Table of Contents
TASCAM SX-1 Quick Start Guide
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Chapter 1 – Introduction
SX-1 Standard Features ..................................6
Unpacking .......................................................7
Box Contents...................................................7
Registration.....................................................7
Options ............................................................7
Support and Updates .....................................7
Using These Manuals ................................. 8
Quick Start Guide............................................8
Owner's Manual .............................................8
Using the Internet...........................................8
Documentation Conventions .........................8
Hot Tips .......................................................8
Operating Conventions.............................. 9
Multi-Function Keys........................................9
Virtual Channel Pots .......................................9
VGA Screen Navigation ..................................9
LCD Screen Navigation ...................................10
LCD or VGA......................................................10
Fader Banks .....................................................11
Chapter 2 – Getting Started
Speaker Placement .........................................13
VGA Monitor Placement.................................13
Mouse and Keyboard .....................................13
Plugging Into Power.......................................13
Don't Interrupt! ..........................................13
“Safe” startup .............................................13
Shutting down your SX-1 ..........................14
Being Grounded ..........................................14
Avoiding Ground Loops .............................14
Chapter 3 – Making Connections
Getting Sound ............................................ 15
Phones .............................................................15
Studio ..............................................................15
Control Room ..................................................15
Master Stereo Outs.........................................16
Basic Wiring Diagram ................................. 16
Important Rear Connections...................... 17
Loading the Demo Song ............................ 18
Loading the Audio Demo Song .....................18
Chapter 4 – MIDI Basics
Connecting MIDI ......................................... 20
Loading the MIDI Song Demo ................... 21
MIDI Instrument Track Assignment...............21
MIDI Instrument Track Assignment...............21
Chapter 5 – Essential Moves
Back Up and Shutdown ............................. 23
Backing Up ......................................................23
From the VGA screen......................................23
From the LCD screen.......................................24
Shutdown Procedure ................................. 24
Chapter 6 – Taking Control
Audio Monitoring........................................... 26
Information Display ....................................... 26
Mix Control ..................................................... 26
Settings Management.................................... 26
MIDI ................................................................. 27
Editing ............................................................. 27
Transport and Data Entry .............................. 27
Chapter 7 – Basic Moves
Getting Around ........................................... 28
A Quick Explanation of a Few Important
Terms ........................................................ 28
Slot .............................................................. 28
Take ............................................................. 28
Clip .............................................................. 28
Channel ....................................................... 28
Mutes and Solos ......................................... 29
Creating a New Project............................... 29
On the VGA..................................................... 29
On the LCD...................................................... 30
To Record an Audio Track .......................... 30
On the VGA..................................................... 30
On the LCD...................................................... 31
Recording MIDI............................................ 32
On the VGA..................................................... 32
On the LCD...................................................... 32
Using Locate Points and Autopunch ......... 33
A word about the CAPTURE key ............... 33
Setting a locate point..................................... 33
Recalling a Locate Point ................................. 33
Using Autopunch ........................................ 33
Updating the SX-1 software ...................... 34
Chapter 8 – A quick look at a few
shortcuts
Make a quick headphone mix.................... 35
Make 5 different mixes for different players
quickly....................................................... 35
Quickly move all of your faders (on the current
layer) back to unity.................................. 35
Quickly make a Fader Group...................... 35
Quickly Solo-Safe a channel (or channels) 35
Quickly link a pair of channels on the
console...................................................... 36
Quickly mixdown a number of sources to a
stereo pair ................................................ 36
Quickly use the LCD and the VGA screens to
show separate things .............................. 36
Track a drum kit, even though you have no
free mixer channels ................................. 36
Quickly select every MIDI note on a MIDI
Take........................................................... 37
Quickly name a number of similar types of
things ........................................................ 37
