Tascam DA-98 Owner's Manual

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Section 10 – Operations related to timecode10-6 – 1.00 – 06/97outputs, whichever set of outputs is in use at thetime.1) Go to menu group 5, move the cursor toOutTc Tmg (output timecode timing) andpress ENTER:2) Use the UP and DOWN keys to select betweenAnalog and Digital .10.4.5 Using MIDI Time Code (MTC)The DA-98 can output MIDI Time Code in almostexactly the same way as it outputs audio timecode,with the following exceptions.MIDI Time Code can be output either when theDA-98 is playing, or in fast forward or rewind, orwhen stopped. You can turn off the output duringthe “fast” modes and while stopped, to avoid over-loading a MIDI data stream.1) Go to menu group 7, move the cursor to MTCOut and press ENTER:2) Use the LEFT and RIGHT cursor keys to selectthe field for which you want to turn MTC onand off, and the UP and DOWN keys to turnMTC on or off.Note that if the Output field is turned off,turning the other fields on will have no effect.10.5 Recording timecode10.5.1 Selecting the timecode sourceThe DA-98 allows you to select one of threesources for recording timecode: the DA-98’s inter-nal generator, an external source or timecodebased on tape.To select the source for recording timecode:1) Go to menu group 8, move the cursor toTcRec Src (source for timecode recording),and press ENTER:2) Use the UP and DOWN keys to select a sourcefor the timecode recording from the followingoptions: Generator TC , Tape andExternal TC .If you select Tape, the source of the tape time-code will also be shown, as determined in the tapetimecode selection menu (see 10.2, “Tape time-code mode”).If you are recording timecode only, we suggestthat you do not use external sources for recordingtimecode.Set Tape as the source as described immediatelyabove, and use ABS or ABS-Ofs (see 10.2.2,“ABS setting” and 10.2.3, “ABS-Ofs setting”) astape timecode sources. This will ensure an accu-rate relationship between the timecode and theABS timing reference (the fact that the generatormust be started manually means that there will notbe a tight relation between timecode and the ABStiming).This will also allow you to synchronize multipleDTRS units accurately to external timecode, eventhough the slave units are not timecode-based.10.5.2 Recording timecode using thegenerator1) Insert a formatted tape into the DA-98.It is possible to format and stripe a new tape simul-taneously, by setting up the formatting procedureas described in 6.1, “Formatting a tape” and thenfollowing the instructions below.O u t p u t T C T i m i n gA n a l o gM T C O u t p u tO u t p u t F a s t S t o po n o f f o f fT C R e c o r d S o u r c eG e n e r a t o r T CNOTEGenerally speaking, timecode should be recorded froman external source only when audio tracks and timecodemust be transferred together from external units. In allother cases, we suggest that you use the internal genera-tor or the tape as sources for recording timecode.