Tascam DP-02 User Manual

D01001200ADP-02DP-02CFDIGITAL PORTASTUDIO»OWNER'S MANUAL

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS10 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFShutting down the unitPressing the POWER switch on the top

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 111 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFNavigationThe unit uses 4 menu systems (MENU, SONG, TRACK

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS12 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFConnecting your unit to other equipmentBefore you start re

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 131 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFDC inputTo MIDI sequencer,drum machine, etc.From stereo e

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS14 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFThese inputs enable you to connect condenser microphones (

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 151 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFThis section explains the features of the DP-02 and DP-02

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS16 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF0 MASTER fader Adjusts the stereo signal level output fro

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 171 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFa REW (∆) / RTZ key When stopped, press the REW (∆) key

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS18 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFIN and OUT point repeatedly (see “Repeat” on page 34). Wi

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 191 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFFront panel( PHONES jack (RCA) Plug a pair of standard h

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS2 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CFThe exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS20 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFD CompactFlash card slot (on the DP-02CF) Insert a CF car

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 211 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF1. Press the SONG key to bring up the SONG menu. If the

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS22 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFOf course, saving songs is no use unless you can load them

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 231 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFYou can view the title, working partition, and amount of

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS24 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFWhen you have connected a source, and assigned the inputs

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 251 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFBouncingThe unit provides eight tracks for recording. But

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS26 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFBecause a song is not just the parts you hear, but possibl

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 271 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFThis is the last stage in cresting a song, allowing you

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS28 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFthrough the analog and digital outputs, and you can record

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 29The operations described here are ones that you may use less often than the ones described earlie

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 3 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all i

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS30 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesMeters to let you know what’s going on with the audio in the unit. Here are

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 312 – Advanced techniquesEQ settingsOn the unit, you can set the frequency at which the EQ HIGH and

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS32 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesAs mentioned in “Punch recording” on page 25, the unit provides two manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 332 – Advanced techniquesWhen you have rehearsed your punch-in, you can start recording.1. Press t

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS34 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesRepeat allows you to repeat the playback or auto-punched rehearsal (see “Re

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 352 – Advanced techniquesYou can set the time between repeats up to 9.9 seconds.Press and hold the

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS36 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesWhen both LOCATE LIST (µ/≤ ) keys are held down together in “bars and beats

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 372 – Advanced techniquesThe unit is equipped with a MIDI OUT jack. This can be used to drive a seq

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS38 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesThe DP-02/DP-02CF allows you format and re-partition their recording media

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 392 – Advanced techniquesFormatting a disk/cardAs well as formatting the recording media, you can s

4 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CFThis product has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations "title 21, CFR, chapter 1, subchapter J, base

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS40 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesFormatting the FAT partitionThe FAT partition is used for transfer between

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 412 – Advanced techniquesA CF card is initialized by formatting with FAT 32. This will erase all da

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS42 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesYou can use a personal computer to read and write from the FAT partition of

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 432 – Advanced techniques3. You can now unplug the USB cable.If a panel telling you it is not safe

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS44 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesBacking up and restoring songsWhen you back up a song, you’re backing up th

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 452 – Advanced techniquesBefore you start, make sure that you have selected the partition containin

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS46 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniques6. Use the DATA dial to select the WAV file to be imported and press YES/E

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 472 – Advanced techniquesYou can rename the exported tracks on the PC, but you should remember to k

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS48 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesTrack editing functionsThe track editing functions available on the unit ar

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 492 – Advanced techniquesThis function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and

TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 5Contents1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF ... 7Getting started ...7

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS50 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesThis function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and O

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 512 – Advanced techniquesThis copies a track or pair of tracks to another track or pair of tracks.T

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS52 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesThis deletes all the material in a track or tracks. There are no IN and OUT

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 532 – Advanced techniquesTroubleshootingWhen working with any new piece of equipment like the unit,

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS54 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF2 – Advanced techniquesEmpty Export Track You’re trying to export a track (“Importing and exportin

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 55SpecificationsAnalog specificationsINPUTs (A and B) 1/4” phone (unbalanced) XLR balancedInput i

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS56 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF3 – SpecificationsDimensional drawingsDP-02DP-02CF

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 573 – SpecificationsBlock diagram (DP-02/DP-02CF)STEREO BUS LSEND BUSMETER DIGITALINTERFACEMETERS

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS58 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CFThe built-in tuner allows you to tune a guitar or bass connected to input A only.Press the MENU ke

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 594 – DP-02 AppendixMulti-effectThe unit contains an input effector, which contains differ-ent type

6 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CFContentsDisconnecting from a Macintosh system ... 43"Open" and "Close" ...

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS60 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixThis list is divided into the available effect types:Electric guitar settings (E

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 614 – DP-02 AppendixPowChord Distorted power chord setting for backingBmLead A special lead sound w

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS62 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixVocal settings (Vocal)De-Esser Removes sibilance (ess sounds)Chorist Choir sound

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 634 – DP-02 AppendixCD-R discs can be recorded once only. Once they have been used for recording, t

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS64 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixThe CD-RW901SL has been designed for the playback of CD-DA (standard audio) form

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 654 – DP-02 AppendixPlayback of Audio CDsWriting of Audio CDs Data Backup Data ExportData Restore D

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS66 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixThe DP-02 is a built-in CD-R/RW drive. The CD-R/RW functions are described here.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 674 – DP-02 AppendixOn the DP-02, a song’s master stereo track can be written to a CD-R or CD-RW (s

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS68 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 Appendix Use the cursor §/¶ keys to select, and set the length of the gap to be made af

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 694 – DP-02 AppendixTo erase a CD-RW disc so that you can reuse it:1. Press and hold the SHIFT key

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 7Read this section first. It contains important basic informa-tion about using your DP-02/DP-02CF e

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS70 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixYou can convert a track to WAV format files and write them to CDs for editing in

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 714 – DP-02 AppendixBack up your songs to a data CD so that you can restore them later.1. Insert a

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS72 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixRestore (reading) songs backed up to data CDs.1. Insert a CD-R that has not bee

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 734 – DP-02 AppendixThe following shows a list of the popup messages. On the DP-02, popup messages

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS74 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixNo disk Insert CD-RW “A CD has not been inserted. Insert a CD-RW that is not bla

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 75This section gives you a brief guide to some operations on the DP-02/DP-02CF which may not be imm

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS76 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CFHow to Keys, etc. TO press DescriptionLoad a song SONG ® LOAD See “Loading a saved song” on page 2

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 77NotesFor China

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS78 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF4 – DP-02 AppendixNotes

TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 79Notes

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS8 TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFPrecautions for placement and useThe DP-02/DP-02CF may be u

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 91 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CFLoading the CF card into the unit (DP-02CF only)On the DP-