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Tascam DP-02 Owner's Manual

Manual is about: Tascam DIGITAL PORTA STUDIO OWNER'S MANUAL DP-02, DP-02CF

Summary of DP-02

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    D01001200a dp-02 dp-02cf digital portastudio » owner's manual.

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf the exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 read these instructions. 2 keep these instructions. 3 heed all warnings. 4 follow all instructions. 5 do not use this apparatus near water. 6 clean only with dry cloth. 7 do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufa...

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Tascam dp-02/dp-02cf this product has been designed and manufactured according to fda regulations "title 21, cfr, chapter 1, subchapter j, based on the radiation control for health and safety act of 1968", and is classified as a class 1 laser product. There is no hazardous invis- ible laser radiatio...

  • Page 5: Contents

    Tascam dp-02/dp-02cf contents 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf ....................... 7 getting started ..................................7 dp-02 line-up ................................................ 7 manual conventions...................................... 7 copyright ....................

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    Tascam dp-02/dp-02cf contents disconnecting from a macintosh system ...........43 "open" and "close" .................................... 43 backing up and restoring songs ....44 backing up ...................................................44 restoring a song ..........................................

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf read this section first. It contains important basic informa- tion about using your dp-02/dp-02cf effectively, and will help you create exciting original musical projects. When you have read this chapter (“starting out with your dp-02/ dp-02cf” on p...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf precautions for placement and use the dp-02/dp-02cf may be used in most areas, but to maintain top performance, and prolong operating life, observe the following notes, precautions and environmen- tal conditio...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf loading the cf card into the unit (dp-02cf only) on the dp-02cf, a cf card is used as a recording media for recording and playback. The cf card should be loaded into the unit before the power is turned on. 1....

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    Important safety precautions 10 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf shutting down the unit pressing the power switch on the top panel shuts down the unit automatically. First, stop playback or recording, and press the power switch for about seconds. While the unit is shutti...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 11 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf navigation the unit uses 4 menu systems (menu, song, track edit) (and also cd on the dp-02 only) which allow you to make settings, and perform many operations. This section explains how to use the menu sys...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf connecting your unit to other equipment before you start recording with the unit, you will need to make a few connections to other equipment. The following picture shows how you can connect the unit to your ...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf dc input to midi sequencer, drum machine, etc. From stereo effects unit outputs synths, pre-amps etc. Fo here guitars, basses etc. Go here from submixer/midi tone generator, etc. To analog recorder, monitor...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf these inputs enable you to connect condenser microphones (the same type as those used in professional recording studios). Note these xlr inputs are wired with these pin assign- ments: 1=ground, 2=hot, 3=cold...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf this section explains the features of the dp-02 and dp-02cf. Features of the dp-02/dp-02cf top panel 1 assign (a,b) and on/off keys the assign (a,b) keys assign the input signals through the input a or b to...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf 0 master fader adjusts the stereo signal level output from the line output ( l , r ), phones , or digital out . Also, this fader adjusts the recording level when performing a track bounce or mix down. Q effe...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf a rew (∆) / rtz key when stopped, press the rew (∆) key to move the playback position of the song being played back back- wards. When the key is continuously held down, or repeatedly pressed, the rewind spe...

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    Important safety precautions 1 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf in and out point repeatedly (see “repeat” on page 34). With the shift key pressed, the interval key is used to bring up the repeat interval screen to adjust the repeat interval time from 0.5 to 9.9 seconds (...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf front panel ( phones jack (rca) plug a pair of standard headphones into the 1/4” stereo jack on the front panel. Adjust the volume with the level control on the top panel. ) punch jack (phone jack) you can ...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf d compactflash card slot (on the dp-02cf) insert a cf card into this slot. After inserting the card, make sure the door is closed. With the door opened, the dp-02cf will not operate. D side panel (dp-02cf on...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf 1. Press the song key to bring up the song menu. If the create action is not highlighted, use the data dial or the cursor ( § / ¶ ) keys to highlight it. 2. Press the yes/enter or ¥ cursor key. The display ...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf of course, saving songs is no use unless you can load them again. This is how you do it. 1. Press the song key and use the data dial or cursor ( § / ¶ ) keys to highlight the load menu item. 2. Press the yes/e...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf you can view the title, working partition, and amount of time left for recording from the “home screen”. From the home screen, press and hold the shift key and press the song key. The display shows: the curre...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf when you have connected a source, and assigned the inputs to tracks, you are ready to start recording. 1. Press the rec key of the track(s) you’re going to record on, which start to flash slowly (this process ...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf bouncing the unit provides eight tracks for recording. But what happens if you want to record more than eight instru- ments? You can take existing tracks, mix them, and record them to unused tracks, freeing u...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf because a song is not just the parts you hear, but possibly unused audio parts (see “about track editing” on page 47), there may be operation history such as cut out, copy or etc. That you want to delete so yo...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf this is the last stage in cresting a song, allowing you to creat a file which you can play back into a stereo recorder, and export to a wav file for further processing, archiving, recording, etc. On a persona...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 – starting out with your dp-02/dp-02cf through the analog and digital outputs, and you can record it on a stereo recorder. Note note that while the play (master) key is lit steadily, you cannot use the mixer controls, except for the master fader. 4...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf the operations described here are ones that you may use less often than the ones described earlier in this manual, but you will find useful in your work with the unit. Location this section tells you how to jump around to different parts of a song o...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques meters to let you know what’s going on with the audio in the unit. Here are a few little hints and tips which may help you. As well as showing you the level of signals, the meters can show you if the signals are actually get...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 2 – advanced techniques eq settings on the unit, you can set the frequency at which the eq high and eq low controls work; individually for each channel. T i p this can help you emphasize the particular frequency ranges on a track. 1. Press the fre...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques as mentioned in “punch recording” on page 25, the unit provides two manual ways of changing between playback and recording modes: using the play ( ¥ ) and record ( – ) keys, and using the foot switch. There is also an auto- ma...

  • Page 33: 2 – Advanced Techniques

    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques when you have rehearsed your punch-in, you can start recording. 1. Press the rhsl key so that the indicator goes out (but the auto punch indicator is still lit). 2. Press play ( ¥ ) so that playback starts. Use the pre-roll t...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques repeat allows you to repeat the playback or auto-punched rehearsal (see “rehearsal” on page 32) between the in and out points. First, set the in and out points at the place where you want the repeat loop to start and stop (see...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques you can set the time between repeats up to 9.9 seconds. Press and hold the shift key, and press the interval key. The screen shows: use the data dial to set the repeat interval from 0.5 seconds to 9.9 seconds in 0.1 second st...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques when both locate list ( µ / ≤ ) keys are held down together in “bars and beats” mode, the display looks some- thing like this: use the cursor ( ¶ , § ) keys to select the mark to trim, and press the ¥ cursor key to show the tr...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques the unit is equipped with a midi out jack. This can be used to drive a sequencer, drum machine, etc., either synchronized to a time base, or a midi clock (see below for an explanation of how this works). Midi out is also used...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques the dp-02/dp-02cf allows you format and re-partition their recording media (see “dp-02 line-up” on page 7) to suit your needs. The recording media on your unit can be divided into partitions. Songs can be created on a partitio...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques formatting a disk/card as well as formatting the recording media, you can set the size of the unit’s native partitions. Caution this destroys all data on the entire disk. You cannot undo it. Only carry out this operation if y...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques formatting the fat partition the fat partition is used for transfer between the unit and a personal computer. Its size is fixed by the unit, and cannot be changed. Caution you cannot undo this operation—all data on the fat p...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 2 – advanced techniques a cf card is initialized by formatting with fat 32. This will erase all data and format all areas on the card. 1. From the card screen, select and enter the cf initialize action. The display appears: 2. Press yes/enter to i...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques you can use a personal computer to read and write from the fat partition of the hard disk or cf card. Note we use the term “pc” throughout this section to mean either a windows or macintosh personal computer. Data transfer bet...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques 3. You can now unplug the usb cable. If a panel telling you it is not safe to remove the unit appears, do not “close” or unplug the unit. Close all programs and windows that are accessing the files on the unit and try again. ...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques backing up and restoring songs when you back up a song, you’re backing up the audio tracks, as well as any editing, etc. Reverse the process (computer hard disk to fat partition on the recording media in the unit) when you wan...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques before you start, make sure that you have selected the partition containing the song to which you want to import the track, and that the song is loaded. 1. Connect the unit to the pc, and “open” the record- ing media (““open”...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques 6. Use the data dial to select the wav file to be imported and press yes/enter . The display shows the amount of free space on the current partition, and the size of the selected wav file. Note make sure the target track is an...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques you can rename the exported tracks on the pc, but you should remember to keep to the “8.3” standard and the .Wav extension and remember to limit the character to letters of the alphabet (no accented characters or “odd” punctu...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques track editing functions the track editing functions available on the unit are: copy->paste copy->insert move->paste move->insert • • • • open cut silence clone track clean out • • • • • track editing function this function tak...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques this function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the in and out points, and moves it to the chosen track or tracks, starting at the to point. After the operation, the selected section of the source between the i...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques this function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the in and out points, and moves it to the chosen track or tracks, inserting it as new material, starting at the to point. After the operation, the selected sect...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 2 – advanced techniques this copies a track or pair of tracks to another track or pair of tracks. There are no in and out points when cloning. There are two values that you can change: source.Trk select an individual track (1 through 8), a pair of...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques this deletes all the material in a track or tracks. There are no in and out points when performing the clean out func- tion. There is only one value that you can change: clean out.Trk select an individual track (1 through 8), ...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques troubleshooting when working with any new piece of equipment like the unit, it’s sometimes difficult to work out why something isn’t happening the way you expect. The main thing is to take your time—after all, you’re not payi...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 2 – advanced techniques empty export track you’re trying to export a track (“importing and exporting tracks” on page 45) which doesn’t have anything recorded on it. Pick another track to export. File not found you’re trying to restore a song when the...

  • Page 55: 3 – Specifications

    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf specifications analog specifications inputs (a and b) 1/4” phone (unbalanced) xlr balanced input impedance >10 kΩ (max), or 1 mΩ (a only) with 2.4 kΩ switch in guitar position nominal input level -4 dbv -8 dbu maximum input level +12 dbv +8 dbu effe...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 3 – specifications dimensional drawings dp-02 dp-02cf.

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 3 – specifications block diagram (dp-02/dp-02cf) stereo bus l send bu s meter digital interface meter stereo mix l input a input b to mtr input assign return l meter meter mute mute mute on on on fader pan effect send effect return meter meter maste...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf the built-in tuner allows you to tune a guitar or bass connected to input a only. Press the menu key and select the tuner action: play a single string. The unit makes its “best guess” at the note, shows the value, and provides an indication of wheth-...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix multi-effect the unit contains an input effector, which contains differ- ent types of effects, grouped by the type of input (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, etc.) that they are suitable for. Assigning the effect although...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix this list is divided into the available effect types: electric guitar settings (elec.Guitar) tradist traditional distortion and doubling with a short delay tube od tube (valve) overdrive and vibrato bluedrv blues overdrive with a...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 4 – dp-02 appendix powchord distorted power chord setting for backing bmlead a special lead sound with pitch shift of a seventh and distortion flnggtr treble overdrive and a “jet” flanger oct.Dist one octave down split distortion phaserev phase an...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix vocal settings (vocal) de-esser removes sibilance (ess sounds) chorist choir sound using detuning emphasis adds emphasis to vocals to make them stand out shout for loud distorted vocals moody moody feeling for quieter smooth vocal ...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix cd-r discs can be recorded once only. Once they have been used for recording, they cannot be erased or re-recorded. However, if space is available on the disc, additional material can be recorded. The pack-aging of cd-r discs will...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix the cd-rw901sl has been designed for the playback of cd-da (standard audio) format discs and mp3 files recorded on the discs using the iso9660 format: in addi- tion to ordinary 5-inch and 3-inch cds, it can also play properly recor...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix playback of audio cds writing of audio cds data backup data export data restore data import 12cm cdda standard format made on this cd-r/cd-rw player a 12cm cdda standard format commercially available cd a 12cm cdda standard format...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix the dp-02 is a built-in cd-r/rw drive. The cd-r/rw functions are described here. T i p in the menu instructions below, select menus by press- ing the ¥ cursor or yes/enter key. Audio cd performance playing back audio cds 1. Insert ...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix on the dp-02, a song’s master stereo track can be written to a cd-r or cd-rw (see “mastering” on page 27), and this master recording can be burned to cd for audio cd playback. There are two ways of making a cd: disk at once (simpl...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix use the cursor § / ¶ keys to select, and set the length of the gap to be made after each song by the data dial. You can set any gap within the range 0.0 to 9.9 seconds in 0.1 second increments. To end setting of the gap, press the ...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix to erase a cd-rw disc so that you can reuse it: 1. Press and hold the shift key and press the erase key. The following confirmation message is displayed. 2. Press the yes/enter key to erase the cd-rw. Note only cd-rws can be erase...

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    Important safety precautions 0 tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix you can convert a track to wav format files and write them to cds for editing in a computer. 1. Insert a cd-r that has not been written or an erased cd-rw into the slot. 2. Press the cd key to bring up the cd menu and select cd e...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 1 4 – dp-02 appendix back up your songs to a data cd so that you can restore them later. 1. Insert a cd-r that has not been written or an erased cd-rw into the slot. 2. Press the cd key to bring up the cd menu and select the cd backup action. 3. The...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix restore (reading) songs backed up to data cds. 1. Insert a cd-r that has not been written or an erased cd-rw into the slot. 2. Press the cd key to display the cd menu and select the cd restore action. 3. The names of the backup son...

  • Page 73: 4 – Dp-02 Appendix

    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix the following shows a list of the popup messages. On the dp-02, popup messages are displayed according to the situation. Refer to this list to learn the details of each of the messages and how to remedy the trouble. Blank cd inser...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix no disk insert cd-rw “a cd has not been inserted. Insert a cd-rw that is not blank.” there is no cd in the cd tray in the cd-rw erase menu. Insert a cd-rw to be erased. No disk insert import cd “a cd has not been inserted. Insert t...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf this section gives you a brief guide to some operations on the dp-02/dp-02cf which may not be immediately obvi- ous from looking at the panel controls. Key names are written like this: locate . Shift + clear means “press and hold the shift key and p...

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf how to keys, etc. To press description load a song song ® load see “loading a saved song” on page 22. Make an exact copy of (clone) a track track edit ® clone track see “clone track” on page 51. Metronome settings menu ® midi ® metronome see “metrono...

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    Important safety instructions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf notes for china.

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    Important safety precautions tascam dp-02/dp-02cf 4 – dp-02 appendix notes.

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    Tascam dp-02/dp-02cf notes.

  • Page 80: Dp-02/dp-02Cf

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