Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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Tutorial–Simple recording sessionTutorial T–8IF-TD4000TM-D4000(slot 1)DA-38DAT recorderTDIF-1DIGITAL OUTPUT 1DIGITAL INPUT 1Sequencer MIDIYou can have a different snapshot for every section of a song and recall them manually during your mix.Or if you are using a MIDI sequencer the snapshots can be recalled automatically from the sequencer.1. Set up the snapshots for the different sections of your song. Then, with the sequencer locked to tape andthe TM-D4000 connected to your MIDI interface on its own MIDI channel, play the tape and recall thesnapshots while recording to an open track of the sequencer. The recall button will transmit the programchange values to be recorded exactly when you press the button.2. When the sequence is played back the program changes will be transmitted to the TM-D4000 recallingthe snapshots. Snapshots can be stored and recalled in any order, they do not need to be sequential.T9 Data BackupOnce you have all your snapshots stored in the TM-D4000, you can dump them onto an open trackof your sequencer so that the snapshots for a song are stored right in that song’s MIDI file.1. Open up an empty track on your sequencer. Make sure it is not set to filter System Exclusive or SysEx data.2. Press SHIFT then MIDI/MC until the screen below appears. Select the items that you want to store, beginrecording on the sequencer and select the on-screen button BULK DUMP. A box will appear displaying thestatus of the transfer. This box will disappear when the transfer is finished.Some time later you may want to load the data from the sequencer back into the TM-D4000. This is as easyas playing the sequencer track back into the mixer.1. First make sure that you have saved the snapshots that are in the TM-D4000. When the data from thesequencer is transferred into the mixer, any existing data in the mixer will be erased. There is no Undo.2. No set up is required on the TM-D4000, simply begin playing the track containing the snapshotdata into the mixer via a standard MIDI connection. The mixer will detect the incoming data an display abox on the LCD confirming the transfer. When the transfer is finished the box will disappear.MMC-38TC