Tascam Digital Multitrack Recorder DA-98 Owners Manual

Section 6 – Basic operations  
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and edited to frame accuracy, either from a cue list 
or “on-the-fly” in real time.
The DA-98 provides a rehearsal mode which sim-
ulates the punching process, allowing the artists to 
perfect the timing of the new material.
The mechanics of punching on a digital recorder 
appear to the operator to be the same as on an ana-
log recorder. 
Crossfading, however, is an important and useful 
function on digital recorders, to ensure continuity 
between...

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8) After the post-roll period, the tape will return 
to the pre-roll point (the punch-in point minus 
the pre-roll offset).
The RHSL indicator will now light steadily, show-
ing that the DA-98 is in rehearsal mode.
6.6.3 Setting punch points using the 
menus
1) Press the RHSL (rehearsal) key [9] twice (or 
until the indicator lights steadily).
2) Press the 
AUTO MON key [19] (the indicator will 
light).
3) Go to menu group 1 and select the 
In
Point
 option...

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4) Post-roll is set in the same way. Use the LEFT 
and 
RIGHT keys until the cursor is by the Post 
field, and repeat the steps above.
The minimum value for post-roll is 3 seconds.
6.6.5 Rehearsing the punch-in
After you have set the punch points, and you have 
located the tape to the pre-roll point, as described 
above, you can rehearse the punch process.
1) Press the 
RHSL key [9] so that the indicator 
lights steadily.
This indicates that you are now...

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3) At the punch-out point, the monitoring will go 
back to off-tape (the 
INPUT MONITOR indicators 
of armed tracks will go out), and when the 
post-roll point is reached, the tape will rewind 
to the pre-roll point.
4) The 
AUTO PUNCH indicator will light steadily, 
showing that the DA-98 is now in replay mode.
6.6.8 Replaying the punched material
1) To replay the punch-in, press the PLAY key.
Playback will start (the REC FUNCTION indica-
tors of the armed...

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Section 7 – Monitoring modes
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7 – Monitoring modes
Like all multitrack recorders, the DA-98 has a 
number of different monitoring modes, depending 
on the current monitor status, transport status and 
whether the track is armed or not.
In addition to the “standard” modes common to 
most multitrack recorders, the DA-98 includes 
two new monitoring features: the 
CONFIDENCE 
MODE
 [17], and the individual track INPUT MONI-
TOR
 switches [29]. These are described in this 
section.
7.1...

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7.1.3 Shuttle monitoring
In addition to these modes, there is one further 
control, 
SHTL MON [20], that affects monitoring, 
but only in one special case – shuttle mode. Usu-
ally, when shuttling the tape, you will want to 
monitor off-tape. However, if a track is armed, 
you may want to listen to the source input signal, 
rather than the off-tape recording.
The 
SHTL MON key has no effect when AU TO  
MON
 is off. While shuttling, you can use tracks’...

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7.2.1 Arming tracks in pairs
In confidence mode, tracks are armed and 
unarmed in pairs (1+2, 3+4, 5+6, 7+8). 
1) Pressing the 
REC FUNCTION of either track 1 or 
track 2, for instance, will arm both tracks 1 and 
2. 
2) Pressing either track 1 or track 2’s 
REC 
FUNCTION
 key will unarm both tracks 
(regardless of which track’s 
REC FUNCTION key 
was used to arm the tracks).
3) If confidence mode is turned off, track arming 
and unarming can now be carried...

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Section 8 – Advanced operations
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8 – Advanced operations
8.1 Autolocation
The DA-98 contains two location memories, 
accessible through the 
LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys([22] 
and [23]). These also allow a “A
«B repeat” 
facility, which allows you to rehearse part of a 
mixdown, for instance. These two location mem-
ory points are referred to as “MEMO 1” and 
“MEMO 2”.
In addition to these two location memories, the 
DA-98 can also store 10 more location memories, 
which are accessed through...