Tascam MMR-8 owner manual Using Registers, Recalling Registers, Capturing the Current Time Code

Once the desired drive is selected press STO to select it and STO again after the prompt “Are You Sure?” appears. The drive will be initialized within a few seconds and is now ready for recording.

To record a new project, first go to Setup menu 800 and create a name for the project using the Trim key and the Wheel or Up/Down arrow keys to spell the Project name. Press STO after inputting the name. This will unload any currently loaded projects and the new name will appear with an asterisk as the currently loaded project. The new project name initially exists only in memory, so the name will not appear in the disk directory until some audio is recorded. It is necessary to actually record some audio on at least one track before the project will be created on the disk. Loading a project will set the project name to that of the loaded project so it may be recorded into. Once audio is recorded into the new project, that project’s name will appear as a choice in the disk directory when pressing the LOAD TRACK key.

Using Registers

There are 21 time code registers (10 memory registers and 11 special-purpose registers) that hold time code values for immediate or future use. Some of the special-purpose registers are automatically filled when tracks are loaded (e.g., HEAD, TAIL), others are updated according to the current play or stop time code reading (e.g., PREV, NEXT), while others (notably memory registers 0 - 9) are entered either manually or through using CAPT, STO, or RCL functions. The register currently displayed on the lower line of the LCD is called the active register. By default, the active register is the entry register, which is the register used to capture manual time code input from the keypad.

Accessing registers is done using a two-keystroke command sequence which consists of the function (store, recall, capture) and the numeric or shifted numeric key associated with the desired register (i.e., 0 - 9). Before pressing the second key, operations can be canceled by pressing the same function key again or by pressing CLR, but are typically ended by completing the full key sequence.

Recalling Registers

To recall the time code previously stored into a memory register, press RCL (the RCL LED will flash indicating one of the numeric keys should be pressed) and then press the desired key (0 - 9). The RCL LED will turn off and the time code from that register will be displayed in the bottom line of the display, with a prefixed heading indicating which register is the currently displayed (active) register. All special- purpose registers may be recalled similarly, first by pressing RCL, then SHIFT+the desired numeric key. Special-purpose registers have their names written on the front panel directly above the numeric key with which they are associated. Note that if RCL is not pressed first, then pressing SHIFT+ one of these special-purpose register keys — LYNX SYNC, IN, OUT, HEAD, TAIL, NEXT EDIT, or PREV EDIT

—will cause the transport to automatically locate to the register contents. This is a short cut for RCL + SHIFT+ register key + LOC.

Capturing the Current Time Code

During any transport state (stop, play, record, etc.), the current time code shown on the top line of the LCD display can be captured into the entry register by pressing the CAPT key. The captured time code can be stored to one of the ten memory registers for later recall, or to one of the five “writeable” special- purpose registers (IN, OUT, OFST, LYNX SYNC, TIME). The capture key places the time code value from the top line of the display into the active time code register in the bottom line of the display. After capturing the time code value the CAPT LED will flash until a target register key is pressed to place the captured time code value into that register. Note that pressing CAPT automatically readies the system to store the value into the target register, as if the STO key had already been pressed. To complete the capture operation, either press a target register key or press CLR to cancel.

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