Tascam DP-02 Owner's Manual

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSTASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF 2 – Advanced techniquesYou can rename the exported tracks on the PC, but youshould remember to keep to the “8.3” standard and the.WAV extension and remember to limit the character toletters of the alphabet (no accented characters or “odd”punctuation, etc.).You can import these tracks later to the same unit or to afriend’s unit.When you have finished mastering (see “Mastering” onpage 27), you may want to save the mastered stereo mix,otherwise it will be overwritten when you next perform amastering operation.Before you start this operation, make sure you have loadedthe song whose mastered mix you will be exporting (andthat it does indeed contain a stereo mastered mix).1. From the MENU screen, select and enter the WAVEmenu.2. Select the EXPORT MASTER action and press the ¥cursor or YES/ENTER key.The display shows a default file name for you to edit:NOTEIf there is no mastered mix, the display will inform you.3. Use the left and right cursor keys and the DATA dialto name the exported mastered stereo mix (“Titling”on page 11).NOTEPress NO/EXIT if you want to cancel the export opera-tion.4. When you’re done, press YES/ENTER to exportthe mastered stereo mix (as a single 16-bit 44.1kHzstereo WAV file).The file is exported with the name you just entered, and a.WAV extension.5. Connect the unit to the computer and “open” therecording media (““Open” and “Close”” on page43).6. Use the PC operating system to copy or move theexported mastered mix file or files from the WAVEdirectory of the unit FAT partition to the PC.Once the file or files are on the PC, you can “close” theunit.Exporting the mastered stereo tracksAbout track editingOne of the most useful features of a disk or memory-basedrecorder such as this unit is the ability to edit material easi-ly. When working with a stereo tape recorder in the past,editing was not an easy process, and was very difficult toundo if there were any mistakes. Multitrack editing wasnearly impossible!The unit allows you to edit songs, copying and movingmaterial from one part of a song to another. This editingis known as non-destructive editing, meaning that theoperation does not actually destroy data, and you can undomistaken or unwanted editing operations easily.If you have ever used a word-processor on a computer, youwill probably find most of the unit’s editing operationspretty simple. If you have never used a computer, the unit’s editing operations are nothing to be scared of–just readthrough this section to see how it all works.NOTEYou can undo the editing operations described here(see “Undoing/Redoing an operation” on page 25).Even if you delete all the material on every track usingthese functions, you can still get it back with only afew key-presses.