Tascam PORTA02 - Manual (Page 13)

3 Making your first recording
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3 – Making your first recording
This section describes how to make a 4-track recording using the
Porta02. For this, we will assume that you are making a recording
of your voice on two tracks (1 and 2), using a microphone, and
recording a part of a stereo CD or cassette on the other two tracks (3
and 4). Make sure you know what you are going to say.
Start by making sure that you have all the equipment listed in 1.3,
“What you need to make recordings”.
3.1 Setting up
1) Make sure all equipment is turned off.
2) Connect the LINE OUT jacks of the Porta02 to the AUX IN
jacks of the amplifier.
3) Connect the mastering recorder REC IN and PLAY OUT jacks
to the appropriate jacks of the amplifier. See 1.4,
“Connecting the Porta02” if you are not sure what you
should be doing here.
4) With the INPUT 1 fader at the 0 position, plug the
microphone into the MIC/LINE 1 jack. Do not plug anything
into the MIC/LINE 2 jack.
If the microphone has a switch, make sure this switch is off.
5) Plug the stereo headphones into the PHONES jack of the
Porta02.
6) Turn on the Porta02, the mastering recorder, and the
amplifier (in that order).
7) Set the amplifier’s input source to AUX (or the name of the
jacks to which the Porta02 is connected).
3.2 Getting ready
1) Clean the heads and pinch roller (see 1.2.4, “Cleaning the
heads” and 1.2.5, “Cleaning the pinch roller”).
2) Insert a Type II (chrome) cassette.
The tape should be towards the front of the Porta02, and the full spool
should be on the left side. Put the non-tape part of the cassette in first,
and then push the tape (front) down into place