Tascam Portastudio MF-P01 Owner's Manual

Also see for Portastudio MF-P01: Supplementary guide

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6 PORTASTUDIO MF-P01What you need to make recordingsApart from the MF-P01 itself, you will need:• Some kind of stereo master recorder (such as acassette or MD recorder) to produce the stereorecordings.• You will also need RCA (pin or phono) cables toconnect the MF-P01 to other equipment.• Some monitoring equipment (some kind ofamplifier and speaker system).• Headphones, if you intend doing any work withmicrophones. These will avoid acoustic feedback("howl-round") when recording. Additionally,headphones are sometimes useful when panningtracks on mixdown, as you can hear the preciseposition of each track.• Of course, you will also need some kind of soundsource to record (instrument or microphone, etc.).Connecting the MF-P011) Make sure all the equipment is turned off.2) Connect the LINE OUT terminals of the MF-P01 to the amplifier, using a pair of terminalson the amplifier such as AUX, TUNER orTAPE.NOTEDo not use any terminals marked PHONO orintended for record players (turntables). These areconnected to a special circuit inside the amplifierwhich makes them unsuitable for anything exceptrecord players.3) Connect your master recorder to a set of fourTAPE terminals on the amplifier (two for RECand two for PLAY).You can listen to the MF-P01 by selecting theamplifier’s input source to be the terminals to whichyou connected the MF-P01.When you have mixed down and you want to listen tothe mixed tape, you should select the master recorderas the amplifier’s input source.REC OUTLINE IN LINE OUTTAPE INSPEAKER OUT L SPEAKER OUT RAUX INLINE OUTAn introduction to the MF-P01