4 – Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5
Routing an input to a track
When you want to route one of the two inputs to a track, press and hold either the GUITAR IN key or the MIC IN key.
Any track REC READY keys which are assigned to this input flash rapidly while you are holding down the input key (slow flashing means that the track is armed ready for recording).
Initially, tracks 1 and 2 are assigned to the guitar input, and tracks 3 and 4 are assigned to the micro- phone input (since the microphone and guitar effec- tors both have a stereo output, it makes sense to record on more than one track at a time).
Press a track key again to unpatch the input from the track (the key does not light).
Note that the tracks are initially assigned in pairs, so that if you press one REC READY of an unused pair, both indicators of that pair start to flash. To record on just one track, press one of the list tracks of a pair.
You can see that you can assign an input to more than one track at the same time, but you cannot assign both inputs to one track at the same time. Neither can you assign an input to all four tracks at once.
If you have selected a line input on both the micro- phone and guitar inputs so that you can record the left and right channels of a stereo instrument, you can assign these to the 1+2 and 3+4 track pairs (not to 1+3 or 1+4 or 2+3, etc.).
Track bouncing
The Pocketstudio 5 allows track bouncing (setting the playback of two or more tracks as inputs to another track or tracks.
See“Track bouncing” on page 26 of the reference manual for details.
Routing on mixdown
When mixing down a multitrack recording, all four tracks, as well as the stereo outputs of the internal MIDI tone generator, are routed to the stereo outputs, and the four tracks may also use the internal reverb unit.
The MIDI tone generator can use its own reverb and chorus units, which cannot be used by the audio tracks.
Marks
The “extra” MARK key is used to set and clear marks which you can use to find your way quickly round the song.
You can set up to eight marks, plus the special IN and OUT marks.
See “Marks” on page 23 of the reference manual for details of how to use these functions.
Punch recording
One of the most useful features of recording with a unit such as the Pocketstudio 5 is the ability to per- form punch recording. This allows you to correct only a small part of your recording without having to
See “Punch recording” on page 24 of the reference manual for details of how to carry out such punch operations.
Editing data
You can copy and paste, as well as delete, audio data from your songs. See “Editing data” on page 31 of the reference manual for details.
14 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started