Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-03 Owner's Manual

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Contents

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4 TASCAM DP-03ContentsIMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............21 – Introduction ..............................................7Features .................................................................................. 7Product parts ........................................................................ 7About this manual .............................................................. 7Intellectual property rights ............................................. 8Precautions for placement and use.............................. 8Beware of condensation................................................... 8Cleaning the unit................................................................. 8About Compact Discs ........................................................ 9Precaution for CD use ................................................. 9About CD-R and CD-RW discs ................................. 9About SD cards .................................................................... 9Precautions for use ...................................................... 92 – Quick Start Guides ..................................10Playback and mixing ........................................................10Preparations .................................................................10Listening to the demo song ................................... 11Recording and mastering ..............................................12Creating a new song .................................................12Connecting and setting the input sources .......13Set the guitar as the recording source forTRACK 1..........................................................................13Adjusting and monitoring the input level ........13Recording a guitar to TRACK 1 ..............................14Playing back the recording .....................................15Recording a guitar to TRACK 2 ..............................15Recording a vocal to TRACK 3 ...............................16Mixing the tracks ........................................................17Mastering a stereo track ..........................................18Creating an audio CD with the master track ..........20Insert a CD.....................................................................20Writing to a CD ...........................................................21Eject the CD ..................................................................21Shutting down ...................................................................223 – Names and Functions of Parts ...............23Top panel .............................................................................23Rear panel ............................................................................26Left side panel ....................................................................27Right side panel .................................................................27Bottom panel......................................................................28Home Screen .....................................................................29Menu structure ..................................................................29Screen operations .............................................................304 – Preparations ............................................31Preparing the power and the SD card .......................31Installing an SD card ................................................31Ejecting the card .......................................................31Preparing the power .................................................31Startup & shutdown .........................................................32Starting up the unit ...................................................32Shutting down ............................................................32Formatting SD cards ........................................................32Recorder modes ................................................................33Connecting other equipment ......................................33Rear panel .....................................................................33Left side panel .............................................................34Adjusting the contrast.....................................................345 – Song Management..................................35Partitions and songs ........................................................35Editing names.....................................................................35Loading a saved song......................................................35Creating a new song ........................................................35Saving a song .....................................................................36Viewing song information .............................................36Copying songs ...................................................................36Erasing songs ......................................................................37Protecting songs ...............................................................376 – Basic Recording .......................................38Selecting the input sources...........................................38Using phantom power ...................................................38Monitoring input signals ................................................38OL indicators and level meters ....................................39Assigning inputs................................................................39Using input EQ (equalizer) .............................................39Making the first recording ............................................40Multitrack recording ........................................................41Prepare tracks for recording ..................................41Track pan and level settings ...................................41Input selection and assignment ...........................41Setting input levels....................................................41Record additional tracks ..........................................41Undoing an operation ....................................................41Undoing the last operation (single undo) .........41Cancelling an undo operation (redo) .................41Undoing a previous operation (multi-undo) ...41Erasing the operation history ................................427 – Recorder Functions .................................43Punching in and out.........................................................43Using the foot switch to punch in/out ...............43Setting the foot switch.............................................43Bouncing tracks .................................................................43Using the bounce function .....................................44