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TASCAM DP-004 5
Table of Contents
1–Introduction ..................................................................... 8
Overview of this unit ...........................................................8
About this manual ...............................................................8
Manual conventions ...............................................................8
Product parts ........................................................................ 9
Trademarks............................................................................9
About SD cards ...................................................................10
Precautions for use .............................................................. 10
Beware of condensation ................................................... 10
Cleaning the unit ................................................................10
2–Quick Start Guides .....................................................11
QSG 1–Playback and mixing ............................................11
Preparing to listen to the demo song ....................................11
Playing and mixing the demo song ....................................... 13
Shutting down the unit .........................................................15
QSG 2–Recording and mastering ....................................15
Connecting and setting the input sources .............................15
Loading a song file ...............................................................17
Setting the guitar as track 1 recording source ...................... 18
Adjusting the input level and monitoring .............................. 18
Recording guitar to track 1 .................................................. 19
Listening to your recording ...................................................20
Adding another recording (1)—record guitar to track 2 ....... 21
Adding another recording (2)—record vocals on track 3 ......22
Mixing the tracks ................................................................. 24
Mastering the mix ................................................................ 25
Shutting down the unit ........................................................ 27
3–Names and Functions of Parts .......................... 28
Top panel .............................................................................28
Front panel .......................................................................... 31
Rear panel ........................................................................... 31
Right side panel .................................................................. 32
Left side panel ....................................................................32
Bottom ................................................................................. 33
4–Preparations ..................................................................34
Preparing the power and SD card ....................................34
Installing an SD card ............................................................34
Preparing the power ............................................................35
Installing batteries ............................................................... 35
Connecting an AC adapter (sold separately) .........................36
Start-up & shutdown .........................................................36
Starting up the unit ..............................................................36
Shutting down .....................................................................37
Formatting SD cards ..........................................................38
Display screens ...................................................................39
Home Screen .......................................................................39
Screen Organization .............................................................40
Using the screens ................................................................. 41
Editing names .....................................................................43
Recorder modes ................................................................44
Connecting with other equipment ..................................45
Rear panel connections ........................................................ 45
Right side panel connections ............................................... 45
Left side panel connections ..................................................46
Setting the contrast ...........................................................46