Tascam DA-40 Shift functions, INS/+ and DEL, ID markers START, SKIP, END, Char and renumbering

4 - SHIFT functions

These functions of the tape deck are typically accessed by pressing SHIFT [31] so that the indica- tor is lit.

While the indicator is lit, the command keys take on their shifted function, labeled in blue above the key.

4.1 REPEAT

Repeated presses of the REPEAT key [20] cycle through the following:

•A-B repeat— the display shows REPEAT A-B— playback is repeated between the two location memory points (A refers to location memory point 1, and B refers to location memory point 2). The points must first be set (see 4.6, "Location memo- ries"), the tape located to a position between the two location memory points, and playback started from there.

•Single repeat— the display simply shows REPEAT— a program will be repeated; use the DATA dial or the INS/+ and DEL/- keys to select a program number, and then press PLAY to start repeated play of that program . While the program is being played back, the word REPEAT will flash in the display. If the REPEAT setting is being made while the tape is playing back, the program which starts with the next START ID encountered during playback will be repeated.

•All repeat— the display shows ALL REPEAT— the complete contents of the tape will be repeated If the REPEAT setting is being made while the tape is playing back, ALL REPEAT will start as soon as an END ID or the end of the tape is encountered.

•No repeat— the display does not show any repeat information

The number of times that the selected portion (A-B, program or tape) is repeated is set by the repeat menu option described in 3.8, "Repeat mode".

4.2 CHECK

This key [21] is used when entering characters for tape or program titles. It allows the checking of titles which are longer than the display allows, and scrolls them across the display. See “Character editing (titling)” on page 26

4.3 INS/+ and DEL/-

These keys may be used in addition to the data dial to increment and decrement values in the menus (see 3, "Menu functions").

NOTE

Remember that menus are unshifted func- tions. To use these keys as increment and decrement keys in the menus, the SHIFT indi- cator must be lit, which means that the SHIFT key must be pressed after the menu has been entered.

They are also used or incrementing and decrement- ing numeric values in the edit screens (see 4, "SHIFT functions").

When these keys are used for editing values, pressing and holding down these keys will repeat the incre- ment or decrement operation.

When entering characters (see 4.8, "Character editing (titling)"), the INS/+ key inserts a blank space into the character string immediately before the cursor position. The DEL/- key deletes the character at the cursor position.

4.4ID markers (START, SKIP, END, CHAR and renumbering)

These ID markers are used to control tape operations when they are read on playback. Briefly:

•START IDs are nine seconds in length. They are used to mark the beginning of a program and are usually in continuous sequence (from 01 to 99). If they somehow get out of sequence, the renumber facility is used to correct this.

•SKIP IDs are one second in length, and are used in skip play mode (see SKIP PLAY [24]) to skip past unwanted sections of tape

•END IDs are nine seconds in length, and are used to mark the “logical” end of a tape (even though there may be tape remaining, playback will stop when an END ID is encountered). There should, naturally, only be one END ID on a tape.

The above three ID types are recognized by every kind of DAT deck and player.

This tape deck also provides another kind of subcode ID marker:

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