Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-03 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM DP-03 437 – Recorder FunctionsPunching in and outPunching in/out is a technique to replace a part of analready recorded track.Start playback and when you reach the part that you wantto replace, switch to record (punch in), then switch backto playback (or stop) when you finish the part that youwant to replace (punch out).1 Decide what part of the track you plan to replaceand choose a point to begin where the newrecording can sit well with the existing recording.2 Press the REC button of the track that you planto replace part of to start record standby (RECindicator blinks).3 Start playback before the part of the track that youwant to replace.4 Press the RECORD (–) button to start recording(punch in) when you reach the part. Play or singwhat you want to record.5 Press the PLAY (Á) button to switch to playback(punch out) when you finish the replacementrecording.NOTEWhen the recording source is set to a built-in microphone(INTERNAL MIC A/B), the sound of pressing a buttonto punch in and out could be recorded. This can beavoided by using a foot switch to punch in and outor the automatic punching in and out functions. (See“Automatically punching in and out” on page 48.)TIPYou can also press the STOP (ª) key to punch out at theend of the replacement recording.Using the foot switch to punch in/outUsing a foot switch connected to the REMOTE jack on therear panel, you can punch in and out.In step 4 above, step on the foot switch instead of pressingthe RECORD (–) button. In step 5, step on the foot switchagain instead of pressing the PLAY (Á) button.Foot switchTASCAM RC-3F (optional)NOTEPress the switch (pedal) that you have set to PUNCH inthe foot switch settings. By default, the center pedal (FootSW C) is set to PUNCH. (See “Setting the foot switch” onpage 43.)Setting the foot switchSet the foot switch on the PREFERENCE screen.1 When the recorder is stopped, press the MENUbutton to open the MENU screen.2 Use the DATA wheel to select PREFERENCE, andpress the F4 (¥) button to open the PREFERENCEscreen.3 Use the F3 (§) and F4 (¶) buttons to selectFootSW L.4 Use the DATA wheel to select the function to assignto the left foot switch pedal.5 In the same way, use the Foot SW C item to setthe function of the center pedal and the Foot SWR item to set the function of the right pedal.6 After making the settings, press the HOME buttonto return to the Home Screen.Setting FunctionPLAY Same as the unit’s PLAY (Á) buttonREC Same as the unit’s RECORD (–) buttonSTOP Same as the unit’s STOP (ª) buttonF FWD Same as the unit’s F FWD () (TO LASTREC) buttonREW Same as the unit’s REW (Ô) (TO ZERO)buttonPUNCH Press during playback to PUNCH IN andduring recording to PUNCH OUTPLY/STP Press when stopped to start playback, andpress at any other time to stopCUE Locate to the last point where playbackstartedDefault values: CUE (L), PUNCH (C), PLY/STP (R)Bouncing tracksUse this unit’s bounce function to mix already recordedtracks (1–8) down to one or two tracks.Multitrack tape recorders can only bounce to an opentrack (in other words, they can not record to a track that isalso a source of the mix). For example, tracks 1–7 could bebounced to track 8, but tracks 1–8 could not be bouncedto track 1. This unit, however, does not have this limitation.You can bounce tracks 1–8 to mix down to tracks 1 and 2