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Contents TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 5 1 : Starting out with your DP-01 Getting started This manual ........................................................................................................................9Copyright ........................................................................

Contents TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 7 4 : DP-01FX/CD Appendix About CD-R and CD-RW discs Handling of compact discs ..............................................................................................69 Media Compatibility Table Opening/Closing CDs ............................................

Table of Figures 8 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Figure 1.1: Power connections to the DP-01 ..........................................................11Figure 1.2: SHUT DOWN and ACCESS ...................................................................12Figure 1.3: Menu controls .........................

TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 9 Getting st arted 1 : Starting out with your DP-01 Getting started Read this section first. It contains important basic information about using your DP01 effectively, and will help you create exciting original musical projects. When you have read this section (“Starting ...

Getting started 10 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Copyright Windows, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh, MacOS, and MacOS X are trademarks of Apple Computer. DP-01 Line-up There are three models of the DP01: the DP01, DP01FX, a...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 11 S tartup & shut do wn Startup & shutdown Read this section to understand how to power up and power downthe DP-01. When switching theDP-01 on and off, we suggest that you turn down thevolume of any speakers or amplifi-ers connected t...

Startup & shutdown 12 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Shutting down the DP-01 If you don’t shutdown the DP-01 in the way described here, you maylose your recordings and settings.Always shut down the DP-01according to these instructions. 1 First, stop playback or record...

Navigation 14 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Navigation The DP-01 uses a menu system which allows you to make settings,and perform many operations. This section explains how to use themenu system and to check and make settings. Press the MENU key to bring up the opening m...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 15 Nav igation Use the jog wheel (or the and keys) to move the cursor to select the song to be erased, and then press the ENTER key. In cases like this, where the DP-01 asks you a question, the ENTER key now becomes a YES key, and the EXIT key...

Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment 16 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment Figure 1.4 shows aDP-01FX model. The appearance of the DP-01 andDP-01FX/CD differs slightly, but theprinciples are the same. Before you start recording with...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 17 Conn ecting y our DP-0 1 to othe r e quipmen t The DP-01FX andDP-01FX/CD include phantom-powered XLRmicrophone input connectors. See“DP-01FX Appendix” on page 62for details of using these connec-tors. Microphones are connected to the front ...

Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment 18 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 The INPUT MODE switch You will use this switch when you are recording from input A andinput B at the same time. INPUT MODE does not affect the recording at all—just the monitoringprocess. This fron...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 19 Conn ecting y our DP-0 1 to othe r e quipmen t External stereo input The DP01 has two 1/4" mono unbalanced jacks on the rear panel marked STEREO MIX . These can be used to connect an external stereo submixer, synthesizer, drum machine, ...

Managing your songs 20 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Managing your songs Any recording madeon the DP-01 is referred to as a "song", even thoughit may only consist of instrumentaltracks or spoken word. This section shows you how to create a new song, as well as ba...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 21 Manag ing your so ngs Reverting to last version The REVERT action (which follows the SAVE action in the SONG menu) allows you to undo all changes since the last save. When you select the REVERT action, the title of the song is shown. Press ...

Managing your songs 22 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Erasing many songs at one time You may want to select a number of songs for erasing. You can also usethis method to per- form other operations, such ascopying. Use the jog wheel to scroll up and down through the list o...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 23 Ass igning in put s Assigning inputs When we talk about “assigning” inputs, we are talking about routingthe signals from the two inputs to the tracks. You can record on up to two tracks at a time. This means that thesame input can be assign...

Recording 24 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Recording The DP-01FX andDP-01FX/CD con- tain internal input effects proces-sors ( MULTI ). See “DP-01FX Appendix” on page 62 for details. When you’ve connected a source, and assigned the inputs to tracks,you’re ready to start r...

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 25 Recor d ing More advanced features The DP-01 has many advanced features which you may want to uselater on. Though we don't want to go into all of them now, you shouldbe aware of a few of them now. Using marks to locate positions Although “R...

Mixdown and mastering 26 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual S ta rting out with your DP-01 Mixdown and mastering This is the last stage in creating a song, allowing you to create a filewhich you can play back into a stereo recorder, and export to a WAVfile for further processing, archiving, recording, etc....

Starting out with your DP-01 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 27 Mixdown and mastering Mastering This is where the actual stereo recording takes place, once you’rehappy with the mix you’ve created. You create a mixed master ste-reo track, starting at 00:00:00:00 (the “zero point”) and continuing tothe OU...

28 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques 2 : Advanced techniques The operations described here are ones that you may use less oftenthan the ones described earlier in this manual, but you will find use-ful in your work with the DP-01. Location This section tells you how to jump around to ...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 29 L ocation To move to a location mark Press and hold the LOCATE key, and briefly press and release the REW or F FWD key to move to the previous or next mark in the song. This works while playing back, whilestopped or “winding”, but not while recordin...

Using the meters 30 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Using the meters Meters to let you know what’s going on with the audio in the DP-01.Here are a few little hints and tips which may help you. As well as showing you the level of signals, the meters can show you if the signals are a...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 31 EQ settings EQ settings This can help youemphasize the par- ticular frequency ranges on a track. On the DP-01, you can set the frequency at which the EQ HIGH andEQ LOW controls work; individually for each channel. 1 Press MENU , and then select the ...

Punching 32 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Punching As mentioned in “Punch recording” on page 25, the DP-01 providestwo manual ways of changing between playback and recordingmodes: using the PLAY and RECORD keys, and using the foot switch. There is also an automated punch mode, de...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 33 Pun ching Punch recording When you have rehearsed your punch-in, you can start recording. 1 Press the RHSL key so that the indicator goes out (but the AUTO PUNCH indicator is still lit). 2 Press PLAY so that playback starts. Use the pre-roll time to...

Bouncing 34 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Bouncing You can bounce toone track, if you want, but you will probably want tobounce in stereo. “Bouncing” on the DP-01 refers to the technique of mixing recordedtracks through the MASTER fader to a pair of unused tracks. You might use a...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 35 Rep eat Repeat Repeat allows you to repeat the playback or auto-punched rehearsal(see “Rehearsal” on page 32) between the IN and OUT points. You can’t set thesepoints when the REPEAT key is lit. First, set the IN and OUT points at the place where yo...

Working in bars & beats 36 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Working in bars & beats “Bars” are alsosometimes ref- erred to as “measures”. Besides working in minutes and seconds (as explained in detail in“Direct location” on page 28), the DP-01 can work in musical barsand bea...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 37 W o rking in bars & beat s Point editing Even when the screen shows positions in bars and beats, location points are edited in minutes and seconds (“To edit a locationmark” on page 29), except that the bars and beats equivalent is alsoshown. Whe...

Working in bars & beats 38 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques You can select MIDI channel, note/note on velocity of a regular click, and note/note on velocity of an accent. Scroll the list to set the following parameters: Mode Select from RecOnly (only at recording) and Rec&Pl...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 39 W o rking in bars & beat s 2 Select the GENERATOR action and press the key: 3 Use the jog wheel to change the OFF setting to CLK (clock). The DP-01 now sends the messages described here from MIDI OUT when playing back or recording. Connect the M...

Disk management 40 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Disk management Formatting and re-partitioning are “destructive” actions. You cannotundo them, and the changes arepermanent. The DP-01 allows you format and re-partition the internal hard diskto suit your needs. The DP01’s hard dis...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 41 Dis k mana gement 4 Press ENTER . It is most importantthat the power to the DP-01 is not turned off whenthe disk is being formatted. If thishappens, the unit may becomeunusable. A message reminds you that all songs will be lost. 5 Press ENTER again ...

Advanced song management 42 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Advanced song management Copying songs The DP-01 disk is divided into “partitions” (see “Disk management”on page 40). You can use different partitions for different purposes:old songs/new songs, or instrumentals/vocal numb...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 43 Adv anced s ong man agemen t Protecting a song When a song is protected, it cannot be edited, and further recordingis not possible. Of course, it cannot be erased, either. 1 From the SONG menu, select the PROTECT action: 2 Use the wheel to change pr...

Using the USB connection 44 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Using the USB connection We use the term“PC” throughout this section to mean either a Win-dows or Macintosh personal com-puter. You can use a personal computer to read and write from the FATpartition of the hard disk. Data...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 45 Usi ng the USB conne ction 3 You can now unplug the USB cable. If a panel telling you it is not safe to remove the DP-01 appears, do not“close” or unplug the DP-01. Close all programs and windows that areaccessing the files on the DP-01 and try agai...

Using the USB connection 46 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques 3 Use the jog wheel to move the selection cursor ( ) to the song to bebacked up. Press ENTER . If you do not haveenough space on the FAT partition to back up a song,you must connect the DP-01 to aPC and manage the files fr...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 47 Usi ng the USB conne ction Importing and exporting tracks You can import and export individual tracks to and from a PC via theFAT partition. The files used for track import and export are 16-bit44.1 kHz mono WAV format (and must have the .WAV extens...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 49 Usi ng the USB conne ction Exporting the mastered stereo tracks When you have finished mastering (see “Mastering” on page 27),you may want to save the mastered stereo mix, otherwise it will beoverwritten when you next perform a mastering operation. ...

About track editing 50 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques About track editing One of the most useful features of a disk-based recorder such asthe DP-01 is the ability to edit material easily. When working with astereo tape recorder in the past, editing was not an easy process,and was ...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 51 Abou t tra ck edi ting Track editing functions The track editing functions available on the DP01 are: • COPY->PASTE• COPY->INSERT• MOVE->PASTE• MOVE->INSERT• OPEN• CUT• SILENCE• CLONE TRACK• CLEAN OUT COPY -> PASTE This function takes...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 53 Abou t tra ck edi ting You can change the following values: Src. Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is taken. Choose 1 through 8 to select an individual track. Choose 1/2 , 3/4 , 5/6 , 7/8 to select a pair of tracks. Cho...

About track editing 54 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques CLONE TRACK This copies a track or pair of tracks to another track or pair of tracks.There are no IN and OUT points when cloning. There are two values that you can change: Src. Trk Select an individual track ( 1 through 8 ), a ...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 55 Abou t tra ck edi ting The top line is the most recent event. When you undo an action (or event), you undo the action pointed toby the cursor ( ) and all actions after it. You can’t undo just one actionin the middle of the event history list. Use th...

Troubleshooting 56 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Troubleshooting When working with any new piece of equipment like the DP-01, it’ssometimes difficult to work out why something isn’t happening theway you expect. The main thing is to take your time—after all, you’renot paying hourl...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 57 T ro ubleshoo ting The volume of a multi-effect may need adjusting or the parameter isset so low that the effect is too subtle to be noticed (“Multi-effect” onpage 64). Messages The following popup messages alert you to conditions that mayarise whil...

Troubleshooting 58 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Not Stopped The transport is moving (not stopped, but playing back, recording, etc.) and you’ve pressed a key such as the BOUNCE key which cannot be used until you press STOP . Now Recording You’re trying to perform an action which...

Advanced techniques TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 59 S p ecifica tions Specifications Analog specifications Digital specifications Audio performance INPUTs (A and B) 1/4" phone (unbalanced) XLR balanced (DP-01FX and DP-01FX/CD) Input impedance > 10k Ω (max), or 1 M Ω ( A only) with switch in GU...

Specifications 60 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual Advanc ed techn iques Physical characteristics Dimensional drawings External power adapter AC input 100 — 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz External power adapter output 12 V External power adapter output current 2.5 A Power consumption DP-01/DP-01FX: 15W, DP-01FX/CD: ...

62 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-01F X App endix 3 : DP-01FX Appendix The DP-01FX differs from the DP-01 in a few important respects: itprovides balanced XLR connectors with switchable phantom powerfor connecting condenser microphones, there is a built-in guitar/basstuner, it provides a multi-proce...

DP-01FX Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 63 T unin g a guit a r The line of symbols on either side of the center square gets shorter asthe played note approaches the “target” and the center square fillswhen the string is in tune: Changing the tuning Most instruments are tuned to A=440 Hz. If you...

Multi-effect 64 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-01F X App endix Multi-effect The DP-01FX contains an input effector, which contains differenttypes of effects, grouped by the type of input (electric guitar, acousticguitar, vocals, etc.) that they are suitable for. Assigning the effect Although there a...

DP-01FX Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 65 Multi-effe ct Setting the effect volume Set the volume of the effect from 0 to 127 by pressing the SHIFT key and turning the PARAMETER control. Available multi-effect settings This list is divided into the available effect types: Electric guitar settin...

Multi-effect 66 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-01F X App endix Acoustic guitar settings ( AGTR ) Swingy Mid-peaking warm sound FatJazz1 Use on jazz pieces with breaks FatJazz2 Compressed “fat” jazz setting R&B High emphasis with a rough sound ClnVerb Clear long sustained sound CtyBlues Fat-sound...

DP-01FX Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 67 Multi-effe ct Bass guitar settings ( BASS ) These sound best with bass instruments — other sources may not give such a good effect. Vocal settings ( VOCAL ) Drum settings ( DRUM ) These sound good with rhythm machines, etc. Arpeggio Acoustic picked arp...

Reverb 68 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-01F X App endix Reverb “Reverb” is short for“reverberation”— the sound produced by many shortechoes off the walls of rooms, etc. The reverb effect is available as an alternative to the external SEND/RETURN loop with an external effect processor (see “Effect p...

TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 69 Abou t CD-R an d CD-R W discs 4 : DP-01FX/CD Appendix About CD-R and CD-RW discs The DP-01FX/CD can use CD-R and CD-RWmedia, including CD-R and CD-RW DigitalAudio media. CDR discs can be recorded once only. Once they have been used for recording, they cannot be erased ...

Media Compatibility Table 70 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-0 1FX/CD App endix Media Compatibility Table A: Compatible; B: Operation not assured; N: Not compatible Playback of Audio CDs Writing of Audio CDs Data Backup Data Export Data Restore Data Import 12cm CDDA standard formatMade on this CD-R/C...

DP-01FX/CD Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 71 Audi o CD Menu In the menu instruc-tions below, select menus by pressing ENTER or the cursor key. The DP-01FX/CD is a DP-01FX with a built-in CD-R/RW drive. Thisappendix describes CD-R/RW functions. Opening/Closing CDs • The CD can be opened or clos...

Audio CD Menu 72 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-0 1FX/CD App endix 5 When the CD PLAYER menu is displayed, the CD player can be con-trolled using the following keys: - STOP key: Stops the CD player. - PLAY key: Plays back the selected track. - F FWD key: Selects the next track. - REW key: Selects th...

Audio CD Menu 74 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-0 1FX/CD App endix 8 After writing to the CD ends, the unit allows you to make anothercopy of the same disc. To write to another CD, press the ENTER key. To cancel writing to another CD, press EXIT key. Writing by Track at Once With Track at Once, a si...

DP-01FX/CD Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 75 Audi o CD Menu Finalizing CDs If you are finished recording to a CD in TAO, you need to finalize theCD so that it can be played on a regular CD player. 1 Press the MENU key and choose the AUDIO CD menu. 2 Select FINALIZE from the AUDIO CD menu. 3 Pr...

Data CD Menu 76 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-0 1FX/CD App endix Data CD Menu Importing and exporting tracks Between a CD and the DP-01's song tracks, you can import andexport individual tracks to and from. The files used for track importand export are 16-bit 44.1kHz mono WAV format (and must have ...

DP-01FX/CD Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 77 Dat a CD Menu Exporting to CDs You can convert a track to WAV format files and write them to CDsfor editing in a computer. To do this: 1 Insert a CD-R that has not been written or an erased CD-RW into theCD tray and close the tray. 2 Press the MENU ...

Data CD Menu 78 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-0 1FX/CD App endix 7 Press the ENTER key. The following confirmation screen is displayed. Press the ENTER key to begin exporting to CD. 8 After exporting ends, the display prompts to ask if you want anothercopy: To export to another CD, press the ENTER ...

DP-01FX/CD Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 79 Dat a CD Menu 8 Press the ENTER key. The following confirmation screen is displayed. Press the ENTER key again. The songs are saved, and the number of CDs required for the backup is displayed. When you have prepared the required number of CDs, press...

Data CD Menu 80 TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual DP-0 1FX/CD App endix 5 Press the ENTER key. The following confirmation screen is displayed. Press the ENTER key again. The song will be restored from CD. 6 If the song is backed up to two or more CDs, a message promptingyou to insert the second backup CD ...

DP-01FX/CD Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 81 Dat a CD Menu CD-related Error Messages If you experience a problem while reading or writing a CD, you maysee one of the following error messages: When a popup message is displayed, press EXIT key to clear the display, check the state of the media, ...

DP-01FX/CD Appendix TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 83 Messa ges Import File Too Big "The import file is too big." The size of the file to import equals or exceeds the free space on hard disk when executing an import in the CD IMPORT menu. Create more free space on hard disk by DEL/UNUSED, for e...

Commonly-used functions TASCAM DP-01 Owner’s Manual 87 How do I. .? Show the song name From the home screen, press and hold EXIT “Song information” on page 22 Synchronize another device using MIDITimecode or MIDI clock MENU MIDI GENERATOR See “Working with MIDI” on page 38. Trim the IN and OUT and T...

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