Tascam Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Manual

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TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 134 – Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5Playback When you press the PLAY key, playbackstarts from the point shown in the top right of thehome screen. The PLAY key lights when playback istaking place.Stopping Pressing STOP stops playback orrecording (note that there is no pause function). Italso stops fast “winding” (see below).Recording To record, make sure that at least oneREC READY indicator is flashing (see “Patching androuting on the Pocketstudio 5” on page 13), press andhold down the RECORD key and press the PLAY key.Recording then starts on the track(s) with flashingREC READY indicators. The RECORD key lightswhile recording is taking place. When you press theSTOP key to stop the recording, the RECORD keyflashes for a short time while the recorded data isstored.NOTENever turn off the power to the Pocketstudio 5 whilethe RECORD key is flashing after a recording opera-tion. If you do, the recorded data will be corrupted, andyou may lose not just the music you have just recorded,but also the rest of the song.TIPYou can also “drop into” record mode while playingback, as long as at least one REC READY indicator isflashing. While the PLAY key is lit, press the RECORDkey, which lights, and recording starts on the trackswith flashing REC READY indicators.“Drop out” of recording while pressing the PLAY keyalone while recording is taking place (the RECORDkey is lit).Fast forward and rewind The fast forward(F FWD) and rewind (REW) keys take you back-wards and forwards through the songs in a very simi-lar way to a tape recorder, but note the following:• Pressing and holding one of these keys while play-back is stopped or playing back (but not recording)takes you backwards or forwards (depending on thekey pressed) with playback muted, and you canread the current playback position on the display ofthe top right of the home screen. When you releasethe key, the “winding” continues (to the end of thesong for forward, or to the zero point for rewind).Press STOP to stop the wind operation or PLAY tostart playback from the current location.• Pressing and releasing either of these keys brieflywhile playback is stopped or playing back (but notrecording) will move to the previous or next markposition (including the IN and OUT points). If nomark positions have been set behind the currentplayback position, the playback position will be setto the start (REW) of the song. See below fordetails of how to set and use the marks.Special location (RTZ) If you press and hold theSTOP key and then press the REW key, the playbackposition returns to the zero point.Special location (LRP) If you press and hold theSTOP key and then press the F FWD key, the play-back position moves to the point at which recordinglast started (“LRP” stands for “Last RecordingPosition”).Patching and routing on the Pocketstudio 5These are very important concepts in the multitrackworld. Basically, they refer to the same thing—theway in which signals reach their destination.In a large recording studio, signals are often patched(that is, passed through a patchbay, looking like anold-fashioned telephone switchboard) and connectedusing patch cords. Even in the case of modern all-in-one units like the Pocketstudio 5 which have nophysical patchbay, we still use the term “patching” todescribe the joining of signals inside an audiosystem.In the case of the Pocketstudio 5, since there are fourtracks that can be used for recording, and only twoinputs, there must be a way of routing or assigning(other words for patching) the signals at the twoinputs to reach the tracks where you will actually berecording.