Tascam HS-8 Release Notes
TASCAM HS-8
1
HS-8
Release Notes
D01135020B
Contents
Updates ................................................................................................1
New functions ...................................................................................1
V1.20 additions ...........................................................................1
V1.11 additions ...........................................................................1
Maintenance items ..........................................................................1
V1.20 changes .............................................................................1
V1.11 changes .............................................................................3
Checking the firmware version ...................................................3
Firmware update procedures .......................................................3
Updates
Always use the most recent firmware for this unit.
Please visit the TASCAM website (http://tascam.com/) to
check for the latest firmware.
New functions
V1.20 additions
A tape emulation mode has been added for use with
•
an editor/synchronizer that supports the SONY P2
protocol using the RS-422 connector.
Japanese folder and file names can now be displayed.
•
Japanese input, however, is not supported by this unit.
Chase can now be turned ON and OFF via RS-232C.
•
The SONY P2 protocol REC command is now supported.
•
The
•
OK
/
CANCEL
buttons in pop-up windows can now
be operated using the Enter/Esc keys on an external
keyboard.
NOTE
For details about these features, please see the "HS-8
Firmware Update V1.20" document, which is also available
from the TASCAM website.
V1.11 additions
Keyboards with USB interfaces can now be connected
•
to the unit.
Synchronized playback when the input timecode and
•
the project timecode differ is now possible.
Maintenance items
V1.20 changes
When using an external keyboard, some characters (
•
\ /
: ; , • ? “ | ) that are not allowed to be used with FAT
file system format disks could be input for file names.
This has been fixed.
On the
•
MARK LIST INFO
screen, if
MANUAL MARK
was selected and
DELETE
executed, all the
MANUAL
MARK
would not be deleted and one would remain.
This has been fixed.
On the
•
SYNC T/C
screen, even if the frequency was
correct, 44.1kHz was not properly shown. This has been
fixed.
When navigating the
•
CREATE PROJECT
screen,
sometimes the
CREATE PROJECT
button would be
unavailable, and the project could not be created. This
has been fixed.
When the
•
TC Chase
on the
SYNC
page of the
SYNC
T/C
screen was
ON
, if the external timecode was
momentarily lost and then recovered after a jump, a
playback synchronization error of 200–400 μs would
occur. This has been fixed.
When the
•
TC Rechase
setting on the
SYNC
page of
the
SYNC T/C
screen was
OFF
, the SONY P2 protocol
time code was not updated during TC Chase. This has
been fixed.
Immediately after stopping recording, the time code
•
time for the start of the recording was output as the
SONY P2 protocol time code. This has been fixed.
The precision of the start time stamped in files has
•
been increased when recording with
TC GEN MODE
on the
SETUP
page of the
SYNC T/C
screen set to
REGEN
or
JAM SYNC
.
iXML chunks were not always written with the correct
•
size. This has been fixed.
Negative value could be mistakenly written in iXML
•
time stamps. This has been fixed.
CF cards of 2 GB or less are now formatted as FAT16.
•
Some mark point information could not be read. This
•
has been fixed.
If the file size of a recording exceeded 2 GB and there
•
was less than one minute of remaining space on the CF
card, a
Record Error
would occur and the part over
2 GB would be recorded with incorrect audio data. This
has been fixed.
If a link was turned ON when only the even numbered
•
channel had solo or input monitoring enabled, the link
might not be correctly activated. This has been fixed.
When loading a folder or take from another project,
•
the setting file for the current project before being
changed was not updated. This has been fixed.
Sometimes pop-up messages would not disappear.
•
This has been fixed.