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TASCAM DA-40
4 - SHIFT functions
These functions of the tape deck are typically
accessed by pressing
SHIFT [31]
so that the indica-
tor is lit.
While the indicator is lit, the command keys take on
their shifted function, labeled in blue above the key.
4.1 REPEAT
Repeated presses of the
REPEAT
key
[20]
cycle
through the following:
• A-B repeat— the display shows
REPEAT A-B
—
playback is repeated between the two location
memory points (A refers to location memory point
1, and B refers to location memory point 2). The
points must first be set (see 4.6, "Location memo-
ries"), the tape located to a position between the
two location memory points, and playback started
from there.
• Single repeat— the display simply shows
REPEAT
— a program will be repeated; use the
DATA
dial or the
INS/+
and
DEL/-
keys to select a
program number, and then press
PLAY
to start
repeated play of that program . While the program
is being played back, the word
REPEAT
will flash
in the display. If the REPEAT setting is being made
while the tape is playing back, the program which
starts with the next START ID encountered during
playback will be repeated.
• All repeat— the display shows
ALL REPEAT
—
the complete contents of the tape will be repeated
If the REPEAT setting is being made while the tape
is playing back, ALL REPEAT will start as soon as
an END ID or the end of the tape is encountered.
• No repeat— the display does not show any repeat
information
The number of times that the selected portion (A-B,
program or tape) is repeated is set by the repeat menu
option described in 3.8, "Repeat mode".
4.2 CHECK
This key
[21]
is used when entering characters for
tape or program titles. It allows the checking of titles
which are longer than the display allows, and scrolls
them across the display. See “Character editing
(titling)” on page 26
4.3 INS/+ and DEL/-
These keys may be used in addition to the data dial to
increment and decrement values in the menus (see 3,
"Menu functions").
NOTE
Remember that menus are unshifted func-
tions. To use these keys as increment and
decrement keys in the menus, the SHIFT indi-
cator must be lit, which means that the SHIFT
key must be pressed after the menu has been
entered.
They are also used or incrementing and decrement-
ing numeric values in the edit screens (see 4, "SHIFT
functions").
When these keys are used for editing values, pressing
and holding down these keys will repeat the incre-
ment or decrement operation.
When entering characters (see 4.8, "Character editing
(titling)"), the
INS/+
key inserts a blank space into
the character string immediately before the cursor
position. The
DEL/-
key deletes the character at the
cursor position.
4.4 ID markers (START, SKIP, END,
CHAR and renumbering)
These ID markers are used to control tape operations
when they are read on playback. Briefly:
• START IDs are nine seconds in length. They are
used to mark the beginning of a program and are
usually in continuous sequence (from 01 to 99). If
they somehow get out of sequence, the renumber
facility is used to correct this.
• SKIP IDs are one second in length, and are used in
skip play mode (see
SKIP PLAY [24]
) to skip past
unwanted sections of tape
• END IDs are nine seconds in length, and are used
to mark the “logical” end of a tape (even though
there may be tape remaining, playback will stop
when an END ID is encountered). There should,
naturally, only be one END ID on a tape.
The above three ID types are recognized by every
kind of DAT deck and player.
This tape deck also provides another kind of subcode
ID marker:
