Tascam Digital Audio Production Environment SX-1 Reference Manual

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Part III– Locate, Transport, & Surround
Chapter 6 – Transport, Loop, Auto Punch
Transport Controls
Front Panel
These keys provide standard tape-style transport con-
trols for navigating through the currently loaded 
project.
JUMP Back By default, the left JUMP key moves 
the playhead to the the beginning of the first event in 
the project. However, it is possible to set this 
JUMP 
key to function differently. These settings are made 
in the LCD 
TRANSPORT screen...

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Immediate In this mode, the SX-1 stops after any 
locate operation. 
Automatic In this mode, the SX-1’s transport will 
immediately engage PLAY after any locate opera-
tion.
Deferred When the SX-1 is controlling external 
devices, pressing PLAY during a locate operation 
results in playback starting after the locate operation 
is complete.
REWIND This keym rewinds the project.
FAST FOWARD This key , fast forwards the 
project.
STOP...

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ZERO CURSOR This key clears any value that the 
cursor is currently selecting.
ZERO ALL This key clears the contents of the entire 
register.
ACCEPT Accepts the change.
CANCEL Declines the change.
ADD This key opens the ADD dialog. Use these 
selections to add the devices you want to control 
from the SX-1:
MMC OPEN Use this to add devices 
that accept Open Loop MIDI Machine 
Control Protocol to the list. This selec-
tion will be...

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P2 Remote Machine Control in the SX-1
The SX-1 has full support for the Sony P2 Protocol 
for controlling video decks and other multitrack 
audio devices. Together with the Transport SOLO function, seamless video post-production edit inte-
gration is possible.
The Philosophy
The SX-1 will always try to send transport com-
mands to the machine that is the current Timecode 
Master. The settings in the Machine Control List (
LCD...

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to the first machine in the Machine Control List that 
contains that channel.
To customize a device, select it in the Machine Con-
trol List with the up and down arrows on the front 
surface (
DATA ENTRY keys) or the left most encoder 
knob. Press the 
EDIT soft menu button and then you 
will have the following choices.
IDS: Changes the ID number assigned to the exter-
nal device, not used for P2 devices.
RECS:  Toggles the number of...

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The P2 device could be your MTC master as well, 
just select MTC Master from the Chase Mode soft 
menu. The 
SYNC STATUS LEDs will change to 
MTC SLAVE.
If you just wish to have the SX-1 follow the external 
Timecode but not send out P2 commands, then you 
can just set the HDR Chase mode to LTC SLAVE or 
MTC SLAVE directly.  In this case, the SX-1 does 
not know where to send Transport commands, but 
you will be able to do one clever...

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LOOP Section
Tracks can be looped during playback, rehearsal, and 
recording. The keys for setting the loop are found in 
this section.
ENABLED Press the ENABLED key to activate loop 
playback.
FROM/EDIT FROM After using CAPTURE to 
grab a time value, use the 
FROM/EDIT FROM key to 
store the loop start point, and 
SHIFT+FROM / EDIT 
FROM
 to adjust the loop start point.
TO/EDIT TO After using CAPTURE to grab a time 
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Chapter 7 – Locate Points
Creating Locate Points
CAPTURE KeyAll edit and location memory points are set using the 
CAPTURE/ USE AGAIN key. Registers that require 
this key to set memory points are listed below:
CAPTURE/USE AGAIN When CAPTURE/ USE 
AGA IN
 is pressed, the playhead’s current location is 
captured as a time value. To assign this location to a 
register, follow these steps:1Press 
CAPTURE.
2An LED next to the keys whose...

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TIME Press the TIME key to open 
a time register window on the 
LCD screen (pictured left). Enter 
a value from the keypad and press 
ENTER to move the transport to that location.
BBT Press the BBT key to open a 
bars:beats:ticks register window 
on the LCD screen (pictured left). 
Enter a value from the Keypad and 
press 
ENTER to move the transport to that location.
LOCATE Use the LOCATE key 
to recall saved locate points and 
to...

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LCD Locate Control
Direct access locate controls are also available 
through the LCD screen.
LOCATE POINTS
On this screen you can manage, create, recall, and 
edit your current project’s locate points.From the LCD ACCESS section, press 
TRANSPORT, then press the soft key next to LOCATE 
POINTS
 to recall this screen. Or, just hit the LOCATE 
button on the surface twice, in rapid succession.
SELECT ENTRY Scrolls through the locate...