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TASCAM DA-78HR

7 - Advanced operations

7.1 Autolocation

The DA-78HR contains two location memories,

accessible through the

LOC 1

and

LOC 2

keys. These

also allow a “A

↔B repeat” facility, which allows

you to rehearse part of a mixdown, for instance.

These two location memory points are referred to as

“MEMO 1” and “MEMO 2”.

As with the punch recording points (5.6, “Punch-in

and punch-out”), it is possible to set and edit these

points in a number of ways.

7.1.1 Setting MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 “on

the fly”

This can be done regardless of the current status of

the tape transport (playing, recording, winding,

stopped, or shuttle).

Press and hold down the

SHIFT

key and press

the

MEMO 1

MEMO 2

key.

The current tape position (when the

MEMO

key

was pressed) will be stored to the appropriate

location memory (MEMO 1 or MEMO 2).

The display will indicate that the location

memory point has been stored (

PRESET

(

PRESET

)).

7.1.2 Checking, editing and manually

entering MEMO 1 and MEMO 2

The checking, editing, and manual entry of the

Memo 1 and Memo 2 location points are all essen-

tially the same operation. Location points can be

edited and entered to frame accuracy.

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the

SHIFT

indicator

flashes.

Press either the

MEMO 1

MEMO 2

key,

depending on which location point is to be

accessed.

The display briefly shows

MEMO ; (

MEMO x

and then the currently-stored location memory

is shown on the display. The “cursor” (flashing

period) is at the “hours” field.

Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to set the “hours” value,

and move the “cursor” with the

SHIFT

ed ▲

and ▼ keys.

For details regarding the entry of time values,

including sub-frame entry, see 4.3, “Menus and

sub-menus”.

When the location times have been set, press

the

SHIFT

key to turn the

SHIFT

mode off and

return the counter to its normal display.

7.1.3 Setting the location pre-roll time

When you locate to a location memory, the tape will

stop at the memorized location point, minus a pre-

defined pre-roll time.

As shipped, the DA-78HR’s default location pre-roll

time is 0 seconds. You can edit this to a value

between 0 seconds (the tape will locate to the exact

location point) and 59 minutes, 59 seconds, in 1 sec-

ond increments.

NOTE

This pre-roll time is independent of the punch pre-roll

time. See 5.6.4, “Editing the pre-roll and post-roll

times”.

Set the unit into shift mode (press the

SHIFT

key so that the

SHIFT

indicator is flashing).

Press the

CLEAR

(

PREROLL

) key.

The display will show

PR 0000. LC (

PR 0000

Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to set the location pre-

roll time in minutes and seconds (up to 59 min-

utes, 59 seconds). The

SHIFT

ed ▲ and ▼ keys

can also be used to move the cursor between

the minutes and seconds “fields”.

When a location memory is used, the tape will

now locate to the location point, minus the

value you have just entered. For instance, if the

location point is at “00:12:04.03” and you have

set a location pre-roll time of 5 seconds, the

tape will locate to “00:11:59.03”.

This pre-roll time is different to the pre-roll time used

for punch operations as described in 5.6.4, “Editing

the pre-roll and post-roll times”.

7.1.4 Moving to MEMO 1 and MEMO 2

When you have set the location memories as

described above, you simply need to press the

LOC 1

LOC 2

keys to move the tape to these location

points.

The tape will locate to the location memory minus

the location pre-roll time, as described above.

7.1.5 Location and playback

If you press the

PLAY

key while the tape is locating

(the

PLAY

key will flash), the tape will start playing

when it reaches the location point.

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