OWNER'S MANUAL Digital Multitrack Recorder DA-78HR

7 - Advanced operations
41 TASCAM DA-78HR
The display will show the level and pan posi-
tion of the channel. For example,
L. 02. P -C-
would indicate a level of 102 and a center pan
position.
3
Use the ▲ and ▼ keys and/or the knob to
change the level of the active channel.
4
To change the level of another channel, press
that channel’s
REC FUNCTION
key.
The meters may be used to show the value of
the channel levels (the default is for this func-
tion to be on, and it may be toggled with the
SHIFT
+
REC FUNCTION
combination).
5
Press the
LEVEL/PAN
key or the
REC
FUNCTION
key of the currently active channel
to change the cursor (flashing period) to the
pan setting.
Pan values range from
P. L--
(
P. L- -
hard left) through P. L62
(immediately to the right of the
hard left setting),
P. -C- (
P. - C -
—
center) and
P. R62 (
P. R6 2
—
almost hard right) to
P. --R
(
P.--R
—hard right).
The meters are also be used to
show the pan settings. Press
SHIFT
and one of the
REC
FUNCTION
keys (as described in
4.1.1, “Peak meters”) to toggle this meter mode off
and on. The default at power-on is for this mode to be
on.
6
Use the ▲ and ▼ keys and/or the knob to
adjust the pan settings of the active channel.
7.4.5 Setting the sub-mixer input
sources
1
From the pan setting, as described immedi-
ately above, press either the
REC FUNCTION
key of the active channel, or the
LEVEL/PAN
key.
2
The display will show the current input source
for the channel, e.g.
In 1 t1 (
In 1 t1
—the
input source for channel 1 is track 1).
3
Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to cycle through
t1
through
t8 (track 1 through 8), a1 through
a8 (analog inputs 1 through 8) and d1
through
d8 (digital inputs 1 through 8).
4
Pressing the ▲ and ▼ keys together will “nor-
malize” the sub-mixer, feeding each channel
with the output of the correspondingly-num-
bered track.
NOTE
These assignments are temporary, and remain only
as long as the mixdown mode is enabled. When the
mixdown mode is disabled, the previous input patch-
bay settings are restored.
5
To record the mixer outputs onto tracks 7 and
8, arm these tracks and record in the usual
way.
7.5 Crossfade times
As mentioned earlier (5.6, “Punch-in and punch-
out”), digital punch recording requires that the origi-
nal and new signal be crossfaded over a short period
of time.
The factory default crossfade time for the DA-78HR
is 10 ms, and this can be adjusted in 10 millisecond
steps to a maximum of 200 ms.
For the most part, 10 ms is an adequate value and
will produce seamless punches, but there may be
times (matching reverb settings, etc.) when a longer
crossfade is required.
1
Press the
SHIFT
key so that the
SHIFT
indicator
is flashing, and press the
MENU
key until the
display shows
AUDIO. 2-- (
AUDIO2--
).
2
Press the
SUB MENU
key until the display
shows
C. FADE;;; (
C FADE xxx
), where xxx
is the current crossfade time in milliseconds.
3
Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to adjust the crossfade
time (10 through 200 ms in 10 ms steps)
7.6 Vari speed (pitch control)
The speed of recording and playback (and hence the
pitch) of the DA-78HR can be adjusted to 6% above
or below normal speed in 0.1% steps.
NOTE
You cannot operate the pitch control when the DA-
78HR is slaved to another unit, or synchronized to an
external word clock. If the clock is changed to exter-
nal while varispeed is on, the
VARI SPEED
indicator
will go out. The indicator will also go out if chasing is
enabled while varispeed is on.
7.6.1 To set a non-standard speed
1
Press the
VARI SPEED
key. Its indicator will
light, and the
SHIFT
indicator will flash.
--R
R62
-C-
L62
L--