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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 out with your DP01
on page 9), you will be able to find your way around the DP01, and to
make and play back recordings.
Congratulations on your purchase of the TASCAM DP01. This 8track
digital hard disk recorder is designed to provide you with great sound in an
easytouse compact package, allowing you to concentrate on the music,
and not on the recording process.
The DP01 contains a large hard disk, allowing you to record many hours
of music, up to two tracks at a time, to a maximum of eight tracks, and then
mix them down to a pair of mastered stereo tracks using the builtin mixing
facilities.
The stereo mix can then be played back into a suitablyequipped CD
recorder, etc., or into a computers audio inputs for distribution over the
Internet, etc. or transferred using a fast USB 2.0 connection to a personal
computer.
In addition, individual tracks can be imported and exported between your
DP01 and a personal computer, and songs can be archived, backed up and
restored using a PC.
This manual
Whether or not you have had experience in multitrack recording, you
should read this manual in order to understand how to get the best
out of the DP-01. This first section gives you an idea of the basic
operations of the DP-01 and will get you started with recording. Fur-
ther features are described in ?Advanced techniques? on page 28
Note that when we refer to features of the DP01 such as keys and connecWe give hints and
tors, we display them like this: RETURN L and R.tips on using the
DP-01 when you see this icon.
We refer to features of other equipment like this: AUX IN.Warnings should be
taken very seriously.
When we show messages, etc., that appear on the screen, we show them
They describe situations which can
like this: In Punch Mode.
cause injury, or damage to the
Take special note of the extra information provided at the side of the main equipment if you don?t follow the
text, especially the WARNING messages.instructions.
This manual cannot begin to be a full guide to multitrack recording techA note at the side of
niques. However, if you visit the TASCAM Web site, you can download the main text pro-
various documents on recording which may be of interest to you.vides additional explanations for
special situations.
Getting started
Troubleshooting The DP01 was designed to be easy to use, but someA caution shows
times you may need a little help. See the section Troubleshooting on that you may lose
page 56 for a list of questions you may have, and answers to help you. data (your recordings) if you don?t
follow the instructions.
Theres also a list of messages that may pop up, with an explanation of their
meaning, and suggestions on what do to (see Messages on page 57).
How to do it? At the back of this manual, theres a section called
Commonlyused functions on page 85. Refer to this section when you
want to know how to perform a particular operation.
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