beautypg.com

Teac PocketStudio 5 Getting Started User Manual

Page 2

background image

Table of Contents

2

TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started

1 – Welcome

About this manual.......................................3
What’s in the box? ......................................3
Powering up the Pocketstudio 5 ................4

The AC adaptor............................................... 4
Using batteries ............................................... 4

2 – About multitrack recording

Cards and memory ......................................... 5

Multi-track recording ..................................5

Tone generator rhythm ............................. 5
Tone generator MIDI files .......................... 5
Punching ..................................................... 5
Mixdown ..................................................... 5
Effects ......................................................... 6

3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5

Rear panel ....................................................7
Front panel...................................................7
Right panel...................................................8
Top panel .....................................................9
Navigating around the Pocketstudio 5......10

The “home” screen ......................................... 10
The menus....................................................... 11
The wheel ....................................................... 11
Enter and exit (“Yes” and “no”) .................... 11
MENU .............................................................. 11
Function key ................................................... 11
The cursor pad ................................................ 12
Naming songs, etc. ......................................... 12

4 – Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5

Playback ...................................................... 13
Stopping ..................................................... 13
Recording .................................................... 13
Fast forward and rewind ........................... 13
Special location (RTZ) ................................. 13
Special location (LRP) ................................. 13

Patching and routing on the

Pocketstudio 5 ..........................................13

Routing an input to a track ........................... 14
Track bouncing ...............................................
14
Routing on mixdown .....................................
14

Marks ...............................................................14
Punch recording ..............................................14
Editing data .....................................................14

5 – Your first song using the

Pocketstudio 5

Before you start recording .............................15
Setting up a new song to record into ...........15
Setting up the rhythm ....................................16

Selecting the pattern ..................................16

Adding the rhythm guitar ..............................16
Tuning the guitar ............................................17
Adding a guitar effect ....................................17
Adding EQ .......................................................18
Saving the song ..............................................18
Making the recording .....................................19
Adding vocals..................................................19
Adding the lead guitar ...................................20
Mixdown .........................................................20
Transfer to computer......................................22

6 – Managing songs and data on your

Pocketstudio 5

Managing songs ......................................... 23

Naming songs .............................................23
Deleting a song from the card ...................23

Using CF cards ............................................. 24

Before you start using a new CF card ...........24
Checking how full the card has become .......24
Optimizing a card............................................25

Connecting the Pocketstudio 5 to a

computer .................................................. 25

Disconnecting the Pocketstudio 5 ............. 25

Windows 98(SE) ..........................................25
Windows Me/Windows 2000

/Windows XP ...........................................25

Macintosh ....................................................25
Exiting USB mode (any system) .................25

Pocketstudio files........................................ 26
How to share your Pocketstudio 5 files .... 26

Some notes on keeping files..........................26