Tascam DA-3000 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM DA-3000 457 – Recording/playback with cascade connectionsUsing cascaded unitsWhen operating cascaded units, the following general rulesapply to recording and playback.CAUTIONThe following functions cannot be used during synchronizedrecording/playback using cascade connections.• The included RC-10 remote control cannot control slaveunits.• PCM recording using the DIGITAL IN (AES/EBU) jacks isnot possible.• PCM recording using the DIGITAL IN (S/PDIF /CASCADE) jacks is not possible.• Sync recording functions are unavailable.• LEVEL, DD and TIME mode auto track functions aredisabled.• Auto mark functions are unavailable.Playing back both master and slave unitsSynchronized playback from both the beginnings and themiddles of tracks is possible.Master unitSlave unitSynchronized playback from beginningSynchronized playback from middleOperation:o Press the master unit PLAY button to start playback of bothmaster and slave units and its STOP button to stop synchro-nized playback.o During synchronized playback, press the master unit PAUSEbutton to pause playback.o Use the master unit m[.]/,[/] buttons to skiptracks, and press and hold the m[.]/,[/] buttonsto search backward/forward. (See “Skipping to the previousor next track” on page 40.) (See “Searching backward andforward” on page 40.)o Press the master unit MULTI JOG dial to add marks to themaster and slave units. (See “Adding marks during playback”on page 41.)o Turn the MULTI JOG dial to move to marks set on the masterunit. (See “Locating to marks” on page 41.)NOTE• When searching backward/forward, differences in operationspeed might occur between the master and slave units.• Moving to marks set on a slave unit is not possible.Recording to both master and slave unitsSynchronized recording from the beginnings of tracks ispossible.Synchronized recording startsMaster unitSlave unitOperation:o Press the master unit RECORD [TRK INC] button to put boththe master and slave units into recording standby. Then,press the master unit PLAY button to start recording. Pressthe STOP button to stop synchronized recording.o During synchronized recording, press the master unit PAUSEbutton to pause recording.o During synchronized recording, press the master unitRECORD [TRK INC] button to increment the track number(create a new track and continue recording).o During synchronized recording, if the master unit auto trackfunction is set to SIZE, tracks will be incremented automati-cally. (See “Creating a higher numbered track manually” onpage 28.)o Press the master unit MULTI JOG dial to add marks toboth the master and slave units. (See “Adding marks whenrecording” on page 29.)Playing back with the master unit and recording witha slave unitPlaying a track on the master unit from its beginning and simul-taneous recording on a slave unit is possible.Master unitSlave unitSynchronized playbackSynchronized recordingOperation:Press the slave unit RECORD [TRK INC] button to put it inrecording standby. Then press the master unit PLAY buttonto start master unit playback and synchronized slave unitrecording.CAUTIONDuring the above synchronized operation, a recording slaveunit will not synchronize with the following operationsi Pressing a m[.]/,[/] button to skip tracksi Pressing and holding a m[.]/,[/] button tosearch backward/forwardi Turning the MULTI JOG dial to move to a mark