Tascam DP-004 manual 5

1–Introduction......................................................................	8
Overview of this unit............................................................	8
About this manual................................................................	8
Manual conventions...............................................................	8
Product parts.........................................................................	9
Trademarks............................................................................	9
About SD cards...................................................................	10
Precautions for use...............................................................	10
Beware of condensation....................................................	10
Cleaning the unit................................................................	10
2–Quick Start Guides......................................................	11
QSG 1–Playback and mixing .............................................	11
Preparing to listen to the demo song.....................................	11
Playing and mixing the demo song.......................................	13
Shutting down the unit..........................................................	15
QSG 2–Recording and mastering .....................................	15
Connecting and setting the input sources..............................	15
Loading a song file................................................................	17
Setting the guitar as track 1 recording source.......................	18
Adjusting the input level and monitoring..............................	18
Recording guitar to track 1...................................................	19
Listening to your recording...................................................	20
Adding another recording (1)—record guitar to track 2........	21
Adding another recording (2)—record vocals on track 3......	22
Mixing the tracks.................................................................	24
Mastering the mix................................................................	25
Shutting down the unit.........................................................	27

Table of Contents
3–Names and Functions of Parts..........................	28
Top panel.............................................................................	28
Front panel...........................................................................	31
Rear panel............................................................................	31
Right side panel..................................................................	32
Left side panel.....................................................................	32
Bottom.................................................................................	33
4–Preparations...................................................................	34
Preparing the power and SD card....................................	34
Installing an SD card.............................................................	34
Preparing the power.............................................................	35
Installing batteries................................................................	35
Connecting an AC adapter (sold separately).........................	36
Start-up & shutdown..........................................................	36
Starting up the unit..............................................................	36
Shutting down.....................................................................	37
Formatting SD cards...........................................................	38
Display screens....................................................................	39
Home Screen........................................................................	39
Screen Organization.............................................................	40
Using the screens.................................................................	41
Editing names......................................................................	43
Recorder modes .................................................................	44
Connecting with other equipment...................................	45
Rear panel connections........................................................	45
Right side panel connections................................................	45
Left side panel connections..................................................	46
Setting the contrast............................................................	46

TASCAM DP-004 5