Kolpak manual Digital dubbing, Start playing the master DA-98

Section 9 – Synchronization with other DTRS units

1)Locate the slave tape with the backing music to the start of the music.

The shuttle mode is useful here (see 8.6, “Shuttle operations”).

2)Rewind the master to a little before you want the music to enter.

3)Make sure the slave is ready to accept an “on- the-fly” offset entry as described above.

4)Start playing the master DA-98.

5)When the music entry point is reached, press the UP or DOWN key to capture the offset point.

You may want to exploit these features of the DTRS system to make archive copies, and “safety copies” of important material (see 1.5, “Recom- mended tapes” for our suggestions on tape use).

1)With the power to all units turned OFF, make the synchronization connections as described in 9.1, “Synchronization connections”.

Remember to terminate the slave unit.

2)Connect the DIGITAL I/O [45] of the master unit (source) to the DIGITAL I/O of the slave (target).

Use only the approved cables (PW-88D or PW- 88DL) to connect the DTRS units. Use of any other cables can cause damage to the units and will invalidate the warranties.

6)Stop the master, and set the slave into CHASE mode (see 9.2.3, “Master/slave settings (CHASE mode)”).

7)Rewind the master to a little before the music entry and start playing.

The slave machine should now follow the transport movements of the master, with the appropriate off- set, so that the music enters at the right point.

9.4 Digital dubbing

SOURCE

MASTER

PW-88S	PW-88D or PW-88DL
(sync cable)	(digital I/O cable)

TARGET

SLAVE

Terminator plug

When you copy tapes between DTRS units in the digital domain, there is no loss of quality. A “worktape” or copy is therefore indistinguishable from the original. Additionally, the DA-98 uses low-cost media (Hi8 video cassettes).

NOTE

When you copy tracks from DA-88 units, the word length should be set to 16 bits (see 8.10.2, “Selecting word length”)

3)Turn on both units. Make sure the machines’ IDs are correctly set (see 9.2.2, “Setting machine ID”).

4)Insert the master tape into the source master and a blank tape, formatted with the same sampling frequency as the master tape, into the target slave.

5)Select DIGITAL INPUT on the target slave (see 8.10.1, “Changing between digital and analog inputs”).

6)Put the target slave machine into CHASE mode (see 9.2.3, “Master/slave settings (CHASE mode)”).

7)Locate the master tape to a point before the material you want to duplicate.

The target slave will also locate since it is in

CHASE mode.

8)Arm all tracks (REC FUNCTION) on the target slave machine.

9)Make sure that all REC FUNCTION switches on the source master are turned OFF.

NOTE

If any REC FUNCTION switches on the source master are turned on, you will erase your master tape! You may want to use the tape’s write-protect tab (see 6.3.1, “Write-protecting cassettes”).

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