Kolpak DA-98 Synchronized formatting, On the master machine, hold down Record and press Play

Section 9 – Synchronization with other DTRS units

10)On the master machine, hold down RECORD and press PLAY.

No recording will take place on the source master, but the tracks will be recorded digitally on a one- to-one basis to the target slave.

6)Press and hold PLAY and press RECORD on the master. All slave units’ CHASE indicators will light steadily, and the tapes will start to be formatted in synchronization.

There is no need to carry out any special pre-dub- bing procedure such as timing the digital output – the digital and analog outputs are separate.

You can use the Track Copy functions on the target slave machine (see 8.11, “Routing digital inputs”) to transfer tracks from the source master tape to different tracks on the target slave. Note that you cannot combine tracks by this method.

9.4.1 Synchronized formatting

When several units are connected together, you can format several tapes simultaneously, using one machine as the master. This can be a very conve- nient way of saving time and effort.

1)Make sure that all machines are connected together using the SYNC connections, as described above, and that the last unit in the chain is terminated.

2)Load a blank unformatted tape into each DTRS unit.

Make sure all tapes are the same length.

3)Press the CHASE switch [16] on all of the slave DTRS units. The indicator will flash.

4)Press FORMAT/Fs [6] twice within five seconds, on each of the DTRS units (master and all slaves) so that all FORMAT indicators are lit.

The first time you press the FORMAT/Fs switch, the indicator will flash. Press it again within five seconds to select format mode. If you wait more than 5 seconds, the indicator will stop flashing.

If you press the CLEAR key [11] while the FORMAT indicator is lit steadily, you will cancel the format operation.

5)Select the same sampling rate (48kHz or 44.1kHz) on each DTRS unit.

Any slave DTRS unit which has a different sam- pling frequency selected from that selected on the master will display an error message.

9.4.2 Recording while formatting

As with a single-machine format (see 6.1.2, “Recording while formatting”), it is possible to record while formatting.

You may want to use this feature when making a live multi-machine recording, and there has not been time to format all the tapes in advance of the performance.

RememberWARNIthatNGyou!should let the tapes run to the end–you should not halt the formatting/recording

process part of the way through the tape.

9.5 ErrorTDF(dnotconnectedmessagesubbing)cable

These err r messages r fer o DTRS synchroniza ion:

connect the c rrect cable he DIGITAL I/O connector.

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Appears when the sync cable is not connected, the master has been turned off, or the master’s sam- pling frequency is different from that of the slave unit’s. Recheck these parameters.

If either of these messages appears, correct the fault, and press the ESCAPE key to return to nor- mal operation.

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