Teac DP-01 Series Owners Manual - Manual (Page 7)

TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual
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Getting started
1 : Starting out with your DP-01
Getting started
Read this section first. It contains important basic information about using
your DP-01 effectively, and helping you create exciting original musical
projects. When you have read this section (“Starting out with your DP-01” on
page 7), you will be able to find your way around the DP-01, and to make and
play back recordings.
Congratulations on your purchase of the TASCAM DP-01. This 8-track digi-
tal disk recorder is designed to provide you with great sound in an easy-to-use
compact package, allowing you to concentrate on the music, and not on the
recording process.
The DP-01 contains a large hard disk, allowing you to record many hours of
music, up to two tracks at a time, to a maximum of eight tracks, and then mix
them down to a pair of mastered stereo tracks using the built-in mixing facili-
ties.
The stereo mix can then be played back into a suitably-equipped CD recorder,
etc. or into a computer’s audio inputs for distribution over the Internet, etc. or
transferred using a fast USB 2.0 connection to a personal computer.
In addition, individual tracks can be imported and exported between your
DP-01 and a personal computer, and songs can be archived, backed up and
restored using a PC.
This manual
Whether or not you have had experience of multitrack recording in the past,
you should read this manual in order to understand how to get the best out of
the DP-01. This first section gives you an idea of the basic operations of the DP-
01 and will get you started with your recordings. Further features are described
in “Advanced techniques” on page 25
We give hints and
tips on using the
DP-01 in this way.
Note that when we refer to features of the DP-01 such as keys and connectors,
we write them like this:
RETURN L and R .
These warnings
should be taken
very seriously. They describe situa-
tions which can cause injury, or
damage to equipment if you
don’t follow the instructions.
We refer to features of other equipment like this: AUX IN.
When we show messages, etc. that appear on the screen, we show them like
this:
In Punch Mode .
Take special note of the extra information provided at the side of the main
text, especially the WARNING messages.
These notes at the
side of the main
text provide additional explana-
tions for special cases, etc.
This manual cannot pretend to be a full guide to multitrack recording tech-
niques. However, if you visit the TASCAM Web site, you can download vari-
ous documents on recording which may be of interest to you.
Cautions show
that you may lose
data (your recordings) if you
don’t follow the instructions.
Troubleshooting The DP-01 has been designed to be easy to use, but
sometimes you may need a little help. See the section “Troubleshooting” on
page 52 for a list of questions you may have, and answers to help you. There’s
also a list of messages that may pop up, with an explanation of their meaning,
and suggestions on what do to (“Messages” on page 53).
How to do it? At the back of this manual, there’s a section called “Com-
monly-used functions” on page 65. Refer to this section when you want to
know how to perform a particular operation.