Tascam MD-801P Mk II, MD-801R/P Mk II 4 - Playback of discs

4 - Playback of discs
TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II
4–3
4.2.9Repeat playback
Use the REPEAT key [26] to enable the repeat mode
as shown in the display (
REPEAT
).
The three different repeat modes available corre-
spond to the three playback modes set with the
PLAY MODE key [22] (whole disc,
SINGLE
track or
A-B
points, as set above).
NOTE
F or A-B repeat to be effectiv e, location point A
must be before location point B, otherwise A-
B repeat cannot take place.
4.2.10Track search operations
While playing back, it is possible to press the
TRACK keys [4] in order to move forward or back-
ward a number of tracks, corresponding to the num-
ber of times the key is pressed.
After locating to the start of the track (the start of the
track start cue point if AUTO CUE is off (4.2.12,
"Cueing to the first audio position in a track") or the
first audio frame if it is on), the deck will park in play
ready mode.
Pressing the “pre vious” TRACK ke y at the first track
will move to the last track on the disc, and pressing
the “next” TRACK key at the last track will move to
the first track on the disc.
4.2.11Cueing the next track
automatically
When playing back a single track, it is often useful to
cue the next track ready for playback.
Use the AUTO READY key [20] to enable the unit
to enter play ready mode automatically when the
start of a track is reached. This is the start of the track
as determined by the digital subcode, not the start of
the audio signal, unless AUTO CUE is on (see
4.2.12, "Cueing to the first audio position in a
track").
Depending on the play mode (when no repeat is
active), the unit will enter stop mode in
SINGLE
or
A-
B
play mode, and play ready in the “continue” mode,
after the location has taken place.
If repeat is acti ve, the unit will enter play ready mode
at the start of the next track (
REPEAT
“continue”), the
start of the track which is being repeated (
REPEAT
SINGLE
) or the A repeat point ( REPEAT A-B ).
4.2.12Cueing to the first audio position in
a track
To cue the playback position to the first point where
the audio le v el e xceeds a preset threshold, mak e sure
that playback is stopped, press the AUTO CUE key
so that the indicator is lit, and then press the READY
key.
The playback point will then locate to the start of the
audio portion of the track (the PLAY indicator will
flash while it is locating).
If the AUTO CUE indicator is lit, the playback point
will automatically locate to the first audio point of
the destination track when searching and locating.
There are nine “trigger” levels which may be
selected through the menu system (see 3.3, "Auto
cue") for the AUTO CUE operation. Select the
appropriate level depending on the source material.
4.2.13Varispeed mode
The MD-801 is capable of playing back material in
varispeed mode.
The speed can be altered to ±9.9% relati v e to normal
speed, and can be changed using the menu system
(see 3.2, "Pitch control").
NOTE
While the MD-801 is in varispeed mode, care
must be tak en that it is not set to use an e xter-
nal word clock ( [43] ).
4.2.14Jog mode
To use the JOG dial to locate a playback point pre-
cisely (to frame accuracy):
1
Press the JOG key [11] to light the indicator.
2
Turn the JOG dial [12] (clockwise to mov e the
jog point forwards, counterclockwise to mo ve it
backwards). Monitoring is at normal speed.
When you stop turning the JOG dial, the sec-
tion that has been “highlighted” by the jog
action will be repeatedly looped.
You can set the length of the jog loop from a menu
item (see 3.5, "Jog loop length").
3
Press the READY [7] key to set the call point,
at the end of the jog loop.
4
Locate to the call point by pressing CALL [10] .