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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.

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D00871320A, DP-01FX/CD specifications

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

Models: D00871320A DP-01FX/CD

5 : Commonly-used functions

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Export a track’s contents to PC

D00871320A, DP-01FX/CD specifications