Tascam DP-32SD Owner's Manual

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Contents

10 TASCAM DP-32SD2 - Quick GuideListening to the demo songThe included SD card in the unit contains a demo song. Wewill use this demo song to practice listening to and mixing arecording.1. Press the HOME button to open the Home screen.2. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU button toopen the MENU screen.3. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)buttons to select (highlight green) SONG, and then press theF4 (t) button.The SONG LIST screen opens.4. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b) buttons toselect DEMO SONG, and then press the F4 (t) button toopen a menu list.5. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b) buttons toselect LOAD, and then press the F4 (t) button.The SONG LOAD pop-up window appears.6. Press the F2 (YES) button to load the demo song.The demo song is loaded and the window closes, but theSONG LIST screen remains open.7. Press the HOME button to return to the Home screen.8. Press the PLAY (t) button, and raise the levels of the trackand STEREO faders and the MONITOR LEVEL knob to listento the demo song.The STEREO fader adjusts the overall volume of the mixeroutput. When the STEREO fader is at 0dB the overall level isneither increased nor decreased.Use the track faders to adjust the balance of the tracks.Use the MONITOR LEVEL knob to adjust the finalmonitoring volume.9. Press the MIXER button to open the Mixer screen.10. Press a SOURCE buttons to select an input (A-H) or press aSELECT button to select a track to be set. Then use the PANknob to set the stereo position of that input or track. Repeatfor other inputs and tracks.TIP• Press the STOP (8) and REW (m) buttons at the same timeto use the TO ZERO function to return to the beginning of thesong (ZERO point).• If you press the wrong button and open a different screen, youcan press the HOME button to return to the Home screen at anytime.Recording and masteringIn this section we will practice multitrack recording.Here we will explain how to connect electric guitars to INPUT Hand external microphones to INPUT B.In the following example, we will explain how to record anelectric guitar rhythm part to track 1 and a lead guitar part totrack 2. Then, we will use an external microphone to recordvocals to track 3. Finally, we will mix down the tracks to stereo.We will assume that you have already followed the instructionsin the previous section, and that you have connectedheadphones or other monitoring equipment, started the unitand inserted an SD card.