Tascam DA-40 4.5 The EDIT key, 4.6 Location memories

4 - SHIFT functions

TASCAM DA-40

You can start the tape’s program numbers from a

value different from 01 by turning the DATA dial.

The program number selected with the DATA dial

will ﬂash (the ﬂashing will continue for ﬁve

seconds).

Conﬁrm the ﬂashing program number with the

ENTER key. If you press ENTER after the program

number has stopped ﬂashing, renumbering will start

from 01.

The tape will rewind to the ﬁrst START ID, and

re write the ID in the same location as previously, but

with the number selected above.

When this is done, the number at the right of the dis-

play will change to the number which is one greater

than the starting program number, and the tape will

mov e forward to the ne xt START ID and renumber it

in the same way.

While a START ID is being rewritten, the word

RENUM will ﬂash in the display, and the PLAY

and RECORD indicators will light.

If the current START ID already has a number, this

will be shown to the left of the # mark on the

display:

If the current STAR T ID is unnumbered, this is repre-

sented by a pair of dashes in the PNO location on the

display.

All program titles are retained during the renumber-

ing process.

The renumbering process continues until the end of

the tape or an END ID is reached.

NOTE

Valid program numbers are from 01 to 99. If

the above procedure is used to select a pro-

gam number at the high end of the range , and

the renumbering increments a program num-

ber above 99, the number will “wrap” to 00.

The number 00 can cause problems when

searching and locating, and this should be

remembered when setting program numbers.

4.5 The EDIT key

The EDIT key (SHIFTed MENU [27]) allows the

following operations to the performed:

• Editing of the ﬁrst memory location

• Editing of the second memory location

• Editing of a programmed sequence of programs for

subsequent playback

• Editing of a string of characters to be used as a tape

or program title

• Writing a string of characters to tape

Repeated presses of EDIT will cycle through these

options.

To exit the EDIT mode, press COUNTER MODE or

DISPLAY (as with all SHIFTed modes, pressing the

SHIFT key so that the SHIFT indicator goes out will

exit the SHIFT mode).

The ENTER key is used to select the operation.

4.6 Location memories

4.6.1Locating to location memories

Once a memory location has been set, as explained

below, use the LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys to locate to

the memory location points (as explained in LOC 1

[28]).

4.6.2Setting location memories

Press the MEMO 1 or MEMO 2 key. The current

location will be stored to frame accuracy, regardless

of whether or not the frame display mode is currently

in operation, in memory location 1 or 2 as

appropriate.

4.6.3Editing location memories

Press EDIT until the display shows either M1? or

M2? at the right, together with the location value

stored in that location memory.

Press ENTER to start editing the location memory.

The word Edit will appear at the right of the dis-

play, and the right digit of the frames ﬁeld will start

to flash.

Use the SHUTTLE wheel to move the cursor (ﬂash-

ing digits) between the frames, seconds, minutes and

hours ﬁelds.

Use the INS/+ and DEL/- keys and the DATA dial to

increment or decrement the ﬂashing value ﬁeld.

PNO

H23

M17

s02#03

H28

M53

S29 M1?

H28

M53

S29Edit