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8 – Specifications, etc.

 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 

Reference Manual

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Specifications

INPUT A(GUITAR/LINE INPUT) (6 mm phone jack)

Input impedance 

GUITAR: 600k

 

LINE: 12k

Standard input level

LINE: –10dBV

 

GUITAR: –15dBV

Maximum input level 

LINE: +4dBV(1.58V)

INPUT B(MIC INPUT) (3.5 mm phone jack) (SELECTOR:BUILT-IN MIC)

Input impedance

MIC: 2.2k

Input level 

MIC: –40dBV

Plug in power

2V

INPUT B(MIC/LINE INPUT) (6fPhone Jack) (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 level 

–10dBV (0.316V)

Maximum output level 

–1dBV (0.891V)

PHONES OUTPUT (3.5 mm stereo phone jack)

Impedance

>16

Maximum output level

25mW + 25mW (into 30

)

Digital audio

Data bits

24 bits (internal DSP), 16 bits A-D and D-A conversion

Sampling frequency

44.1 kHz

Signal-to-noise ratio (IHF-A, LINE INPUT to LINE OUTPUT)

87dB

THD (1kHz, 30kHz LPF, LINE INPUT to LINE OUTPUT)

0.01%

Frequency response (+0.5/–3dB)

20Hz to 20kHz

Содержание Pocketstudio 5

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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