ste reo pair select the first track set the start and end points delete the data change the Trk parameter and redo the delete operation until all the tracks h...

Page 43: ...software though and must be registered and paid for if you continue using it after the evaluation period as speci fied in the terms and conditions included with the product We suggest that you downlo...

Page 44: ...hey are smaller Select all the files in the JACE folder and right click them Select the Add to Zip option from the popup menu 4 When you do this you start WinZip If you have not registered the program...

Page 45: ...nt to the mail message you re sending to your friend the way that your mail program looks may be slightly different to this one of course 9 Write your e mail message and send the mail message Because...

Page 46: ...act 4 Now WinZip shows you the files it extracted from this screen Check to see that all three files are there and then close this panel 5 Now these three files are in the folder on your hard disk con...

Page 47: ...audio cables and some powered speakers and that s it You can even get your guitarist friends to join in If you re producing a solo artist make a rough of the backing onto SMF and pass it on to the art...

Page 48: ...Key s x o Touch Ch s x x Pitch Bender x o 0 32 Bank Select 1 Modulation 5 Portamento time Control 6 38 Data entry 7 Volume Change 10 Panpot 11 Expression 64 Hold 1 65 Portamento 66 Sostenuto 67 Soft...

Page 49: ...SELECTOR MIC LINE Input impedance MIC LINE 12k Standard input level LINE 10dBV MIC 40dBV Maximum input level LINE 4dBV 1 58V LINE OUTPUT 3 5 mm stereo phone jack Nominal impedance 50k Standard output...

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