Tascam Digital Multitrack Recorder DA-78HR Owners Manual

5 - Basic operations
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Enter shift mode, and enter the sub-mixer 
mode.
3
Make the l ev el  a nd pan settings  for th e tracks 
which a re to be combi ned, a s described in 7 .4, 
“Sub-mix er”. See this section fo r full details  o f 
how  to  ope r a te  th e su b-mi xe r.
4
Yo u can  use the DA-78 HR’s  SPDIF (
COAXIAL),  
TDIF-1 a nd an alo g out put s t o mon ito r  t r ac ks  7  
and 8 . Only tracks 7  a nd 8 will be output from 
the  
TDIF- 1 and analog outputs, and the...

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If you are unsure about the difference between moni-
to ri ng  mod es as  impl emented  o n th e DA-7 8HR, no w 
is  a good time to read 6, “Monitoring”.
Ob vio usly  y ou  will  wan t to  reco rd wh ile y ou  listen  to  
the off-tape signals from previous ly-recorded tracks 
and the input source on tracks  where recording is  tak-
ing place.
5.6 Punch-in and punch-out
There are a number of ways in which the DA-78HR 
can be used to  perform  reliable...

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NOTE
If you do not w ant to change to source monitoring on 
the punch track(s) between the punch points when 
setting the points, do not set the 
RE C FUNCTION on  
for  these tracks.
A t an y ti me  w he n t he  RHSL in dicator  is  lit o r 
fla shing , this mea ns that recordin g will not 
actually be carri ed out, even if the 
RE CORD 
key  and/o r the
 RE C FUNC TION ind icators  are 
lit.
7
At the po int wh ere you wa nt to punch o ut, 
pres s 
PL AY.
The...

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5
Press the CLEAR (PRE ROLL)  ke y on ce  mo re  
s o  th at  t he  d ispla y  show s  
PO 0003 (PO 0003), 
i.e. the po st-roll time.
Sin ce th ere is little p oin t in  settin g pre- an d po st-ro ll 
times to frame accuracy, you can only set t hese val-
ues to second accuracy.
The minimum values you can s et  are 5 seconds (pre-
roll ) and  3 secon ds  (po st-roll) an d th e maximum 
va lu e  is 59  m inu te s 59  se c on ds f or  bo th.
An y p un ch op...

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If yo u wa nt  to  reco rd  the punch-in  ag ain,  pres s 
the  
AUTO IN/OUT key so that the indicator 
flashes, and  repeat the process  d es crib ed  
abo ve .
4
If yo u are satisfied with the pu nch-in, fo llow 
the steps below, otherwise, pres s 
LOC 1 to  
return to  the punch-in point, press  the 
AU TO  
IN /O U T
 key  s o that the indica to r fla shes, and 
repeat the take.
5. 6. 9 Ex iti ng pun ch -in mo de
1
Disarm any  armed tracks (press  the...

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6 -  Monitoring 
NOTE
We strongly advise you to read this section – the 
effective use of multitrack monitoring is one of the 
keys to an effici ent r ecording sessi on. 
Like all mu ltitrack  reco rd ers , th e DA-7 8HR h as a 
n um be r  o f dif fe r e nt mo nito rin g mo de s , de pe n din g on  
the current monitor status, trans port status and 
whether the  track is  armed  or not.
When a DA-78HR track is in pl ayback mode, the 
mon itorin g is off-tap e.
The controls which affect...

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6.5 Sum mar y o f  mo nit or  mod es
The  follo wi ng  tab le s hows  wh at will  b e mon itored  
from a track. This depends  on the 
AL L INP UT, AUTO MON
 an d t h e  R EC FU NCTION setting s, and  o n th e 
t ransport  mode current ly  engaged.
REC 
FU NC TI ONPL AYRECORDSTOP, REW, 
FFWDSHUT TL E
(shuttl e moni tor)
ALL I NPUT ONON
INPUTOFF
ALL INPUT 
OFFAU TO MON 
OF FON
OFF
TAPEAU TO MON 
ONON
INP UT
OFFTA P E
ONINPUT
OFFMUTE
OFFTA P E
ONMU T E 

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7 - Advanced operations
7.1 Autolocation
The DA-78HR contains  t wo location memories, 
accessible through  the 
LOC  1 and LOC 2 ke ys.  Th e se  
a l s o  a l l ow  a “A
«B rep eat ” facil ity, which  allo ws 
you to rehearse part of a mixdown, for instance. 
Thes e two location memory points  are referred to as  
“MEMO 1” and “MEMO 2”.
As with  the pu nch  recordin g p oin ts (5 .6, “P un ch -in 
an d  pu nch -o ut ”), i t is  p os sibl e  to  s et an d  edit  th ese 
p oin ts in a...

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If you  press PLAY twice wh ile the tape is lo catin g, 
th e 
PLAY key will ligh t steadily, th e tape will stop  
an d play back  will start immediately.
If you  are  using the DA-78HR with  a remote  control 
unit,  and you have have pressed  the 
AUTO P LAY ke y 
o n th e remo te co ntro l u nit, rep lay will start au to mati-
cally when the locati on point is reached.
7.2 Repeat function
You can repeat playback continuously between the 
two  lo cation...

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Press a nd hold the SHI F T key for more than 
three seconds  to exit the d elay setting mode.
The meters can also be used to 
give  a  v isu a l in dic a tio n o f the  
track  d elay. 
Press  
SHI F T and one of the 
REC  F UNCTION ke ys  ( a s 
de sc r ibe d  in  4. 1. 1 , “ Pe a k 
meters”) to  to gg le this  meter 
mo de  of f a nd  on . T he  de f a ult 
at  po wer-on  is  fo r th is mod e to  
be  on .
The track del ay, expressed i n 
s eco nd s,...