1–Introduction

Thank you for your purchase of TASCAM’s 4-track digital Pocketstudio, the DP-004.

The DP-004 is designed to provide you with great sound in an easy-to-use compact package, allowing you to concentrate on the music, and not on the recording process.

Overview of this unit

Using an SD card this unit can record two tracks simultaneously and work with up to four tracks in a multitrack project. Moreover, using its mixer functions, you can mix down a multitrack to create a stereo master.

This stereo master can then be transferred to a computer connected by USB. In addition to copying stereo masters from this unit to the computer, various other data, including track and song data can be transferred to a computer as back-ups.

About this manual

Please read chapter 2, “Quick Start Guides,” first and follow the instructions in it to learn about and practice using this unit’s functions.

Chapter 3 explains the functions of the keys, knobs, connectors and other features. Chapters 4 and 5 explain other things you should know before you use this unit. Chapters 6 to 11 explains the uses and functions of this unit in detail. Chapters 12 and 14 provide troubleshooting information and a list of functions that you might want to use and where you can find them in the manual. Chapter 13 includes the unit’s specifications and a list of error messages.

Manual conventions

This manual often refers to the DP-004 as “the unit” and the SD card as the “card.”

When we refer to DP-004 features such as keys and connections, we display them like this: MENU.

When we show messages, for example, that appear on the screen, we show them like this: SONG LOAD.

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