Teac 80-8 - ENTERING RECORD

make the ta,pe playback zero anything other than
".316 volt" either. As we said they're very dumb and will
follow instructions very precisely. Differing levels will
produce decoding errors.
The reason these errors may not be
objectionable is that
people could
have played or sung or whatever with a little
more or less dynamics. A small change won't be notice-
able as a mistake, but it is not perfect. The tolerance here
is not electronic, it's human. To get exactly what you put
in, it is necessary to get an exact
"O VU," .316 volt in and
out. The system
is level sensitive although it is realistic to
say
it is "artistically" forgiving.
OUTPUT SELECT BUTTONS: The signal presented at
the output terminals
is controlled by the OUTPUT
SE LECT buttons.
INPUT will
typically be used for source calibrations
during system interface and set-up procedures. When this
button is depressed, the input signals are sent directly to
the output terminals.
MONITOR will present the monitor head signal to the
output jacks for those situations where
it is desirable to
monitor the printed signal on the tape for reference
during the recording.
NORMAL will be used for most operations: recording,
overdubbing (sync), and reproduce. The monitoring status
is then determined by the FUNCTION SELECT buttons.
FUNCTION SELECT BUTTONS: When the OUTPUT
SELECT
is in either the INPUT or MONITOR position,
the FUNCTION SELECT buttons
have the single purpose
of determining the record status. UP
is safe. DOWN is
ready-to-record.
When the OUTPUT SELECT
is in the NORMAL position,
the FUNCTION SELECT buttons serve two purposes:
(1)
they determine the record status - UP is safe, DOWN is
ready-to-record, and (2) they determine the monitoring
status
- UP is syncltape reproduce; DOWN is source.
There are 3 ways to enter record
1. With the OUTPUT select in the NORMAL position,
depress the FUNCTION SELECT buttons for those
tracks on which you wish to record. The blinking LEDs
will indicate ready-to-record on those particular tracks.
Enter record with the TRANSPORT CONTROLS
-
depress RECORD (LED will light) and PAUSE to-
gether. Then push PLAY and al1 of the FUNCTION
SELECT LEDs will
remain lit until the record mode is
deactivated.
2. To facilitate puch-ins, the logic can be reversed by first
setting FUNCTION SELECT button in the UP position
and entering record with the RECORD and PLAY
buttons. Now the record LED will blink, indicating
ready-to-record, and are monitoring
syncltape repro-
duce. At the appropriate time, depress the FUNCTION
SELECT
button(s1 for the tracks you wish to punch-in,
and you enter record while simultaneously switching
the monitor to source.
Now, imagine two different occasions where
it is
desireable to punch-in a correction on a given track,
instead of recording the
entire part al1 over again. If the
correction needs to be made
at the BEGI NNING of the
tune - say a hesitant start that is slightly out of sync
with the downbeat
- then there is no need to monitor
reproduce
(sync) since the bad start will only serve to
confuse the musician. Indeed, that part of the track
will be re-recorded.
So the punch-in
is straightforward enough: enter the
record mode on the appropriate track with the
corresponding FUNCTION SELECT button. Press
the
record button when the slate occurs - at the beginning
of the
tune - then enter stop at a convenient.
appropriate time, after the punch-in is completed.
EXAMPLE
2: In this situation, suppose an error has
been made near the end of the
tune - or in the middle
- the example is still valid. Now the musician will
likely need to hear his performance up to that point so
that the punch-in does not represent a different style