Tascam DA-78HR 1 - Introduction to the DA-78HR

1 - Introduction to the DA-78HR

TASCAM DA-78HR

1.5.2 Available recording and pla yback

time

Dependi n g on whether t he t a pe ha s bee n pu rc h a se d

for use with an NTSC (P6/E6) or a PAL/SECAM

(P5/E5) television system, the same length of tape (as

far as video length is concerned) will provide differ-

ent times for audio work, as shown below, due to dif-

ferent fra m e rates betwee n te l e vision system s. The

indication P6/E6 or P5/E5 will be printed on the tape

package:

Time o n tape

label P6/E6 (N TSC

tape) P5/E5 (PAL/

SECAM tape)

20 18 25

30 27 37

45 40 56

60 54 75

90 81 113

120 108 –

Contents

Main DA-78HR OWNERS MANUAL WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Important Safety Precautions IMPORTANT (for U.K. Customers) For U.S.A TO THE USER IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Page 5 - Basic o perations 6 - Monitoring 7 - Advan ced operations 8 - Sync hronizati on with ot her DTR S units 9 - Operations related to timecode 10.1 MMC enable and disable... .............62 9.1 ABS and timecode ............................52 9.2 Tape timecode mode ........................52 9.3 Selecting the frame mode... .............53 9.4 Timecode input and output..............53 1 - Introduction to the DA-78HR 1.1 Unpacking 1.2 Features 1.3 Using this manual 1 - Intr oduction to the DA-78HR 1.4 Precautions and recommendations 1.4.1 Cloc k source in a dig ital studio 1.4.2 HR recording and em ph asis 1.4.3 Env ironmental conditio ns 1 - Introduction to the DA-78HR 1.4.4 Installi ng t he DA-78H R 1.4.5 Electrical conside rat ions 1.4. 6 Thr ee-co re pow er co rd 1.4.7 Powering the DA-78HR off and on 1 - Intr oduction to the DA-78HR 1.5.1 Tape brands 1 - Introduction to the DA-78HR 1.5.2 Available recording and pla yback time Page 2 - Front and rear panel feat ur es 2.1 General controls and indicators 1Po wer sw itch 2Tape loading slot an d EJECT ke y 3FORMAT /F s key 2 - Front and rear panel features BSTOP key CPLAY key DRECO RD ke y EDATA/LEVEL control 2 - Front and rear panel feat ur es MREPEAT (MENU) key and indicator NCHASE (SUB M E NU) key and OLOC 1 (MEMO 1) key PLOC 2 (MEMO 2) key 2 - Front and rear panel features 3.1 Audio connections 3.1.1 Balance d an alog audio connections 3.1. 2 Unb al ance d an alog au dio connections 3.1.3 Digital audio con nections 3.1.4 SPDIF connectors 3.2 Synchronization connections 3.2.1 Word clock connections 3.2.2 MIDI conn ect ors (IN , OUT an d THRU) 3.2.3 Timecode connections 3.2.4 MIDI ti mecode conne ct ions 3.3. 4 Ind irec t w ord sync 4.1 The display 4.1.1 Peak meters 4.2 The SHIFT key 4.2.1 Shifted keys 4.2.2 Shift mode 4.3 Menus and sub-menus 4.3.1 Exiting menu mode 4.3. 2 Sub- menus 4.3.3 Adjust ing parame ter values 4.3.4 R esetting parameters to default values 4.3.5 Left and right keys 4.3.6 Sub-frame values 4.3.7 Using the DATA/LEVEL knob to set values SHIFT and SHUTTLE/DATA key com b in ation. 4.4 SYSTEM men u SYSTEM-- used to control and provide in formation regarding the over al l opera t ion of the un it: 4.5 AUDIO1 menu AUDIO. 1. -- are used to control the audio operation of the unit using the first audio menu: Display Values 4.6 AUDIO2 menu Audio. 2. -- tional audio parameter settings: 4.7 TC me nu TC -- control timecode operations: 4.8 TC chase menu TC. CHS -- used to control the DA-78HR operations when chas- ing to an incoming timecode signal: to control the MIDI parameters of the DA-78HR. used to control the internal timecode generator. 4.9 TC g enerat or menu TCG. REC-- 4.11Maintena nce menu MAINTN-- information relating to maintenance procedures, etc. LOC/MEMO 2 4.12Dedicated keys Display Values 5.1 Formatting a tape 5.1.1 Selecting a word clock source 5.1. 2 Forma ttin g 5.1.3 Aborting the f ormat pro cess 5.1.4 Recordin g while f ormatting 5.2 Recording the first tracks 5.2.1 P reparing to record 5.2.2 Selecting a cloc k source 5.2.3 Write - protectin g cassettes 5.2.4 Recording the first tracks (i) 5.3 Inp ut se lecti on 5.3.1 Dig ital inpu t selection 5.3.2 Input patch bay routi ng 5.3.3 Track bouncing 5.3.4 Returnin g to A LL ANALOG setting 5.4 More on digital recording 5.4.1 Sampling freque ncy and word length 5.4.2 Sele cting in put word l ength 5.5 Overdubbing 5.6 Punch-in and punch-out 5.6.1 Automat ic punch po int settin g X 5.6.2 Setting punch points on the fly 5.6.3 Settin g punch poin ts using the front pane l 5.6.4 Edit ing the pre-roll a nd post-roll times 5.6.5 Rehearsi ng the pu nch-in 5.6.6 Interrupting a rehearsal or punch recording 5.6.7 R ecording the punch- in 5.6.8 R eplaying the punche d materia l 5.6.9 Exiting pun ch-in mode 6 - Monitoring 6.1 ALL INPUT 6.2 AUTO MON 6.3 Shu ttle mo nito r 6.3.1 Enabling and disab ling shuttl e monit orin g 6 - Monitoring 6.5 Summar y of monit or modes and t h e REC FUNCTI ON settings, and on the transport mode currently engaged. 7.1 Autolocation 7.1.1 Setting MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 on the fly 7.1.2 Checking, editing and manually entering MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 7.1.3 Setting the location p re- roll tim e 7.1.4 Moving to MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 7.2 Repeat function 7.2.1 To start repeat pla y 7.3 Track delay 7.4 Sub-mixer 7.4.1 Enterin g mixdown m ode 7.4.2 Setting the master level 7.4.3 Leaving edit/p an setting mode 7.4.4 Setting levels and pan positions 7.5 Crossfade times 7.6 Vari speed (pitch control) 7.6.1 To s et a non -standard speed 7.7 Shuttle operations 7.7.1 Shuttle monitoring 7.7.2 Sh uttle muting 7.8 Mete r mod es 7.8. 1 Peak hold time 7.9 Sine oscillator 7.9.1 Recordin g the osci llator 7.10REC MUTE (recording silence) 7.11Dither 7.11.1Selecting dither setting s 7.12Advanced output options 7.12.1Output word length 7.12.2 Output patchbay 7.13Emulation 7.14Saving settings to tape 7.15Restoring settings from tape Page 8.1 Synchronization connections 8.2 Mach ine ID an d ma ster /sl ave settings 8.2.1 D ifferences between DTRS models 8.2.2 Setting machine ID 8.2.3 Master/slave setti ngs (CHASE mode) 8.3 Machine offset 8.3.1 Setti ng machine offset 8.3.2 Cance ll ing machin e offset 8.3.3 Setting machine offset on the fly 8.3.4 An exampl e of se tting offs ets Copy of v ideo wo rktape au dio track s Backing music 8.4 Digital dubbing 8.5 Synchronized formatting 8.5.1 Recordin g while f ormatting 8.6 Individ ual clo ck mode 8.7 Error messages 9.1 ABS and timecode 9.1.1 ABS time 9.1.2 Tap e t imecode 9.1.3 Select ing TC or ABS t iming 9.2 Tape timecode mode 9.3 Selecting the frame mode 9.4 Timecode input and output 9.4.1 Showing i nput time code 9.4.2 Timecode in pu t t iming 9.4. 3 T imeco d e outp ut 9.4. 4 M T C outp ut 9.4.5 Fast linear timecode (LTC) output 9.5 Recording timecode 9.5.1 Selectin g the timecod e source 9.5.2 Recording timecode using the generator 9.5. 3 Gen erat or mod es 9.5. 4 S y n t h esiz i ng tim ecod e f ro m AB S timing 9.5.5 External timecode sources 9.5.6 Recordin g timecode from extern al sources 9.5.7 Chec king external timecode 9.5.8 Checkin g the fra me mode of striped t im ecod e 9.6 Chasing to timecode 9.6.1 Machine ID and timecode 9.6. 2 T imec o d e offs et 9.6.3 Se tting timecode offset 9.6.4 Cancelli ng timecode offset 9.6.5 Setting timecode of f set on the fly 9.6.6 Park pos ition 9.6.7 A utomatic park positi on setting 9.6.8 Absolu t e and relati ve differe nce 9.6.9 Rechasing timecode 9.6. 10 By passin g time code e rrors 9.6. 11 Ind ividu al re cording while chasing timecode Page 10.1MMC enable and disable 10.1.1Assigning a MIDI I D t o the DA- 78HR 10.1.2MMC commands an d the DA-7 8HR 10.2MMC Bit Map Array Commands unavailable on the DA-78HR are struck through, as for example (RECORD PAUSE). Byte Bit 7 Bit 6 (40H) Bit 5 (20H) Bit 4 (10H) Bit 3 (08H) Bit 2 (04H) Bit 1 (02H) Bit 0 (01H) 10 - MIDI contro l Byte Bit 7 Bit 6 (40H) Bit 5 (20H) Bit 4 (10H) Bit 3 (08H) Bit 2 (04H) Bit 1 (02H) Bit 0 (01H) 10.3MIDI Control Change 10.4MIDI System Exclusive 10.4.1Identity Reply 10.4.2TASCAM Ex clusive me ssages 10.4.3Track de lay 10 - MIDI contro l 10.4.6Track Co py Setup 10.4.7Track Copy Enable 10.5MIDI Implementation Chart 11.1Head and transport cleaning 6 11.1.1To clean the h eads and tran sport 11.1.2Checking error rates 11.1.3 Checking drum time 11.2Backup memory initialization 11.3Checking version numbers 11.3.1Software upgrades 12.1Options for the DA-78HR 12.1.1RC-898 remot e control uni t 12.1.2RC-828 remot e control uni t 12.1.3RC-808 remot e control uni t 12.2Specifications 12.2.1Tape recorder sectio n 12.2.2 Analog in puts and outputs 12.2.3Digital inputs and outputs 12.2.4Remote/sync connectors 12.2.5Word sync terminals 12.2.6Timecode connectors 12.2.9Physical specifications 12.2.10P ower specifi cations 12.2.11Audio specifications Index A - F A B C D Index G - O G H I L Index P - S P R S Index T - W T U V W DA-78HR