Tascam RC-898 5.2.1 ALL INPUT, 5.2.2 INPUT MONITOR keys, 5.2.3 Shuttle monitoring, 5.2.4 Shuttle muting

Section 5.2 - Monitoring

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Use the flowchart (5.2.5, “Monitoring flowchart”

and tables (5.2.6, “Monitoring tables”) for refer-

ence to the monitoring modes available.

The AUTO MO N key [5] is used in punch record-

ing, providing automatic switching between

source and off-tape monitoring a s the punch-in

recording progresses. See 6.7, “Punch op erat ions”

for full details.

5.2.1 ALL INPUT

The ALL INPUT key [4] allows the switching of

monitoringso that the output from all tracks on the

currently-selected unit, or all units if the Key

Mode has been enabled (see 7.2.2, “Key Mode”)

is from the input source.

5.2.2 INPUT MONITOR keys

These keys [2] are only operational when control-

ling a DA-98 unit. They are used to select off-tape

or source monitoring on a track-by-track basis.

For full details of how these keys are used, see

section 7 of the DA-98 manual.

However, these indicators will always show the

track monitoring status, regardless of the model of

DTRS unit connected to the RC-898. This can be

seen most clearly in punch-in mode (see 6.7,

“Punch operations”), when in conjunction with

the AUTO MO N key [5], these indicators auto-

matically change to show the monitoring status of

the tracks as the punch operations proceed.

Using the RC-898 REC FUNCTION keys to

change the status of any tracks while the ALL

INPUT function is on will lose the relationship

between the REC FUNCTION and INPUT

MONITOR status for individual tracks when ALL

INPUT is turned off again. Start recording or re-

set the REC FUNCTION keys to restore this

5.2.3 Shuttle monitoring

Shuttle monitoring can be enabled or dis-

abled on a per-machine basis for DA-38 and DA-

98 units connected to the RC-898.

Briefly, the shuttle monitoring, when turned on,

mutes the replay from unarmed tracks, and moni-

tors the input source of armed tracks when the

machine is in shuttle mode. A fuller explanation

of shuttle monitoring is given in section 9.1 (4) of

the DA-38 manual, and section 7.1.3 of the DA-98

manual.

1) From menu group 9, move the cursor to

StlMon and press SELECT:

2) Use the UP and DOWN keys to switch shuttle

monitoring on and off on a per-machine

basis.

5.2.4 Shuttle muting

DA-98 units incorporate a shuttle muting fea-

ture. The shuttle muting for DA-98 is enabled or

disabled from the RC-898 in the following way:

1) From menu group 2, move the cursor to Shtl

Mute, and press SELECT:

2) Use the UP and DOWN keys to change the

setting between on and off for each machine.

For a full explanation of shuttle muting, see sec-

tion 8.6.2 of the DA-98 manual.

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