Reference Guide

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TASCAM DR-40X
4 – Recording
Select the file you want to overdub
Use the . and / buttons or the BROWSE screen to
select the file that you want to overdub.
NOTE
See "5 – Working with Files and Folders (BROWSE screen)"
on page 41 for selecting files using the BROWSE screen.
Conducting overdubbing
1.
Press the RECORD [0] button to begin recording
standby.
MIX recording SEPARATE recording
When in MIX mode, press the 1/2 [SOLO] button to
mute monitoring of the input sound.
When in SEPARATE mode, if there are two playback files,
press the 3/4 [SOLO] button to switch between the
input sound and the playback file. If there is only one
file, this mutes the input sound.
2.
Press the RECORD [0] button to start overdubbing.
This starts overdubbing.
MIX recording SEPARATE recording
When recording starts, the REC indicator lights and the
display shows the elapsed and remaining recording
times.
3.
To stop recording, press the ¤ (HOME) [8] button.
File names when overdubbing
When overdubbing, file names are generated differently
according to the DUB MODE setting.
SEPARATE mode
Playback file
File-A:
180113_0004S12.WAV
The newly recorded file (recorded without the
playback signal)
File-B:
180113_0004S34.WAV
If you record again using the same playback file (File-A),
the name of File-B above is changed to the file name below
(File-C), and the new recording file is given the File-B file
name.
File-C:
180113_0004V34t1.WAV
If you record one more time using the same playback file
(File-A) (and File-B and File-C above are saved), the file name
for File-B changes as shown below, with the number at 6
increased by one, and the new recording file given the File-B
file name.
File-D:
180113_0004V34t2.WAV