Tascam RC-828 warranty Monitoring modes, AUTO PLAY key and indicator, REPEAT key and indicator

Section 3 – Monitoring modes

POINT key will go out. Pressing and holding the ERASE key while pressing a LOCATE POINT key where no location point is stored (the indica- tor is unlit) will have no effect.

To erase all location point memories, press and hold down the ERASE key, and press the CAPTURE key.

[13]AUTO PLAY key and indicator

Turn on “auto play” mode by pressing this key (the indicator will light). The DTRS unit(s) con- nected to the RC-828 will now start playing back when a location point accessed through the LOCATE POINT keys [10] is reached.

If “auto mode” is off (the indicator is off), the DTRS units will stop when the location point is reached.

[14]REPEAT key and indicator

This key and indicator duplicate the functions of the corresponding keys on the DTRS units. The first repeat point is stored in location memory 11, and the second repeat point in location memory 12 (though memory 12 can be earlier than mem- ory 11). These repeat points are independent of the repeat points stored in the DTRS units.

If these two points are less than five seconds apart, repeat play is not possible.

See the following sections of the manuals for operation of the repeat mode.

Reference

DA-98		DA-38	DA-88	SY-88
8.2.5	5-5		p. 22	—

[15]JOG dial/SHUTTLE wheel, key and indicator

DTRS units are provided with a SHUTTLE con- trol, allowing variable speed cueing to emulate “rock and roll” editing on open-reel machines.

The RC-828 allows this function to be carried out remotely, and also provides a jog dial, allowing precise cueing to frame accuracy.

The monitoring in these modes is determined by a combination of factors, including the JOG/SHTL MON key [6]. See the flowchart in this manual for further details.

An important point to note is that, while most of the RC-828 controls can be used alongside the corresponding controls on the DTRS units (i.e. they can, with a few exceptions, such as the

AUTO MON key [5], be regarded as the same control), this key and indicator behave differently.

•Pressing the JOG/SHUTTLE key on the RC- 828, or the SHUTTLE key on the first DTRS unit will enable the control on that unit. The indicator will light steadily, and the light on the other unit will flash.

•Pressing the shuttling key on a unit where the indicator is flashing will enable the shuttling control on that unit and the indicator will light steadily. The steadily-lit indicator on the other unit will start to flash, and the shuttling control will be disabled.

•Pressing the shuttling key on the unit where the indicator is steadily lit will turn off the indica- tor on that unit, and the unit where the indicator is flashing. The shuttling controls of both units will now be disabled.

[16]Transport controls

These transport controls duplicate the transport controls on the first DTRS unit at the “head” of the chain. Subsequent machines in the chain must be controlled by chasing the first unit (see 1.1.2, “Chase mode”).

However, if the first unit is chasing to timecode, pressing the FF and REW keys of the RC-828 will have no effect. The JOG/SHUTTLE controls [15] are also disabled.

See the DTRS units’ manuals for details of the transport keys:

Reference

DA-98	DA-38	DA-88	SY-88
2 [32]–[36]	2 [7]–[11]	p.10 26 – 30	—

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The supplied charts allow you to see what moni- toring mode is in operation on a particular track or tracks, depending on the status of the DTRS units.

See the DTRS manuals for full details of monitor- ing modes:

Reference

DA-98	DA-38	DA-88	SY-88
7.1.2	9-1 (2)	p. 10 (19, 20)	—

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