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9 - Operations related to timecode

TASCAM DA-78HR

If you are recording timecode only, we suggest that

you do not use external sources for recording time-

code.

Set the source to

TAPE TC

as described immediately

above, and use

ABS

(see 9.2.2, “AB S setti ng”) as the

tape timecode source. This will ensure an accurate

match between the timecode and the ABS timing ref-

erence (the fact that the generator must be started

manually means that there will not be a tight relation

between timecode and the ABS timing).

This will also allow you to synchronize multiple

DTRS units accurately to external timecode, even

though the slave units are not timecode-based.

9.5.2 Recording timecode using the

generator

Insert a formatted tape into the DA-78HR.

It is possible to format and stripe a new tape

simultaneously, by setting up the formatting

procedure as described in 5.1, “Formatting a

tape” and then following the instructions

below.

Select timecode as the timing reference (9.1.3,

“Selecting TC or ABS timing”).

Select a frame rate (9.3, “Selecting the frame

mode”).

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the

SHIFT

indicator

is flashing, then press the

key until the

display shows

TCG. REC-- (

TCG REC--

Select the source of the timecode as the internal

generator (9.5.1, “Selecting the timecode

source”).

Press the

SUB MENU

key until the display

briefly shows

STRT. TIME (

STRT TIME

), fol-

lowed by the current start time of the

generator.

Edit the generator start time as described in

4.3, “Menus and sub-menus”.

To record the timecode, press the

SUB MENU

key until the display shows

TC. REC. EN 0 (

REC EN 0,

i.e. disabled). Use the ▲ and ▼ keys

to change the setting to

(enabled).

The

indicator will start flashing. This set-

ting will return to

0 (disabled) when timecode

recording has finished.

To start the generator, press the

SUB MENU

key until the display shows

TGc. STOP (

TCG

STOP

). Then use the ▲ or ▼ key to start the

generator running.

The display will show

TCG. RUN (

TCG RUN

Press and hold the

PLAY

and

press the

RECORD

key and the tape will start recording.

The

indicator will start flashing faster

while timecode striping is going on.

NOTE

You can also start recording (steps 8 and 10) and

then start the timecode generator (step 9).

If the method described above (arming the timecode

track, and then starting recording) is used, the tape

counter is used to show the output from the timecode

source (the generator) when the timecode track is

armed, flashing when the tape is stopped, and steady

when the tape is running.

9.5.3 Generator modes

When the timecode generator is stopped, using the

sub-menu command to restart the generator will

either restart from the start time as set in 7, or to con-

tinue from the time when it was stopped.

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the

SHIFT

indicator

is flashing, then press the

key until the

display shows

TCG. REC-- (

TCG REC--

Press the

SUB MENU

key so that the display

shows

TCG. MODE (

TCG MODE

) briefly, and

then changes to the current setting.

Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to choose between

RESet (

RESET

—resume start from set value)

and

CoNT (

CONT

—continue from currently

reached value).

9.5.4 Synthesizing timecode from ABS

timing

When you are synthesizing timecode from ABS, the

tape counter display behaves differently from the

way as described above.

The tape counter will not flash when the timecode

track is armed and the tape is stopped, and it will not

display all hyphens, since the timecode source is

always available.

In this case, you can start recording the timecode at

any time (before or after) the tape has started

moving.

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