Tascam DA-88 - Digital Dubbing Procedure

□ Digital dubbing
POWER
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With digital recording, how many times dubbing is repeated, no hiss or distortion
is added ; you can copy important multitrack tapes as many times as you need to
create work tapes or copies for distribution without having to worry about any
deterioration.
DIGITAL I/O PW-88D DIGITAL I/O
To make a digital copy between DA-88s :
1. Making sure that every equipment of your system is turned off, connect the
source machine's DIGITAL I/O port to the target machine's DIGITAL I/O port
by means of the PW-88D cable.
2. After having made the necessary connections, turn on the whole system.
3. Put the master (source) machine into the Digital output mode as described on
page 15.
4. Load the master multitrack tape on the source machine, and an already formatted
blank tape on the target machine.
5. Check to see that all the REC FUNCTION switches on the source machine are
turned OFF.
6. Check to see that all the REC FUNCTION switches on the target machine are
turned ON.
7. Press CHASE on the target machine, so its tape will be located to the same
time point as the source machine.
8. Hold RECORD and press PLAY on the source machine to let the master
multitrack tape start playing. The target machine will automatically go into
record mode, and the master tape will be copied on the target tape.
Use the IF-88AE interface unit if you want to make a digital copy between the
DA-88 and other digital machines with AES/EBU Digital I/O or SPDIF port. Or
use the IF-88SD interface unit for transferring data between the DA-88 and other
digital machines with SDIF-2 port. Both units are optionally available. Once you
have connected them, you can copy digital audio from one to the other machine by
following the same procedure as for normal digital audio recording.
Whichever output mode you select (Digital or Analog), audio data is available at both the digital and analog
outputs at one time. But remember the following :
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