5 : Commonly-used functions

How do I..?

This section gives you a brief guide to some operations on the DP1 which may not be immediately obvious from looking at the panel controls.

Key names are written like this: LOCATE. SHIFT + LOCATE means “press and hold the SHIFT key and press LOCATE.

Menu items are written like this: MENU DISK FORMAT, meaning “press the MENU key, select the DISK menu, and then the FORMAT action.

You may find the same action listed more than once in this alphabetical list. That’s because different people use different words for the same things, so you may find both “Delete” and “Erase”, for example.

The list of popup messages and their meaning (“Messages” on page 57) may also be useful to you.

How to

Keys, etc. to press

 

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Assign inputs to tracks

ASSIGN + REC

 

 

See “Assigning inputs” on page 23.

 

 

 

 

Back up a song to a PC

MENU

BACKUP SONG BACKUP

See “Backing up and restoring songs” on

 

 

 

 

 

page 45.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bounce tracks

BOUNCE

 

 

 

See “Bouncing” on page 34.

 

 

 

 

Change the display between minutes/

Wheel from “home screen”

 

See “Working in bars & beats” on

seconds and bar/beat

 

 

 

 

page 36.

 

 

 

 

 

Change the EQ frequencies

MENU

PREFERENCE

EQ FREQ

See “EQ settings” on page 31.

 

 

 

 

 

Choose another disk partition as the

MENU

DISK

PARTITION

See “Selecting the active partition” on

active partition

 

 

 

 

page 40.

 

 

 

 

 

Choose the meter shape

MENU

PREFERENCE

Meter

See “Using the meters” on page 30.

 

 

 

 

 

Connect the DP-01 to a PC

MENU

DISK

USB OPN/CLS

See “Using the USB connection” on

 

 

 

 

 

page 44.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy a song

MENU

SONG

COPY

 

See “Copying songs” on page 42.

 

 

 

 

Copy and insert parts of a track

TRACK EDIT

COPY INSERT

See “COPY -> INSERT” on page 51.

 

 

 

 

Copy and paste parts of a track

TRACK EDIT

COPY PASTE

See “COPY -> PASTE” on page 51.

 

 

 

 

 

Create a new song

MENU

SONG

CREATE

See “Creating a new song” on page 20.

 

 

 

 

 

Cut and close up part of a track

TRACK EDIT

CUT

 

See “CUT” on page 53.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete a song

MENU

SONG

ERASE

 

See “Erasing a song” on page 21.

 

 

 

 

 

Delete unused song data

MENU

SONG

DEL/UNUSED

See “Deleting unused data” on page 42.

 

 

 

Display the current partition

From the home screen, press and hold

“Song information” on page 22

 

EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit the IN and OUT and TO points

POINT EDIT (SHIFT + TRACK EDIT)

See “IN and OUT marks” on page 29.

 

 

 

 

Edit the location marks

Press and hold LOCATE

 

See “Location marks” on page 28.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erase a song

MENU

SONG

ERASE

 

See “Erasing a song” on page 21.

 

 

 

 

Erase the whole of a track

TRACK EDIT

CLEAN OUT

See “CLEAN OUT” on page 54.

 

 

 

 

 

Export a stereo mix to PC

MENU

WAVE

EXPORT MSTR.

See “Exporting the mastered stereo

 

 

 

 

 

tracks” on page 49.

 

 

 

 

 

Export a track’s contents to PC

MENU

WAVE

EXPORT TRACK

See “Exporting tracks” on page 47.

 

 

 

Find out how much time is left for record-

From the home screen, press and hold

“Song information” on page 22

ing

EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format one partition

MENU

DISK

REFORM

See “Formatting a partition (Reform)” on

 

 

 

 

 

page 41.

 

 

 

 

 

Format the disk

MENU

DISK

FORMAT

See “Formatting a disk” on page 40.

 

 

 

 

 

 

How do I..?

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Tascam D00871320A, DP-01FX/CD owner manual Commonly-used functions, How do I..?

D00871320A, DP-01FX/CD specifications

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