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3 • Basic operations—Loop play
TASCAM CD-302
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2
Select
02 CUE/P
(
CUE_P
) using the dial or
numeric keys.
3
Press the
ENTER
key.
4
Select the cue point mode.
5
Press the
ENTER
key.
If you select the
PLAY
key mode (
PLY
(
PLY)
is cho-
sen as the cue mode value), the last playback point is
captured and used as the as the cue point.
If you select the
CUE
key mode (
CUE
(
CUE)
is cho-
sen as the cue mode value), the operation is a little
different. When the unit is paused, and searching is
done using the
JOG
dial or the
SEARCH
keys, the
CUE
key will flash. Pressing the
CUE
key will store
the current position as the cue point.
NOTE
S
You can also set the cue point using the memory function.
(see 4.10, “Memories”)
The cue point cannot be updated during A-B LOOP
play.
3.3.2
Auto Cue
The auto cue function allows searching the track and
auto-locating to the point where the audio level first
goes above a set threshold level. When this point is
reached, the unit enters pause mode.
Select the threshold level can be selected from:
OFF
,
–72
,
–66
,
–60
,
–54
, and
–35
dB.
When the auto cue function is on, the
AUTO CUE
indi-
cator in the display lights.
1
Press the
PRESET
key.
2
Select
15 A/CUE
(
A_CUE
) using the dial or
numeric keys.
3
Press the
ENTER
key.
4
Select the threshold value to be used for the
auto cue function.
5
Press the
ENTER
key.
3.3.3
Cueing using the JOG dial
You can directly cue to any point using the
JOG
dial
by frame accuracy, while the unit is in pause mode.
You can select the resolution of the dial so that one
rotation of the dial is equivalent to either 9, 18, or 36
frames.
1
Press the
PRESET
key.
2
Select
03 JOG
(
JOG
) using the dial or numeric
keys.
3
Press the
ENTER
key.
4
Select the value (frames per rotation).
5
Press the
ENTER
key.
3.3.4
Cueing using the SEARCH keys
You can also cue to frame accuracy, using the
SEARCH
keys to locate the playback point while the
unit is in pause mode.
3.3.5
Cueing using the numeric keys
You can also cue to any point using the numeric
keys.
The keys are used to enter the following values in
order: track number, minutes, seconds and frames.
1
When you have entered the value, press the
PLAY/PAUSE
key. The unit starts playback
from the input point.
If all the values are not entered, the other values are
set to zero. For example, if you only enter the track
number, minutes and seconds, the frames field will
be set to
00
, which means that the playback will start
from the exact start of that second.
If you make an entry containing a mistake, the dis-
play blinks to show this.
Use the
CLEAR
key to clear and cancel entries con-
taining mistakes.
3.4
Loop play
3.4.1
Selecting the loop mode
3 loop modes are available, as shown on the display:
ALL
—the whole
SINGLE
—a single track is repeated
A-B
—between two points