Tascam X-48MKII Owner's Manual

32 TASCAM X-48MKIIPeak HoldTurn Peak Hold on or off.Pre-fader/Post-faderSelect whether the meters show the signals before (pre)or after (post) the faders. (This option is disabled when inmixer bypass mode.)View MastersSet the track level meter display area to show the GROUPand AUX Master level meters.Clear OverloadsSelect to clear overload indicators.Mouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click the Options menu and select the Meters item.From this item, you can select Mode, Peak Hold, ViewMasters and Clear Overloads.2 Select the Mode item and click Pre-Fader or Post-Faderto select whether the meters show the signalsbefore or after the faders.3 Click the Peak Hold item, putting a check next to it,to turn it on.4 Click View Master, putting a check next to it, toswitch from showing level meters for the 48 tracksto showing them for GROUP and AUX masters.NOTEYou can also directly click the meters on the screen toshow the levels of the GROUP, AUX and stereo masters.5 Click Clear Overloads to clear overload indicators.NOTETo set the length of time that overloads are shown, clickthe Windows menu and select the Settings item. Click thePrefs tab and from the Clear Overloads pulldown, select1 second, 5 seconds, 30 seconds or Hold (∞).Front Panel Operation1 Press the PREF button, and use the 5/b buttonsto select Meters and press the CHNG button.2 Set the Peak Hold, Meter Mode and MeterView Range items.• Peak Hold settingUse the 5/b buttons to select Peak Hold.Use the 5/b buttons to select On (default) or Offand press the ENTER/YES button to change thesetting.• Pre-Fader/Post-Fader selectionUse the 5/b buttons to select Meter Mode andpress the CHNG button.Use the 5/b buttons to select Pre-Fader orPost-Fader and press the ENTER/YES button tochange the setting.• Changing the scale (Meter View Range)Use the 5/b buttons to select Meter ViewRange and press the CHNG button.Use the 5/b buttons to select -∞ to 0dB(default), -24dB to 0dB or -12dB to 0dBand press the ENTER/YES button to change thesetting.TIPA finer dB scale is useful, for example, when sending a testtone to a recorder for adjustment of an analog I/O card ora Dolby encoder.Using MarkersMarkers allow you to label sections of a recording forvisual reference and to locate back to later.Mouse/Keyboard Operation• To create a marker, click the Edit menu andselect New Marker or press the Enter key on yourkeyboard’s number pad.• To access a memory location, open the Markerswindow from the Windows menu. From here you canselect a memory location, rename it and locate toit.Loop PlaybackYou can loop a section of the timeline for playback orrecording. The loop plays back (with preroll and postrollsettings, if assigned) until the stop button is pressed.Depending on the loop playback mode settings, thenumber of times playback loops, for example, will differ.Loop buttonMouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click the loop button to enable loop playback(button lights).The beginning and stop points of the loop are shownwith blue triangles on the timeline ruler. By default,both the start and stop points are set at 00:00:00:00.2 Drag the loop start and stop points to the locationyou want them.In addition, you can also capture the current timeas the loop start or stop point by opening the I/O5 – Recorder