Tascam DP-004 - Introduction; Overview of the TASCAM DP-004 Unit; About This Manual; Manual Conventions

TASCAM DP-004 5
Table of Contents
1–Introduction ..................................................................... 8
Overview of this unit ........................................................... 8
About this manual ............................................................... 8
Manual conventions ............................................................... 8
Product parts ........................................................................ 9
Trademarks............................................................................ 9
About SD cards ................................................................... 10
Precautions for use .............................................................. 10
Beware of condensation ................................................... 10
Cleaning the unit ................................................................ 10
2–Quick Start Guides .....................................................11
QSG 1–Playback and mixing ............................................11
Preparing to listen to the demo song ....................................11
Playing and mixing the demo song ....................................... 13
Shutting down the unit .........................................................15
QSG 2–Recording and mastering ....................................15
Connecting and setting the input sources .............................15
Loading a song file ...............................................................17
Setting the guitar as track 1 recording source ...................... 18
Adjusting the input level and monitoring .............................. 18
Recording guitar to track 1 .................................................. 19
Listening to your recording ................................................... 20
Adding another recording (1)—record guitar to track 2 ....... 21
Adding another recording (2)—record vocals on track 3 ...... 22
Mixing the tracks ................................................................. 24
Mastering the mix ................................................................ 25
Shutting down the unit ........................................................ 27
3–Names and Functions of Parts .......................... 28
Top panel ............................................................................. 28
Front panel .......................................................................... 31
Rear panel ........................................................................... 31
Right side panel .................................................................. 32
Left side panel .................................................................... 32
Bottom ................................................................................. 33
4–Preparations .................................................................. 34
Preparing the power and SD card .................................... 34
Installing an SD card ............................................................ 34
Preparing the power ............................................................ 35
Installing batteries ............................................................... 35
Connecting an AC adapter (sold separately) ......................... 36
Start-up & shutdown ......................................................... 36
Starting up the unit .............................................................. 36
Shutting down ..................................................................... 37
Formatting SD cards .......................................................... 38
Display screens ................................................................... 39
Home Screen ....................................................................... 39
Screen Organization ............................................................. 40
Using the screens ................................................................. 41
Editing names ..................................................................... 43
Recorder modes ................................................................ 44
Connecting with other equipment .................................. 45
Rear panel connections ........................................................ 45
Right side panel connections ............................................... 45
Left side panel connections .................................................. 46
Setting the contrast ........................................................... 46