Tascam 5 MP3 Player User Manual
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1. Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5 Playback When you press the PLAY key playback starts from the point shown in the top right of the home screen The PLAY key lights when playback is taking place Stopping Pressing STOP stops playback or recording note that there is no pause function It also stops fast winding see below Recording To record make sure that at least one REC READY indicator is flashing see Patching and routing on the Pocketstudio 5 on page 13 press and hold down the RECORD key and press the PLAY key Recording then starts on the track s with flashing REC READY indicators The RECORD key lights while recording is taking place When you press the STOP key to stop the recording the RECORD key flashes for a short time while the recorded data is stored Never turn off the power to the Pocketstudio 5 while the RECORD key is flashing after a recording opera tion If you do the recorded data will be corrupted and you may lose not just the music you have just recorded but also the rest of the song TIP You can also drop into record mode while playing back as long as at least one REC READY indicator is flashing While the PLAY key is lit press the RECORD key which lights and recording starts on the tracks with flashing REC READY indicators Drop out of recording while pressing the PLAY key alone while recording is taking place the RECORD key is lit Fast forward and rewind The fa2. Press a track key again to unpatch the input from the track the key does not light Note that the tracks are initially assigned in pairs so that if you press one REC READY of an unused pair both indicators of that pair start to flash To record on just one track press one of the list tracks of a pair You can see that you can assign an input to more than one track at the same time but you cannot assign both inputs to one track at the same time Neither can you assign an input to all four tracks at once If you have selected a line input on both the micro phone and guitar inputs so that you can record the left and right channels of a stereo instrument you can assign these to the 1 2 and 344 track pairs not to 143 or 1 4 or 223 etc Track bouncing The Pocketstudio 5 allows track bouncing setting the playback of two or more tracks as inputs to another track or tracks See Track bouncing on page 26 of the reference manual for details Routing on mixdown When mixing down a multitrack recording all four tracks as well as the stereo outputs of the internal MIDI tone generator are routed to the stereo outputs and the four tracks may also use the internal reverb unit The MIDI tone generator can use its own reverb and chorus units which cannot be used by the audio tracks Marks The extra MARK key is used to set and clear marks which you can use to find your way quickly round the song You can
3. TASCAM TEAC Professional Division POCKETSTUDIO 5 4 Track Recorder MIDI Arranger MP3 Encoder GETTING STARTED CAUTION CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT A ud A REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS DO NOT OPEN INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL h 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 produc s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres ence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance ied on the rar pne Pase record WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK i and retain them for your records HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS A APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE Table of Contents 1 Welcome About this manual 3 What s in the box 3 Powering up the Pocketstudio 5 4 The AC adaptor esses 4 Using batteries eene 4 2 About multitra
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5. Getting Started 15 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 Setting up the rhythm The first thing to do is to set the tone generator to the pattern setting 1 From the home Screen press MENU and then enter the 5 3 TEM menu 2 Usethecursor to move to T wheel to select F cia and the TIP While you are in the 5 T EF menu you may decide that you want to think in terms of pals and beats not minutes and seconds Set the T i mx parameter to s Eeat s if you want to Wark this way see closing the time type on page 22 of the reference manual Selecting the pattern From the home creen press the MENU key and enter the F HT j menu Select a category and style to use as a backing You can also adjust the structure of the song arrang ing fills intro verses etc into the order that fits your song and you can also adjust the chord changes throughout the song as well as adjusting the relative levels pan positions etc of the instruments See the reference manual describing the use of pat terns Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 on page 7 for full details of how to do these operations Start playback using the PLAY key Bring up the TG and MASTER faders to their nomi nal positions so that the meters show some life and adjust the headphone volume using the headphone level control 10 until it is comfortable Do not use the TG or the MASTER faders to adjust th
6. depends on the selected effect 5 As well as the preset F r es et bank of effects you can also store your own effect set tings Liz r The E k parameter allows 1 Currently the only else setting is a thru set ting This may change with future releases of the Pocketstudio 5 software TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 1 7 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 you to choose which bank you will select the effect from 6 Set the ne and output levels 5 Ler and Cu t 1 for the effect one to hear any effect Also note that you will hear no effect 8 The last setting allows you to store your parameter settings to a user area which you can then name for easy recall See the refer ence manual for details If you push and hold the EFFECTS key for a couple of seconds you change between the key being lit and unlit When the key is unlit both effects FX1 and FX2 7 Switch the effect o F make sure are disabled even if the Zw i t c hi setting is set to the effect i is turned on Uic uie you won t an for either effect The EFFECTS key status does not affect the third reverb effects unit see Mixdown on page 20 or the tone generator s internal effector Adding EQ 1 Press the MENU key so that you see the main menu and then use the cursor pad and ENTER key to enter the menu You can apply EQ to the recorded tracks or to the tone generator left and right se
7. it down while you nun on i the Pocketstudio 5 The display shows Li SE IG DE After a short time the contents of the card appear as a disk on your computer For Windows machines the Pocketstudio 5 will usually appear as the first free drive available after your hard disk and CD drive probably E On Macintosh machines the Pocketstudio 5 will appear as a disk called POCKET 5 Disconnecting the Pocketstudio 5 Windows 98 SE With Windows 98 SE simply unplug the Pocketstudio 5 from the computer Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP With Windows Me Windows 2000 and Windows XP the procedure is a little more complex In the system tray typically at the bottom right of the screen you see an icon picture of a PC card and an arrow 5 49 Ph RUE Left click this icon to show a popup bar Stop USB Mass Storage Device Drive L H Click this popup bar to allow the Pocketstudio 5 to be removed from the computer When the panel telling you it is safe to remove the Pocketstudio 5 appears unplug the USB cable If a panel telling you that it is not safe to remove the Pocketstudio 5 appears do not remove the Pocketstu dio 5 Close all programs and windows that are accessing the files on the card and try again Macintosh When removing the Pocketstudio 5 from a Macintosh system drag the disk icon to the trash or press Command E eject When the icon has disappeared from your desktop you can disconnect the P
8. phone Turn to the right to increase and to the left to decrease volume 9 MIC LINE mini jack Connect a suitable microphone such as the one integrated with the sup plied headset to this jack The terms guitar and microphone are used for con venience It is possible to connect other sound sources to these inputs if you make the correct switch settings see Right panel on page 8 However you can never connect a guitar to the microphone input or a micro phone to the guitar input PHONES level control Turn this to the right to increase the headphone volume and to the left to decrease the volume TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 7 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 d PHONES jack Connect a pair of stereo head phones such as the ones integrated with the supplied headset to this jack An adaptor not supplied may be required in the case of some headphones 42 LINE OUT This is a stereo 3 5 mm jack that is used to connect to other audio equipment such as a tape recorder MD recorder etc It provides output at standard 10 dBV levels Right panel P co 3 E Z i d LOI X gt P i m m 0 j V pes us 3 GUITAR LINE selector Slide this switch to the left GUITAR to select an electric guitar or bass as the source for the guitar input 5 Slide it to the right LINE to select another type of line in
9. set up to eight marks plus the special IN and OUT marks See Marks on page 23 of the reference manual for details of how to use these functions Punch recording One of the most useful features of recording with a unit such as the Pocketstudio 5 is the ability to per form punch recording This allows you to correct only a small part of your recording without having to re record the whole of the song See Punch recording on page 24 of the reference manual for details of how to carry out such punch operations Editing data You can copy and paste as well as delete audio data from your songs See Editing data on page 31 of the reference manual for details 14 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 This does not pretend to explain every possible func tion of the Pocketstudio 5 but it will guide you through the first steps in making a recording We ll assume that you are going to use the built in tone generator to give your song a backing track of at least drums and bass and that you will be playing rhythm and lead guitar and singing Before you start recording Find yourself a quiet area where you won t be dis turbed while you re recording We will assume that you are using the headset stereo headphones and microphone that came with the Pocketstudio 5 Plug the red plug microphone into the smaller 3 5 mm microphone jack and the black plug into the
10. to the reverb E E 14 screen E In this screen you can set the send level the level of the signal sent to the reverb unit for the two inputs and the four recorded tracks You can also set the master send level Sendblzt All values are between 0 and 127 Use the cursor keys to scroll to the appropriate line and the wheel to set the send level The tone generator instruments use a different reverb unit completely separate from this one In addition to the send levels the return level the amount that the reverb feeds into the stereo mix can also be set F t i nb eu 6 There are four parameters you can use to tai lor the reverb sound to your own distinctive sound T the time that it takes the reverb sound to die away A longer time simulates a larger space a cathedral has a longer reverb time than a small room The time can be set from 0 1 seconds to 5 seconds D 1 pre delay the time between the signal e catering the reverb and the start of the reverb Sound takes time to travel and if it has to travel a long way to the first wall imagine a drum kit in the middle of a large warehouse the reverb sound will take some time before it starts The pre delay time can be set from 1 to 200 milliseconds i Cut high cut how much of the treble sound is reflected in the reverb A bare room will sound live with lots of damping but a furnished room will produce a more mellow sound w
11. work through this example to learn the way of work ing with the Pocketstudio 5 to create music 6 Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 Songs memory cards and con nection to your computer What s in the box When you open the Pocketstudio 5 package you should also find in the box The Pocketstudio 5 itself with a CompactFlash card installed An AC adaptor A stereo headphone microphone headset This guide Getting Started A CD ROM containing the Reference Manual reader software and various utilities and data to help you with the Pocketstudio 5 If any of these items are missing or appear damaged contact your TASCAM dealer TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 3 1 Welcome Powering up the Pocketstudio 5 The Pocketstudio 5 has two methods of receiving power from six dry cell batteries or from the sup plied AC adaptor The on off switch is located on the rear panel together with the AC adaptor input the USB jack and the MIDI IN jack Slide the switch towards the AC adaptor jack ON is towards the center to turn on the Pocketstudio 5 The display lights and a welcome message appears briefly before the home screen is shown In this manual we use the term top panel to refer to the main colored control surface with the display and the control keys front panel to refer to the surface with the input jacks and level controls and rear panel to refer to the sur
12. work with a Pocketstudio 5 are slightly different to the way in which you would work with a tape recorder for example Cards and memory The Pocketstudio 5 stores all information on standard CompactFlash M CF cards Using a USB connec tion to a computer the Pocketstudio 5 containing the CF card can be used as a hard disk and files trans ferred to and from a personal computer A 32 MB card is supplied with the unit Any other cards must be formatted before use and some files copied onto it before it can be used by the Pocketstu dio 5 See Managing songs and data on your Pocket studio 5 on page 23 for further details Multi track recording You are already familiar with stereo the standard for the overwhelming majority of music produced today which produces a realistic 3D audio image from two speakers Each sound source in the stereo image is precisely placed panned and at the correct volume relative to the rest In order to produce this effect of a sound which is similar to the one you would hear in real life there are two different ways of working live recording and multitracking In live recording microphones are set up around the artistes and the performance is recorded directly to a stereo recorder as it actually takes place In multitrack recording the sound is built up a layer at a time tracking usually starting with the rhyth mic instruments and adding others one or two at a later time overd
13. 001 from your computer s CD ROM to the Pocketstu dio 5 See Connecting the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer on page 25 and Pocketstudio files on page 26 for further details Checking how full the card has become To get an idea of how much space remains on the card 24 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 1 From the main menu select the menu move the cursor down to 2 Press EXIT to exit from this screen 6 Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 Optimizing a card When you record or edit a song the data may not live in a continuous block on the card No damage will occur to your data or to the Pocketstudio 5 if you do not perform the optimization technique described here but you may find that some operations are a lit tle slow if you do not do this 1 From the main menu select the C C E move the cursor down to and press ENTER 2 Press EXIT to leave this screen TIP If you find that you have less room on a card than you expect you can use this operation to clean up unneces sary data and create more usable space on your card Connecting the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer 1 Makesure that the computer is switched on and that you are logged into the computer 2 With the Pocketstudio 5 turned off and with a card inserted connect the larger A end of a USB cable to the computer and the smaller B end to the Pocketstudio 5 3 Press ENTER YES and hold
14. 1 and 3 are panned hard left and tracks 2 and 4 are panned hard right It s usual to have a more central vocal and lead instrument but the rhythm guitar tracks 1 and 2 can prob ably be left unchanged From the main menu select the F 3 Movethe cursor to the bottom line and select track 3 Use the wheel to move this track the oe to the center you can go ee L 5 3 full left through i center to E amp 3 20 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started hard right Play back the recording as you do it so that you get the right position Do the same for track 4 and tracks 1 and 2 if you like so that all your recorded tracks sound right with each other and with the tone generator tracks TIP You can also adjust the pan position of the parts of the tone generator backing See the section on Patterns for full details 4 Ifyou want to add more EQ to the recorded tracks this is a good time to do it You can also add EQ to the left and right outputs of the tone generator independently From the FAH menu move the cursor to the top of the screen and press lt Select T E i through TE 4 for the four tracks or T and 1 for the two tone generator outputs Follow the directions in Adding EQ on page 18 for details of how to make the EQ settings 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 5 Add the master reverb reverberation effect From the E i screen press lt 4 to get
15. S SS I mE n fil DC IN POWER Wks Eo 2 ORL en D MIDI IN jack Use this to connect a MIDI instrument to control the Pocketstudio 5 s internal tone generator 2 USB port Use a standard USB cable to con nect this port to a suitably equipped computer 3 AC adapter jack Use only the supplied AC adaptor with this jack 4 Power switch Turn the Pocketstudio 5 on left and off right with this switch Remember to disconnect any headphones instruments etc or to turn the volume down when turning the Pocketstudio 5 on and off Front panel 5 GUITAR LINE input Use this 1 4 input to connect either a guitar or a line level input synthe sizer etc 6 Guitar line input level control Use this to adjust the level of the signal fed through the guitar line input Turn to the right to increase and to the left to decrease volume D MIC LINE input 1 4 jack Connect either a microphone or a line level input 1 4 jack to this input Microphone input level control Use this to adjust the level of the signal fed through either of the microphone inputs or the built in micro
16. STOP when you ve finished recording and wait until the RECORD key stops flashing before doing anything else Repeat this recording process as often as you want unlike a tape recorder there is no delay when you rewind to the start Don t worry about getting it perfect just yet but make sure that you have the chords you want in at least roughly the right places Turn off the track s REC READY light when you want to listen to what you ve recorded and turn it on again when you want to record Remember to turn it off before you record the next track or you ll undo all your hard work so far Adding vocals 1 Now we ll move onto the vocals If you haven t plugged it in already your headset microphone red plug should be plugged into the microphone input jack 9 and the mic line selection switch 4 should be set to the BUILT IN position this works both for the built in microphone or any microphone con nected to the mini jack Use the MIC position if you have a dynamic microphone connected to the 1 4 jack TIP You can use the built in microphone 02 and switch the selection switch to the BUILT IN position but the sound quality will not be so good as using the head phone microphone You can also use your favorite microphone instead of the headset microphone but it may be simpler to use the headset here Unplug your guitar and turn down the input level of INPUT A so that you won t record any unwanted noise from that
17. UITAR LINE control Make sure the Pocketstudio 5 is showing its home screen The home screen on page 10 You ve already adjusted the MASTER fader haven t you 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 Bringing up track 1 fader here does not affect the level of the signal being recorded it sets the relative level of the sound from track 1 that you hear through the head phones or LINE OUT Adjust the guitar input level 6 so that when you play the guitar in the way you will be playing when you are recording the meter INPUT A is in the top part of the bottom line of the display Tuning the guitar 1 Tunethe guitar Since you re playing along with the tone generator you should be in tune with your backing band From the home screen press MENU Use the cursor pad to navigate to the T i E menu and press ENTER YES again 2 Thetop line of the screen indicates the refer ence tuning the frequency of the A below middle C Leave this at 4 amp when playing along with the Pocketstudio 5 s tone genera tor If you are recording with an instrument which does not follow this standard you may want to adjust this value otherwise leave it alone 3 Play any single string on the guitar The Pocketstudio 5 makes its best guess of the note that the string is tuned to and displays this note and a graphical display showing whether the string is sharp or flat This screen shows an E string w
18. are very important concepts in the multitrack world Basically they refer to the same thing the way in which signals reach their destination In a large recording studio signals are often patched that is passed through a patchbay looking like an old fashioned telephone switchboard and connected using patch cords Even in the case of modern all in one units like the Pocketstudio 5 which have no physical patchbay we still use the term patching to describe the joining of signals inside an audio system In the case of the Pocketstudio 5 since there are four tracks that can be used for recording and only two inputs there must be a way of routing or assigning other words for patching the signals at the two inputs to reach the tracks where you will actually be recording TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 13 4 Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5 Routing an input to a track When you want to route one of the two inputs to a track press and hold either the GUITAR IN key or the MIC IN key Any track REC READY keys which are assigned to this input flash rapidly while you are holding down the input key slow flashing means that the track is armed ready for recording Initially tracks 1 and 2 are assigned to the guitar input and tracks 3 and 4 are assigned to the micro phone input since the microphone and guitar effec tors both have a stereo output it makes sense to record on more than one track at a time
19. at it is currently not possible to use the CF size hard disk drives which are available Before you start using a new CF card Before you use a new CF card with the Pocketstudio 5 it must be formatted When you format a card on the Pocketstudio 5 it doesn t just format the card but it also adds the folders described in Pocketstudio files on page 26 For this reason you should always format a new card on a Pock etstudio 5 not a computer To format a card 1 Takeoutany existing card from the Pockets tudio 5 and replace it with the new card Note that the Pocketstudio 5 will report a number of messages as you put in the new card because there is no data on this unformatted card Don t worry about these messages 2 From the main menu select move the cursor down to the F option Press ENTER 1 and 3 Press ENTER YES to format the card DO NOT press any keys or remove the card while formatting is taking place it only takes a few seconds 4 After formatting the Pocketstudio 5 asks if you want to create a new song on the card In most cases you will want to create a new song so answer YES dy fo this The new song will be called i 5 When the screen returns to the home screen you can start remove the card or start press ing keys on the Pocketstudio 5 Press EXIT to leave the screen without for matting 6 When the card is formatted you must copy at least the pattern file PATTERN
20. ave one compatible USB port available for use with the Pocketstudio 5 if all ports are being used by a mouse keyboard etc you can add a USB hub to expand the number of ports avail able to you The majority of modern computers have USB ports which are compatible with the USB interface fitted to the Pocketstudio 5 A very few older computers may have older versions of USB hardware host controllers which are not compatible with the hardware on the Pocketstudio 5 Your Pocketstudio 5 can be used with any of the fol lowing computer operating systems Microsoft Windows 98 SE Second Edition Microsoft Windows Me Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation and Profes sional Microsoft Windows XP Home and Professional Mac OS 8 5 and greater up to Mac OS 9 0 The Pocketstudio 5 cannot be used with Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 98 first edition or Microsoft Windows NT any version It will not currently work with Mac OS 9 or above including Mac OS X Managing songs All song management and Ed operations are accessed through the n Naming songs To name the current song loaded into memory from the main menu enter ane CHI menu and scroll down to 20H EDIT Press ENTER Scroll the cursor to San ime and press ENTER to edit the name of the current song loaded into memory Edit the song name see Naming songs etc on page 12 and press ENTER when you have fini
21. ck recording Cards and memory esses 5 Multi track recording 5 Tone generator rhythm 5 Tone generator MIDI files 5 P nching rnit 5 Mixdowri cs Side des 5 Effects roues 6 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 Rear panel teta teeeeidete 7 Front panel oec 7 Right patiel eerte eto recettes 8 Top panel soul tuse omes 9 Navigating around the Pocketstudio 5 10 The home screen eere 10 The ienus eicere elena 11 The wheel 2 etenim 11 Enter and exit Yes and no 11 MENU iir retenu 11 Function key esee 11 The cursor pad eese 12 Naming songs etc eene 12 4 Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5 Playback rotes 13 Stoppirig erectos 13 Recording eere DR xen 13 Fast forward and rewind 13 Special location RTZ 13 Special location LRP 13 Patching and routing on the Pocketstudio 5 erret ttt 13 Routing an input to a track 14 Track bouncing sess 14 Routing on mixdown ses 14 2 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started IMAP KS isco cc 14 Punch recording cseccsecessee
22. e Manual TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 2 1 Transfer to computer Of course you want to be able to share your work with others and the best way to do that is using a computer Read the section on Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 on page 23 for details of how to connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer and transfer files 22 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started When you have an MP3 file on the computer you can transfer it to any digital audio player capable of accepting 128kbps MP3 files or put it on an Internet Web site so that the results of your hard work are ready for the world to listen to 6 Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 When you connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer you can transfer data such as the following between the Pocketstudio 5 and your computer Song data audio effect settings MIDI backing settings etc Stereo MP3 files the files that you have mixed yourself on the Pocketstudio 5 as well as other MP3 stereo files from other sources e Standard MIDI files which you can use as backing data for karaoke playing and singing Additional MIDI backing patterns and effect set tings as these become available through the TASCAM Web site or from other sources Also note that if you are using a new CF card with the Pocketstudio 5 you will need to format the card see Before you start using a new CF card on page 24 The computer must h
23. e monitoring level in the headphones Adding the rhythm guitar The first thing to do is to make sure your guitar is in tune Happily the Pocketstudio 5 contains a tuner you don t need other equipment 1 Connect the guitar to the Pocketstudio 5 Make sure the switch on the right of the Pocketstudio 5 3 is set to the GUITAR posi tion Plug your guitar into the Pocketstudio 5 s GUITAR IN jack NEVER plug your guitar amplifier speaker output into the Pocketstudio 5 If you do will almost certainly dam age the Pocketstudio 5 and your guitar amplifier You may have an output marked LINE OUT on your ampli fier If such a jack exists you may use that but you must make sure that the selector switch on the Pocketstudio 5 is set to LINE and not GUITAR even though the instrument you are playing is a guitar 2 Assign the GUITAR IN to track 1 16 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Press and hold the INPUT A GUITAR key and make sure the REC READY lights for tracks 1 and 2 flash rapidly you will be recording on tracks 1 and 2 in stereo 3 Adjust the levels Make sure that your gui tar s pickup volume and tone controls are set to the level you want If you have exceptionally powerful pickups on your gui tar you may find that the red OL indicator by the INPUT A key flashes on loud passages This means that you are overloading the input stages of the Pocketstu dio 5 and you should reduce the input level using the G
24. f these set tings To avoid such a catastrophe 1 Press the MENU key and select the menu 18 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 2 Select the press ENTER menu item and The display shows 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 3 Press ENTER once again to save the data before you start recording Audio data is saved every time you stop recording This is shown by the RECORD key flashing after recording has stopped and the display showing a flashing aster isk However when the audio data is written to the card any changes you have made to the tone genera tor EQ or effect settings etc are not stored to the card along with the audio data For this reason you should use the song save procedure described here on a regular basis to make sure that none of your work gets lost if you are making changes to the song settings Making the recording At last we can start the recording 1 Practice your playing Press the REW lt lt key to locate to the start of the song and then the PLAY 9 key to start the rhythm Play along to get the feel of the piece Adjust the tempo and the level etc of the backing tracks as necessary 2 Make your first recording Rewind the song to the start 4 and press the REC READY key of track 1 so that it starts to flash Press and hold down the RECORD key 0 and then press the PLAY key f The track s REC READY key lights steadily Press
25. face with the MIDI USB and power connector and switches The AC adaptor When using the Pocketstudio 5 with the AC adaptor Make sure that you only use the Pocketstudio 5 with the AC adaptor supplied with it If you use any other AC adaptor there is a serious risk of damage to the Pocketstudio 5 Make sure that the voltage of your AC supply matches the voltage requirements printed on the Pocketstudio 5 AC adaptor If you are in any doubt consult a qualified expert Disconnect the AC adaptor from the power supply when you are not using it but note the following Even when the Pocketstudio 5 is plugged into the AC adapter there is a slight drain on the batteries If the Pocketstudio 5 becomes unplugged from the AC power supply the batteries will be used unless the power is turned off In order to avoid draining the batteries by mistake always turn off the power on the Pocketstudio 5 before disconnecting the adaptor There is a hook on the bottom of the unit You should loop the power cord round this hook to prevent the Pocketstudio 5 from becoming accidentally discon nected from the power when you are using it Using batteries When using batteries with the Pocketstudio 5 note the following The Pocketstudio 5 requires six AA type batteries Always remove and replace batteries with the power to the Pocketstudio 5 turned off Always use the same type of batteries in the Pock etstudio 5 at one time We stron
26. gly recommend the use of alkaline batteries Standard manganese bat teries are not suitable for use with the Pocketstudio 5 as they will not provide sufficient battery life for use of the unit Although you can use Ni MH rechargeable batter ies Ni Cad batteries will not give sufficient life you must make sure that all such batteries are charged together when replacing the batteries 4 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Always follow the maker s instructions when charging these batteries You cannot use the Pock etstudio 5 as a charger for these batteries Do not mix different types of batteries and do not mix old and new batteries together Always make sure that the batteries are the right way round and as shown by the markings in the battery compartment If the batteries ne below a usable voltage the Pock etstudio 5 shows L ad ru on the dis play If you see ien TA d not attempt to use the Pocketstudio 5 there is a risk of losing your work replace the batteries as soon as possible and or connect the Pocketstudio 5 to the power supply using the AC adaptor Even if you already know something about multi track recording you may find it useful to read this section in order to refresh your memory regarding the basic concepts involved in producing a recording 2 About multitrack recording This explanation has been written specially with the Pocketstudio 5 in mind and some of the ways in which you
27. headphone jack Turn the headphone level control 10 to about half way Setting up a new song to record into The Pocketstudio 5 card comes with a song already recorded out of the box However you will probably want to make your own song Here s how you do it 1 From the home screen which you see after turning on the Pocketstudio 5 press MENU 2 The cursor should be at c gt Press ENTER 3 With the cursor at ENTER again if press 4 With the cursor at Hew Sora press ENTER An asterisk flashes briefly at the right of the screen to show that the card is accessed and the display then shows the home screen with z your new song ready for recording 5 You can now rename the song Press MENU and select the 7 i menu press ENTER agam Us the cursor keys to move down to I T and press ENTER 6 With the cursor at 5 ENTER again 7 Use the cursor pad and wheel to edit the song name see Naming songs etc on page 12 and then press ENTER followed by MENU The home screen now shows your song title When you connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer see Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 on page 23 the song folder will still appear as SONGx Where x is the original song number However the name of the song will be included in the folder You should also see the Reference Manual for further details TASCAM Pocketstudio 5
28. here is no pause key none is necessary with a device like the Pocketstudio 5 There is however an extra key which you will not find on a tape recorder the MARK key which allows you to set and return to preset points throughout your song See Marks on page 14 Source keys These keys are used to select and confirm the assignment of the source to the recording tracks OL indicators If you are recording and these indicators light the signal you are recording is too loud the inputs are OverLoaded OL Turn down the volume on the source if possible or adjust the input level with the Pocketstudio 5 s own controls 6 and 8 66 Menu navigation keys These keys allow you to jump to a pre defined menu F to switch between the menu and the home screens MENU and to move up a level from a menu setting EXIT Wheel and ENTER YES This forms a key part of the operation of the Pocketstudio 5 Turn the wheel to change a value and the ENTER YES key to confirm the setting of that value TIP Press and hold the ENTER key for a few seconds to turn on the display backlight if it is off or turn it off if it is on Cursor Pad This is actually four keys in one Use this control to navigate around the screens Navigating around the Pocketstudio 5 The way in which you use the Pocketstudio 5 is straightforward and easy You should learn the basic principles of operating described here Very soon
29. hich is slightly sharp In this case you should flatten the note loosen the string slightly until only the cen ter box is filled when you play the string 4 Repeat the process one string at a time until all strings are tuned If you do not see any indication on the screen when you play the guitar check that i the guitar pickup is switched on and the guitar volume is correctly set and ii that the GUITAR LINE LEVEL contro 5 is also correctly set If the string pitch is midway between two notes for instance between E and Eb both note names are shown alternately in the second line of the display 5 Exit the tuner function by pressing EXIT Adding a guitar effect 1 Pressthe EFFECTS key so a screen similar to the one below is displayed 2 Ifthe top line showsF XZ rather than F E i press the EFFECTS key once more to change it 3 Usethe cursor pad to move to the program setting and select a guitar effect a full list of these patches can be found in the reference manual Note that there are four categories of effects available for input A electric guitar EG T E acoustic guitar F E bass effects 5 and other miscellaneous set tings E E 1 Use the wheel to choose the appropriate category 4 Each setting has one parameter F ar aii that may be adjusted which is the most meaningful parameter for each setting The exact way in which the sound is affected by this parameter
30. input while you are singing 2 Assign the microphone to track 3 Press and hold down the INPUT B MIC key and press the REC READY for track 4 to turn it off so that track 3 s REC READY light is the only one flashing rapidly Speak into the microphone and adjust the level as required using the microphone level control 8 Use the INPUT B meter to adjust the input level 3 Assign a vocal effect to the microphone sig nal using the EFFECTS key as you did ear lier for the guitar Adding a guitar effect on page 17 Remember that the input here is input B not A A different set of effects is available for this input as it s unlikely that you ll want a vintage tube stack sound on your vocals 4 Adjust the EQ for your voice as you did for the guitar 5 Start playback from the start of the song and adjust the level of the recorded guitar on track 1 and 2 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 19 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 6 Rewind to the start and record your vocals It s unlikely that you ll get them completely right first time so you will probably want to use the Pocketstudio 5 s auto punch facility to make them perfect See Punch record ing on page 14 for details of how to correct your mistakes Adding the lead guitar When you ve done recorded the vocals you can add the lead guitar line We only have one track left track 4 so we ll have to use that for the guitar line To s
31. ith the treble frequencies filtered out With this setting the lower the value the more live the reverb space will sound Val ues from 1 to 100 E how complicated the sound is A space e with large flat walls will produce a less complex dense sound than a rough walled or irregularly shaped space back to the cathedral again Set this from 80 to 80 7 When you ve got the sound to your liking press the MP3 key so that it flashes red to show it s in the recording mode 8 Use the wheel to select a new MP3 file Heil is or an existing MP3 to overwrite and press ENTER The MP3 key then lights solid red and the Pocketstudio 5 shows the home screen Press PLAY and then RECORD and use the faders to adjust the levels while the song is playing if necessary These level changes will be recorded to the stereo MP3 file 9 Press STOP The RECORD key flashes as the mix is written to card and then the MP3 key flashes and then lights green TIP You do not need to start recording immediately at the start of the song if you want to avoid mixing a count in etc You can start playback and press RECORD where you want to start the mixdown 10 Toreplay the MP3 mix file when the MP3 key is lit green the transport keys now control the playback of the mixed MP3 file not the multitrack song For more details concerning the mixdown and the MP3 capabilities of the Pocketstudio 5 consult the Referenc
32. l show an up or a down 7 mark or both at the bottom right of the display which indicates that more options are available before the current screen or after the current screen or both before and after the current screen Use the cursor keys to scroll through to these invisible options Note that although it seems as though the center of the cursor pad can be pressed you are not really pressing the center the Pocketstudio 5 thinks that you have always pressed one of the arrow keys first Naming songs etc You can store songs effect settings etc and you can name them for future reference To do this use the lt 4 and We keys as cursor keys to move the underline cursor left and right along the space for the name space Use the wheel to select the characters for the name Select the letters numbers and punctuation to use in the name from the following list After a name has been written you usually move the cursor to the screen position where you select the memory area to store your song or settings etc use the wheel to select the memory area and then press ENTER to store the song or settings for later 12 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Some characters may not be supported or may produce strange results when you use them in names for files which are later to be read on a computer 4
33. ndows XP eene 25 Ma cintosh ies 25 Exiting USB mode any system 25 Pocketstudio files 26 How to share your Pocketstudio 5 files 26 Some notes on keeping files 26 Welcome to the TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 This exciting device allows you to record yourself and friends and to build up a multitrack recording and mix down to a stereo mix adding effects such as reverb and delay just like a professional recording studio All of the recording and mixing is done digitally in memory so the Pocketstudio 5 has no tapes or discs to wear out or replace It uses easily obtainable reus able CompactFlash cards which hold a large amount of data If the card becomes full you can connect the Pocket studio 5 to your computer and store the data from the Pocketstudio 5 on your computer s hard disk 1 Welcome The Pocketstudio 5 uses the MP3 format to record and store the finished mix files allowing you to share your finished files with a whole world of other musi cians using the Internet In addition to being able to record your voice and instruments the Pocketstudio 5 also contains a full MIDI GM standard tone generator You can use this tone generator to produce backing tracks for your music using a wide variety of patterns supplied with the Pocketstudio 5 or you can import standard MIDI files and pla
34. nstrument s that you play the type of music you enjoy etc and search for like minded musicians to work with you on your projects Some notes on keeping files Always back up your songs as often as you can to your computer by copying them from the card to your computer s hard disk drive You stand less risk of losing important data and maybe hours of hard work that way You may also want to keep different versions of your songs Perhaps you feel that one player s interpreta tion of a part on your song is better than another s 26 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started and you want to keep the two versions for compari son before you make the final mix Although the filenames you use on the Pocketstudio 5 are restricted to eight characters you can use longer names on your computer Remember to change them back to eight characters when you put them back on the Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM TEAC Professional Division POCKETSTUDIO 5 Phone 0422 52 5082 3 7 3 Nakacho Musashino shi Tokyo 180 8550 Japan TEAC AMERICA INC Phone 323 726 0303 7733 Telegraph Road Montebello California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD Phone 905 890 8008 Facsimile 905 890 9888 5939 Wallace Street Mississauga Ontario L4Z 128 Canada TEAC MEXICO S A De C V Phone 5 851 5500 Campesinos No 184 Colonia Granjes Esmeralda Delegaacion Iztapalapa CP 09810 Mexico DF TEAC UK LIMITED Phone 01923 819699 5 Marlin House
35. ocketstudio 5 Exiting USB mode any system Turn off the Pocketstudio 5 wait a few seconds and turn it on again to exit USB mode TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 25 6 Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 Pocketstudio files The Pocketstudio 5 keeps its files in special loca tions which must not be changed See the Reference Manual for details of these loca tions and settings How to share your Pocketstudio 5 files Thanks to the Pocketstudio 5 and the Internet you can now share your files round the world Not only can you share your finished mixes but you can send your projects in progress round the world and make recordings together with musicians you ve never even met For example if you feel that your latest song would really be enhanced by some Latin American percus sion you could find through the Internet a fellow Pocketstudio 5 owner playing such instruments and living in Brazil for example Sending the tracks and MIDI backing of the song to the percussion player allows him to overdub the per cussion parts and return them to you All you need is the Pocketstudio 5 your computer an Internet con nection and a mail and browser program To help you and all the other Pocketstudio 5 owners around the world TASCAM has set up a Web page on the main TASCAM Web site www tascam com where you can register your details name contact details the region where you live the i
36. parately or to the inputs Here of course we ll be making EQ settings on the guitar input A TIP Some people prefer to record with no EQ and to add it at the mixdown stage There are no rules about this it s your choice 2 Move the cursor to the second line oo the Ai play and turn the whee until the field shows 1 H 3 Adjustthe bass Move the cursor down to the third line to Eje the amount of bass boost or cut from amp full cut to i 226 full boost in decibel steps and to the fourth line to change the d ae of the bass EQ band from 5 1 6 in 31 steps 4 Adjust the treble Move the cursor down to the bottom of the screen the fifth line to changet the amount of treble boost or cut from iz df E full cut to i full boost in decibel steps and to the sixth line to change the T of the treble EQ band between 1 FE Hz andi in31 steps If you add too much gain to the low and or high EQ bands the input may overload but this will not be visi ble on the meters or on the OL indicators You must use your ears to judge if the sound is distorted or not Saving the song You may wonder why you need to save the song at this stage after all nothing s been recorded yet Even so all the settings you have made to the tone generator to the effects and to the EQ etc can still be stored for later recall If you were to turn off the Pocketstudio 5 now you would lose all o
37. put synthesizer CD player etc Mic selector Slide this switch to the left position BUILT IN to use the built in microphone or to use a microphone such as the supplied headset microphone connected to the microphone mini jack 2 Switch to MIC for a dynamic microphone con nected through the microphone 1 4 jack 9 and to the right LINE to use a line input synthesizer CD 8 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started player etc connected to the 1 4 microphone jack If a microphone is connected to the microphone mini jack this takes priority over the built in microphone which is then disabled 45 Card slot Use this slot with the supplied CF card and other similar compatible cards use Type I cards only Push the card in firmly to mount it and push the eject button to the right of the slot arrowed to unmount it 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 Top panel POSKETSTUIOIG amp min ed Ps INPUT A B TRACK 1 2 9 4 TAIN D ae MPS EFFECTS PUNCH IN QUT REPEAT r REC READY OOOO 34 1L 9 1 8 ira a F FWD Wi LAY RECORD ne ur n INPUT i Q I OOO H J Display The display shows you the current status of the song etc as well as the menu choices to set up and
38. question use the EXIT key below and to the left of the wheel However sometimes a sub menu is marked with a B symbol at the right of the screen In this case you must use the right arrow of the cursor pad not ENTER to enter the menu The EXIT key not the left arrow is still used to exit from the sub menu MENU It is often useful for you to be able to change between the home screen The home screen on page 10 and the menu screen where you are working The MENU key allows you to change easily between the menu screen and the home screen Use this key to jump back to the home screen from a menu screen or to the main menu screen from the home screen Function key You may find that you are using a certain menu screen a lot and you find it inconvenient to keep nav igating back to this screen all the time You can set up the F key as a short cut to the screen you want To set the short cut press and hold down the F key for a few seconds The display then shows a list of the different items that can be assigned to the F key Use the cursor pad to select the item and the ENTER YES key to confirm the selection Now pressing and releasing the F key will jump to the screen you have just chosen TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 11 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 The cursor pad The cursor pad is used to navigate around the screens left and right and up and down Sometimes a screen wil
39. rs are recorded they are mixed to stereo mixdown and the levels and pan positions are adjusted so that they sound the way you want them TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 5 In a recording studio the usual mixdown device is an analog or digital stereo tape recorder or sometimes a CD recorder 6 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started On the Pocketstudio 5 the mix is made to an MP3 file inside the Pocketstudio 5 itself No cables or external equipment are needed and you can share the resulting mix with friends immediately as the sound is digitized ready for storing and transmitting using a personal computer Effects Either when recording or when mixing down effects are often added to the dry recorded sound to add life and interest to the recording The Pocketstudio 5 provides you with a wide range of effects which help to give your recordings a pro fessional touch Special guitar and bass based effects are available for input A and vocal type and drum effects for input B with a reverb being available for all recorded tracks at mixdown In addition the tone generator has its own flexible reverb and chorus effects to add a wide range of different colors to your recording 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 Rear panel D SSe
40. seeeseeeseeseeseeeseees 14 Editing data Irene 14 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 Before you start recording 15 Setting up a new song to record into 15 Setting up the rhythm 16 Selecting the pattern 16 Adding the rhythm guitar 16 Tuning the guitar eese 17 Adding a guitar effect 17 Adding EQ eerie 18 Saving the SONG esee 18 Making the recording 19 Adding vocals esses 19 Adding the lead guitar 20 MixdOoWnh creature enero eene 20 Transfer to computer eese 22 6 Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 Managing songs eene 23 Naming songs eene nnne 23 Deleting a song from the card 23 Using CF cards 5 ner 24 Before you start using a new CF card 24 Checking how full the card has become 24 Optimizing a card sss 25 Connecting the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer eeeeeeeennnnmns 25 Disconnecting the Pocketstudio 5 25 Windows 98 SE eene 25 Windows Me Windows 2000 Wi
41. shed This does not rename the song folder on the card but renames the zero length file inside the song folder See the Reference Manual for details Take care that you only always use letters numbers and dash in filenames If you use any other characters you may not be able to read the card on a computer Deleting a song from the card To delete a song from the card enter the i menu and scroll down to Let e Press ENTER Scroll to the song you want to delete and press ENTER The song tracks settings and mix is deleted from the card There is no undo operation available here If you delete a song from the card there is no escape hatch Always be sure that you have backed up your song to PC or that you really do not want that song any more before you delete it from the card TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 23 6 Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 Using CF cards The 32 MB card which is supplied with your Pocket studio 5 allows you to record up to 10 minutes of 4 track material as well as allowing you to produce the stereo mix for these tracks Although you can back up cards to the computer quickly and easily using the USB connection as described below and then reuse the cards you may sometimes want to expand the capabilities of your Pocketstudio 5 by purchasing another CF card with more capacity You can use CF cards up to 128 MB in size Note th
42. should not rely on these meters for the final level being sent to the track 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 The levels of the four audio tracks being played back are shown on the four track meters before they have been through the EQ and the faders as well as for the tone generator TG Finally the L and R master out put levels are shown at the right of the screen The menus To enter the other functions of the Pocketstudio 5 press the MENU key A screen similar to the one below appears if it does not press the EXIT key until it does Use the wheel or the cursor pad to move up and down through the list of menus Use the left and right keys of the cursor pad lt A and to move between the two columns Press the ENTER YES key to enter any of the main menus The wheel The wheel is the way to set values and confirm them You may find it easiest to support the Pocketstudio 5 in your right hand and use your right thumb to turn the wheel 6666 If you do this you ll find that the yes or con firm ENTER YES key in the middle of the wheel lies readily under your thumb You ll soon find yourself getting used to this control Enter and exit Yes and no Often to go down a level of menu or to answer yes to an Are you sure question press the ENTER YES key in the center of the wheel as explained above If you need to go up a menu level or to answer no to a
43. st forward F FWD and rewind REW keys take you back wards and forwards through the songs in a very simi lar way to a tape recorder but note the following Pressing and holding one of these keys while play back is stopped or playing back but not recording takes you backwards or forwards depending on the key pressed with playback muted and you can read the current playback position on the display of the top right of the home screen When you release the key the winding continues to the end of the song for forward or to the zero point for rewind Press STOP to stop the wind operation or PLAY to start playback from the current location Pressing and releasing either of these keys briefly while playback is stopped or playing back but not recording will move to the previous or next mark position including the IN and OUT points If no mark positions have been set behind the current playback position the playback position will be set to the start REW of the song See below for details of how to set and use the marks Special location RTZ If you press and hold the STOP key and then press the REW key the playback position returns to the zero point Special location LRP If you press and hold the STOP key and then press the F FWD key the play back position moves to the point at which recording last started LRP stands for Last Recording Position Patching and routing on the Pocketstudio 5 These
44. tart with turn down the input volume for the microphone and turn off the routing for the B input to track 3 press the INPUT B key and press the REC READY key for track 3 1 Assign the guitar input A to track 4 press and hold down INPUT A and make sure that REC READY 4 is the only REC READY key that is flashing rapidly 2 Adjust the input volume and the volume of your guitar Add an effect for the lead sound see Adding a guitar effect on page 17 for 3 Add EQ as necessary see Adding EQ on page 18 4 Press the PLAY key to start playing back the song from the start and use the track faders to adjust the relative levels of the two previ ous recordings the rhythm guitar on tracks 1 and 2 and the vocals on track 3 5 Play the guitar lead line along with the tracks you recorded earlier TIP Most people find it useful to use the mark features Marks on page 14 as well as the automated punch facilities Punch recording on page 14 when record ing overdubs like guitar solos Also if you want to add extra parts you may want to how to do this do some track bouncing See Track bouncing on page 14 and Track bouncing on page 26 of the Refer ence Manual for some details regarding this Mixdown The final stage in recording a song is the mixdown 1 Disconnect the guitar and microphone and set the input volume controls to the mini mum 2 By default the stereo picture is tracks
45. ubbing mm uu Working with multitrack has the advantage that if the lead vocalist for example makes a mistake in the final chorus the whole band doesn t have to be record the whole song Only the lead vocals have to be re recorded and probably not even for the whole song The Pocketstudio 5 has four tracks you can use for recording labelled 1 through 4 Tone generator rhythm In the Pocketstudio 5 the rhythm instruments drums bass chords can be replaced by the built in tone generator playing rhythm patterns Later if you want to replace these instruments with real ones or add a real sound to the synthesized sound you can do this Tone generator MIDI files Another way of achieving the same effect with the Pocketstudio 5 is to take a standard MIDI data file containing the notes of the backing for a song and play this as a backing track to your singing or solo instrumental work like karaoke Punching If part of a recording is not perfect it is possible to play back the recording up to the point where the mistake occurs re record over the mistake and then stop recording This is called punching The Pocketstudio 5 allows you to punch in and punch out to correct the little mistakes that creep into all record ings nobody s perfect Mixdown Once all the laye
46. use your Pocketstudio 5 2 MP3 key Use this key when mixing down to a stereo MP3 file lights red or playing back an MP3 file lights green When unlit the Pocketstudio 5 is recording tracks or bouncing EFFECTS key Use this key to set up and use the Pocketstudio 5 s built in effects units Advanced transport keys Use these keys to set repeat points and automated punch operations REC READY keys Used with the four audio tracks of the Pocketstudio 5 to assign the sources to the tracks to check these assignments and so on 0 Faders The four track faders 1 through 4 are used to adjust the playback volume of the four audio tracks The TG fader adjusts the overall volume of the built in MIDI tone generator that s what TG stands for and the MASTER fader adjusts the over all level of the overall signal Pull the faders away to you to reduce the volume and push them away from you to increase the volume The nominal position with no cut or boost is marked about two thirds of the way up Built in microphone If you do not have an external microphone available you can use this microphone to record guide tracks etc The quality will be improved though if you use an external microphone such as the one included as part of the supplied headset TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 9 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 63 Transport keys These keys act in much the same way as an ordinary tape recorder s keys T
47. y over the top of them About this manual This manual is intended to get you started and work ing easily with your Pocketstudio 5 It does not contain all the information about the Pocketstudio 5 You can find more detailed explana tions of many of the functions as well as lists of effects in the Reference Manual contained on the CD ROM which comes with your Pocketstudio 5 To read this manual which is in PDF format you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 0 or the full Adobe Acrobat 5 0 program Your computer may already have this software installed If it does not there is a copy of the Acrobat Reader 5 0 installer provided on the CD ROM You should refer to the electronic manual which of course you can print out should you wish to do so for detailed explanations of some of the func tions which are described in this quick manual Read through this manual for an overview of the Pocketstudio 5 1 Welcome This section 2 About multitrack recording With spe cial reference to the Pocketstudio 5 3 Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 And some notes on menu etc operations READ THIS SEC TION otherwise the rest of the manual and the Pocketstudio 5 itself will not make sense 4 Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5 Some basic functions explained READ THIS to learn what the Pocketstudio 5 can do for you 5 Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 An example song We strongly suggest that you
48. you will find that using the Pocketstudio 5 becomes second nature and you can carry out complex operations without having to think about them The home screen The display is where you see what s going on and where you pick options It s backlit so you can read it even in poor lighting conditions 1 Turn the backlight on and off by pressing and holding the ENTER key MARK The home screen shows the current status of the Pocketstudio 5 bar beat INPUT A B The top row of this screen shows any mark that has been set as well as the current playback position in the song On the next line is the name of the currently loaded song up to eight characters At the right of the next line is an asterisk which appears on the screen whenever the Pocketstudio 5 reads data from the card or writes data to it similar to the hard disk access light on a computer 10 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started min sec fr sms 40 TRACK1 2 3 4 TG LR NOTE Never remove the card from the Pocketstudio 5 while this indicator is shown on the display or you will cor rupt the data on the card making it unusable Below this are the meters There are two input level meters A shows the level of the signal fed through the guitar input and B shows the level of the micro phone input before they have gone through the EQ and effects Since the EQ and effects can add a significant amount of volume to the signals you
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