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TASCAM  DP-008EX

9 – Mixdown and mastering

7.  After making the settings, press the F1 [BACK] 

button to return to the 

MASTERING COMP

 

screen.

8.  Press the F2 [ON] button to turn the compressor 

ON/OFF. The 

MASTERING COMP

 screen shows 

whether the mastering compressor is ON or OFF.

Compressor 
ON/OFF indicator

9.  After making the settings, press the F1 [BACK] 

button to return to the 

MASTERING

 screen.

 

For details about the compressor settings, see “13 

– Mastering compressor settings” on page 82.

Normalizing master tracks

You can normalize to automatically adjust the 

volume. The unit determines the highest volume level 

of the track and then increases the volume of the 

entire track so that the highest level is the maximum 

possible.

CAUTION

If you use the mastering equalizer or compressor 

after normalization, distortion could occur. 

Always normalize after using the mastering 

equalizer and compressor to adjust the sound.

1.  When in 

MASTERING

 mode, press the F3 [NORM] 

button to open the 

NORMALIZE

 screen.

2.  Press the F4 [EXEC] button to normalize the track.
3.  After normalization completes, press the F1 

[BACK] button to return to the 

MASTERING

 

screen.

Copying a stereo master track

You can use the clone track function to copy a stereo 

master track to another track. (See “CLONE TRACK 

(track duplication)” on page 60.)

Exiting mastering mode

Press the BOUNCE/MIXDOWN/MASTERING button 

to exit 

MASTERING

 mode and return to 

MULTI 

TRACK

 mode.

Содержание DP-008EX

Страница 1: ...OWNER S MANUAL D01175820A DP 008EX Digital Multitrack Recorder...

Страница 2: ...does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be deter mined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more...

Страница 3: ...14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objec...

Страница 4: ...l of batteries and or accumulators a Waste batteries and or accumulators should be disposed of separately from the municipal waste stream via designated collection facilities appointed by the governme...

Страница 5: ...ns around them Do not carry or store batteries together with small metal objects The batteries could short causing leak rupture or other trouble Do not heat or disassemble batteries Do not put them in...

Страница 6: ...contrast 36 Setting the backlight 36 5 Song Management 37 Partitions and songs 37 Selecting the active partition 37 Editing names 38 Loading a saved song 38 Creating a new song 39 Saving a song 39 Vie...

Страница 7: ...Functions 69 Metronome 69 Tuner 69 Chromatic tuner mode 69 Oscillator mode 70 Automatic power saving function 70 Restoring preferences to default values 71 Viewing information 71 11 SD Card Managemen...

Страница 8: ...ain settings Guitars and basses can be directly connected to 2 mic line inputs INPUT A B Independent LEVEL PAN and REVERB knobs for each track allow intuitive operation Wheel allows rapid location to...

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Страница 10: ...places Doing so could degrade the sound quality or cause malfunctions Places with significant vibrations Near windows or other places exposed to direct sunlight Near heaters or other extremely hot pla...

Страница 11: ...n Home Screen CAUTION Do not remove or insert the SD card when the unit s power is ON Make sure the unit s power is OFF in standby mode before you remove or insert an SD card If you remove or insert a...

Страница 12: ...4 t button to open the SONG LOADscreen that shows a list of songs 5 Use the DATA wheel to select highlight DEMO_8EX and press the F2 EXEC button The demo song loads and the SONGscreen reopens 6 Press...

Страница 13: ...that you have already followed the instructions in the previous Playback and mixing section and that you have already connected headphones and installed an SD card TIP This example uses the built in...

Страница 14: ...st the current input source for INPUT A is already selected highlighted 4 In order to use the external line input to record guitar to tracks 1 and 2 use the DATA wheel to set the INPUT A input source...

Страница 15: ...7 After changing the setting press the HOME button to return to the Home Screen Setting the guitar as the TRACK 1 recording source When the recorder is stopped press the ASSIGN button to open the INP...

Страница 16: ...o light even when the TRIM knob is turned down the guitar signal itself is too loud In this case if the input source is set to Ext Input Hi gh change it to Ext Input Midor Ext Input LINE Low If the in...

Страница 17: ...to stop playback Record guitar to TRACK 2 Now you will record the lead guitar on TRACK 2 while listening to the rhythm guitar on TRACK 1 Use the following procedures to change the recording source for...

Страница 18: ...Record 0 button to begin recording Play the lead guitar part The Record 0 indicator lights and the TRACK 2 REC indicator stops blinking and stays lit 9 When you are finished playing press the Stop 8 b...

Страница 19: ...o Internal MIC Hi gh change it to Internal MIC Low If the OL indicator lights even when set to Internal MIC Low move the sound source away from the mic or lower the volume at the sound source When the...

Страница 20: ...we will mix down the tracks and create a stereo master track 1 Use the TRACK 1 3 LEVEL knobs to adjust the level Use the MASTER LEVEL knob to adjust the overall level 2 Use the TRACK 1 3 PAN knobs to...

Страница 21: ...t highlight MIXDOWN 9 Press the F4 EXEC button to put the unit into MIXDOWNmode After a Mixdown pop up message appears the Home Screen reopens NOTE When the recorder is in MIXDOWN mode MIXDOWN appears...

Страница 22: ...en NOTE If there is no stereo master track a No Master T rkpop up message appears and you will not be able to switch to MASTERINGmode 4 Press the F3 AUTO button to switch the recorder to MASTERINGmode...

Страница 23: ...ferring the stereo master track to a computer You can connect this unit to a computer using the included USB cable and transfer the stereo master track that you created in Creating stereo master track...

Страница 24: ...phantom power is ON Turn phantom power ON only when using a condenser microphone that requires phantom power Do not supply phantom power to an unbalanced dynamic microphone Supplying phantom power to...

Страница 25: ...plifier and speakers press that track s REC button When a REC button is ON its REC indicator blinks when the recorder is stopped and lights when it is recording On the INPUT ASSIGNscreen press this bu...

Страница 26: ...st started LRP function on page 52 h Play 7 button Press this button to start playback While pressing the Record 0 button press this button to start recording Press this button again when recording to...

Страница 27: ...MIC LINE For electric guitars and basses that are connected directly set it to GUITAR TIP When connecting an electric acoustic guitar with a built in preamp or an active electric guitar as well as wh...

Страница 28: ...This allows to sharing importing and exporting files between the unit and the computer including backup of the song files See Connecting with a computer on page 75 DC IN 5V connector Connect a dedicat...

Страница 29: ...indicator When repeat playback is active appears The icon appears when auto punch in out mode is active 7 Recorder time counter Shows the elapsed time from the start of the song 8 Cursor that shows t...

Страница 30: ...directly access some setting screens as follows Button Function Reference BOUNCE MIXDOWN MASTERING Bounce tracks and create and refine stereo master tracks page 51 page 62 PHANTOM Turn phantom power...

Страница 31: ...appears at the top bottom of the scrollbar in the right half of the screen In the MENUscreen shown above the b shows that there is at least one more item below DATA BUCKUP 0 If an item has a submenu...

Страница 32: ...n switches SD cards have write protection switches Writing possible Write protected When a write protection switch is set to the LOCK position you will not be able to write files to the card or edit f...

Страница 33: ...rs or an amplifier and speakers Do not wear headphones when turning the power ON or OFF putting it into standby because noise at such times could harm your hearing Shutting down Make the following pre...

Страница 34: ...number of partitions for the card capacity The Home Screen appears after the format completes correctly NOTE To cancel formatting press the F4 NO button Depending on the SD card capacity the partition...

Страница 35: ...ar panel connections Headphone Powered speakers or amplifier and speakers Mic to INPUT A B Guitar bass to INPUT A Keyboard to INPUT A B Drum machine Footswitch standard jack NOTE Before outputting sou...

Страница 36: ...adjust it while the unit is in the actual position that you plan to use it in Adjusting the contrast might make it easier to read 4 After completing the setting press the HOME button to return to the...

Страница 37: ...a song on it or create a new song Selecting the active partition If you want to use a file that is on a partition other than the currently active partition in order to load an existing song or create...

Страница 38: ...position On the SONG BACKUP EXPORT TRACKand EXPORT MASTERscreens press the F3 INS button to insert the letter Aat the cursor position Press the F4 DEL button to delete the character at the cursor pos...

Страница 39: ...song and during shutdown when it stores various information about operations conducted to that point You can also save a song at any time using the following procedures 1 When the recorder is stopped...

Страница 40: ...otal are shown If the open space Free is less than the song data copying is not possible If you try to execute it a No Disk Spacepop up message appears to warn you that there is not enough free space...

Страница 41: ...is stopped press the MENU button to open the MENUscreen 2 Use the DATA wheel to select highlight the SONGitem and press the F4 t button to open the SONGmenu screen 3 Use the DATA wheel to select high...

Страница 42: ...ITAR switch on the left side panel appropriately Set it to GUITAR when connecting an electric guitar or electric bass directly Set it to MIC LINE when inputting a mic or line signal TIP When connectin...

Страница 43: ...indicator lights the input source signal could be too loud or the LEVEL knob set too high If the OL indicator lights even if the LEVEL knob is set to MIN the input source signal is too high so lower t...

Страница 44: ...8 3 When finished making settings press the HOME button to return to the Home Screen Using the input equalizers INPUT A and INPUT B each have a two band equalizer EQ Use the INPUT SETTINGscreen to se...

Страница 45: ...en 3 Use the F3 5 and F4 b buttons to select highlight the following parameters and use the DATA wheel to adjust their values INPUT A or INPUT B Select the input that the dynamics effect is used on DY...

Страница 46: ...alue that causes the compressor to activate when exceeded Range 32dB default 0dB RATIO Set the compression ratio Options 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 7 1 2 0 1 2 5 1 3 0 1 3 5 1 4 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 8 0 1 1...

Страница 47: ...ecorded simul taneously If you press a different REC button when the REC indicators of two tracks are already blinking the track that was put into record standby first will become inactive and the REC...

Страница 48: ...d with the recorded sound follow the procedures above again from the beginning Multitrack recording You can record new audio to different tracks while playing back already recorded tracks Setting the...

Страница 49: ...restored to the most recently conducted operation so the UN REDO HISTORY indicator remains lit because further redo operations are possible Undoing a previous operation multi undo 1 Press and hold th...

Страница 50: ...operation history is not restored so past operations cannot be undone or redone when the power is turned ON again You can also erase the operation history of the currently loaded song without turning...

Страница 51: ...ack 8 Chorus R Source tracks are erased when they are bounce destinations In the illustration above the drum parts are overwritten by the stereo mix However you can use the unit s undo function to ret...

Страница 52: ...eel to change the value above the cursor underlined When adjusting the value will carry over automatically when it reaches the highest or lowest value in a field For example when using the DATA wheel...

Страница 53: ...T NOTE When the Home Screen is open you can also use the F3 and F4 buttons to set IN and OUT points even though these F3 F4 button assignments do not appear The set times will be shown with a SET IN o...

Страница 54: ...o locate to the IN point Press the F2 button while pressing and holding the Stop 8 button to locate to the OUT point Punching in and out Punching in out is a technique to replace a part of an already...

Страница 55: ...rehearse When rehearsing you can monitor as though recording without recording 1 Press TRACK REC buttons to use auto punch in out with those tracks 2 After setting the IN and OUT points press the Reco...

Страница 56: ...points See Setting IN and OUT points on page 53 IN point The IN point is the beginning of the part of the track that will be edited Press the IN OUT button to open the I O SETTING screen and press the...

Страница 57: ...iting However you cannot change the IN OUT and TO points when using a track editing function Set these points on the I O SETTINGscreen which you can open by pressing the IN OUT button Setting IN and O...

Страница 58: ...SOURCE TRK 1 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 8 IN OUT TO DESTINATION TRK COPY TIMES COPY INSERT IN OUT TO IN OUT TO This function copies the audio data from between the IN and OUT points on the copy source track...

Страница 59: ...move source track This operation inserts recorded data into the move destination track starting from the TO point Therefore the move destination track becomes longer This operation uses the following...

Страница 60: ...n create a copy of a single track a track pair or a master track on a different track or tracks This copies the entire track so the IN and OUT points have no effect The parameters that can be set are...

Страница 61: ...screen to set the track equal izers 1 Press the EQ button to open the EQ SETTING screen 2 Set the following parameters for the track equal izers Parameter Settings EQ SWITCH track equalizer switch On...

Страница 62: ...e 2 1 8 60 INI appears below a setting value when it is the same as the default value for the TYPE Muting tracks 1 Press the EQ and REVERB buttons at the same time to open the TRACK MUTEscreen 2 Press...

Страница 63: ...hlighted at the top left of the Home Screen If you try to switch to MIXDOWNmode when the length of the interval between IN and OUT points is less than four seconds a T rk T oo Short track is too short...

Страница 64: ...tereo master track you can create a new one A new stereo master track will overwrite the previous one NOTE To listen to the recorded stereo master track of a saved song load that song set the recorder...

Страница 65: ...d pressure gently MAXIMUM SOUND This setting raises the sound pressure as much as possible 5 After setting the TYPE of automatic mastering press the F2 RHSL button and check the effect that it has on...

Страница 66: ...ck with the master effects During recording the Record 0 indicator lights Recording always starts from the beginning of the song 00h00m00s00f regardless of the current playback position When in MASTER...

Страница 67: ...ompressor example Single band compressor example At this time the selected band is shown in the upper left When using a multiband compressor press the F2 BAND button to cycle through the bands that ca...

Страница 68: ...of the track and then increases the volume of the entire track so that the highest level is the maximum possible CAUTION If you use the mastering equalizer or compressor after normalization distortion...

Страница 69: ...ing the its sound will not be recorded directly NOTE If you record using a mic while monitoring the metronome sound through connected speakers the metronome sound could be recorded When the metronome...

Страница 70: ...ERscreen 2 Press the F4 OSC button to show the oscillator mode on the TUNERscreen 3 Make the following oscillator mode settings on the TUNERscreen CALIB Use this to adjust the standard frequency of A4...

Страница 71: ...pens NOTE Press the F4 NO button to cancel initialization 5 After completing initialization press the HOME button to return to the Home Screen Viewing information You can view information about the cu...

Страница 72: ...SD cards This operation formats the entire card and allows you set MTR partition sizes for high capacity cards CAUTION This operation erases all the data on the card and cannot be undone Confirm that...

Страница 73: ...e this function when you just want to format a specific partition without changing its size CAUTION You cannot undo this operation All the data on the selected partition will be erased so be certain t...

Страница 74: ...tition NOTE When reformatting finishes the CARDmenu screen reopens To cancel reformatting press the F4 NO button Initializing SD cards If you want to use an SD card that was used with this unit to oth...

Страница 75: ...port WAV files from a computer These WAV files are stored on the WAVE directory of this unit s FAT partition 8 8 Stereo master files Stereo master files can be transferred as stereo WAV files from the...

Страница 76: ...the computer for disconnecting might be called eject or unmount Disconnecting from Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Follow the procedures below to disconnect computers that use Windows XP Windows V...

Страница 77: ...file name title of the song selected on the SONG BACKUPscreen 5 Edit the name title of the song being backed up as necessary See Editing names on page 38 6 After setting the name title press the F2 E...

Страница 78: ...t button to open the DATA BACKUPscreen 6 Use the DATA wheel to select highlight the SONG RESTOREitem and press the F4 t button to open the SONG RESTOREscreen This screen shows the backup files on the...

Страница 79: ...ect highlight the IMPORT EXPORTitem and press the F4 t button to open the IMPORT EXPORTscreen IMPORT EXPORTscreen appears 6 Use the DATA wheel to select highlight the IMPORT TRACKitem and press the F4...

Страница 80: ...a checkbox select highlight that track and press the F4 4 button 5 When you finish selecting putting a 4 next to the tracks that you want to export press the F2 NEXT button The amount of open space o...

Страница 81: ...press the F4 t button to open the IMPORT EXPORTscreen 3 Use the DATA wheel to select highlight the EXPORT MASTERitem and press the F4 t button to open the EXPORT MASTERscreen NOTE A Master T rack Not...

Страница 82: ...g Hard Comp Results in fairly deep compression Hard Limit Deep limiter setting If distortion occurs when using the compressor lower the gain of the compressor bands or mix down the tracks again making...

Страница 83: ...T A or INPUT B on the top panel of the unit set too high Is the input source too loud Is the monitoring level too high causing distortion from the external monitoring system powered monitor speakers o...

Страница 84: ...he IN and OUT points are too close together Make sure the IN and OUT points are at least 2 frames apart See Using repeat playback on page 53 Import File Not Found The file you are trying to import can...

Страница 85: ...hen the MTR partition does not have enough space Delete songs See Erasing songs on page 40 or format the SD card See Formatting SD cards on page 72 for example to make more space available No Master T...

Страница 86: ...ge the recorder to MIXDOWNmode when the IN and OUT points are less than four seconds apart Set the IN and OUT points at least four seconds apart See Setting IN and OUT points on page 53 Work Memory Fu...

Страница 87: ...3mm 1 4 TS standard jack Input impedance 10 k or more Standard Input level 10 dBV Maximum Input level 6 dBV Headroom 16dB Built in microphones Omnidirectional x2 LINE OUT jacks Connector RCA pin jacks...

Страница 88: ...A standards used for recording and playback Dimensions W x H x D including protrusions 221 x 44 3 x 126 5 mm 8 7 x 1 74 x 4 98 in Weight w o batteries 610g 1 34lbs Operating temperature range 5 35 C B...

Страница 89: ...TASCAM DP 008EX 89 16 Specifications Block diagram...

Страница 90: ...d out the current partition MENUeINFORMATION Viewing song information on page 39 Make all of an SD card usable by a PC MENUeCARDeSD INITIALIZE Initializing SD cards on page 74 Format an SD card MENUeC...

Страница 91: ...Playback a created stereo master track BOUNCE MIXDOWN MASTERING eMASTERING Checking stereo master tracks on page 64 Use mastering effects on a stereo master track BOUNCE MIXDOWN MASTERING eMASTERING...

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