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Tascam D00871320A Recording Equipment User Manual

1. 47 Exporting th mastered stereo tracks 49 About track editing IN OUT Loos 50 USING MM OGG iii ias 50 Track editing TUNCUONS eee eT 51 COPYe gt PASTE em 51 COPY IN SER Tit apnd edu cm e 51 dg cip X ee 52 MOVE s gt INSERT tc 52 OPEN nes I 53 0 53 SILENCE LAM D MEME MI 53 TRACK S 54 o n 54 DL DLE SET 54 Troubleshooting MIS c 57 Specifications Analog x cea croceo o oem oie t miii Fori Ente Dae Sae EE 59 Digital eme 59 si 59 Physical characteris ee 60 DIMENSION Al drawings qe T 60
2. I I I To Input Assign i m m m m m m m m m m mmm NY MULTI Multi Effect Assign z E Soad INPUT A 1 2 INPUT MODE MUTE E E gt Doc I INPUT A re o GUTEUT On 6e Off aoe LEVEL MASTER METER i E 750 0 FADER LINE OUTPUT L E Effector MZ i E m ft n DA LINE OUTPUT R Guitar D I METER OL Pes Tuner 9 I STEREO 1 1 HEADPHONE L MUTE 1 STEREO 1 INPUT B A D 9 20 To MTR Input Assign I HEADPHONE R 90 5 Bouncing Mastering INPUT B R I DIGITAL m i DIGITAL OUT E Reverb LI EFFECT L RETURN I Li 2 RETURNL D A SEND MONO RETURN Q s y SEND BUS md v UNI Off TRACK La ae o LI SN o METERS C EQ EQ 7 LOW HIGH mure FADER 2 y 2 2 9 V o S3 INPUT A L Off INPUT BL STEREOL 0 STEEL EEE 4 TRACK 2 METER y Q OA UL y MIA E y 77106 4 5 INPUT A R Off INPUT B R 8 STEREOR NONE 3 4 EQ EQ 2 LOW HiGH mure ADER 2 TRACK 8 o Qon On Multi Track Recorder Mixer m a a LI LI a a a LI LI LOW mute FADER 2 LI LI LI LI a LI a LI LI a a Input
3. eet 61 3 DP 01FX Appendix Balanced XLR inputs Dt 62 8 ii 62 Tuning a guitar A 63 Multi effect Assigning the 64 opone Da nen od 64 SCIECTING ING CTO CE eee c 64 Seltifid me Paramelel tal M co 64 Setting the effect VOIUMC ii 65 suain cues nisi on mare I Eine e eases 65 Reverb Turning the reverb on and O 68 USING NEIVA AS 68 Setting the reverb AY De sra 68 Setting the te verb ds 68 6 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 4 DP 01FX CD Appendix About CD R CD RW discs GISCS eem Rd 69 Media Compatibility Table OPeEnINO Closing CDS 71 Audio CD Menu Playing Dack audio CDS m M 71 Making ee 72 Writing DY ae ee Pi t patate diea cs T2 Track aL OnGG nid 74 Finalizing CDS rsa a a aE OTa ea a a Aea ERS 75 Erasing AUdIO CDS csie a a aeaa ca 75 Data CD Menu Importing a
4. 5 50 ein iod 21 a 21 Erasing many songs al time ocius a 22 s 22 Additional song Operations mirra a adas 22 Assigning inputs Recording More advanced Tealures 222 tdi leal 25 Using marks to locate ucraniana 25 Punch recording ds 25 BOUNCING 25 Track COMING mataria 25 Undoing ari 25 Mixdown and mastering 1 e 27 2 Advanced techniques Location 28 OO 28 OUT 29 Using the meters EQ settings Punching o 32 pom 33 Pre roll and post roll times ata 33 Bouncing Repeat Setting the repeat interval icc vino cess cas eared dace cora cuit vay o cuv dus E gx Feo cud i ases 35 Working in bars amp beats Tempo PA e LL LIU
5. Record Source Select DOTEM EE Queue pax Etsi ESI eee ca ma Sa Sa o gt Gn 9 2 8 Tu T of Tu 5 UN on w STEREO BUS L E STEREOBUSR Block Diagram MTR mode STEREO MIX L STEREO MIX R 1 I I I I I 1 i 14 i METER MASTER 1 FADER LINE OUTPUT L a Lch Dat erm ata LINE OUTPUT R AAA m i HEADPHONE L f CD Player HEADPHONE I I I I I DIGITAL DIGITAL OUT I I I I I 1 i SEND MONO I I I I I I I 1 1 laa aa a ml Block Diagram CD player mode DP 01FX CD only Figure 2 15 Block diagram TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 61 Specifications xipueddy 10 3 DP 01FX Appendix The DP 01FX differs from the DP 01 in a few important respects it provides balanced XLR connectors with switchable phantom power for connecting condenser microphones there is a built in guitar bass tuner it provides a multi processor for the input signals and noise reduction and it provides a reverb effect for the mixdown process Balanced XLR inputs These inputs enable you to connect condenser microphones the same type as those used in professional recording studios The 48V phantom power supply allows you to power condenser micro phones
6. m pe om Car ra m gm pee CTS E du oS 7 An arrow shows the active partition The sizes of the partitions are shown not the available space Select the partition to be re formatted shown by the press ENTER cursor and popup message reminds you that all data on the partition will be lost Press ENTER to reformat the partition Formatting the FAT partition The FAT partition is used for transfer between the DP 01 and a per sonal computer lts size is fixed by the DP 01 and cannot be changed 1 Press MENU and select the DISK menu 2 Select the FAT REFORM action and press the gt key 3 Press ENTER popup message reminds you that all data on the FAT partition will be lost 4 Press ENTER to reformat the FAT partition Automatic song creation After formatting a disk or a partition a new song is always created on any blank partition in the same way that one is created if the only song on a partition is erased You always have a song available to work with lt is most important WARNING that the power to the DP 01 is not turned off when the disk is being formatted If this happens the unit may become unusable You cannot undo this operation all data on the selected partition will be lost ONLY CARRY OUT THIS OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO You cannot this operation all data on the FAT partition will be lost ONL
7. on page 45 oee Reverb on page 68 oee Reverting to last version on page 21 oee Assigning inputs on page 23 oee Storing songs on page 20 oee Exporting the mastered stereo tracks on page 49 oee Exporting tracks on page 47 oee Selecting the active partition on page 40 oee Location marks on page 28 See Pre roll and post roll times on page 33 See IN and OUT marks on page 29 See Noise reduction on page 63 oee Tempo setting on page 36 How to Show the song name Synchronize another device using MIDI Timecode or MIDI clock Trim the IN and OUT and TO points Tune a guitar or bass Un protect a song Undo one operation Undo several operations at once Use the MIDI metronome Use the multi effect Use the reverbe Use the USB connection a DP 01FX and DP 01FX CD Keys etc to press From the home screen press and hold EXIT MENU gt MIDI gt GENERATOR Description Song information on page 22 See Working with on page 38 POINT EDIT SHIFT TRACK EDIT See IN and OUT marks on page 29 MULTI REVERB MENU gt SONG gt PROTECT Press UNDO briefly Press and hold UNDO MENU gt MIDI gt METRONOME MULTI TYPE and PARAMETER REVERB TYPE and PARAMETER MENU gt DISK gt USB OPN CLS Tuning a guitar on page 62 See Protecting a song on page 43 See Undoing operations on page 54 See Undoing operations on p
8. MOVE PASTE MULTI TYPE and PARAMETER Press SHIFT MENU BOUNCE MENU gt SONG gt PROTECT MENU gt WAVE gt IMPORT TRACK Press SHIFT UNDO briefly Press and hold UNDO TRACK EDIT gt SILENCE MENU gt BACKUP gt SONG RESTORE REVERB TYPE and PARAMETER MENU gt SONG gt REVERT ASSIGN and REC MENU gt SONG gt SAVE MENU gt WAVE gt EXPORT MSTR MENU gt WAVE gt EXPORT TRACK MENU DISK gt PARTITION Press SHIFT LOCATE or INSERT MENU gt PREFERENCE gt Pre Post Press SHIFT IN OUT or TO MENU gt PREFERENCE gt NSP Set the time signature and tempo for MENU gt MIDI gt 516 MIDI clock 86 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Description See Formatting the FAT partition on page 41 See Punching on page 32 See Importing a track on page 47 See OPEN on page 53 See Location marks on page 28 See IN and OUT marks on page 29 See Loading a saved song on page 21 See CLONE TRACK on page 54 See Metronome on page 37 See Mixdown and mastering on page 26 See MOVE gt INSERT on page 52 See MOVE gt PASTE on page 52 See Multi effect on page 64 See Titling on page 15 See Bouncing on page 34 oee Protecting a song on page 43 See Importing a track on page 47 See Undoing operations on page 54 See Undoing operations on page 54 See SILENCE on page 53 See Backing up and restoring songs
9. 1 Left click this icon to show a popup bar Click this popup bar to allow the DP 01 to be removed from the computer Figure 2 3 Disconnecting the DP 01 2 When the panel telling you it is safe to remove the DP 01 appears press the DP 01 EXIT key to close the system see and on page 45 44 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual v We use the term PC throughout this section to mean either a Win dows or Macintosh personal com puter Do not rename or CAUTIONS delete these direc tories if you do you will lose the ability to carry out the operations described here e The UTILITY direc tory is used for DP 01 system updates etc Explana tions of how this is used are given with the update software Data transfer between the DP 01 and a PC takes place at USB 2 0 speeds maximum If your com puter has USB 1 1 but no USB 2 0 data transfer will still work but the USB 1 1 rate We recommend that you always use a high quality USB 2 0 cable in order to maximize data transfer speeds Advanced techniques 3 You can now unplug the USB cable panel telling you it is not safe to remove the DP 01 appears do not close or unplug the DP 01 Close all programs and windows that are accessing the files on the DP 01 and try again Disconnecting from a Macintosh system When you are discon necting the DP 01 from a Macintosh system OS 9 or OS X drag the disk icon to the Trash o
10. Have you connected the LINE OUTPUT jacks to your monitoring sys tem properly and is your monitoring system set up correctly Is a track muted MUTE indicator lit Press SHIFT and the REC key to un mute it If youre monitoring through headphones is the PHONES control turned to a suitable level Why does the sound l m recording sound distorted Is the input level control on the front of the DP 01 set appropriately for the input source If you re recording an acoustic instrument are you sure you re not send ing it through an electric guitar effect DP 01FX DP 01FX CD Are you listening at too high a volume Is it your monitoring system that s distorting Why can t record You must have at least one track armed REC indicator flashing before you can use the RECORD key Are inputs assigned to tracks see Assigning inputs on page 23 If you re in a menu etc recording may not be possible Return to the home screen Why can t my computer see the DP 01 files Make sure the DP 01 is connected to a USB port and open see and Close on page 45 The computer can t see files which are in the native partitions Back up or export songs tracks and mixes to the FAT partition Using the USB connection on page 44 before opening the USB connection so that the files can be read on a computer Why can t hear the selected effect DP 01FX and DP 01FX CD You must turn on the effect
11. Mark 999 can therefore appear in a song before mark 001 Advanced techniques To move to a location mark Press and hold the LOCATE key and briefly press and release the REW or F FWD key to move to the previous or next mark in the song This works while playing back while stopped or winding but not while recording 5 Alternatively press and hold the LOCATE key for about a second to show the location mark list Use the jog wheel to choose a mark they re listed in the order they appear in the song and press ENTER to jump to that mark To delete a location mark Stop playback or recording and locate to the mark you want to delete or a little after Press and hold down the SHIFT key and press the INSERT DELETE key To edit a location mark If you made a mistake when you entered a location mark you can change the time of the mark 1 Press and hold the LOCATE key for about a second to show the loca tion mark list 2 Use the jog wheel to select a mark and press the cursor key to select it 3 Use the wheel to move the mark backwards and forwards by 1 10 frame the rightmost digit of the number You can t move a mark for ward past the next mark in the list or backwards to before the previous mark in the list 4 Press ENTER when done to return to the home screen or EXIT to return to the mark list IN and OUT marks These marks are used for setting the points at which automated punch recording starts a
12. Press and hold the SHIFT key and press the REVERB key to turn the reverb on the indicator lights and off the indicator is unlit Using the reverb When the reverb is on the mixer EFFECT SEND controls and the EFFECT RETURN control affect the amount of signal sent to the inter nal reverb from the tracks and returned from the internal reverb unit to the stereo mix When the reverb is turned off the mixer EFFECT SEND controls and the EFFECT RETURN control affect the amount of signal sent to the SEND jack from the tracks and returned to the stereo mix via the RETURN jacks Setting the reverb type e Bring up the reverb screen by pressing the REVERB key Turn the TYPE control to select one of the different flavors of reverb Hall Room Live or Studio Each of these settings has a different quality and character Setting the reverb time With the reverb screen displayed simply turn the PARAMETER control to change the time the reverb sound takes to die away from 0 1 sec onds to 5 0 seconds in 0 1 second steps 68 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 4 DP 01FX CD Appendix About CD R and CD RW discs DP 01FX CD can use CD R CD RW media including CD R and CD RW Digital Audio media CD R discs can be recorded once only Once they have been used for recording they cannot be erased or re recorded However 1f space 1s available on the disc additional material can be recorded The pack aging of
13. TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 17 Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment 10 4no Bues Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment The INPUT MODE switch You will use this switch when you are recording from input A and input B at the same time This front panel switch affects the way that you monitor the input signals both through the headphones and or through the LINE OUTPUT jacks There are two positions mono x 2 The signals from input A and input B are both sent to the center of the monitoring stage srEREO signal from input A is sent to the left and the signal from input B is sent to the right of the monitoring stage forming a stereo pair for use when you are recording stereo instruments such as synthesizers etc To MIDI sequencer drum machine etc To effects To digital unit Power input and recorder etc switch INPUT MODE does E 2 not affect recording at all just the monitoring process 4 In the X 2 mode the A and B input signals are added together in the center and you may hear dis tortion the monitoring system This does not affect the recording though From stereo effects unit outputs To analog recorder monitoring system From sub mixer MIDI tone 9 el Le 69 6 generator ete Figure 1 6 Rear panel connections Monitoring and recording Use the rear panel LINE OUTPUT RCA jacks to con
14. USE THE PRODUCT IN ITS DAMAGED WITH DHHS RULES 21 CFR CHAPTER 1 SUBCHAPTER J STATE APPLICABLE AT DATE OF MANUFACTURE Optical pickup Type SF W37 Manufacturer Sanyo Electric Co Ltd Laser output on the objective lens Head Power Less than 1 5mW play Write Power Less than 74mW record Wavelength 778 786nm ICI 4 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 1 Starting out with your DP 01 Getting started This Manual em 9 m t 10 DP OTEMEUD 10 Whats mn the c 10 About the power adaptor zio ea 10 Startup amp shutdown Starting Up the DP 0 diia cenit 11 Shutting down the DP QT ioci ree eco ue dic 12 The ACCESS PA Crus ad cru EN RSEN RUE EIE 12 How to play back demo songs 5 erri rre etre mesa pere eode aiii 12 Navigation FNE SHIFT lx 15 MUINO ud 15 Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment The INPUT MODE deae 18 Managing your songs Creating a new SONG EE E dud ioni rust sui equat verra 20 Storihg SONGS o o DEOS 20
15. Without such phantom power many condenser microphones will not work Some however use internal batteries Consult any documentation that came with your microphones for full details of power requirements etc Phantom power The PHANTOM switch can be turned ON or OFF to supply 48V phantom power to the XLR connectors Phantom power 15 not supplied to the 1 4 Jacks Input level controls Use the input level controls the same way you would microphones that use 1 4 jacks However some microphones are more powerful than others and you may need to turn down the control to prevent overloading Tuning a guitar The built in tuner allows you to tune a guitar or bass connected to input A only O Press the MULTI key and the REVERB key together Play single string The DP 01FX makes its best guess at the note shows the value and provides an indication of whether it s sharp or flat This is a very flat 62 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual These XLR inputs NOT wired with these pin assignments 1 ground 2 hot 3 cold Never connect Or mm disconnect micro phones to or from the XLR connec tors with the phantom power turned On Never turn the phantom power on when unbalanced dynamic micro phones are plugged into the XLR connectors The line of symbols on either side of the center square gets shorter as the played note approaches the target and the center square fills when the string is
16. a stereo source make sure the INPUT MODE switch 15 set to STEREO see INPUT MODE switch on page 18 Set the GUITAR LINE switch to LINE Adjust the input level controls and use the instrument s output volume controls to adjust the level so that the OL indicators light up only during the very loudest passages Guitars and basses passive types are connected to the front panel input A using a standard 1 4 mono plug unbalanced Set the GUITAR LINE switch to GUITAR Turn the input level control until the OL indicators barely light on the loudest passages Headphones Plug a pair of standard headphones into the 1 4 stereo jack on the front panel Adjust the volume with the level control to the right of the jack Footswitch You can connect a standard punch in footswitch such as the TASCAM RC 30P to the front panel PUNCH jack Use the switch to punch in and out that 1s start and stop recording on the footswitch Select monitoring e The DP 01FX and DP 01FX CD include phantom powered XLR microphone input connectors See DP 01FX Appendix on page 62 for details of using these connec tors NEVER plug the WARNING Cu speaker outputs of a guitar amplifier into the DP 01 Use the built in tuner on the DP and DP 01FX CD to tune the guitar or bass see Tuning a guitar on page 62 The footswitch is TIP useful if both hands are busy playing a guitar for exam ple
17. and REDO functions in Undoing operations on page 54 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 25 Recording LO dd 4no Bues Mixdown and mastering Mixdown and mastering This is the last stage in creating a song allowing you to create a file which you can play back into a stereo recorder and export to a WAV file for further processing archiving recording etc on a personal computer Exporting the mastered stereo tracks on page 49 Mixdown This is the art of mixing the different tracks you have recorded earlier so that the whole song sounds right everything is at the right volume and the song sounds like one piece of music There are no real rules to mixing except that 1f you like the mix and other people like it it s probably a good mix Use the eight track faders to adjust the relative volume of the tracks and the red MASTER fader to adjust the overall level and watch the L and R meters at the right of the display to make sure that the mix is not too loud if it s too loud it will distort and sound bad Use the EQ HIGH and EQ LOW tone controls to boost or cut bass and treble from the individual tracks If you have an external effect processor connected through the SEND and RETURN loop adjust the EFFECT SEND levels for each track This is the amount of signal sent from each track to the effect You can use this to add effects only to certain tracks Use the EFFECT RETURN con trol to adjust the amount
18. are only two tracks left Luckily you can bounce everything through the stereo tracks and record them onto the two spare tracks 1 Un arm safe the existing tracks so that you don t accidentally You may want to record over them copy the song and give it another name see Copying 2 Press the BOUNCE key above the MASTER fader so that it lights songs on page 42 before starting 3 Arm the two tracks which you are mixing to the bounce so that you can go back to the original if necessary 4 Use the faders and mixer controls of the tracks you re bouncing to cre 9 ate a stereo mix 5 Adjust the overall level of the mix using the MASTER fader Watch the L and R meters on the right side of the display so that the level is adjusted to the optimum level During this step mute the tracks at the bounce destination 6 When you re ready use PLAY and RECORD to record the mix onto the two armed tracks from start to end with no stops Safe the armed tracks You can now record over the original tracks you bounced playing You can also use along to the stereo pair created from the bounce auto punch record ing Punching on page 32 to bounce only part of a song between the IN and OUT points 34 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Advanced techniques Repeat Repeat allows you to repeat the playback or auto punched rehearsal see Rehearsal on page 32 between the IN and OUT points First set the IN and OU
19. back to the last saved version or EXIT to keep the current song as it is Loading a saved song Of course saving songs 15 no use unless you can load them again This is how you do it 1 Press the MENU key use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu item and press the key Use the jog wheel to move the cursor to the song to be loaded and press ENTER If the lt symbol appears next to the song then that song is currently loaded The current song is saved and the selected song is loaded Erasing a song If your disk is getting full or you really don t need a song any more you can erase it 1 them Highlight a song and press ENTER You are asked if you want to erase the song Are you sure Press ENTER to erase the song or EXIT to cancel the operation If you erase the current song the first song in the list is automatically loaded TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 21 Erase a song only if you are certain you don t need it any more you cant From the SONG menu select the ERASE action undo this operation However you can use a USB connection to back up songs to a PC before you erase Managing your songs LO dd 4no Bues Managing your songs Erasing many songs at one time You may want to select a number of songs for erasing Use the jog wheel to scroll up and down through the list of songs Select a song for erasing using the INSERT key A check mark appears by the so
20. by the type of input electric guitar acoustic guitar vocals etc that they are suitable for TASM EFFECT TYPE PARAMETER MULTI REVERB O ENEJ O EXA Figure 3 1 Effect controls Assigning the effect Although there are two inputs the multi effect can only be applied to one of them at a time The multi effect produces a stereo output so you can use it on stereo pairs and you can then assign the output to two tracks see Assigning inputs on page 23 Press and hold the SHIFT key and press the MULTI key so that either the A or B indicator lights showing the input to which you want to apply the multi effect There is a third setting in which neither indicator is lit showing that the multi effect is not in use on either input Selecting the effect type Press the MULTI key alone to bring up the multi effect selection and editing screen Press and hold the SHIFT key and turn the TYPE control to scroll through the different effect types available EGTR Electric guitar AGTR Acoustic guitar BASS Bass guitar VOCAL Vocals DRUM Drums and percussion The effect third line of the display also changes as you change the type and so does the parameter value on the fourth line Selecting the effect the TYPE control to scroll through all available effects including those in other effect types Effects available are listed in Available multi effect settings on page 65 Setti
21. collect dust and microscopic debris so gently wiping with a soft cloth should remove most particles Wipe in a straight motion from the inside to the outside of the disc Small dust particles and light stains will have absolutely no effect on reproduc tion quality Never use such chemicals as record sprays anti static sprays or fluid benzine or thinner to clean compact discs Such chemicals will do irreparable damage to the disc s plastic surface Discs should be returned to their cases after use to avoid serious scratches that could cause the laser pickup to skip Don t expose discs to direct sunlight or high humidity and temperature for extended periods Long exposure to high temperature can warp the disc Only use circular compact discs Avoid using non circular promotional etc discs To keep the laser pickups clean don t touch them For the same reason don t leave the disc tray opened unnecessarily Additional notes with regard to CD R and CD RW discs TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 69 About CD R and CD RW discs xipueddy 9 510 Media Compatibility Table Media Compatibility Table Writing of Audio CDs Playback of Audio CDs Data Backup Data Restore Data Import Data Export 12cm CDDA standard format Made on this CD R CD RW player P 12cm CDDA standard format Commercially available CD 12cm CDDA standard format Made on a CD player other than this CD R CD RW p
22. create another song You re trying to import a file from the FAT partition to a track that has already been recorded to Importing a track on page 47 You can only import to a blank track You re trying to master with the OUT point at the zero position Mixdown and master ing on page 26 Set the OUT point IN and OUT marks on page 29 and try again 58 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Specifications Analog specifications INPUTs A and B Input impedance Nominal input level Maximum input level EFFECT RETURN Input impedance Nominal input level Maximum input level STEREO MIX Input impedance Nominal input level Maximum input level LINE OUTPUT Output impedance Nominal output level Maximum output level EFFECT SEND Output impedance Nominal output level Maximum output level PHONES Maximum output Digital specifications DIGITAL OUT Data format Audio performance Frequency response Signal to noise ratio Total harmonic distortion 1 4 phone unbalanced XLR balanced DP 01FX and DP 01FX CD gt max 1 A only with switch in 2 4kQ GUITAR position 10dBV 6dBV 8dBu 2 x 1 4 phone unbalanced 10kQ 10dBV 6dBV 2 x 1 4 phone unbalanced 10kQ 10dBV 6dBV 2 x unbalanced RCA pin jacks 1kQ 10dBV 6dBV 1 x 1 4 phone unbalanced 1kQ 10dBV 6dBV 1 4 stereo jack 30mW 30mW into 300 Optical digital audio output TOSL
23. edit their position See IN and OUT marks on page 29 What you hear sonbiuuoo Return to track playback RECORD indicator goes out and playback stops at post roll point Hecorded signals are cut RECORD indicator flashes in rehearsal lights when recording Playback from previously recorded track starts at pre roll position up to IN point PLAY indicator lights You can always hear the input signal 6 Repeat the rehearsal as many times as you need until you are happy You rehearse X with your performance mm by looping bet ween the pre roll and post roll points using the REPEAT key 32 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Advanced techniques Punch recording When you have rehearsed your punch in you can start recording 1 2 Press the RHSL key so that the indicator goes out but the AUTO PUNCH indicator is still lit Press PLAY so that playback starts Use the pre roll time to get ready to record At the punch in point the DP 01 goes into record mode the RECORD indicator lights At the punch out point recording stops the RECORD indicator goes out and playback continues until the post roll point and then returns to the pre roll point The AUTO PUNCH indicator is turned off the track arming status stays the same If you want to re record the punch turn AUTO PUNCH back on before recording again Pre roll and post roll times The pre rol
24. highlight it and press the key 3 Enter a title as described in Titling on page 15 4 Press ENTER to create the song The current song is stored even though the new song has not yet been created Storing songs Since the DP 01 does not automatically save the audio you record as part of a song you should get into the habit of performing fre quent manual saves and always shutting down the DP 01 properly Shutting down the DP 01 on page 12 to store all data 1 Press the MENU key use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu item and press the 5 key m c cnm A Lyc H 3 Rename the file if you want to save it as another name and press ENTER or simply press ENTER to save the file to disk The screen shows a message Saving Song as the song is saved 20 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Any recording made NOT on the DP 01 is referred to as a song even though it may only consist of instrumental tracks or spoken word You can a song by pressing the SHIFTed MENU key to edit the title of the currently loaded song e A song is not just NOTE j the audio files you record it also includes editing set tings etc Starting out with your DP 01 Reverting to last version The REVERT action which follows the SAVE action in the SONG menu allows you to undo all changes since the last save When you select the REVERT action the title of the song is shown Press ENTER to go
25. item and press the cursor key When INT is selected at Output internal metronome The DP 01 s internal metronome not an external sound source can be out put to headphones and LINE OUTPUT L R nde B Mode Select from RecOnly only at recording and Rec amp Play at recording and playback Set the output level of the metronome within the range 0 to 127 The output level cannot be adjusted on the MASTER fader When MIDI is selected at Output MIDI metronome This setting generates a metronome output via the MIDI interface Gener ally percussion type sounds are used as the metronome Any sound of course can be produced IN OUT and TO points do not show the bars beats value when being edited The internal metro nome is not output in the following instances e While the BOUNCE key is lit e While the MASTER key is flashing or is lit TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 37 Working in bars amp beats Working in bars amp beats You can select MIDI channel note note on velocity of a regular click and note note on velocity of an accent Scroll the list to set the following parameters Mode Select from RecOnly only at recording and Rec amp Play at recording and playback MIDI Ch The MIDI channel on which the metronome signals are output AccNote The note played at the start of each bar C3 is equivalent to MIDI note 60 AccVe
26. of the effect returned to the mix Use the PAN controls to adjust the left right position of each track in the stereo mix To cut out the sound of a track use the SHIFT key and the tracks REC key to mute the orange MUTE indicator lights for muted tracks and un mute the track 26 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Gu D The most important components of a mix are your ears if you think it sounds good then it is You don t have to TIP keep levels the same through the whole song try raising the level of a guitar during solos for example On the DP 01FX DP 01FX CD you can use the internal reverb unit instead of an external effect proces sor Reverb on page 68 If have two tracks with differ ent versions of the same part you can use the mute function to make easy comparisons between the two The track meters NOTE Y show level of the signal recorded on the track not the level sent from the track Starting out with your DP 01 Mastering This is where the actual stereo recording takes place once you re happy with the mix you ve created You create a mixed master ste reo track starting at 00 00 00 00 the zero point and continuing to the OUT point The mixed stereo master is stored on disk as part of the song Before starting the mastering procedure you must set the OUT point This is where the mastering process stops See IN and OUT marks on page 29 for detail
27. select the DEL UNUSED action 2 Press ENTER to delete the unused data or EXIT to cancel the operation 42 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual You can also use the multiple selec tion procedure described in Eras ing many songs at one time on page 22 to copy many songs at once When the DP 01 leaves the factory the disk has three native parti tions CAUTION This operation can not be undone Only do it if you are sure you do not want the unused parts Protecting a song When song is protected it cannot be edited and further recording is not possible Of course it cannot be erased either 1 From the SONG menu select the PROTECT action Ima c beside any protected song O If you try to do an action which cannot be performed on a protected song a message appears Song Protected Unprotect a song by following the steps above but changing to OFF TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 43 Advanced song management Using the USB connection Using the USB connection You can use a personal computer to read and write from the FAT partition of the hard disk Data transfer between a personal computer and the DP 01 is always done through this FAT partition You cannot access native partitions from a computer so performing data transfer functions is a two stage process Within the FAT partition there are three directories folders BACKUP WAVE and UT
28. to select an individual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 8 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks into which the selected section 15 inserted What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 8 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 8 then this 15 the only option available to you here Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen OPEN This function opens up a silent gap between the IN and OUT points on the chosen track or tracks The source and destination are the same and after the operation the track is split at the IN point with the material which followed the IN point now moved to follow the OUT point The result is therefore longer than the orig inal O There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 8 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 all of the tracks 1 8 or all tracks ALL Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen CUT This function deletes the material between the IN and OUT points on the chosen track or tracks and closes up the gap The source and destination are the same and after the operation the mate rial between the IN and OUT points is de
29. tray was opened after preparation for writing to CD was completed in the MAS TER WRITE menu Insert a blank CD and close the CD tray CD has not been inserted Insert the backup CD There is no CD in the CD tray in the CD RESTORE menu Insert a CD written with backup data TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 83 Messages xipueddy 9 410 Messages No Disk Insert Blank CD No Disk Insert CD RW No Disk Insert Import CD No Disk Insert Opened CD No Room On CD Press Exit No Room On HD Press EXIT Not Blank Insert Blank CD Track Full Wrong Order InsertBackup CD CD has not been inserted Insert a blank CD There is no CD in the CD tray when writing to a CD in the MASTER WRITE or CD EXPORT menus The CD tray was opened after preparation for backup was completed in the CD BACKUP menu Insert a blank CD and close the CD tray Insert a blank CD CD has not been inserted Insert a CD RW that 1s not blank There is no CD in the CD tray in the CD RW ERASE menu Insert a CD RW to be erased CD has not been inserted Insert the CD to import from There is no CD in the CD tray in the CD IMPORT menu Insert a CD written with the import data CD has not been inserted Insert a non finalized CD There is no CD in the CD tray in the finalize menu attempt has been made to write data exceeding the capacity of the CD Exit the menu The total capacity of the specified mas
30. you can set the frequency at which the EQ HIGH and This can help you EQ LOW controls work individually for each channel 1 Press MENU and then select the PREFERENCE menu 2 Use the arrow keys to scroll to EQ FRQ bry og 3 Press the cursor k 3 4 Use the cursor keys and wheel to set these parameters emphasize the par ticular frequency ranges on a track The NSP setting is only available on the DP 01FX and DP 01FX CD The DP 01 will not show this option Source This is the track affected by this setting from Track through Track8 High This is the frequency for the EQ HIGH control Choose from 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 2 2 4 2 6 2 8 3 0 3 2 3 4 3 6 3 8 4 0 4 5 5 0 5 5 6 0 6 5 7 0 7 5 8 0 9 0 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 all mea sured in kHz Low This is the frequency for the EQ LOW control Choose from 32 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 300 350 400 450 500 600 700 800 850 900 960 Hz 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 or 1 6 kHz TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 31 EQ settings Punching Punching As mentioned in Punch recording on page 25 the DP 01 provides two manual ways of changing between playback and recording modes using the PLAY and RECORD keys and using the foot switch There is also an automated punch mode described here Rehearsal The auto punch mode allows you to rehearse your playing before actually making a r
31. 000871320 TEAC Professional Division DP 01 DP O1FX DP 01FX CD DIGITAL PORTASTUDIO A A A A L R L R LINE OUTPUT RETURN EHE EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ HIGH EQ LOW EQ LOW EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND EFFECT SEND CURSOR MIN MAX PAN EFFECT RETURN C7 TASCAM ACCESS O G G SHUT DOWN A B 12345678 LR INPUT TRACK 3 3 0 gt 2 2 2 gt 2 2 YES NO ENTER EXIT OPEN CLOSE MENU TRACK EDIT ReWritable MASTER BOUNCE DIGITAL TITLE OE eeN DP O1FX CD EFFECT TYPE PARAMETER MULTI REVERB ES m m m m m m c m A GN OO O EM O o EXA TO INSERT AUTO PUNCH RHSL REPEAT O UNDO EA 1 REDO FWD 5 PLAY RECORD ASSIGN A ASSIGN B C o C o O O O O OWNER S MANUAL Important Safety Precautions Declaration of Conformity Model Number DP 01FX CD Trade Name TASCAM Hesponsible party TEAC AMERIA INC Address 7733 Tele
32. 12 string sound Tube based overdrive Distortion only influenced by a large stack Distortion only influenced by a famous small combo Power tube distortion sound Distortion only influenced by echo on a smaller combo Acoustic guitar settings AGTR Reverb with treble boost for a spacious feel Echo and chorus good for backing For acoustic solos For acoustic blues slide work 66 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Arpeggio 12String Crystal Nashvill Mellow ChorVib TremSolo Miller Singing Fretless Chopper Heavy Peculiar RockBass De Esser Chorist Emphasis Shout Moody Response Proclaim Quiverin Duet Lo Fi Megaphon screamin Panning Groove Stepping TrnAroun GetSpace CsBottom Trem Pad PerfrmEQ Lo Fi Reverb Comp Vibrato Filter Acoustic picked arpeggios sound good with this setting 12 string guitar sound chorus and exciter A crystal clear sound emphasizing the treble and making the best of a not so good guitar For that Nashville sound fat acoustic A mellow acoustic setting simulates nylon guitar on steel strings using a treble cut A thick vibrato chorus sound A stereo tremolo solo sound Bass guitar settings BASS These sound best with bass instruments other sources may not give such a good effect Flanger good for chopper bass A singing bass tone chorus and distortion Progressive sound A fretless bass sound Useful for slap style playing For hea
33. CD R discs will include one of the follow ing logos COMPACT ders GIG 15 DIGITAL AUDIO Recordable Recordable By contrast a CD RW disc can be used in much the same way as a CD R disc but the last track or tracks recorded can be erased before the disc has been finalized and the space on the disc can be re used for other recordings The packaging of CD RW discs will include the logo one of the following logos ISG OSG Lasa ReWritable 2 However you should note that an audio CD created using a CD RW disc may not play back satisfacto rily on every audio CD player It will naturally be play able on the DP 0IEX CD This is in no way limita tion of the DP 01FX CD itself but of the dif ference between the different types of media and the methods used to read them CD R discs created on the DP 01FX CD by trast may be played satisfactorily on the majority of audio CD players COMPACT gh Speed Handling of compact discs Observe the following Always place the compact discs in the trays with their label facing upward compact discs can only be played on one side To remove a disc from its storage case press down on the center of the case and lift the disc out holding it carefully by the edges SY tol Finger marks and dust should be carefully wiped off the disc s recorded surface with a soft cloth Unlike traditional vinyl records the compact disc has no grooves to
34. ILITY as explained below You can make the following transfers Whole songs the DP 01 calls this BACKUP from the DP 01 to the BACKUP directory of the FAT partition to the PC and RESTORE from the PC to the BACKUP directory of the FAT partition of the DP 01 O Tracks in WAV format tracks can be exported one or more at a time as WAV files or imported one at a time from WAV files between the PC and the WAVE directory of the FAT partition of the DP 01 Mastered stereo mixes export only as stereo WAV files to the WAVE directory of the FAT partition of the DP 01 System requirements The DP 01 will work with the following Microsoft operating systems Win dows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP It will also work with the fol lowing operating systems from Apple Computer MacOS 9 0 and above and MacOS X 10 2 and above For all the above operating systems no driver 15 required The DP 01 sim ply appears as a removable disk However you should always follow your computer s instructions on how to disconnect a USB removable drive safely from your system If you do not do this there is a risk of data corruption in the DP 01 s FAT partition Disconnecting from Windows 2000 XP systems With Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP the procedure is a little more complex than simply unplugging the DP 01 In the system tray typically at the bottom right of the screen you see an icon of a PC card and an arrow
35. INK S PDIF 1 20Hz 20kHz 1dB 3dB gt 65dB A weighting 22 kHz LPF lt 0 0595 1kHz 10dBV 22kHz LPF MASTER fader at nominal TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 59 Specifications sanbiuy9a Physical characteristics External power adapter AC input 100 240V AC 50 60Hz External power adapter output 12V External power adapter output current 2 5A Power consumption DP 01 DP 01FX 15W DP 01FX CD 25W External dimensions w x h x d DP 01 DP 01FX 4 1kg DP 01FX CD 5 2kg Weight DP 01 DP 01FX 452 x 110 x 307 mm 17 8 x 4 3 x 12 1 DP 01FX CD 452 x 130 x 307 mm 17 8 x 5 1 x 12 1 Dimensional drawings 452 mm 17 8 307 mm 12 1 90060000 46 00000000 0 65 Figure 2 13 Dimensions of the DP 01 DP 01FX 452 mm 17 8 66666060060 e E 00000000 00000000 130 mm 5 1 Figure 2 14 Dimensions of the DP 01FX CD 60 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Advanced techniques Block diagram DP 01 STEREO MIX L STEREO MIX R
36. MIX MX L n n t R L 8 STEREO MIX LINE OUTPUT 000000 00 dgBngB8B8 a ld 0 4 0 E a O O 0 lO Ej Drum machine SEND n n n n DIGITAL OUT Miblour DCN TAS Low PUNCH ne Cocco cC new Oo 7 72 um Guitars and basses to INPUT A Instruments and microphones to INPUT A and B mnm PHONES Figure 1 4 Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment 16 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Starting out with your DP 01 Turn on ONLY for condenser microphones DP 01FX DP 01FX CD Microphones go here DP 01FX DP 01FX CD Input level controls To headphones and level Guitars basses etc go here Synths pre amps etc amp microphones on DP 01 go here mode see text Figure 1 5 DP 01FX front panel Microphones are connected to the front panel inputs Set the GUITAR LINE switches to LINE Turn the input level controls so that the OL indicators light up only in the loudest part of the recording Synthesizers etc including drum machines guitar amplifier simula tors active basses etc as well as CD players cassette decks and so on can be connected to the front panel input jacks using standard 1 4 mono plugs unbalanced When you are recording
37. P O1FX and white on green for the DP 01 and DP 01FX CD Titling You can give titles to your songs exported tracks etc Here s how you it When you see a screen like the one below Use the jog wheel to change the letter above the underlined cursor You can choose from common punctuation marks numbers capital UPPERCASE letters and small lowercase letters O Use the INSERT key to insert a blank space at the cursor position and use the SHIFTed INSERT key DELETE to delete the character at the cursor When you have finished entering the name press ENTER The song with its new name is stored to disk TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 15 Navigation 10 4no Bues Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment Before you start recording with the DP 01 you will need to make a few connections to other equipment Figure 1 4 shows how you can connect your DP 01 to your existing audio setup 2 track recorder aad gt Stereo amplifier L R Figure 1 4 shows a DP 01FX model The appearance of the DP 01 and DP 01FX CD differs slightly but the principles are the same REC OUT PLAY IN x x ul AN L External effects unit RETURN L R SEND MIDI IN STEREO
38. R FINALIZE played Press the ENTER key to finalize the CD Erasing Audio CDs To erase a CD RW disc so that you can reuse it 1 Press the MENU key and choose the AUDIO CD menu 2 Select CD RW ERASE from the AUDIO CD menu MASTER WEITE F P i r p Us Press the ENTER key The following confirmation message is dis played Press the ENTER key to erase the CD RW Only CD RWs can be erased A CD H cannot be erased TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 75 Audio CD Menu xipueddy 9 410 Data CD Menu Data CD Menu Importing and exporting tracks Between a CD and the DP 01 s song tracks you can import and export individual tracks to and from The files used for track import and export are 16 bit 44 1kHz mono WAV format and must have the WAV extension Audio in other formats intended for import must be converted before the import operation Importing from a CD You can read WAV format files recorded on data CDs and import these files to tracks of the currently loaded song 1 Insert a CD containing WAV format files into the CD tray and close the tray 2 Press the MENU key to display the DATA CD menu 3 p IMPORT ip EXPORT D BACKUP 4 PIE 1 c1 Hm HIP 5 Select a WAV file to import using the DATA dial and press the ENTER key 6 Select the import des
39. T points at the place where you want the repeat loop to start and stop see IN and OUT marks on page 29 Press the REPEAT key briefly so that the indicator lights Playback starts automatically from the IN point When the playback reaches the OUT point playback pauses for a short while see Setting the repeat interval on page 35 and the PLAY indicator flashes before playback starts again and the PLAY indicator lights steadily Turn off the repeat function by pressing REPEAT so that the indicator goes out Repeat auto punch rehearsal but not repeat auto punch recording is also possible If AUTO PUNCH RHSL and REPEAT are all lit pressing RHSL to go from rehearsal to auto punch recording mode will also turn off REPEAT Setting the repeat interval You can set the time between repeats up to 9 9 seconds Press and hold the REPEAT key for about a second and the screen shows Use the jog wheel to set the repeat interval from 0 5 seconds to 9 9 sec onds in 0 1 second steps Press REPEAT again briefly to exit the interval setting mode You can t set these points when the REPEAT key is lit This repeat interval allows you to repo sition your hands for a guitar lick take a breath for a vocal phrase etc when you are rehearsing TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 35 Repeat sanbiuya Working in bars amp beats Working in bars amp beats Besides working in minutes and seconds as explai
40. There are three models of the DP 01 the DP 01 DP O1FX and DP 01FX CD The is equipped with phantom powered XLR input jacks and internal effect processors The 01 is a DP O1FX provided with an internal CD R RW drive This manual refers to all three models as DP 01 as the majority of the functions are common to all models Any exceptions are noted Chapter 3 of this manual DP 01FX Appendix on page 62 deals with the features of the DP 01FX and the DP 01FX CD Chapter 4 of this manual DP 01FX CD Appendix on page 69 deals with the features found on only the DP 01FX CD You only need to read Chapter 3 if you own a DP 01FX Chapter 4 if you own a DP 01FX CD What s in the box When you unpack the box you should find as well as this manual The unit itself DP 01 DP 01FX or DP 01FX CD Power adaptor Power cable suitable for your region e Warranty card If any of these items 1s missing contact your TASCAM dealer or distribu tor About the power adaptor min When using the DP 01 use only the power adaptor y and cable supplied with product Do not use this power adaptor and cable with any other product 10 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Starting out with your DP 01 Startup amp shutdown Head this section to understand how to power up and power down the DP 01 When switching the WARN DP 01 on and off we suggest that you turn down the volume of any speakers or ampl
41. Y CARRY OUT THIS OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE THIS 15 WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 41 Disk management sonbiuyoe Advanced song management Advanced song management Copying songs The DP 01 disk is divided into partitions see Disk management on page 40 You can use different partitions for different purposes old songs new songs or instrumentals vocal numbers for example This function allows you to copy a song to another partition 1 From the SONG menu select the COPY action 3 Use the jog wheel to select the target partition that the song will be copied to As you scroll through the partitions you will see the avail able free space figure change so you will always know if there is enough space for the song 4 Press ENTER when you ve selected the target partition You are asked if you want to copy the song Are you sure Press ENTER to copy the song or EXIT to cancel the operation 5 The DP 01 then provides you with a progress report as it carries out the copying operation When it is finished you see the copy screen again Deleting unused data Because a DP 01 song is not just the parts you hear but possibly unused audio parts see About track editing on page 50 there may be parts which have been cut out or that you want to delete so you don t waste hard disk space You can delete the unused data from the currently loaded song 1 From the SONG menu
42. aa 36 Selecting the ime Mod sssusa a oo LP 36 Metronome espia LE I 37 Working WRA MIDI cane costar e conso aout cas dri cu a AEE Ean Ra ES co rennen ees 38 MIDI CIGCK I UU e 38 MM 39 Disk management Selecting the Parton 3 rere uade e rar ra eue o vues 40 Formatting a 15 ER 40 Contents TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 5 Contents Formatting a partition Reform 41 Formaltind FAT 0 acis deae a 41 Automatic song reatiol oues Sede eae eee ie ieee eed Ea uci ec 41 Advanced song management lt Cm 42 Deleting un sed data caida 42 Protecting a SONO beue case cov a cr 43 Using the USB connection SAI AAA 44 Open GlOSO aiii iia 45 Backing Up and restoring songs 45 Backing UD do O D Le 45 46 Importing and exporting tracks 47 MDC 47
43. age 54 See Metronome on page 37 See Multi effect on page 64 See Reverb on page 68 See Using the USB connection on page 44 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 87 How do 1 2 TEAC Professional Division DP 01 DP 01FX DP 01FX C TEAC CORPORATION Phone 81 422 52 5082 3 7 3 Nakacho Musashino shi Tokyo 180 8550 Japan TEAC AMERICA INC Phone 1 323 726 0303 7733 Telegraph Road Montebello California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD Phone 1905 890 8008 Facsimile 1905 890 9888 5939 Wallace Street Mississauga Ontario 1427 128 Canada TEAC MEXICO S A De C V Phone 52 555 581 5500 Campesinos No 184 Colonia Granjes Esmeralda Delegaacion Iztapalapa CP 09810 Mexico DF TEAC UK LIMITED Phone 44 1923 438880 5 Marlin House Croxley Business Park Watford Hertfordshire WD1 8TE U K TEAC EUROPE GmbH Phone 49 611 71580 Bahnstrasse 12 65205 Wiesbaden Erbenheim Germany TEAC ITALIANA S p A Phone 39 02 66010500 Via C Cant 11 20092 Cinisello Balsamo Milano Italy www tascam com www tascam com www tascam com www tascam com www tascam co uk www tascam de www teac it Printed In China
44. al DP 01FX CD Appendix Press the ENTER key The following confirmation screen is displayed Press the ENTER key again songs saved and the number of CDs required for the backup is displayed When you have prepared the required number of CDs press the ENTER key to begin backing up After backup to the first CD ends a message prompting you to insert the second CD is displayed Insert a blank CD Insert BlankCD If you insert a written CD RW instead of a blank CD The following message is displayed oe If you press the ENTER key the CD RW will erased and the backup continues If you do not want to erase the CD RW press EXIT If you hold the SHIFT key while pressing EXIT the DP 01FX CD will eject your CD RW so that you can insert a blank CD Restoring songs from a CD Restore reading songs backed up to data CDs 1 2 3 4 Insert the CD recorded with the backup file into the CD drive Press the MENU key to and choose the DATA CD menu 1 ii E di 4170 5410 rn mos The names of the backup songs the CD displayed TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 29 Data CD Menu xipueddy 10 5 Press the ENTER key The following confirmation screen is displayed Press the ENTER key again The song will be restored from CD 6 Ifthe song is backed up to two or more CDs a message prompting you to insert the second backup CD will be dis
45. all tracks for export have been selected press ENTER The display shows the free space on the FAT partition the destination of the exported tracks and the space which the exported tracks will occupy Press ENTER to export the selected tracks The tracks are exported with the names you entered a WAV extension is added If you already have exported a track file with the same name as one you have chosen a message appears asking you if you want to overwrite the older file Connect the DP 01 to the computer and open the drive and Close on page 45 Use the PC operating system to copy or move the exported tracks from the WAVE directory of the DP 01 FAT partition to the PC Once the tracks are on the PC you can close the DP 01 The exported tracks on the PC can then be backed up to CD R etc You can rename the exported tracks on the PC but you should remember to keep to the 8 3 standard and the WAV extension and remember to limit the character to letters of the alphabet no accented characters or odd punctuation etc You can import these tracks later to the same DP 01 or to a friend s DP 01 48 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual If a track does not contain audio does not appear in this list It Advanced techniques Exporting the mastered stereo tracks When you have finished mastering see Mastering on page 27 you may want to save the mastered stereo mix otherwise it
46. and hold the SHIFT key and press LOCATE O Menu items are written like this MENU gt DISK gt FORMAT meaning press the MENU key select the DISK menu and then the FORMAT action You may find the same action listed more than once in this alphabetical list That s because different people use different words for the same things so you may find both Delete and Erase for example The list of popup messages and their meaning Messages on page 57 may also be useful to you How to Keys etc to press ASSIGN REC MENU gt BACKUP SONG BACKUP Description Assign inputs to tracks See Assigning inputs on page 23 See Backing up and restoring songs on page 45 Back up a song to a PC BOUNCE Change the display between minutes Wheel from home screen seconds and bar beat Bounce tracks See Bouncing on page 34 oee Working in bars amp beats on page 36 Change the EQ frequencies MENU gt PREFERENCE gt EQ FREQ Choose another disk partition as the MENU DISK gt PARTITION active partition oee EQ settings on page 31 oee Selecting the active partition on page 40 Choose the meter shape Connect the DP 01 to a PC Copy a song Copy and insert parts of a track Copy and paste parts of a track Create a new song Cut and close up part of a track Delete a song Delete unused song data Display the current partition Edit the IN and OUT and TO points Edit the location mar
47. ash slowly this process is called arming the track s Press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key The RECORD key indicator lights red and the PLAY indicator lights green The track REC indicators stop flashing and light steadily Press STOP when you ve finished recording To return to the place where you started recording press and hold down the STOP key and press the F FWD LRP Last Recording Posi tion key To return to the zero point press and hold down the STOP key and press the REW RTZ Return To Zero key Press PLAY to start playback of the recorded tracks Use the track fader s and the red MASTER fader to adjust the level of what you hear The pan controls position the track in the stereo image you hear in the left and right speakers or headphones The center position is marked by a click when you turn the knob The EQ HIGH and EQ LOW equalization controls work in a similar way to the bass and treble tone controls on a stereo system The center click position of the knob means there s no cut or boost for that con trol You can re record the track if you re not happy with it by going back to the original point and repeating the process When you re happy with your recording you can un arm the track s Esafe them and arm and record on other tracks Remember to re assign the inputs as well as arming the tracks Press the REW or F FWD keys for a short while and then release them
48. centrate on the music and not on the recording process The DP 01 contains a large hard disk allowing you to record many hours of music up to two tracks at a time to a maximum of eight tracks and then mix them down to a pair of mastered stereo tracks using the built in mixing facilities The stereo mix can then be played back into a suitably equipped CD recorder etc or into a computer s audio inputs for distribution over the Internet etc or transferred using a fast USB 2 0 connection to a personal computer In addition individual tracks can be imported and exported between your DP 01 and a personal computer and songs can be archived backed up and restored using a PC This manual Whether or not you have had experience in multitrack recording you should read this manual in order to understand how to get the best out of the DP 01 This first section gives you an idea of the basic operations of the DP 01 and will get you started with recording Fur ther features are described in Advanced techniques on page 28 Note that when we refer to features of the DP 01 such as keys and connec tors we display them like this RETURN L and R We refer to features of other equipment like this AUX IN When we show messages etc that appear on the screen we show them like this In Punch Mode Take special note of the extra information provided at the side of the main text especially the WARNING messages This manual cannot begin
49. cks is displayed Move the arrow using the 4 and v keys to select songs to write to the CD and press the INSERT key to add them to the list tick mark W is displayed to the left of songs to indicate that the song is selected sapeclo ma di requi celi AN nc CERTES ee iT ue ra When you have decided on songs to write press the ENTER key In this screen you can set the order in which the master stereo tracks are to be written to the CD Select the song whose order is to be changed using the 4 and vw keys and press the ENTER key The arrow to the side of the song name changes to an up down arrow You can now change the order of the song using the DATA dial When you have changed the song order press EXIT key The up down arrow display returns to the right arrow display When there are two or more songs whose order is to be changed repeat this operation GHG gt DEDIDERO TOTAL In the SONG ORDER screen press the cursor key The screen for setting the gap between songs is displayed Move the arrow using the 4 and keys to select and set the length of the gap to be made after each song by the DATA dial You can set any gap within the range 0 0 to 9 9 seconds in 0 1 second increments To end setting of the gap and write to the CD press the ENTER key GHP Pre
50. cted for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 8 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen Mix down to the mix master track using the EFFECT SEND and EFFECT RETURN Mixdown and mastering on page 26 to add reverb to your mix Clone the stereo mix to a pair of tracks Disconnect the drum machine from the STEREO MIX and connect it to the RETURN jacks Make sure that the drum machine is set up to be synchro nized to the DP 01 Working with MIDI on page 38 Mix down again with only the two cloned tracks using the EFFECT RETURN control to add and adjust the levels of the drum machine You now have a mix including the drum machine as well as the effect added to the main tracks CLEAN OUT This deletes all the material in a track or tracks There are no IN and OUT points when performing the clean out function There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 8 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or all the tracks 1 8 Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen Undoing operations If you have made a mistake very often you can undo it This includes the track editing operations described here as well as most other common operations you can perform including recording Press th
51. e DATA dial to move the cursor to SONG and press the cursor key The SONG screen is displayed Turn the DATA dial to move the cursor to LOAD and press the cursor key The SONG LOAD screen is displayed Move the cursor to DP01DEMO and press the ENTER key When the demo is finished being loaded the display returns to the SONG MENU screen SONG LiHb Press the EXIT key The display returns to the home screen Press the PLAY key to play back the demo songs Eight tracks of each demo song is available Adjust the fader MASTER fader PAN and other controls for each channel To adjust the volume of the headphones use the PHONES knob on the front panel TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 13 Startup amp shutdown 10 4no Bues Navigation Navigation The DP 01 uses a menu system which allows you to make settings and perform many operations This section explains how to use the menu system and to check and make settings 4 YES NO ENTER EXIT E TITLE Figure 1 3 Menu controls Press the MENU key to bring up the opening menu screen Use the wheel or the and y keys to scroll up and down through the list of top level menus Note how the symbol changes to an inverted triangle 13 when the menu is highlighted At the bottom right of all menu screens is a symbol showing whether there are more menus bel
52. e UNDO key briefly to undo the last undoable action or Press and hold the UNDO key for about a second to show the UNDO REDO screen Event numbering starts at 0 START UP at the bottom of the event his tory list you can t change this list 54 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Figure 2 11 Cloning tracks If you try to select the same track as a destination that you have selected as the source when you press the YES key a message will appear D Although you can not mix the inputs of the STEREO MIX to the mixed master track you can add a drum machine say for instance to the mix in the following way Figure 2 12 Cleaning out a track You must have per formed at least one undoable action after switching on for the undo function to work Advanced techniques The top line is the most recent event When you undo an action or event you undo the action pointed to by the cursor amp and all actions after it You can t undo just one action in the middle of the event history list Use the jog wheel to scroll up and down through the list until you come to the action you want to undo together with all the actions that have been performed since then Press ENTER to leave the list and the status of the DP 01 changes to the status that it had immediately after the highlighted operation in the list was performed Note that the actions above the undo point do not disappear and that an arrow symb
53. e selected section 15 pasted What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 8 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 8 then 1 8 1s the only option available to you here Times This is the number of times that the selected section is pasted into the destination track or tracks You can set this value from 1 to 99 Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen COPY gt INSERT This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points copies it and inserts it on the chosen track or tracks as new material starting at the TO point The original source 1s left unchanged The insert operation adds the selected section as new material to the desti nation Nothing is overwritten at the destination as any existing material following the TO point is moved to the end of the newly inserted section The track is now longer than it was before the operation You can copy the section more than once in one operation for example to repeat a verse chorus section Figure 2 4 Copy and paste IN OUT TO Figure 2 5 Copy and insert TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 51 About track editing sanbiuya About track editing Youcan change the following values Src Trk Thi
54. ealDst2 RealDst3 RealDst4 Heaven Stroke Solo Blues Mid peaking warm sound Use on jazz pieces with breaks Compressed fat jazz setting High emphasis with a rough sound Clear long sustained sound Fat sounding overdrive Bright crunch sound 3D sound with some feathering on the crunch A fuzzy deep sound No matter what color it is it s still hazy use with a single coil pickup The traditional British clean sound Distorted power chord setting for backing A special lead sound with pitch shift of a seventh and distortion Treble overdrive and a jet flanger One octave down split distortion Phase and reverb for backing 3D chorus effect good with single coil pickups Suitable for West Coast surf omooth attack nice with a humbucker A famous tube combo with spring reverb Maybe the most famous stack in the world There was only one Jimi and his distorted sound was something like this Famous combo sounds Tube stack at low gain Chorus and distortion great for a crying solo Distortion and retuned chorus Good for finger style playing Tweed covered amp sound use with the front single coil pickup blues for instance warm crunch guitar setting for single coil pickups A deeper shade of purple Single coil sounds good here Ultimate funky cutting sound Heavy metal with a doubling edge Wah wah pedal halfway down Simulated high quality tube amp Play a cutting sound using a pick Double neck
55. ecording The RHSL key indi cates you are in rehearsal mode as long as AUTO 1 First set the IN and OUT points CIN and OUT marks on page 29 PUNCH not lit Your rehearsal so that they correspond to the points where you want recording to take s is not actually recorded start and where you want it to finish 2 Assign an input or inputs to a track or tracks Assigning inputs on If you re replacing a page 23 and arm those track s for recording press the tracks REC mmm mistake make sure key so that it flashes that the sound you are recording m matches the sound you re replacing Press the AUTO PUNCH key so that it lights same effect settings 4 Press the RHSL rehearsal key so that it lights O Press the PLAY key Playback starts from before the IN point the PLAY indicator is lit At the IN point the playback of the armed track s stops The RECORD indicator starts to flash indicating this the point where recording would start were you actually punching in At the OUT point the signal you hear returns to what you recorded earlier The RECORD indicator stops flashing When playback reaches the post roll point it stops When you do your next rehearsal or punch playback will start from the pre roll point IN point Pre roll OUT point Post roll If the and OUT points not where they should be for your punch recording operation you can turn off AUTO PUNCH and
56. ections from the instrument to the DP 01 are okay and you should probably check your monitoring equipment levels Figure 2 1 The DP 01 meters It s important to remember that meters should never be continuously at the top of the bar If they are it means the level 1s too high and you will proba bly experience distortion Digital distortion 1s unpleasant unlike say tube guitar amp distortion and you need to avoid it Input meters These meters A and B show the level of the signal com ing into the DP 01 Adjust the level with the front panel controls or the instrument volume control 1f available Track meters These meters 1 through 8 show the volume of the signal recorded on the track un armed tracks or entering the track armed tracks Remember that the faders do not control the level of signals sent to the track and will never affect the track meter readings Master meters These meters L and R show the master level at all times The MASTER fader controls the level of these meters You can change the way the meters are displayed 1 Press MENU and then select the PREFERENCE menu N The Meter option allows you to use the jog wheel to pick from four options S Fat short and fat S Slim short and thin L Fat tall and fat L Slim tall and thin The behavior of all these is the same only the appearance differs 30 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual EQ settings Advanced techniques On the DP 01
57. ee Formatting a disk on page 40 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 85 How do 1 2 pesn Ajuowwoy How do How to Format the FAT partition Hands free recording Import a WAV file to a track Insert silence at a point in a track Jump to a location mark Jump to the IN and OUT and TO points Load a song Make an exact copy of clone a track Metronome settings Mix to a stereo master track Move parts of a track and insert them in another location Move parts of a track to another location Multi effect setting Name a song Ping pong to other tracks Protect a song Read a WAV file into a track Redo one operation Redo several operations Remove a section of a track and replace it with silence Restore a song from a PC setting Revert to a previously saved version of a song Route inputs to tracks Save a song Save a stereo mix to PC Save a track s contents to PC Select the active disk partition Set a location mark Set pre roll and post roll times Set the IN and OUT and TO points Set the noise reduction Keys etc to press MENU gt DISK gt FAT REFORM AUTO PUNCH RHSL etc MENU gt WAVE gt IMPORT TRACK TRACK EDIT gt OPEN Press LOCATE FF or REW or press and hold LOCATE for the location mark list Press IN or OUT or TO MENU gt SONG gt LOAD TRACK EDIT gt CLONE TRACK MENU gt MIDI METRONOME MASTER TRACK EDIT gt MOVE INSERT TRACK EDIT gt
58. en Choose 1 through 8 to select an individual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 8 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to which the selected section is moved What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 8 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 8 then 1 8 1s the only option available to you here Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen MOVE INSERT This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points and moves it to the chosen track or tracks inserting it as new material starting at the TO point After the operation the selected section of the source between the IN and OUT points is replaced by silence The insert operation adds the selected section as new material to the desti nation Nothing is overwritten on the destination as any material following the TO point is moved to the end of the newly inserted section The track 15 therefore longer than it was before the operation Figure 2 7 Move and insert 52 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Advanced techniques voucan change the following values Src Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is taken Choose 1 through 8
59. ess MENU and select the BACKUP menu 2 Select the SONG BACKUP action and press the key The current song is shown with the lt symbol beside it TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 45 Using the USB connection Using the USB connection Use the jog wheel to move the selection cursor amp to the song to be backed up Press ENTER You can now use the left and right cursor keys and the wheel to name the song archive up to 8 characters see Tiding on page 15 Press ENTER to back up the song to the FAT partition An error mes sage appears if there is not enough space The song is then copied as an archive from the current partition to the FAT partition with a 001 extension Messages appear on the screen as the DP 01 goes through the file archiving process Connect the DP 01 to the computer using the USB cable and open the drive and Close on page 45 Use the PC operating system to copy or move the song archive from the BACKUP directory of the DP 01 FAT partition to the PC Once the song archive is on the PC you can close the DP 01 The song archive on the PC can then be backed up to CD R etc You can restore it later to the same DP 01 or to friend s DP 01 allowing you to complete the recording at another location or perform the final mix where there are better speakers available etc Restoring a song This is basically the reverse of the bac
60. for the appropriate input MULTI or turn on the effect REVERB For reverb you must turn up at least one tracks EFFECT SEND together with the master EFFECT RETURN 56 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Advanced techniques The volume of a multi effect may need adjusting or the parameter is set so low that the effect is too subtle to be noticed Multi effect on page 64 Messages The following popup messages alert you to conditions that may arise while you are using the DP 01 Consult this table if you see something you don t understand Empty Export Track File Not Found Too Short Import File Not Found Import File Too Big In Bounce Mode In Master Mode In Punch Mode In Repeat Mode Mark Full Master Track Not Found Master Track Too Big No Armed Track No Disk Space No Locate Mark No Master Trk No Redo Histry No Song No Undo Histry You re trying to export a track Importing and exporting tracks on page 47 which doesn t have anything recorded on it Pick another track to export You re trying to restore a song when there are no backed up songs on the partition Back ing up and restoring songs on page 45 maybe you hit the key by mistake or you may want to change the partition Selecting the active partition on page 40 You are trying to enter repeat mode but the time between the IN and OUT points is too short Make the time longer You re trying to import a WAV file from t
61. graph Road Montebelllo California U S A Telephone number 1 323 726 0303 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including For U S A TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not instaled and used in accordance with the instruction manual cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures a Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna b Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected d Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Changes or modification
62. han Output are displayed TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 39 Working in bars amp beats Disk management Disk management The DP 01 allows you format and re partition the internal hard disk to suit your needs The DP 01 s hard disk is divided into partitions Songs be created on a partition and moved to another one later for archive purposes etc or you can use different partitions for different types of songs In addition to the song partitions there is also a FAT formatted partition This 15 the part of the hard disk that can be read by a personal computer when the DP 01 15 connected using USB Whenever you want to archive store a song on a computer export a mix to a computer or import an audio file for inclusion in a song the data must be copied in two operations copy ing first to the FAT partition and then from there to your computer Selecting the active partition Choose the active partition from which you can load existing songs and on which you can create new songs etc 1 Press MENU and select the DISK menu 2 Select the PARTITION action and press the key e Qs E m m uum p An arrow shows the active partition The sizes of the partitions are shown not the available space The DP 01 stores the current song loads the current song on the new partition and shows a series of messages about the progress of the operation Formatting a dis
63. he FAT partition when there aren t any WAV files there Importing a track on page 47 Connect the DP 01 to a PC and transfer some files to the FAT partition for import You re trying to import a WAV file from the FAT partition that is too big for the remaining space on the partition Free up some space on the native partition and try again You tried to perform an action that cannot be done while in Bounce mode Bouncing on page 34 You tried to perform an action that cannot be done while in Master mode Mixdown and mastering on page 26 You tried to perform an action that cannot be done while in Punch mode Punching on page 32 You tried to perform an action that cannot be done while in Repeat mode You tried to store more than 999 location marks in a song Location marks on page 28 Delete some location marks and try again You ve tried to export a mastered mix track Exporting the mastered stereo tracks on page 49 when the song doesn t have one Master the song and then export the mix You tried to export a master track which was too big for the remaining space on the FAT partition Exporting the mastered stereo tracks on page 49 Connect the DP 01 to a computer and free up some space on the FAT partition You re trying to set up auto punching with no tracks armed Punching on page 32 Arm a track or tracks and try again You tried to create a song but there s not enough space o
64. here are only two fields now bars and beats Track editing is also performed in the same way as described in About track editing on page 50 but because the editing points are now set to a bars and beats based position the editing can be more musical 36 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Bars are also sometimes ref erred to as measures ae D Most rock and pop music is in 4 4 with a few famous exceptions Some country and folk songs as well as waltzes are in 3 4 Advanced techniques Point editing Even when the screen shows positions in bars and beats location points are edited in minutes and seconds edit a location mark on page 29 except that the bars and beats equivalent is also shown When the LOCATE key is held down in bars and beats mode the dis play looks something like this Selecting a point to edit shows the bars and beats below the absolute time value The bars and beats cannot be set directly but change together with the absolute time value as the jog wheel is turned Metronome To help you keep in time the DP 01 provides an internal metronome function and a MIDI metronome function The internal metronome function allows you to listen to the metronome on the DP 01 while the MIDI metronome function generates a metronome output on the MIDI interface 1 Press MENU use the DATA dial to select the MIDI menu and press the gt cursor key 2 Select the METRONOME
65. ides three ways to perform punching O When at least one track is armed the REC key is flashing and a song is being played back press the RECORD transport key to punch in When recording press the PLAY key to stop recording punch out O If you have a footswitch connected to the PUNCH jack you can press the footswitch to change between playback and recording as long as at least one track is armed for recording can automate the punch process by setting in and out points This is described in IN and OUT marks on page 29 and also in Punch ing on page 32 Bouncing The DP 01 provides eight tracks for recording But what happens if you want to record more than eight instruments You can take existing tracks mix them and record them to unused tracks freeing up the tracks you just mixed for recording additional tracks See Bouncing on page 34 for full details Track editing Because the DP 01 is a hard disk recorder not a tape recorder there are many options available to you which would be extremely difficult or even impossible with a tape based recording system See About track editing on page 50 for details of copy cut and paste etc operations that you can perform on DP O1 Undoing operations Just like on many computer systems you can undo many opera tions including recording if you record over something you shouldn t have done See the full explanation of how to use the UNDO
66. ifi ers connected to the unit Also do not wear headphones connected to the DP 01 when switching power on or off This will avoid damage to speakers etc and possible dam age to your hearing Starting up the DP 01 With the DP O1 s rear panel power switch OFF connect the power adaptor to the DP 01 the power cable to the power adaptor and the power cable to the power supply Figure 1 1 Power connections to the DP 01 Switch on the DP 01 using the rear panel switch The DP 01 display shows a welcome message The system is loaded and the last saved song is then loaded The ACCESS indicator lights to show the hard disk is in use while the song is being loaded and the display shows the current operation ma a I When the ACCESS light goes off the display shows the home You can reach this gt TIP screen from most operations by repeatedly pressing the EXIT key screen TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 1 1 Startup 8 shutdown 10 4no Bues Startup amp shutdown Shutting down the DP 01 ACCESS SHUT DOWN Figure 1 2 SHUT DOWN and ACCESS 1 First stop playback or recording 2 Press and hold the SHUT DOWN key for about a second The screen shows i NTER s ier i oL m E I t 1 Lo ata 7a Press ENTER to start the shut down process The dis
67. in tune Changing the tuning Most instruments are tuned to A 440 Hz If you are playing with another instrument that cannot be tuned you may want to change this value that is tune your guitar to the other instru ment Use the jog wheel to change the reference tuning away from 440 Hz if 105 5 5 you need to do this Noise reduction When you are recording the background noise of microphones or the noise from guitar amplifiers etc may be too loud The DP 01FX allows you to gate this noise and only open the gate when the input signal goes over a certain level This only takes effect when the MULTI effect is enabled 1 Press MENU and then select the PREFERENCE menu 2 Use the arrow keys to scroll to NSP 3 Set the level at which the gate opens to a value of OFF the gate is always open or from 1 the gate will open easily with very quiet sounds to 60 a lot of force a very loud sound is needed to open the gate DP 01FX Appendix Using a noise gate like this sometimes requires a little work to make sure that you don t accidentally cut off quiet parts of a song Before you make a recording using the noise gate it s a good idea to rehearse the whole part to make sure you ve got the right gate level TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 63 Tuning a guitar xipueddy 10 Multi effect Multi effect The DP 01FX contains an input effector which contains different types of effects grouped
68. ir of stereo tracks see CLONE TRACK on page 54 While the DP 01 is in the mastering mode you will notice that a number of playback functions are not avail able If you try to perform these operations a popup message tells you that you are in mastering mode NOTE j signals received at the STEREO MIX inputs but they won t be recorded on the master track Note that while the MASTER key is lit steadily you cannot use the mixer controls except for the MASTER fader aD If you want to save a mix from the DP 01 as a file you can transfer it via USB to a computer see Exporting the mastered stereo tracks on page 49 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 2 Mixdown and mastering sanbiuya 2 Advanced techniques The operations described here are ones that you may use less often than the ones described earlier in this manual but you will find use ful in your work with the DP 01 Location This section tells you how to jump around to different parts of a song on the DP 01 Direct location The DP 01 displays the current position at the top of the display as hours minutes seconds frames There are 30 frames in a second From the home screen when the DP 01 is stopped turn the jog wheel so that the top time display blinks O Use the 4 and gt cursor keys to move the underline cursor between the different fields of the time shown at the t
69. ite process in the MASTER WRITE or CD EXPORT menu TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 81 Data CD Menu xipueddy 9 410 Messages Messages The following shows a list of the popup messages On the DP 01FX CD popup messages are displayed according to the situation Refer to this list to learn the details of each of the messages and how to remedy the trouble Blank CD Insert blank CD has been inserted Insert a CD RW that is not blank bM An erased CD RW or unwritten CD R has been inserted the CD RW ERASE menu There 15 no need to erase the inserted CD Blank CD Inset blank CD has been inserted Insert a non finalized CD od An erased CD RW or unwritten CD R has been inserted in the FINALIZE menu Insert the CD to be finalized CD ERASE Inset The CD RW will be erased Insert the CD RW The CD tray was opened in the CD RW ERASE menu Insert the CD RW to erase and close the CD tray CD Export Insert Insert a blank CD lia The CD tray was opened in the CD EXPORT menu Insert a blank CD and close the CD tray CD IMPORT Insert Insert a CD written with import data The CD tray was opened in the CD IMPORT menu Insert a CD written with import data and close the CD tray CD RESTORE Will restore from CD Insert a CD The CD tray was opened in the CD RESTORE menu Insert a CD written with backup data and close the CD tray Empty Export There are no exportable tracks No audio data 15 recorded t
70. k As well as formatting the internal hard disk you can set the size of the DP 01 native partitions 1 Press MENU and select the DISK menu 2 Select the FORMAT action and press the key 3 Use the jog wheel to select the size of the partitions 32 16 8 or 4 gigabytes 1 gigabyte is 1024 megabytes Aa partitions will be the same size except the last one which will be the size of the remaining space 40 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Formatting and re partitioning are destructive actions You cannot undo them and the changes are permanent The FAT format File Allocation Table is a disk format which can be read by all personal computers You cannot select the FAT partition here This destroys all zm data on the entire disk You cannot undo it ONLY CARRY OUT THIS OPERATION IF YOU ARE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO The disk size shown on the dis play may vary from the example given here Advanced techniques Press ENTER A message reminds you that all songs will be lost Press ENTER again to format the disk with the new partition sizes or EXIT to escape without formatting Formatting a partition Reform If you want to keep partition sizes the same or you only wish to clean out one partition of the hard disk this is the way to do it 1 2 4 Press MENU and select the DISK menu Select the REFORM action and press the key zo ccn Dr rm H I
71. key and select the AUDIO CD menu WAVE MIDI AUDIO 4 The CD PLAYER display is explained below Displays the track number currently being played Displays the time elapsed from the start of the current track The next track can be selected using the DATA dial or the W keys Press the PLAY or ENTER button to begin playing the selected track Level meter of audio pre fader recorded to the CD The stereo output level can be adjusted by the MASTER fader Displays the track number and track length The list of tracks on an audio CD can be viewed by turning the DATA dial or pressing the F keys TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 71 Audio CD Menu xipueddy q x4ro dd Audio CD Menu 5 When the CD PLAYER menu is displayed the CD player can be con trolled using the following keys STOP key Stops the CD player PLAY key Plays back the selected track F FWD key Selects the next track REW key Selects the previous track DATA dial Selects a track to playback from the track list ENTER key Plays the selected track STOP REW key Stops playback and locates at the start of the CD Press the REW key with the STOP key held down Making an audio CD On the DP 01FX CD a song s master stereo track can be written to a CD R or CD RW see Mastering on page 27 and this master recording can be burned to CD for audio CD playback There are two ways of making a CD Disk At Once simpl
72. ks Erase a song Erase the whole of a track Export a stereo mix to PC Export a track s contents to PC Find out how much time is left for record ing Format one partition Format the disk MENU gt PREFERENCE gt Meter MENU DISK USB OPN CLS MENU gt SONG gt COPY TRACK EDIT gt COPY INSERT TRACK EDIT gt COPY PASTE MENU gt SONG gt CREATE TRACK EDIT gt CUT MENU gt SONG gt ERASE MENU SONG gt DEL UNUSED From the home screen press and hold EXIT POINT EDIT SHIFT TRACK EDIT Press and hold LOCATE MENU gt SONG gt ERASE TRACK EDIT gt CLEAN OUT MENU gt WAVE gt EXPORT MSTR MENU gt WAVE gt EXPORT TRACK From the home screen press and hold EXIT MENU gt DISK gt REFORM MENU gt DISK gt FORMAT see Using the meters on page 30 See Using the USB connection on page 44 See Copying songs on page 42 See COPY gt INSERT on page 51 See COPY gt PASTE on page 51 See Creating a new song on page 20 oee CUT on page 53 oee Erasing a song on page 21 5 Deleting unused data on page 42 song information on page 22 See IN and OUT marks on page 29 oee Location marks on page 28 oee Erasing a song on page 21 oee CLEAN OUT on page 54 oee Exporting the mastered stereo tracks on page 49 oee Exporting tracks on page 47 Song information on page 22 oee Formatting a partition Reform on page 41 o
73. kup process allowing you to transfer a song archive from a PC to the DP 01 1 2 Connect the DP 01 to PC using the USB cable and open the drive and Close on page 45 Use the PC operating system to copy the song archive from the PC to the BACKUP directory of the DP 01 FAT partition the DP 01 Press MENU and select the BACKUP menu Select the SONG RESTORE action and press the key The display shows the song archive files on the FAT partition Select a song archive using the jog wheel and press ENTER The cur rent song is saved The real song name is extracted from the archive and shown am ei SI rt H DEI LU AJ Ln 1 omm 3 ofi i x Press ENTER to load the archived song as the current song Appropri ate messages are shown if there is not enough disk space etc 46 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual If you do not have enough space the FAT partition to back up a song you must connect the DP 01 to a PC and manage the files from the PC You should not rename the song archive on the PC as this may fuse the DP 01 when you come to restore it If there are no song en ene archive files on the FAT partition a message is shown Although the DP 01 displays shorter file names with spaces at the end of the name these spaces are not part
74. l and post roll times can be set to suit your style of play ing 1 2 3 4 Press MENU and scroll down to PREFERENCE and press the 5 key unm TU Lo hc 4 1 ake Lo LL fu Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the Pre pre roll time item and use the jog wheel to set the value in seconds Use the cursor keys to move down to the Post post roll time item and use the jog wheel to change the value Press EXIT when you re done so that you can start using these settings The pre roll and post roll times be set between 1 0 seconds and 9 9 seconds in 0 1 second steps TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 33 Punching sanbiuya Bouncing Bouncing Bouncing on the DP 01 refers to the technique of mixing recorded You can bounce to tracks through the MASTER fader to a pair of unused tracks one track if you want but you will probably want to You might use a track bounce operation in the following situation bounce in stereo 2 dad add 3 Bass MEN 4 Acoustic Guitar o o8 Ltt tt gg gem Figure 2 2 Bouncing tracks You ve recorded the drums in stereo the bass and two rhythm guitars one acoustic and one electric and an electric guitar lead line There are two tracks left You d like some stereo organ added in and there are two lead vocal lines to record as well as at least one set of backing vocals But there
75. layer 12cm CDDA standard format Made on this CD R CD RW player Non finalized 12cm CDDA standard format Made on a CD player other than this CD R CD RW player Non finalized Format other than CDDA standard Commercially available CD protected CD DATA CD CD extra etc Format other than CDDA standard CD R CD RW DATA CD CD extra etc 12cm Ultra Speed CD RW media 12cm CD R CD RW oo to HIGH Speed Recorded CD RW be used by ERASE 12cm ISO 9660 Levelt CD R CD RW A Backup on this CD player 12cm ISO 9660 Levelt CD R CD RW A Made on a CD player other than this CD player 12cm ISO 9660 other than Levelt CD R CD RW acm ISO 9660 Level CD R CD RW 12cm 150 9660 Level CD R CD RW Addition of data other than data for this CD player A Compatible B Operation not assured N Not compatible 0 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual DP 01FX CD Appendix The DP 01FX CD is a DP 01FX with a built in CD R RW drive This In the menu instruc appendix describes CD R RW functions tions below select menus by pressing ENTER or the cursor key Opening Closing CDs CD can be opened or closed with the hard disk and CD stopped 1 Hold down the SHIFT key and press EXIT 2 The following screen is displayed and the CD tray opens Audio CD Menu Playing back audio CDs 1 Place the audio CD into the CD tray and close the tray using the instructions above 2 Press the MENU
76. leted The track is therefore shorter than the original O There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 8 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 all of the tracks 1 8 or all tracks ALL Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen SILENCE This function is equivalent to recording silence between the IN and OUT points on the chosen track or tracks Material is deleted but the length of the result 15 the same as that of the original the gap is not closed up unlike with the CUT function There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 8 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or all the tracks 1 8 Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen Figure 2 8 Opening a gap Figure 2 9 Cutting material Figure 2 10 Inserting silence TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 53 About track editing About track editing CLONE TRACK This copies a track or pair of tracks to another track or pair of tracks There are no IN and OUT points when cloning There are two values that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 8 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or the MASTER stereo track Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to which the source track is cloned What you can select here depends on what you have sele
77. lo The velocity which typically affects the volume of the note at the start of each bar NrmNote The note played at each beat except at the start of each bar 03 is equivalent to MIDI note 60 NrmVelo The velocity which typically affects the volume of the note at each beat except the start of each bar When OFF is selected at Output The metronome function 15 disabled and no items other than Output are displayed Working with MIDI The DP 01 is equipped with a MIDI OUT jack This can be used to drive a sequencer drum machine etc either synchronized to a time base or a MIDI clock see below for an explanation of how this works MIDI OUT is also used to drive a MIDI instrument as a met ronome see Metronome on page 37 A MIDI instrument can be connected to the A and B inputs or mixed with the recorded tracks from the analog outputs if 1t 1s fed into the STEREO MIX inputs MIDI Clock etc The MIDI song control messages put out by the DP 01 from the MIDI OUT port include tempo MIDI Clock bar and beat information Song Position Pointer and Start Stop Continue messages This way of working is particularly suitable for synchronizing with bar beat based MIDI devices such as drum machines and rhythm units 1 Press MENU and scroll down to MIDI and press the key 38 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Channel 10 is TIP defined as the default drum channel for all General MIDI devices You must set a tempo a
78. n the partition to create a song Creating a new song on page 20 Free up some space and try again You re trying to edit the location mark list edit a location mark on page 29 when location marks have been set You ve tried to use a non existent master track as the source in a track cloning operation CLONE TRACK on page 54 Select another source or master the song and try again There s nothing for you to redo nothing s been undone See Undoing operations on page 54 You re trying to load a song from a partition that has no songs on it Loading a saved song on page 21 Change partitions Selecting the active partition on page 40 There are no actions to be undone See Undoing operations on page 54 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 57 Troubleshooting sonbiuu o Not Stopped Now Recording Same Track Song Protected Too Many Songs Track Full Trk too short The transport is moving not stopped but playing back recording etc and you ve pressed a key such as the BOUNCE key which cannot be used until you press STOP You re trying to perform an action which cannot be done while recording You can t clone a track to itself CLONE TRACK on page 54 The song is protected Protecting a song on page 43 and you are trying to change it record or edit etc Unprotect the song You have 250 songs on one partition You must delete some before you can
79. nd Paste aii ios 51 Figure 2 5 CODY ANAIS di roe 51 Figure 2 6 Move and paste oni eder een epe Ce di Suc oio qure Ue ac ave doas PERDE 52 2 7 MOVE and INS O iia 52 Figure 2 8 Op ningd a gap aiii ii id 53 Figure 2 9 CUTTING Eaa Loca 53 Figure 2 10 lnserting SINCE tio eio ae ec 53 Figure 2 11 Cloning ari 54 Figure 2 12 Cleaning out a track 54 Figure 2 13 Dimensions of the DP 01FX CD ee rere enne 60 Figure 2 14 Dimensions of the DP 01FX CD eee reeeee rne 60 Fid re 2 19 BIOCK diagr AMM 61 FIgure 3 1 a edeeniger u andas 64 8 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 1 Starting out with your DP 01 Getting started Read this section first It contains important basic information about using your DP 01 effectively and will help you create exciting original musical projects When you have read this section Starting out with your DP 01 on page 9 you will be able to find your way around the DP 01 and to make and play back recordings Congratulations on your purchase of the TASCAM DP 01 This 8 track digital hard disk recorder is designed to provide you with great sound in an easy to use compact package allowing you to con
80. nd ends and for repeat playback as well as for track editing You can set these marks while playing back recording or while playback is stopped Set IN and OUT marks by pressing and holding the SHIFT key and pressing IN SET IN or OUT SET OUT at the appropriate points Locate to the IN and OUT points by simply pressing IN and OUT O Fine tune the position of the IN and OUT points by pressing and holding SHIFT and pressing TRACK EDIT POINT EDIT Edit the point to 1 10 frame accuracy using the cursor keys and the jog wheel in the same way as for direct location Direct location on page 28 Press ENTER when done You can t undo this This Is sometimes called trimming The marks shown in the order they appear in the song not by number 1 10 frame 15 1 300 m of a second about 3 3 milliseconds IN and OUT marks also used along with the TO mark which is set and used in the same way when performing track editing func tions TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 29 Location sanbiuya Using the meters Using the meters Meters to let you know what s going on with the audio in the DP 01 Here are a few little hints and tips which may help you As well as showing you the level of signals the meters can show you if the signals are actually getting to the DP 01 Even if you can t hear anything and the input meters are showing a signal it means that the conn
81. nd exporting tracks visa i 76 Importhg fron a CDi a 76 EXDOMING TO CDS ada 77 Backing up and restoring songs oommccconcncccnnononcnnnnoncnnancrnnnanrrrnnanrrrnnanrrrnnanrrrnnanrrrnnannrnnnas 78 Backing up SONGS to a CD arial YR 78 Hestorirng songs CD iere dant sias a cue Ra orsa 79 Erasing Gata CDS eR 80 CD related Error Messages dada 81 Messages 5 Commonly used functions How do 2 o 85 Contents TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Table of Figures Figure 1 1 Power connections to the DP 01 seres 11 Figure 1 2 SHUT DOWN and ACCESS 2 11 222 1 12 2 5 eG 14 Figure 1 4 Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment 16 Figure 1 5 DP OTEX front panel deer ont suae in 17 Figure 1 6 Rear panel connections 33131111111 nene nennt 18 Figure 1 7 Assigning inputs to tracks 1 23 Figure 1 6 hecording tracks 24 Figure 2 1 The DP 01 a cona E asit 30 Figure 2 2 BOUNCING cc 34 Figure 2 3 Disconnecting the 01 2 1 1 11 1 1 44 Figure 2 4 CoDy a
82. nd time sig nature on the DP 01 Tempo set ting on 36 to use this feature Advanced techniques 2 Select the GENERATOR action and press the key 3 Use the jog wheel to change the OFF setting to CLK clock The DP 01 now sends the messages described here from MIDI OUT when playing back or recording Connect the MIDI OUT of the DP 01 to the MIDI IN of your MIDI instrument Consult the documentation of the MIDI instrument for details of how to synchronize to MIDI Clock etc messages as a slave MIDI timecode MIDI Timecode sends out the current position in hours minutes seconds and frames through the MIDI OUT port Typically you will use the timecode function with devices such as recorders and Digital Audio Workstations DAWs that work to a time base rather than bars and beats base 1 Press MENU and scroll down to MIDI and press the key 2 Select the GENERATOR action and press the key 3 Use the jog wheel to change the OFF setting to MTC MIDI Timecode The DP 01 now sends timecode from MIDI OUT when playing back or The DP 01 s MIDI recording Connect the MIDI OUT of the DP 01 to the MIDI IN of Timecode is fixed your MIDI device at a frame rate of 30 fps and cannot be changed Consult the documentation of the MIDI device for details of how to synchronize to MIDI Timecode as a slave When OFF is selected at Output The metronome function is disabled and no items other t
83. nect the DP 01 to your monitoring system that is an amplifier speaker setup When you re ready to make your final stereo master you can use these jacks to connect to an analog recorder A typical setup would connect these jacks to the AUX IN of a stereo sys tem Use the stereo system s selector switch to listen to the AUX source when tracking bouncing or mastering on the DP 01 When you have mastered the stereo track and you want to record it set the stereo monitoring system so that the recorder 15 set to record from the AUX source Now you are monitoring or listening through your stereo system Effect processor When you want to use an external effect processor with the DP 01 connect the rear panel SEND of the DP 01 to the mono input of the processor 1 4 unbalanced jack Connect the stereo outputs of the processor to the two RETURN jacks of the DP 01 1 4 unbalanced jacks 18 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Tracking means recording tracks on the DP 01 Mastering means tak ing these recording tracks and mix ing them down to stereo The DP 01FX and DP O1FX CD their own internal reverb processors However you can also use an external effect processor if you pre fer External stereo input DP 01 has two 1 4 mono unbalanced jacks on the rear panel marked STEREO MIX These can be used to connect an external stereo sub mixer synthesizer drum machine CD player etc This ste
84. ned in detail in Direct location on page 28 the DP 01 can work in musical bars and beats This is especially useful when working with external MIDI devices see Working with MIDI on page 38 Tempo setting For the bars beats function to be useful you must set up a tempo and time signature These allow the DP 01 to calculate where the bar and beat divisions fall based on the tempo of your song 1 With playback stopped press MENU and select the MIDI menu 2 Select the TEMPO T SIG tempo and time signature action and press the gt key 3 There are two parameters here the tempo and the time signature Use the cursor and jog wheel to set these The tempo is measured in beats per minute bpm and can be set from 20 to 250 O The time signature can be set with the number of beats to the bar 1 through 12 and the number of beats per whole note 1 2 4 or 8 Selecting the time mode Once the time signature and tempo are set the DP 01 can map the bar and beat divisions to the time To display bars and beats On the home screen move the cursor to the ABS field Turn the jog wheel clockwise ABS changes to BAR and the current posi tion in bars and beats is shown with the tempo shown on the right of the screen With the cursor at BAR turn the jog wheel counterclockwise to return to the time based display Location is performed in the same way as described in Location on page 28 except that t
85. ng the parameter multi effect has one parameter shown as PAR Use the PARAMETER control to set the value of the parameter the parameter is different for different types of effects 64 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Setting the effect volume O the volume of the effect from 0 to 127 by pressing the SHIFT key and turning the PARAMETER control Available multi effect settings This list is divided into the available effect types Electric guitar settings EGTR TraDist Traditional distortion and doubling with a short delay Tube OD Tube valve overdrive and vibrato BlueDrv Blues overdrive with an auto wah Use short picking strokes with this setting BlueSlid Blues with a right and left tremelo R Bottom 80 s heavy rock sound ClsRock1 A classic 70 s British stack sound ClsRock2 A deeper classic sound with a detuned chorus effect MelSus Mellow sustain setting with longish sustain Use this with a bridge humbucker for a sweet drive sound SmthDist Smooth distortion for solos combining echo with an overdrive sound SpeeKing Single coil pickup distortion 1 Distorted tube type sound for heavy rock Heavy2 Fuzz and flange for a heavy feel Heavy3 Chorus and distortion Metal Traditional metal sound twin lead 80sRock1 80 s metal with a cutting edge 805 2 Deeper echo and high cut with distortion 90sRock Bright distortion and reverb good for solo use FstChor Good with single coil pickups fo
86. ng title De select a song by using the SHIFTed INSERT DELETE key The check mark disappears Press ENTER when you have selected all the songs to be erased You are asked if you are sure Press ENTER again to erase them or EXIT to exit the process without erasing them You can erase all the songs shown and a new song is automatically cre ated There is always at least one song on partition Song information You can view the title working partition and amount of time left for recording from the home screen From the home screen press and hold the EXIT key While you hold down the EXIT key the display shows E H Fs rr i Fr Er En The current partition Part song title Song and amount of time left on the partition for recording RecRem in minutes Additional song operations Further song operations are described in Advanced song manage ment on page 42 22 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual aD EP You can also use this method to form other operations such as copying For more informa tion about parti tions see Disk management on page 40 Starting out with your DP 01 Assigning inputs When we talk about assigning inputs we are talking about routing the signals from the two inputs to the tracks You can record on up to two tracks at a time This means that the same input can be assigned to two tracks at the same time but you can t then use the other input or the
87. ng was not an easy process and was very difficult to undo if there were any mistakes Multitrack editing was nearly impossible The DP 01 allows you to edit songs copying and moving material from one part of a song to another This editing is known as non destructive edit ing meaning that the operation does not actually destroy data and you can undo mistaken or unwanted editing operations easily If you have ever used a word processor on a computer you will probably find most of the DP 01 s editing operations pretty simple If you have never used a computer the DP 01 s editing operations are nothing to be scared of 3ust read through this section to see how it all works IN OUT and TO We have previously seen how the IN and OUT points can be used for punching and for location They are also used in these track editing opera tions together with the TO point point marks the start of the part of track which is selected when editing a part of a track rather than a whole track The OUT point marks the end of the part of the track which is selected when editing part of a track The TO point marks the final destination of a copy or a move opera tion Using edit mode 1 Make sure that the DP 01 is stopped not playing back or recording 2 Press the TRACK EDIT key beside the jog wheel ds y m T 11 E Use the jog wheel to move the amp cursor to track editing func
88. ny ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Do not install near any heat sources such as radi ators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other Grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 14 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time Refer all service 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 objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate n
89. o tracks 1 to 8 1n the CD menu FINALIZE Insert Insert the CD to be finalized ide The CD tray was opened in the finalize menu Insert the CD to be finalized and close the CD tray Finalized CD Insert A finalized CD has been inserted Insert a CD RW that is not blank A finalized CD R has been inserted in the CD RW ERASE menu Only CD RW disks can be erased FinalizedCD Insert A finalized CD has been inserted Insert a non finalized CD A finalized CD has been inserted in the finalize menu This CD does not need to be finalized Import File Nt The import file cannot be found Insert the import CD There is no import file in the inserted CD in the CD IMPORT menu Insert a CD written with import data 82 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Import File Too Big Invalid CD Insert Backup CD Invalid CD Insert Blank CD Invalid CD Insert CD RW Invalid CD Insert Import CD Invalid CD Insert Opened CD Low Capacity Insert Blank CD MASTER WRITE Insert Blank CD No Disk Insert Backup CD DP 01FX CD Appendix The import file 1s too big The size of the file to import equals or exceeds the free space on hard disk when executing an import in the CD IMPORT menu Create more free space on hard disk by DEL UNUSED for example to ensure sufficient free space for reading the import file An invalid CD has been inserted Insert the backup CD A CD not written with backup data has been inse
90. of the actual file name Advanced techniques Importing and exporting tracks You can import and export individual tracks to and from a PC via the FAT partition The files used for track import and export are 16 bit 44 1kHz mono WAV format and must have the WAV extension Audio in other formats intended for import must be converted before they can be imported to the DP 01 Importing a track Before you start make sure that you have selected the partition con taining the song to which you want to import the track and that the song is loaded 1 Connect the DP 01 to the PC and open the drive and Close on page 45 2 Use the PC operating system to copy the WAV file from the PC to the WAVE directory of the DP 01 FAT partition 3 the DP 01 Press MENU and select the WAVE menu 5 Select the IMPORT TRACK action and press the gt key The display shows the song archive files on the FAT partition 6 Use the jog wheel to select the WAV file to be imported and press ENTER The display shows the amount of free space on the current partition and the size of the selected WAV file 7 Use the jog wheel to select the track into which the WAV file will be imported Press ENTER Appropriate messages are shown if there is not enough space the file is in the wrong format etc The DP 01 reads the file from the FAT partition into the track with the start of the file at the
91. ol appears to the right of the undo point Redoing an action If you make a mistake undoing an action you can undo the undo that is you redo the action Press and hold the SHIFT key and press the UNDO REDO key to redo the last undone action OY Press and hold the UNDO key no SHIFT to bring up the the UNDO REDO screen Copy b Peer ons LI RO Do l You can scroll down to the position marked by the left pointing arrow to the right of the list which marks the furthest point in the event history at which you can perform a redo operation Press ENTER to redo the selected undone actions NOTE In order to redo an action you must have undone an action first TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 55 About track editing sonbiuyos Troubleshooting Troubleshooting When working with any new piece of equipment like the DP 01 it s sometimes difficult to work out why something isn t happening the way you expect The main thing is to take your time after all you re not paying hourly studio rates Stop and think Ask yourself ques tions like the ones below and you can usually find the answer Also see the section on Messages on page 57 for the meaning of mes sages that may pop up on the display Why can t hear any sound when I play back Are the faders of the tracks you ve recorded at a reasonable level Is the MASTER fader at a reasonable level
92. op of the screen In this case the seconds field is selected T change the value of the highlighted underlined field use the jog wheel Fields wrap round so going from 59 seconds to 0 seconds adds 1 to the minutes etc you turn the jog wheel the display blinks If you leave the jog wheel untouched for a few seconds or if you press ENTER the display stops blinking you want to edit another field use the cursor keys to move to that field and then use the jog wheel to get to the time you re looking for Press PLAY to start playback from the position whose value has just been entered Location marks The 01 store up to 999 location marks per song Use these to mark the start of verses vocal entry points etc To set a location mark while stopped recording or playing press the INSERT key or press and hold the SHIFT key and press the LOCATE SET LOC key at the point where you want the new mark Marks are shown on the display on the second line of the home screen The mark number you see is the one at or immediately before the current position In the example below M023 indicates the twenty third mark in the selected song 28 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual The DP 01 can also display the current time in bars and beats See Work ing in bars amp beats on page 36 for details Marks are num bered in the order you enter them not according to their position in the song
93. ormally or has been dropped Do not expose this apparatus to drips or splashes Do not place any objects filled with liquids such as vases on the apparatus Do not install this apparatus in a confined space such as a book case or similar unit The apparatus draws nominal non operating power from the AC outlet with its POWER switch in the off position The apparatus should be located close enough to the AC outlet so that you can easily grasp the power cord plug at any time An apparatus with Class I construction shall be connected to an AC outlet with a protective erounding connection TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 3 Safety Information This product has been designed and manufactured CAUTION according to FDA regulations title 21 CFR chapter e DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE 1 subchapter J based on the Radiation Control for HOUSING USING A SCREWDRIVER Health and Safety Act of 1968 and is classified as a e USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS class 1 laser product There is no hazardous invisible OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES laser radiation during operation because invisible OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN laser radiation emitted inside of this product is MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION completely confined in the protective housings EXPOSURE The label required in this regulation is shown 1 e IF YOU DETECT PROBLEMS WITH THIS UNIT CONTACT YOUR NEAREST QUALI 1 For U S A FIED SERVICE PERSONNEL AND DO NOT 22
94. ort press the ENTER key 6 The available space on the DATA CD and the total file size of the tracks to export are displayed TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 77 Data CD Menu xipueddy 9 410 7 Data CD Menu Press the ENTER key The following confirmation screen is displayed Press the ENTER key to begin exporting to CD After exporting ends the display prompts to ask if you want another copy To export to another CD press the ENTER key To cancel exporting to another CD press EXIT key Backing up and restoring songs When you back up a song you re backing up the audio tracks as well as any editing etc Reverse the process a CD to FAT partition to DP 01 disk when you want to restore a song Backing up songs to a CD Back up your songs to a data CD so that you can restore them later 1 2 o Insert a CD R that has not been written or an erased CD RW into the CD drive Press the MENU key and choose the DATA CD menu Select CD BACKUP from the DATA CD menu 71 ERE Lil 144 Li xi ME L ep 11 n r aem ma c LA Lr LU Select the songs to back up using the DATA dial and the ENTER key The screen displays the name of the file to write to the data CD Name the songs using to eight letters by the 4 and cursor keys or the DATA dial Titling on page 15 8 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manu
95. ow the current list above the current list O Press the gt cursor key to enter the selected menu The screen below To go up a level in shows the SONG menu the menu press the EXIT key O Use the jog wheel or the 4 and w keys to select an action from the menu here the ERASE option is selected note that there are options above and below the current list e Press gt to enter the menu action screen In this case selecting The song names ERASE presents you with a list of songs filesizes shown here may be different on your DP 01 14 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Starting out with your DP 01 O Use the jog wheel the 4 and wv keys to move the cursor to select the song to be erased and then press the ENTER key Tau 3 f I 1 Ll Lr 1 Dorm P Pip P i OF l O In cases like this where the DP 01 asks you a question the ENTER key now becomes a YES key and the EXIT key becomes a NO key Some screens allow a number of values to be filled in In these cases you should use the 4 and keys to move the cursor and the wheel to set the value p Er E The SHIFT key The SHIFT key modifies the behavior of a number of different keys When you press and hold it while pressing another key the other key takes on the function shown in the label shown below the key white on blue for the D
96. play shows Storing Song 4 the song data is stored to hard disk the display shows seo j E E i 1 1 p roin H E 5 You can now use the rear panel switch to turn off the DP 01 El i The ACCESS light This red indicator shows that the hard disk or the CD RW drive is in use Although the DP 01 is not exactly a delicate piece of equip ment you should take care with it as with all electronic equipment especially when the hard disk is in operation or when it is writing to CDs How to play back demo songs Before the DP 01 is shipped demo songs are stored on its hard disk Fol low the procedure below to play back these demo songs 1 Connect the LINE OUT connector on the DP 01 to the amplifier or monitor system To listen on headphones insert the headphone plug into the PHONES jack on the right of the front panel 2 Switch on the DP 01 When the DP 01 is started up the display shows the home screen 12 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual i If you don t shut down the DP 01 in the way described here you may lose your recordings and settings Always shut down the DP 01 according to these instructions Pressing the EXIT key cancels the shutdown process r Do not move the UN DP 01 or turn it off or disconnect the power when the ACCESS indicator is lit to avoid damage to the hard disk and possi ble loss of data Press MENU The MENU screen is displayed Turn th
97. played After the restore from the first CD ends insert the second CD Erasing data CDs To erase a CD RW so that it can be reused 1 Press the MENU key to display the DATA CD menu 2 Select CD RW ERASE from the DATA CD menu Press the ENTER key again The CD RW will be erased 80 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual CD related Error Messages If you experience a problem while reading or writing a CD you may see one of the following error messages When a popup message is displayed press EXIT key to clear the display check the state of the media and retry the operation Backup Error Press EXIT CD Read Error Press EXIT CD Write Error Press EXIT Erase Error Press EXIT Export Error Press EXIT Finalize Error Press EXIT Import Error Press EXIT Media Error Press EXIT Restore Error Press EXIT Writing Failed Press EXIT An error occurred in the BACKUP execution process A CD read error occurred in the FINALIZE BACKUP RESTORE IMPORT EXPORT and ERASE execution processes An error occurred in the FINALIZE BACKUP RESTORE and ERASE execution pro cesses An error occurred in the ERASE execution process An error occurred in the EXPORT execution process An error occurred in the FINALIZE execution process An error occurred in the IMPORT execution process An error occurred in the CD media in the CD player menu An error occurred in the RESTORE execution process An error occurred in the CD wr
98. r chords and arpeggios Similar to acoustic CompChr1 For single coil pickups chorus with pre delay expands the treble emphasized sound CompChr2 A good backing sound Rhythm1 A backing sound with an edge to it Rhythm2 Smooth backing sound suitable for jazz Rhythms A harder backing sound Funk A feather effect for funk fusion backing Groove Flanger provides a rolling sound for backing and arpeggio playing Country Short echo and compression Crying Very emotional use at different volumes for a variety of effects Weeping Overdrive with a big heart Fusion Sweet sustained overdrive Fusion2 Long delay and bright distortion CinSolo Long sustained solos are possible with this sound PwrDist1 A tube setting with echo PwrDist2 A deep chorused distortion for an American rock sound PwrDist3 A rough metal distortion sound PwrDist4 Doubled distortion with an edge Texas The classic black panel amp sound Texas2 A powerful overdriven sound Texas3 A sharper overdrive sound Texas4 Chorus and stretched overdrive TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 65 Multi effect xipueddy 10 Swingy FatJazz1 FatJazz2 R amp B CInVerb CtyBlues LtlWing CoolPick Fuzzy Hazy BritCIn PowChord BmLead FingGtr Oct Dist PhaseRev Ensemble Surf Violin BlkPanel UK Stack Jimi Box MBoogie HeartBrk GentWeep Bfinger Tweed RSCrunch NightDrv Ult Funk Axe Bom Doctor sold No Run Away Remains Nostalgi RealDst1 R
99. r press Command E OS X 10 3 also has a button in the Finder which allows ejecting removable media When the icon has disap peared from your desktop you can disconnect the DP 01 Open and Close Before using the DP 01 s FAT partition you must open the system so that it can be read by the PC While the system is open you can not perform any recording playback etc or any operations involv ing the DP 01 hard disk 1 Connect the DP 01 to the PC 2 Press MENU and select the DISK menu 3 Select the USB OPN CLS action and press the key 4 Press ENTER to open the disk A popup message appears asking if you are sure 5 Press ENTER again The screen shows r 1 3 oc i I rg E i The DP 01 is now locked until you press EXIT Make sure that you have saved songs copied all the files you re going to transfer to the PC to the FAT parti tion etc before you open the DP 01 Remove the DP 01 from the computer see Using the USB connection on page 44 before pressing EXIT Backing up and restoring songs When you back up a song you re backing up the audio tracks as well as any editing etc Reverse the process computer hard disk to FAT partition to DP 01 disk when you want to restore a song Backing up Before you start make sure that you ve selected the partition contain ing the song you re going to back up Selecting the active partition on page 40 1 Pr
100. reo signal is routed to the analog LINE OUTPUT jacks They cannot be recorded on the DP 01 nor can you adjust the signal level using the DP 01 Digital output Use a standard optical digital cable to connect this rear panel close to the power switch to a suitable digital stereo input of a mon itoring system or stereo recorder The signals sent from this are the same as those sent from the LINE OUTPUT jacks although the STEREO MIX signals are not output through the digital output MIDI output Use this rear panel to connect a sequencer drum machine etc which can be started stopped and synchronized with the DP 01 See Working with MIDI on page 38 for details You can connect a digital recorder CD MD using the digital connec tion while using the LINE OUTPUT Jacks for monitoring TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 19 Connecting your DP 01 to other equipment 10 4no Bues Managing your songs Managing your songs This section shows you how to create a new song as well as basic song management such as renaming deleting copying etc For more details on disk management and the other song management features of the DP 01 see Disk management on page 40 and Advanced song management on page 42 Creating a new song 1 Press the MENU key use the jog wheel to highlight the SONG menu and press the key rr 3 2 If the CREATE option is not highlighted use the jog wheel to
101. rted in the CD RESTORE menu Insert a CD written with backup data An invalid CD has been inserted Insert a blank CD A CD other than a blank CD has been inserted when writing to CD by the MASTER WRITE CD BACKUP or CD EXPORT menu This is also displayed when a finalized CD has been inserted when writing by Track at Once Insert a blank CD An invalid CD has been inserted Insert a CD RW A CD R or other CD that cannot be erased has been inserted in the CD RW ERASE menu Insert a CD RW to be erased An invalid CD has been inserted Insert the import CD An audio CD blank CD or other invalid CD has been inserted the CD IMPORT menu Insert a CD written with import data invalid CD has been inserted Insert a non finalized CD A CD that cannot be finalized has been inserted in the finalize menu Insert a CD to be finalized CD with low capacity has been inserted Insert a blank CD with adequate capacity The capacity of the CD was less than the data to be written when an attempt was made to make two or more CDs having the same content after ending MASTER WRITE Disc at Once to CD CD BACKUP or CD EXPORT This message is displayed for example when writing is executed with the CD capacity at 700 MB and the data capacity at 700 MB at the initial write and a 650 MB CD is inserted after Another CD is displayed after writing ends Insert a blank CD having adequate capacity Insert a blank CD The CD
102. s Press the MASTER key so that it flashes Press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key Recording starts on the stereo master tracks RECORD and PLAY are lit Make the mix moves faders pan etc that you practiced earlier These mix moves will affect the sound of the final master stereo track When the playback point reaches the OUT point recording stops Press the MASTER key so that it is lit steadily Now when you press PLAY you can hear the master stereo mix you have just created This mix is output through the analog and digital outputs and you can record it on a stereo recorder If you are happy with the mix you can then exit the mastering mode by pressing the MASTER key until it is unlit If you want to do the mix again press the MASTER key until it flashes and re record The new mix will overwrite your previous mix If a song has had a master stereo mix recorded and saved with it you can play back this master stereo mix whenever the song is loaded by pressing the MASTER key until it is lit steadily and then pressing PLAY To add the STEREO MIX inputs through the analog outputs only you can play back the stereo master mix Any MIDI synchronization etc is output as the stereo master mix is played back so that the output from a sequencer etc can be added to the analog outputs and recorded on a stereo recorder cassette CD MD or computer audio program The stereo master mix can be cloned to a pa
103. s sets the source track or tracks from which the section is copied Choose 1 through 8 to select an individual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 etc to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 8 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks into which the selected section 15 inserted What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 8 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 8 then 1 8 1s the only option available to you here Times This is the number of times that the selected section is inserted end to end in the destination track or tracks You can set this value from 1 to 99 Press YES to perform the operation or NO to leave this screen MOVE PASTE This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points and moves it to the chosen track or tracks starting at the TO point After the operation the selected section of the source between the IN and OUT points is replaced by silence This operation overwrites anything which 15 already recorded at the desti nation The track 1s therefore the same length as it was before the operation Youcan change the following values Figure 2 6 Move and paste Src Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is tak
104. s to this equipment not expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment interference that may cause undesired operation CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons CAUTION 1 RISK ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence OPEN of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompany ing the appliance This appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel Please record the model number and serial number WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS and retain them for your records APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE 2 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual ON 10 11 12 Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions Keep these instructions Heed all warnings Follow all instructions Do not use this apparatus near water Clean only with dry cloth Do not block a
105. ss the ENTER key again to begin the burning process To cancel selection of a song hold the SHIFT key and press the INSERT key e To return to the qu SONG ORDER screen press the 4 cursor key TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 3 Audio CD Menu xipueddy 10 8 After writing to the CD ends the unit allows you to make another copy of the same disc To write to another CD press the ENTER key To cancel writing to another CD press EXIT key Writing by Track at Once With Track at Once a silent gap of two seconds is automatically added at the end of each track 1 2 3 Press the MENU key to display the AUDIO CD menu Select MASTER WRITE from the AUDIO CD menu A list of songs including the master track is displayed Move the arrow using the 4 and v keys to select a song to write to the CD and press the ENTER key A menu screen for confirming whether or not to finalize after writing ends is displayed To finalize select ON by the DATA dial and press the ENTER key again To cancel finalization select OFF by the DATA dial and press the ENTER key again Press the ENTER key to write the CD 4 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Finalizing CDs If you are finished recording to a CD in TAO you need to finalize the CD so that it can be played on a regular CD player 1 Press the MENU key and choose the AUDIO CD menu 2 Select FINALIZE from the AUDIO CD menu PLAYER HHSTE
106. ter track exceeded the capacity of the inserted CD when writing to CD 15 started in the MASTER WRITE menu Press EXIT to exit the menu and specify the track to write to again Not enough room on hard disk Exit the menu There is no free space to make the CD image file on hard disk when writing to CD 15 started the MASTER WRITE CD BACKUP or CD EXPORT menus Create more free space on hard disk by DEL UNUSED for example to ensure sufficient free space to make the CD image file on the hard disk non finalized CD has been inserted Insert a blank CD A CD written in the Track at Once 15 inserted when writing by Disc at Once in the MAS TER WRITE menu Either insert a blank CD or write by Track at Once No free tracks There are no more tracks to import that is all tracks are used when you execute an import in the CD IMPORT menu Either import after you have made empty tracks by CLEAN OUT or import after making a new song CD order is wrong Insert the backup CD You have inserted the backup CD in the wrong order while you are restoring from two or more CDs in the CD RESTORE menu Insert the correct backup CD 84 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 5 Commonly used functions How do This section gives you a brief guide to some operations on the DP 01 which may not be immediately obvious from looking at the panel controls Key names written like this LOCATE SHIFT LOCATE means press
107. tination track of the WAV file using the DATA dial and press the ENTER key After the file is imported from the CD the display returns to the Menu screen 6 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual Only 16 bit 44 1 ei kHz monaural WAV format files can be handled in import and export operations The filenames that are not in this format are not displayed DP 01FX CD Appendix Exporting to CDs You can convert a track to WAV format files and write them to CDs for editing in a computer To do this 1 Insert a CD R that has not been written or an erased CD RW into the CD tray and close the tray 2 Press the MENU key and select the DATA CD menu MENO MIDI CATA CD 4 file list of the tracks you have recorded to in the current song is dis played Select the tracks to export by turning the DATA dial or pressing the 4 and keys and press the INSERT key A tick mark W is displayed to the left of the track to indicate that track is selected To deselect a track select the track using the DATA dial or the 4 and v keys and press the INSERT DELETE key while holding the SHIFT key To edit a track name Press and hold down the SHIFT key and press the MENU TITLE key The following screen is displayed and you can rename of the track at the cursor position Rename the track and press YES ENTER key to set the new name Titling on page 15 5 When you have selected the song tracks to exp
108. tion you will be using and press the key 4 Select the appropriate values as described for each individual function 5 Press YES to perform the operation or NO to exit without performing the operation 50 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual You can undo the editing operations described here see Undoing oper ations on page 54 Even if you delete all the material on every track using these functions you can Still get it back with only a few key presses Advanced techniques Track editing functions The track editing functions available on the DP 01 are COPY gt PASTE e COPY gt INSERT e MOVE gt PASTE e MOVE gt INSERT e OPEN e CUT e SILENCE e CLONE TRACK e CLEAN OUT COPY gt PASTE This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points copies it and pastes it at the TO point on the cho sen track or tracks The original source 1s left unchanged The copy operation overwrites anything which is already recorded at the destination The track 1s the same length as 1t was before the operation You can copy the section more than once in one operation voucan change the following values Src Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is cop ied Choose 1 through 8 to select an individual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 8 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to which th
109. to be a full guide to multitrack recording tech niques However if you visit the TASCAM Web site you can download various documents on recording which may be of interest to you Troubleshooting The DP 01 was designed to be easy to use but some times you may need a little help See the section Troubleshooting on page 56 for a list of questions you may have and answers to help you There s also a list of messages that may pop up with an explanation of their meaning and suggestions on what do to see Messages on page 57 How to do it At the back of this manual there s a section called Commonly used functions on page 85 Refer to this section when you want to know how to perform a particular operation We give hints and tips on using the DP 01 when you see this icon Warnings should be taken very seriously They describe situations which can cause injury or damage to the equipment if you don t follow the instructions A note at the side of NOTE Jj eu the main text pro vides additional explanations for special situations A caution shows that may lose data your recordings if you don t follow the instructions TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 9 Getting started LO dd 4no Bues Getting started Copyright Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Macintosh MacOS and MacOS X are trademarks of Apple Computer DP 01 Line up
110. to move backwards or forwards through your recording like a tape recorder Press and hold these keys to increase the rewind or fast for ward speed Press STOP to stop again like a tape recorder 24 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual lt DP 01FX and DP 01FX CD con tain internal input effects proces sors MULTI See DP 01FX Appendix on page 62 for details faders other mixer controls adjust the output level of the recorded when playing back recorded tracks You can change the EQ control point of the high and low equalization con trols See EQ settings on page 31 for details Starting out with your DP 01 More advanced features The DP 01 has many advanced features which you may want to use later on Though we don t want to go into all of them now you should be aware of a few of them now Using marks to locate positions Although Recording on page 24 shows you some ways of moving around in your song the DP 01 provides you with ways to jump around the song using location marks as well as locating to locate directly to a position you set See Location on page 28 for details of how to set and use these loca tion marks Punch recording When we talk about punch recording we mean going from play mode into record mode without stopping the song punching in as well as going from recording to playback without stopping the song punching out The DP 01 prov
111. two inputs can be assigned to different tracks You can t assign both inputs to the same track at the same time Press and hold one of the And then press ASSIGN keys one of the 8 REC keys Figure 1 7 Assigning inputs to tracks O Press and hold the ASSIGN key corresponding to the input signal you are assigning A or B While holding down the ASSIGN key press the REC key of the track to Press and hold which you are assigning the input m SHIFT and either of the ASSIGN keys A or B to turn The REC key Hashes rapidly the inputs on or off as shown by the you want to assign the input to another track you must first clear indicator You may want to turn off the current assignment see below and then re assign the input unused inputs to reduce noise Note that the REC key of the first track to which you assigned the input flashes when you hold down the ASSIGN key Clearing an assignment Hold down the ASSIGN key to check current assignments then while holding the ASSIGN key clear current assign ments by pressing a flashing REC key which then stops flashing TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 23 Assigning inputs LO dd 4no Bues Recording Recording When you ve connected a source and assigned the inputs to tracks you re ready to start recording PLAY RECORD O O Figure 1 8 Recording tracks Press the REC key of the track s you re going to record on which start to fl
112. vy rock etc Distortion adds depth to the sound A warm bass sound Distorted pick bass setting with emphasized treble Vocal settings VOCAL Removes sibilance ess sounds Choir sound using detuning Adds emphasis to vocals to make them stand out For loud distorted vocals Moody feeling for quieter smooth vocal lines Echo vocal setting Echo plus a distinctive sound A quavering voice with vibrato For two male and female singers and harmony groups Imitates low fidelity equipment high and low treated specially For megaphone type sound Screaming sound using flanger A panned stereo vocal sound Drum settings DRUM These sound good with rhythm machines etc A groove setting with flanger Stepping beat delay with a small amount of feedback Stereo bouncing setting Drum reverb Classic bass heavy sound Another stereo bounce setting Echo and pan Low fidelity for drums Reverberation only Compressor only A vibrato effect A Creative low pass filter effect TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 67 Multi effect xipueddy 10 Reverb Reverb The reverb effect is available as an alternative to the external SEND Reverb is short for RETURN loop with an external effect processor see Effect proces reverberation sor on page 18 You cannot use both at the same time the sound produced by many short echoes off the walls of rooms etc Turning the reverb on and off
113. will be overwritten when you next perform a mastering operation Before you start this operation make sure you have loaded the song whose mastered mix you will be exporting and that it does indeed contain a stereo mastered mix 1 2 Press MENU and select the WAVE menu Select the EXPORT MSTR action and press the key The display shows a default file name for you to edit Use the left and right cursor keys and the jog wheel to name the exported mastered stereo mix Titling on page 15 When you re done press ENTER to export the mastered stereo mix as a single 16 bit 44 1 kHz stereo WAV file The file is exported with the name you just entered and a WAV exten sion Connect the DP 01 to the computer and open the drive and Close on page 45 Use the PC operating system to copy or move the exported mastered mix file or files from the WAVE directory of the DP 01 FAT partition to the PC Once the file or files are on the PC you can close the DP 01 If there is no mas tered mix the dis play will inform you Press EXIT if you want to cancel the export operation TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 49 Using the USB connection sonbiuyoe About track editing About track editing One of the most useful features of a disk based recorder such as the DP 01 is the ability to edit material easily When working with a stereo tape recorder in the past editi
114. y called DAO from here on Track At Once simply called TAO from here on In the DAO recording master stereo tracks recorded on the DP 01FX CD are written all at once DAO finalized the disc when it s finished see Finalizing CDs on page 75 making the CD compatible with other CD players immediately after writing by DAO has ended With DAO additional tracks cannot be written to the CD because it creates a finalized disc In the TAO recording master stereo tracks recorded on the DP 01FX CD are written to the CD on a track by track basis If you want to write tracks to a CD over several sessions choose the TAO recording Since TAO does not finalize the CD this CD cannot be played back on a regular CD player it can be played on the DP 01FX CD After all of the desired master stereo tracks have been written by TAO finalize the disc Finalizing CDs on page 75 Additional tracks cannot be written to the CD after finalization has ended Writing by Disk At Once With Disk At Once the track order can be set when writing two or more tracks A silent gap of any desired length can also be added between tracks 1 Insert a blank CD R or an erased CD RW into the CD tray 2 Press the MENU key to display the AUDIO CD menu 2 TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual DP 01FX CD Appendix Select MASTER WRITE from the AUDIO CD menu CD CD PLAYER MASTER FIHHLIZE A list of songs that have master tra
115. zero position in the song Once the file has been read into the track it can be edited moved copied etc like any other recorded track See About track editing on page 50 Exporting tracks Any track be exported as a 16 bit 44 1 2 WAV format file 1 Press MENU and select the WAVE menu Although shorter file names are shown with spaces on the DP 01 display the actual file names on disk do not contain these spaces Make sure the tar get track is an emply track You cannot import a track unless the target track is TASCAM DP 01 Owner s Manual 47 Using the USB connection sonbiuuoo Using the USB connection Select the EXPORT TRACK action and press the key The display shows a list of suggested file names based on the song tracks which contain audio Use the jog wheel to highlight a track and the INSERT key to mark it for export A check mark v appears by the song title if it is marked for export De select a track by moving the cursor to it and pressing SHIFT INSERT DELETE The check mark disappears When the cursor is by a track you can press SHIFT and MENU to bring up a titling screen T 1 f 1 i11 4 rey Ti a FA L T 5 NN i 1 3 a i Fs E H Trh mal 1 Edit name and press ENTER when you re finished Titling page 15 When

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