Tascam DP-24SD Owner's Manual

Also see for DP-24SD: Troubleshooting supplement

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Tascam DP-24SD Owner's Manual Manual pdf 56 page image

56 TASCAM DP-24SD10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Tracks3. After making the settings, press the HOME button to returnto the Home screen.Send effectsThis unit has 3 types of send effects.Adjust the level of the signal sent to the effect from each trackby using their SEND EFF 1/EFF 2 knobs.NOTEThe return level from the send effect (RETURN LEVEL)can be adjusted on the Send Effect screen.1. Press the EFFECT button to open the Effect screen.2. Set the send effect.Press the EFFECT button to open the Effect screen wherethe last operation was performed. Press the F3 (SELECT)button to select one from the 3 available types (REVERB,DELAY, CHORUS). You cannot use multiple types of effectssimultaneously.Align the cursor with the parameter that you want to select,and then use the JOG/DATA dial to set the parameter.The return from the send effect is mixed with the stereosignal.3. After making the send effect setting, press the HOMEbutton to return to the Home screen.4. Use the SEND EFF 1 knob to adjust the level of the signalsent to the send effect of each track.TIPWhen using an external effect, connect the output of theexternal effect (return) to INPUT A to H. By assigning theconnected input to the stereo bus, you can return the effectsound to the stereo bus. (See “Assigning to a stereo bus” onpage 35.)Creating a master fileWhen you are satisfied with your mix, this unit can record themixed down tracks and create a master file.A master file recorded by this unit is saved as part of the song.This master file can be recorded by an external stereo recorder,and can also be converted by the unit into a WAV file and storedwith the same name of a song in the song folder of the SD card.NOTEOnly one master file (song name ".wav") can be createdinside a song (when mastering, there is another file besidesthe master file (song name ".wav"), but it is a file for internaluse).Setting the start and end pointsBefore creating a master file, set the start and end points of themixed down master file. The range between the song's IN pointand OUT point will be recorded as the master file.Ordinarily, set the beginning of the song as the IN point and theend of the song as OUT point.Press and hold the MARK SET button and press the IN buttonwhere you want to set the IN point (start point) of the masterfile, and press and hold the MARK SET button and press theOUT button where you want to set the OUT point (end point).For more information about how to correct the IN/OUT points,see “Setting IN/OUT points” on page 45.