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Manual Tascam 5

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  • Tascam 5 - page 1

    POCKETSTUDIO 5 4-Track Recorder/MIDI Arranger/MP3 Encoder GETTING ST AR TED CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point with in an equilateral trian gle is inte nded to alert the use r to the pres- ence of import ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 2

    Table of Contents 2 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Gett ing 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 ...................... ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 3

    TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Gettin g Started 3 1 – Welcome W elcome to the T ASCAM Pocketstudio 5. This exciting de vice allows you to record yourself and friends, and to b uild up a multitrack recording and mix do wn to a ste reo mix, add ing ef fects such as re verb and delay , just like a professional recording studio. All of the recording and mixin ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 4

    1 – Welcome 4 TASCAM Pockets tudio 5 Getting St arted Powering up the Pocketstudio 5 The Pocketstudio 5 h as two methods of recei ving po wer: from six dry-cell batteries, or from the sup- plied A C adaptor . The on/of f switch is loca ted on the “rear panel”, together with the A C adapto r input, the USB jack and the MIDI IN jack. Slide the ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 5

    TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Gettin g Started 5 2 – About multitrack recording Even if you already kn o w something about multi- track recording, you may find it useful to read this section in order to refresh your memory regarding the basic concep ts in volv ed in producing a recording. This explanation has been written specially with the Pocketstudio ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 6

    2 – About multitrack recording 6 TASCAM Pockets tudio 5 Getting St arted In a recording studio, the usual mixdow n dev ice is an analog or digital stereo ta pe recorder (or sometimes a CD recorder). On the Pocketstudio 5, the mix is made to an MP3 file inside the Pocketstudio 5 itself. No cables or external equipment are need ed, and you can shar ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 7

    TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Gettin g Started 7 3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 Rear panel 1 MIDI IN jac k Use this to connect a MIDI instrument to control the Pock etstudio 5’ s internal tone generato r . 2 USB por t Use a standard USB cable to con- nect this port to a suitably-equipped computer . 3 A C adapter jack Use only the supplied A C adaptor ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 8

    3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 8 TASCAM Pockets tudio 5 Getting St arted B PHONES jack Connect a pair of stereo head- phones (such as the ones integrated with the supplied headset) to this jack. An adaptor (not supplied) may be required in the case of some headphones. C LINE OUT This is a stereo 3.5 mm jack that is used to connect to other audio ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 9

    3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 9 T op panel G Display The d isplay sho ws you the current status of the song, etc. as well as the menu choices to set up and use your Poc ketstudio 5. H MP3 key Use this k ey when mixing do wn to a stereo MP3 file (ligh ts red) or playing back an MP3 file (light s green). When ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 10

    3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 10 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started N T ranspor t keys These k eys act in much the same way as an ordinary tape recorder’ s ke ys. There is no pause ke y (none i s necessary with a de vice like the Pocketstudio 5). There is, ho wev er , an extra key which you will not f ind on a tape recorder , the MARK ke y ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 11

    3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Start ed 11 NO TE Since the EQ and effects can add a significant amount of volume to the signals, yo u shou ld not rely on these meters for the final level being sent to the track. The le vels of the four audio tracks being played back are sho wn on the four track meters before they ha ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 12

    3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 12 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started The cursor pad The cursor pad is used to nav igate around the screens—left and right and up and do wn. Sometimes a screen will show an up ( l ) or a do wn ( ; ) mark or both ( ' ) at the bottom right of the display which indicates that more options are a vailable befo ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 13

    TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 13 4 – Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5 Playback When you press th e PLA Y k ey , playback starts from the point sho wn in the top right of the home screen. The PLA Y ke y lights when playback is taking place. Stopping Pressing ST OP stops playback or recording (note that there is no pause function). It also s ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 14

    4 – Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5 14 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Routing an input to a track When you want to route one of the two inputs to a track, press and hold either the GUIT AR IN key or the MIC IN key . Any track REC READ Y ke ys which are assigned to this input flash rapidly wh ile you are holding do wn the input ke y (slo w ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 15

    TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 15 5 – Your first song us ing the Pocketstudio 5 This does not pretend to e xplain e very possible func- tion of the Pocketstudio 5, b ut it will guide you through the first steps in making a recording. W e’ll assume that you are going to use the b uilt-in tone generator to gi ve your song a backing track o ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 16

    5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 16 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Setting up the rhythm The first thing to do is to se t the tone generator to the “pattern” setting. 1 From the “home” screen, press MENU and then enter the SYSTEM menu. 2 Use the cursor to move to TgMode , an d the wheel to select PATTERN . TIP While you ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 17

    5 – Your first song us ing the Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Start ed 17 NO TE Bringing up track 1 fader here does not af fect the level of the signal being recorded—i t s ets the relative level of the sound from tr ack 1 that you hear through the head- phones (or LINE O UT). Adjust the guitar input lev el 6 so that w hen y ou pl ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 18

    5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 18 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started y ou to choose which bank y ou will select the effect from. 6 Set the input and output lev els ( In Lev and Out Lev ) f or the effect (from 0 to 127 ). 7 Switch the effect on or off (make sur e the effect is turned on, otherwise y ou won’t hear any effect). Al ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 19

    5 – Your first song us ing the Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Start ed 19 3 Press ENTER once agai n to sa ve the data befo re y ou start recording . NO TE Audio data is saved every ti me you stop reco rding. This is shown by the RECORD key flashing after recording has stopped, and the display showing a flashing aster- isk. How ever ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 20

    5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 20 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 6 Rewind to the start and record y our vocals. It’ s unlikely that y ou’ll get them completely right f irst time, so y ou will probably want to use the Po cketstudio 5’ s auto punch facility to make them perfect! See “Punch record- ing” on page 14 f o ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 21

    5 – Your first song us ing the Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Start ed 21 5 Add the master re verb (r everberation) effect. From the EQ scr een, press Ó to get to the re verb ( REV ) scr een: In this scr een, y ou can set the send level (the level of the signal sent to the re verb unit) for the two inputs, and the f our r ecorded t ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 22

    5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 22 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started T ransfer to computer Of course, you want to be able to share your work with others, and the best way to do that is using a computer . Read the section on “Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5” on page 23 for de tails of how to connect the Pocketst ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 23

    TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started 23 6 – Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 When you connect the Pock etstudio 5 to a computer , you can transfer data such as the following between the Pocketstudio 5 and your comp uter . • Song data (audio, ef fect settings, MIDI backing settings, etc.) • Stereo MP3 files: the f iles that you ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 24

    6 – Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 24 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Using CF cards The 32 MB card which is supplied with your Pocket- studio 5 allo ws you to record up to 10 minutes of 4- track material (as well as allowing you to produce the stereo mix for these tracks). Although you can back up cards to the computer quic ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 25

    6 – Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Start ed 25 Optimizing a card When you record or edit a song, the data may not li ve in a continuous block on the card. No damage will occur to your data or to th e Pocketstudio 5 if you do not perform the optimization technique described here, b ut you may f ind tha ...

  • Tascam 5 - page 26

    6 – Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 26 TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Pocketstudio files The Pocketstudio 5 k eeps its files in special loca- tions, which must not be changed. See the Refer ence Manual for details of these loca- tions and settings. How to share your Po cketstudio 5 files Thanks to the Pocketstudio 5 and the ...

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