Tascam DA-98 Owner's Manual

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Section 6 – Basic operations06/97 – 1.00 – 6-32) Adjust the input signal levels so that the trackmeters read high, but the OVER segment doesnot light.3) Hold down the RECORD key, and press thePLAY key. The tape will start moving andrecording will start.The REC FUNCTION indicators of all tracks willlight steadily.When you start recording, the point at whichrecording starts is automatically stored into mem-ory for punch-in purposes.4) To stop recording and stop the tape, press theSTOP key. You can also press the PLAY key,which will continue the tape movement, butstop recording.6.3.3 Recording the basic tracks (ii)This is an alternative method of recording basictracks on a blank, formatted tape.1) Arm the tracks and adjust the levels asdescribed in [1] and [2] above (6.3.2,“Recording the basic tracks (i)”).The REC FUNCTION indicators of all armedtracks will flash.2) Press the PLAY key. The tape will start moving.3) When you reach the point at which you want tostart recording, press the RECORD key.The REC FUNCTION indicators of all armedtracks will light steadily.The point at which recording starts is automati-cally stored into memory for punch-in purposes.4) Stop recording as described above.6.3.4 Replaying the first tracksWhen you have positioned the tape at the begin-ning of the recording you have just made (or at thepre-roll point), you can start playing back the tape.1) Turn off the RECORD FUNCTION switch of thetrack you have just recorded.We suggest turning off the RECORD FUNCTION.This will prevent you from accidentally hitting theRECORD key and going into record mode, over-writing what you have already recorded.2) Make sure that the INPUT MONITOR of the trackyou have just recorded is turned off (see 7.1.1,“ALL INPUT [18] and INPUT MONITOR[29]”).3) Rewind the tape to the point that you startedrecording and press PLAY.6.4 OverdubbingOverdubbing subsequent tracks is carried out in avery similar way to recording the first tracks.If you are unsure about the difference betweenmonitoring modes as implemented on the DA-98,now is a good time to read the section 7, “Moni-toring modes”.Obviously you will want to record while you lis-ten to the off-tape signals from previously-recorded tracks and the input source on trackswhere recording is taking place.Note, however, that the use of confidence modewhen overdubbing (see 7.2, “Confidence mode”)is not recommended, as the off-tape replay signalswill be delayed, making it impossible to provideaccurate cues.6.5 Track bouncingThough the DA-98 provides a method of copyingtracks digitally (see 8.11.1, “Track Copy (channel-to-track routing)”), there is no way of combiningtracks within the DA-98.If you need to combine tracks, this must be donethrough an external console, routing all tracks tobe combined through an output group, and routingthat group to the appropriate track input.6.6 Punch-in and punch-outThere are a number of ways in which the DA-98can be used to perform reliable punch-in andpunch-outs automatically. Punch points can be setNOTEUse the reference level you have chosen (see 8.7, “Ref-erence levels”) to be your “nominal” level.