Tascam X-48MKII Owner's Manual

38 TASCAM X-48MKII29.97 drop (29.97 Drop)• is the standard for broadcasttelevision post production in the U.S.25-frame non-drop (25 NDF)• is the standard in Europe24-frame non-drop (24 NDF)• is sometimes used forHDTV production or film location recording24.975 non-drop (24.975 NDF)• is 25-frame pull-down, used to play 25-frame videos on American NTSCmonitors23.976 non-drop (23.976 NDF)• is “HD pull-down,”used to play down-converted HD videos on AmericanNTSC monitorsTo change the frame rate:Mouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click the Windows menu and select the Settingswindow.2 Click on the Sync tab and click the Frame Ratesubmenu. Choose your desired frame rate from thelist.Front Panel Operation• Press the SYNC button. Press the 5/b buttons toselect Frame Rate and press CHNG.• Select a frame rate from the list using the 5/bbuttons and press Enter.Control ModeFour control modes are available:InternalInternal is the default setting, the X-48MKII controls itsown transport and ignores the SMPTE timecode input.SMPTESMPTE follows the SMPTE timecode input for location,from the TIME CODE input on the rear panel.MIDI (MTC)MIDI (MTC) looks to the MIDI input for timecode.Theater PlayTheater Play plays a section of the timeline, stops, andwaits for a Play command to play the next section.Theater Play mode overview8Using the Theater Play mode, you can play back cues oneafter another. This function is useful for triggering theplayback of musical cues and effects during theater andradio performances, for example.To activate this mode, use a mouse and keyboard or thefront panel of the unit to set the control mode to TheaterPlay.In this mode, you can playback and locate to cues.Each cue contains two items of time data: the start pointand the stop point.Cue number 1 starts at the time set for marker #0 andstops at the time set for marker #1. Cue number 2 startsat marker #2 and stops at marker #3. Cue number 3 usesmarkers #4 and #5, and so on.Before enabling Theater Play mode, a cue must be setwithin the project.The total number of markers in a project must be even(e.g. #00–#07). If the total number of markers in a projectis odd, the transport will not locate to the final marker.In this mode, press the PLAY button to start playback fromthe beginning of the first cue (marker #0). Playback willcontinue until the end of the cue (marker #1) and thenthe transport will locate to the beginning of the next cue(marker #2) and stop. When the unit is instructed to playagain, it will play this cue.If you connect a footswitch to the FOOT SWITCH jackon the rear panel of the unit, you can trigger playback bypressing the footswitch. In other words, the footswitchfunctions as the PLAY button in theater mode.Theater Play mode operation8When the control mode is set to Theater Play, pressing•the FF or REW button will locate to the playback startmarker of the previous or next cue and standby.During playback of a cue, press the STOP button to•stop playback at that point. Press the PLAY buttonagain to locate to the starting marker of that cue andstart playback again.Recording is not possible when the control mode is set•to Theater Play.The second line of the front panel display shows the•current cue number and the marker numbers assignedto that cue when the control mode is set to TheaterPlay.During Theater Play, you can press the• REH button toenable rehearsal mode, allowing playback from themiddle of a cue.Click the Markers item in the Windows menu to open theMARKERS screen. On the MARKERS screen, you can locateto the cue you want, and play it back. In addition, youcan click the Theatre Playlist in the Windows menu toopen the THEATER PLAYLIST screen. On the THEATERPLAYLIST screen, you can reorder cues as you like.Put a check next to Enable Theatre Playlist to play backcues in the THEATER PLAYLIST order.To change the control mode:Mouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click the Windows menu and select the Settingswindow.5 – Recorder