Tascam DA-88 - Multiple DA-88 Synchronization; Synchronization Setup

o Pressing any transport control button during repeat play activates the function
pressed, and repeat play will start again if you —:
Press AUTO PLAY then LOC (whether 1 or 2) when the tape is at
any point.
OR
Press LOC when the tape is at any point, and, when the tape stops
at the beginning or end of loop, press PLAY.
OR
Press PLAY when the tape is within the loop or at a lower point
than the beginning of the loop.
Multiple-DA-88 System
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You can set up a maximum of 16 DA-88s for 128 tracks to let them behave in
sync with sample accuracy, one DA-88 serving as the master, and all others as
slaves, this without having to use any external synchronizer, but simply by
connecting their SYNC IN and OUT jacks in series.
NOTES
o To synchronize multiple DA-88s, it is imperative that tapes in use are
previously formatted and have ABS time data.
o You cannot synchronize tapes if they have been formatted for different
sampling rates.
o When multiple DA-88s are hooked up, be sure to keep all of them turned on,
whether they are all actually in use or not. If some DA-88s are in record or
play and you turn any others on or off, the recording or playing tapes can
run irregularly.
Connections
Before anything else, check to see that all elements of your system are turned off.
Diagram shows a three-DA-88 system as an example.
1. Connect one end of the optional PW-88S cable to the master's SYNC OUT,
and the other end of the cable to the slave’s SYNC IN.
If there are more slaves, connect the second slave's SYNC OUT to the third
slave's SYNC IN, and the third slave's SYNC OUT to the fourth slave's SYNC
IN, and so on.
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