Tascam CD-RW700 owner manual 4 • Recording—Advancedrecording, 66,and -72 dB

4 • Recording—Advanced recording

1With a recordable disc loaded, press the MENU key (9 or 7) until the display shows: S_LVL>> xxdB, where xx is the cur- rent value.

2Turn the MULTI JOG control B or use the SKIP keys Ito change the value between - 24, -30,-36,-42,-48,-54,-60,

-66, and -72dB.

Low numerical values of this setting (towards –24) mean that it takes a louder signal to trigger the start of the synchronized recording. A high numerical value (towards –72) means that a relatively quiet sig- nal will trigger the start of recording.

The conditions under which an input signal is used as the trigger to start recording are:

•when recording digitally, a digital start signal is detected, and audio is subsequently detected

level	Track start signal
	received	Start of recording
S_LVL

time

or

•the sound level rises above the threshold (see below) after having been below the threshold for one second or more. Note that the diagram below represents a special case (the source is stopped or paused) of the more general condition, as explained later:

level

Start of recording

S_LVL noise level

time

To start synchronized recording when the source is stopped or in pause mode:

1The unit must be in record ready mode, and the SYNC indicator in the display must be lit, as explained above.

2Start playing the source. The pause indicator disappears from the display, and the unit starts recording.

The conditions under which synchronized recording stops are:

•when recording digitally, an appropriate digital sig- nal is detected. If the signal is detected from a CD, the unit enters record ready mode after 2 seconds.

If the signal is detected from an MD, the unit enters record ready mode immediately:

level

CD stop REC pause

2 seconds

time

level	MD stop
	REC pause

time

Note that the trigger level is not used here.

or

•the sound level drops below the threshold level for five seconds

level

REC pause

5 seconds

S_LVL

time

If you set the threshold value so that only high-level signals trigger recording, remember that this will not record the start of a piece with a slow fade-in:

level

Recording starts

S_LVL

This part of the track is not recorded

time

Also remember that when recording from an analog source, the threshold should be set so that it is higher than the “noise floor” (the base level of hiss, pops

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