Tascam Portastudio MF-P01 Owner's Manual

Also see for Portastudio MF-P01: Supplementary guide

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10 PORTASTUDIO MF-P01This section describes how to make a 4-track recording using the MF-P01. For this, wewill assume that you are making a recording of your guitar on track 1 using amicrophone first, and then recording your voice on track 2 while monitoring track 1Setting up1) Make sure the MF-P01 is turned off.2) Plug the stereo headphones into the PHONES jack.NOTEUse headphones for monitoring while recording a microphone source. Never useloudspeakers for monitoring a microphone source which may cause feedback.You can use loudspeakers for monitoring while recording a line source (such as asynthesizer).3) With the INPUT LEVEL fader at the lowest position, plug the microphone intothe MIC/LINE jack.4) Set the POWER switch to "ON" to turn on the MF-P01.5) Insert a Type II (high position) cassette tape.Make sure that the full spool is on the left side (the tape is fully rewound to thebeginning).6) Press the PLAY button to play the tape, and then press the STOP button afterabout 10 seconds to stop the tape.7) Press the counter reset button to reset the counter to "000".Setting the levelThis section describes how to set the input level so that the average signals comingfrom the MIC/LINE input will light the 0 meter indicator, and the loudest will light the+6 indicator.1) Set all LEVEL and MASTER controls to "0" (minimum).2) Adjust the recording level using the INPUT LEVEL fader, while playing theguitar to the microphone.The INPUT LEVEL fader should be set to the position where the +6 indicator is liton the loudest parts of the guitar.3) Using the MASTER control, adjust the headphones monitor level until you arecomfortable with what you hear in the headphones.NOTEYou do not have to monitor the sound during the first track recording.Recording tracks