TASCAM DA-3000
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6 − Playback
Locating to specific positions
If you use a USB keyboard with a number pad or a USB number
pad, you can locate to specific positions when the unit is
stopped, playing back or in playback standby.
Press the * (asterisk) key to clear the track number and time
display and prepare the unit to receive numeric input.
Use the numeric keypad to enter numbers in the following order.
p
Track number: 3 digits
p
Elapsed time from track beginning: 2 digits each for hours,
minutes, seconds
For example, if you want to specify a location that is 1 minute 30
seconds from the beginning of track 2, you would press keys in
the following order.
0
w
0
w
2
w
0
w
0
w
0
w
1
w
3
w
0
When you finish entering the nine digits, the unit will automati-
cally locate to the specified position.
After locating to the new position, the unit will resume the same
status as before (stopped, in playback standby or playing back).
This means playback will start automatically from the located
position only during playback
Locating to a position after partial entry
If you press the press the MULTI JOG dial, PLAY button or
PAUSE button on the front panel (or remote control PLAY
button or F1 button) before you finish entering the time, you
will locate to the position that is specified at that point.
For example, suppose you input only:
0
w
0
w
2
w
0
w
0
w
1
w
2
Then, if you press the MULTI JOG dial, PLAY button or PAUSE
button, the unit will locate to 12 minutes after the beginning of
track 2.
The button pressed when locating determines what happens
after locating.
MULTI JOG dial pressed:
The unit resumes playback or playback standby according to
the status before locating.
PLAY button pressed:
Playback starts.
PAUSE button pressed:
The unit enters playback standby.
Remote control PLAY button pressed:
If playing back before locating, playback pauses after
locating.
If stopped or in playback standby before locating, playback
starts after locating.
Adding marks manually during
playback
When stopped, when in playback standby or during playback,
you can add marks manually to the track in any positions you
like. During track playback, you can move quickly to marks.
Adding marks during playback
When a track is stopped, playing back or in playback standby,
press the MULTI JOG dial (or remote control MARK button) at
any point where you want to add a mark.
NOTE
• Each track can store information for a maximum of 99
added marks.
• You can also add marks during recording. (See “Adding
marks manually during recording” on page 27.)
• When adding a mark manually, the Mark Name “MARKxxx” *
is used.
* “xxx” is a number that increments through all MARKs in
this track.
Locating to marks
When a track is stopped, playing back or in playback standby,
you can turn the MULTI JOG dial (or use the remote control F3
[+]/F4 [−] buttons) to locate to marks.
Turn the MULTI JOG dial right to locate to the nearest later mark
or left to locate to the nearest previous mark from the current
position.
When locating to a MARK point, that MARK point's name is
displayed in the button section of the HOME screen. Also, if a
MARK point is passed during playback, that MARK point's name
is also displayed.
By pressing the HOME/DISPLAY button, the MARK Point name
for the current position is also displayed.
Deleting marks
You can delete an added mark when stopped or when in
playback standby.
1. Move to the mark that you want to delete. (See “Locating to
2. Press the MULTI JOG dial to open the DELETE MARKS
pop-up.
3. Turn the MULTI JOG dial to select whether to delete one
mark or all marks in a file.
Options:
SINGLE: Delete only the selected mark.
ALL:
Delete all the marks added to the current file.
4. Press the MULTI JOG dial to delete the mark or marks.
If you selected SINGLE, the Home Screen will reappear after
the selected mark is deleted.
If you selected ALL, a confirmation pop-up message will
appear.
Press the MULTI JOG dial again to delete all the marks added
to the current file.
The Home Screen will reappear after all the marks are
deleted.
NOTE
To cancel marked deletion, press the
EXIT/CANCEL [PEAK
CLEAR]
button.
