Tascam MMR-8 owner manual

LOOP Pressing the Loop key prepares the MMR transport for performance of one of several possible types of loop sequences relative to the In and Out time code registers. To start looping after LOOP is pressed and the In and Out times are set, press the appropriate transport key (<, >, REH, or REC). To cancel Loop mode press LOOP again before pressing a transport key.

The start point of the loop is always the In register (minus any pre-roll time set) and the end point is the Out register (plus any post-roll time set). If the value of the Out register is less than (i.e., before) the value of the In point register, then the loop will not play and an error message “Loop points inverted” will be displayed, since the In point value must always be considered the “start” point. The loop cannot play across the “midnight crossing” at the 24 hour mark. This includes pre-roll or post-roll amounts. There must be at least one frame between the 00:00:00:00 time code location and the In minus pre-roll or Out plus post-roll times. There is no shifted function for this key.

There are three selectable Loop Play modes (Setup menu 210): Play Once and Stop, Play Once and Cue, and Play Repeatedly. For Play Once and Stop, when play

(>)is pressed after LOOP, the MMR-8 will loop from the In register time (minus any pre-roll amount) to the Out register time (plus any post-roll amount), and then stop. For Play Once and Cue, when play (>) is pressed after LOOP, the MMR-8 will loop from the In register time (minus any pre-roll amount) to the Out register time (plus any post-roll amount), then cue to the In point minus pre-roll time. If Play Repeatedly is selected, the MMR-8 will play from the In time (minus any pre- roll amount) to the Out time (plus any post-roll amount), and repeat this same play sequence until STOP or LOOP is pressed again. The MMR does not execute a seamless repeat, so there will be a small gap in time between the end of the loop and beginning of the next iteration of the loop.

Rehearse Loop and Record Loop work similarly, with the Rehearse Loop performing input monitor switching at the In and Out times in the loop, and Record Loop actually placing the machine into record at the In and Out points. Press LOOP then REH to initiate a Rehearse Loop and LOOP then REC to initiate a Record Loop.

There are three selectable Loop Record modes (Setup menu 211): Record Once Only, Repeat Record, and Repeat w/Unload. Record Once Only will record only on the first pass of the loop, and then switch to playback only for subsequent loops. Repeat Record will initiate a recording between the In and Out points for every loop. Repeat w/Unload will make a recording on each pass and then unload the track just created by the record pass before the next loop begins. This allows for rapidly making many recordings in succession and keeping them all as separate sequentially numbered track files in the project.

To perform a forward-backward loop, press Loop and then Reverse Play (<). The MMR-8 will play forward from the start time (minus any pre-roll amount) to the end time (plus any post-roll amount) and then play in the reverse direction from the end time (plus any post-roll amount) to the start time (minus any pre-roll amount). The MMR will then continually repeat the process (according to the Loop Play menu setting). Press STOP or LOOP to cancel Looping.

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