Tascam PORTASTUDIO 424 MKIII Owner's Manual

Also see for PORTASTUDIO 424 MKIII: Supplementary guide

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44Autolocators41. Monitor level meters: These show the levelin the monitor mix selected by the MONITORswitches (#18). The meters are "Pre" (before)the rotary MONITOR LEVEL control, so thiscontrol does not affect the meter readings.42. Tape counter: Displays the distance the tapehas moved from a zero reference pointselected by pressing the COUNTER RESETkey beneath.43. Other indicators: Light up or blink dependingon the selected mode and condition of your424 MKIII.44. RTZ (Return-To-Zero) key: When this key ispressed in any transport mode, the tape willfast wind to the counter's zero (0000) point.45. LOC 1 key: If pressed while the MEMO IN key(#47) is held down, it loads the current tapelocation into MEMO 1 register.If pressed alone, it causes the tape to fastwind in either direction to the MEMO 1 point(if this point has been memorized).This key is also used to check the memopoint.NOTE: To initiate autolocation, HIT the LOCkey. To check the memo point, PRESS the keyfor 0.5 second or more.46. LOC 2 key: Similar to the LOC 1 key, this keyis used to establish a MEMO 2 point, and tolocate tape with that memory point.47. MEMO IN key: Used together with the LOC 1and LOC 2 keys to load the current tapelocation into memory. See #45 and 46 above.48. REPEAT switch: This provides a "playbackloop" or "block repeat" between MEMO 1 andMEMO 2 points.Track Controls38. RECORD FUNCTION switches 1-4: Theseswitches put the respective tracks into RecordReady. Recording starts when RECORD ispressed after or together with PLAY.In the center position (SAFE) no recordingtakes place.NOTE: Don't operate the RECORD FUNCTIONswitches to punch in and out. Otherwise,"clicks" will remain on tape.The RECORD FUNCTION switches also selectwhat source will be recorded. For example,Track 1 can record either the single sourceplugged into Channel 1 of the mixer(DIRECT), or the entire BUSS L mix (whichmay have as many as six sources). The otherRECORD FUNCTION switches work in thesame way: either DIRECT from the same-numbered mixer channel, or from theMASTER stereo mix: Tracks 1 & 3 from BUSSL, Tracks 2 & 4 from BUSS R.39. Track REC indicators: They show theindividual track's status as selected by theRECORD FUNCTION switches (#38).40. Track level meters 1-4: These meters showthe record level coming either from eachchannel's fader or from the MASTER fader(the first and the third meters register thelevel from the left buss, the second and thefourth meters register the level from the rightbuss). If a track or tracks are in Safe mode thecorresponding meters show the playbacklevel.DisplaysTrack REC Track statusindicatorOff SafeBlinking Record Stand-bySteady indication Record