Tascam X-48MKII Owner's Manual

26 TASCAM X-48MKII5 – RecorderWorking With ProjectsCreating a New ProjectMouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click on the File menu and select New Project... orpress Control-N on the keyboard.2 The display will ask you if you wish to save changesto the current project. Click on Yes or No.3 The display prompts you for the followinginformation:NameType a name for the project using the keyboardDriveSelect which drive to record toModeEither Non-Destructive or Destructive. See next section forexplanation.Sample RateThe sample rate for the session. Most users will chooseeither 44.1k (CD-standard), 48k (DVD-standard), 88.2k (2xCD) or 96k (2x DVD). A number of other sample rates areprovided for post production use. See “Sample Rates“(page 18) for more information on when to use thesesample rates.Bit DepthChoices of 16-bit, 24-bit, or 32-bit Floating Point are provided.4 Click OK when complete.Front Panel Operation1 On the front panel of the X-48MKII, press the PROJbutton, press the 5/b arrows to select New andpress CHNG.2 Press the Yes or No button to save the currentproject.3 Choose a drive to record to with the 5/b buttonsand press ENTER.4 Select the bit depth 16 Bit, 24 Bit or FloatingPoint and press Enter.5 Give the project a name using the 5/b buttons tochange letters, the CHNG button to select the nextletter. Press Enter to create the project or EXIT tocancel.Destructive versus Non-DestructiveRecordingThe X-48MKII provides two methods for recording, Non-Destructive (the default) and Destructive.When Non-Destructive recording is selected, newrecordings are written to the hard drive as new WAVEfiles. With this method, you can return to an old take ofa recording using Undo or by editing the previous take.The disadvantage to this method is that your hard drive isfilled with Wave files. If you imported all of these files intoa digital workstation, you may not be able to tell whichwas the final approved recording unless you had exportedan AAF file as well.Using Destructive recording is just like using a multitracktape, and is often referred to as “tape mode.” If you look atthe hard drive after recording this way, you will see onelong WAVE file for every track that you recorded to. Filmre-recording mixers use destructive recording to recordtheir final mixes. As they punch in and out of their mixrecorder all day, they only want one master file of theapproved mix to encode into Dolby Digital or howeverit’s being processed for release. Destructive recordingalso has the advantage that it uses less hard drive space,since old takes aren’t kept. But just like the multitrack tapeit emulates, when you record over something it’s goneforever. There’s no undo in destructive recording mode.DEST REC is shown at the top center of the connecteddisplay, and appears lit when in destructive mode.NOTEThis has the same meaning as the DEST REC (SYSTEM)indicator on the front panel.Opening a ProjectMouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click on the File menu and select Open Project... orpress Control-O on the keyboard.2 The display will ask you if you wish to save changesto the current project. Click on Yes or No.3 The Open Project window appears. At the top ofthis window, click the Up button to navigate up alevel on your hard drive, or all the way up to see alldrives connected to the system.4 Double-click on the folder containing your project.You should see a project with the filename youchose ending in an “.ndr” extension. Double-clickon this file to open the project.