Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-03 Owner's Manual

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44 TASCAM DP-03(stereo bounce), or bounce tracks 1–8 as a mono mix totrack 1 (mono bounce).NOTEInside this unit, a mixdown is made to create a mix masterthat is recorded to the designated tracks.TRACK 1Drum LTRACK 2Drum RTRACK 3Perc. LTRACK 4Perc. RTRACK 5BassTRACK 6Piano LTRACK 7Piano RTRACK 8SETRACK 3Perc. L(Over-writingpossible)TRACK 4Perc. R(Over-writingpossible)TRACK 8SE(Over-writingpossible)TRACK 7Piano R(Over-writingpossible)TRACK 5Bass(Over-writingpossible)TRACK 6Piano L(Over-writingpossible)TRACK 1 & 2Rhythm, Bass,Piano, SETRACK 1 & 2Rhythm, Bass,Piano, SETRACK 3Guitar LTRACK 4Guitar RTRACK 5LeadGuitarTRACK 6LeadVocalTRACK 7Chorus LTRACK 8Chorus RNew recording possible on tracks 3-8Bounce tracks 1-8 to mix down to tracks 1-2Source tracks are erased when they are bouncedestinations. (In the illustration above the drum parts areoverwritten by the stereo mix). However, you can use theunit’s (undo) function to return to the previous state if youmake a mistake (see “Undoing the last operation (singleundo)” on page 41).Using the bounce function1 In multitrack mode, press the BOUNCE button.After the Bounce ! pop-up message appears, the unitswitches to BOUNCE mode and the Home Screen reopens.2 Press the REC buttons for the bounce destinationtracks (the indicators blink).For a stereo bounce, press the REC buttons for anytwo tracks. For a mono bounce (bouncing the mixto a single track) press the REC button for any onetrack.3 Adjust the track faders and PAN knobs for thebounce source tracks.When making a stereo bounce, the lower numberedtrack is the left (L) side.For a mono bounce, turn the PAN knobs of thebounce source tracks all the way to L.Use the MASTER fader to adjust the overall level.4 After returning to the start of the song, press thePLAY (Á) button while pressing and holding theRECORD (–) button to start the bounce.Confirming the resultMute the bounce source tracks (see “Muting tracks” onpage 54), and play the song from the beginning.If you are not satisfied with the result because, forexample, the balance between instruments is poor, orthe pan settings are wrong, use the undo function (see“Undoing the last operation (single undo)” on page 41).If you are satisfied with the result, press the BOUNCEbutton to return to the MULTI TRACK mode.After bouncing tracks, you can make new recordings overthe other tracks.TIPIf it is possible that you might need the original tracks atsome later time, back-up the track data to a computer orcopy the song before bouncing (see “Backing-up songs”on page 66, “Backing up song data to CDs” on page 75and “Connecting with a computer” on page 65).Locate and search functionsDirect locate functionThe current recorder position is shown at the top of thedisplay as “hours: minutes: seconds: frames” (there are 30frames per second). You can move the current recorderposition to a specific time by inputting it here.1 On the Home Screen, use the HOME button to movethe cursor (underline) between time divisions. Youcan edit the value at the cursor positions.The seconds are selected in the following figure.2 Turn the DATA wheel to change the value abovethe cursor. When adjusting, the value will carryover automatically when it reaches the highestor lowest value in a field. For example, whenturning the DATA wheel to increase the value in theseconds field, the number will change from 59 to0 and the minutes value will increase by one. Thetime display blinks when using the DATA wheel.The blinking stops when the recorder moves to thedisplayed position.7 – Recorder Functions