Tascam MF-P01 - Manual (Page 6)

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PORTASTUDIO MF-P01
What you need to make recordings
Apart from the MF-P01 itself, you will need:
• Some kind of stereo master recorder (such as a
cassette or MD recorder) to produce the stereo
recordings.
• You will also need RCA (pin or phono) cables to
connect the MF-P01 to other equipment.
• Some monitoring equipment (some kind of
amplifier and speaker system).
• Headphones, if you intend doing any work with
microphones. These will avoid acoustic feedback
("howl-round") when recording. Additionally,
headphones are sometimes useful when panning
tracks on mixdown, as you can hear the precise
position of each track.
• Of course, you will also need some kind of sound
source to record (instrument or microphone, etc.).
Connecting the MF-P01
1) Make sure all the equipment is turned off.
2) Connect the LINE OUT terminals of the MF-
P01 to the amplifier, using a pair of terminals
on the amplifier such as AUX, TUNER or
TAPE.
NOTE
Do not use any terminals marked PHONO or
intended for record players (turntables). These are
connected to a special circuit inside the amplifier
which makes them unsuitable for anything except
record players.
3) Connect your master recorder to a set of four
TAPE terminals on the amplifier (two for REC
and two for PLAY).
You can listen to the MF-P01 by selecting the
amplifier’s input source to be the terminals to which
you connected the MF-P01.
When you have mixed down and you want to listen to
the mixed tape, you should select the master recorder
as the amplifier’s input source.
REC OUT
LINE IN LINE OUT
TAPE IN
SPEAKER OUT L SPEAKER OUT R
AUX IN
LINE OUT
An introduction to the MF-P01