Tascam DP-006 Owner's Manual

Contents

Tascam DP-006 Owner's Manual Manual pdf 6 page image

6 TASCAM DP-006Contents1 – Introduction ................................................................. 9Features ............................................................................................................................9Included items ...............................................................................................................9Conventions used in this manual ........................................................................ 10Trademarks ................................................................................................................... 10About SD cards ............................................................................................................11Precautions for use ...........................................................................................11Precautions for installation .....................................................................................11Beware of condensation ..........................................................................................11Cleaning the unit ........................................................................................................112–Quick Start Guides ...................................................... 12Playback and mixing ................................................................................................ 12Preparing ............................................................................................................. 12Playing and mixing the demo song.......................................................... 13Recording and mastering ....................................................................................... 15Creating a new song ....................................................................................... 15Setting the internal mics as input sources............................................. 16Setting the internal mics as the recording sources for TRACK 3 ... 17Adjusting the input level and monitoring ............................................. 18Using internal mics to record rhythm guitar to TRACK 3 ................. 19Listening to the recording ............................................................................ 20Connecting an electric guitar ..................................................................... 20Setting the guitar as an input source....................................................... 21Recording lead guitar to TRACK 2 ............................................................. 21Recording vocals on TRACK 1 ..................................................................... 23Creating a stereo master track .................................................................... 25Checking the stereo master track ............................................................. 27Transferring the stereo master track to a computer .................................... 28Shutting down ............................................................................................................ 283 – Names and functions of parts .................................. 29Top Panel ....................................................................................................................... 29Front panel ................................................................................................................... 31Rear panel ..................................................................................................................... 32Left side panel............................................................................................................. 32Right side panel .......................................................................................................... 33Bottom panel............................................................................................................... 33Home Screen .............................................................................................................. 34Menu structure ........................................................................................................... 36Screen operations ..................................................................................................... 374 – Preparations .............................................................. 39Preparing the power and SD card ....................................................................... 39Inserting an SD card ........................................................................................ 39Removing an SD card ..................................................................................... 39SD card write-protection switches ........................................................... 39Preparing the power .......................................................................................40Start-up & shutdown ................................................................................................ 41Starting up the unit ......................................................................................... 41Shutting down .................................................................................................. 41Preparing SD cards for use ..................................................................................... 42Recorder modes ......................................................................................................... 42Connecting with other equipment .................................................................... 43Rear panel connections ................................................................................. 43Left side panel connections ........................................................................ 43Right side panel connections......................................................................44Adjusting the contrast .............................................................................................445 – Song Management .................................................... 45Partitions and songs ................................................................................................. 45Selecting the active partition ............................................................................... 45Editing names..............................................................................................................46Loading a saved song ..............................................................................................46Creating a new song ................................................................................................. 47Saving a song .............................................................................................................. 47Viewing song information .....................................................................................48Copying songs ............................................................................................................48