Tascam Dual Cd Player CD-302 Owners Manual
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2 • Front and rear panels—Main unit (front panel) 12 TASCAM CD-302 2.1 Main unit (front panel) Since you perform almost all control functions of the CD-302 from the remote control unit, the front panel only contains the following features: 1 POWER switch and indicator Turns the power on and off. The indicator lights when power is supplied. When Direct Mode (see 4.20, “Direct mode”) is on, the drive starts playing when power is supplied. 2 OPEN keys (1 and 2) Open and close the appropriate disc tray. NOTE These keys cannot be used when the Direct mode (see 4.20, “Direct mode”) is off and a disc is being played back. 3Disc trays Insert Compact Discs into these trays, label side upwards. 2.2 Main unit (rear panel) 4OUTPUT jacks RCA connectors providing line level output signals. 5REMOTE connectors Use these connectors to connect the remote control units. 6FADER START/STOP, EVENT START jacks The decks can be controlled using external Fader Start and Event Start commands through these jacks. Connect appropriately-wired tip-ring-sleeve plugs to these jacks. See 4.23, “Fader and Event Start/Stop” for details of how to wire the plugs, and how to use these connectors. 2.3 Remote control unit (front panel) 7OPEN key Opens and closes the disc tray. NOTE This key cannot be used when the Direct mode (see 4.20, “Direct mode”) is off and a disc is being played back. 8TIME key Selects the time display type: ELAPSED, REMAIN or A-B loop duration (in A-B loop play mode). 9SINGLE key Selects the play mode, either continuous play (all tracks), SINGLE (1 track) play, PROGRAM play. AINDEX key Changes to the INDEX search mode. By pressing the INDEX key, you can search by index using the SKIP keys. When the index search mode is active, the INDEX indicator lights in the display. BSKIP keys Use these to perform track searches (or index searches when the INDEX mode is active). If the SKIP keys are pressed and held for more than half a second, the index number will increment or decrement appropriately. The player will go to the selected index number when the key is released. The >>| key advances playback to the start of the next track. The |
2 • Front and rear panels—Remote control unit (front panel) TASCAM CD-302 13 DCUE key If a cue point has been stored, the unit will play when the CUE key is pressed, and enter pause mode when this key is released. EPLAY/PAUSE key Changes between playback and pause mode. The key lights steadily in playback mode, and flashes in pause mode. If the ENTER key L is pressed and held down, and the PLAY key is pressed at the same time, a “cross play” function is enabled where the deck whose PLAY key is not pressed will stop playback, and the deck whose PLAY key has been pressed will start playback. FJOG dial Use this to advance or retard the playback position at a maximum resolution of 1 frame. The resolution can be set using the procedure described in 3.3.3, “Cue- ing using the JOG dial”. This dial is also used for setting parameter values, etc. as explained elsewhere in this manual (3, “Basic operations” and 4, “Advanced Operations”). GNumber keys and CLEAR key Use these number keys for direct entry of numerical values such as direct track search, time search, preset function recall, memory storage, etc. Use the CLEAR key to reset numeric values. When the CLEAR key is pressed and held down and the 0 key is pressed, the number keys take on special functions, as explained in 4.6, “Number key modes”. HBANK key Use to select between the five memory banks. IPRESET key Allows the recall of preset functions (see 4, “Advanced Operations”). JMEMORY key Memorizes the current settings. KRECALL key Recalls the memories. LENTER key Confirms memory numbers, recall of memories and preset function settings. MBPM counter Shows the tempo (in bpm—beats per minute—from 81 to 161) of the current track, or of the tapped tempo input with the TA P key N (see 4.5, “BPM”). NTAP key Set the tempo in bpm manually by tapping the TA P key. When you press this TA P key, the BPM counter M mode changes to the TAP mode and the TA P LED (to the left of the BPM counter) lights. You can then adjust the tempo later using the dial F. Pressing and holding this key for more than 2 sec- onds resets the value. Pressing and holding this key and the BPM key together allows the value to be adjusted using the dial. OBPM key Selects either the automatic or tap BPM counter mode. Clear the tempo by pressing and holding down this key for more than 2 seconds. PTEMPO SYNC key Turns the tempo sync function on and off. When this function is on, the key lights up. The tempo sync function allows the playback tempo of the two decks to be synchronized (see 4.7, “Tempo Sync”). Pressing this key will adjust the tempo of the deck to the tempo of the material being played on the other deck. While the deck is “locking up”, the TEMPO SYNC key flashes, and when the sync is locked, the light lights steadily. QBEAT SYNC key Turns the beat sync function on and off. The beat sync function synchronizes the playback of the decks, so that the beats in the material are synchro- nized with the beats in the material played back by the other deck (see 4.8, “Beat Sync”). While the deck is “locking up”, the BEAT SYNC key flashes, and when the sync is locked, the light lights steadily. RLOOP key Switches looping on and off. When looping is enabled, the key lights and the display indicator also lights.
2 • Front and rear panels—Remote control unit (rear) 14 TASCAM CD-302 SA and B keys Use the A and B keys to set, edit and recall the start and end points of the loop, respectively. When you have set a loop (start and end points have been set), the A and B keys will light. TSAMPLE key This key lights when sample playback takes place and flashes when sample recording takes place. Press and hold this key and press the IN key to enter reverse sample playback mode, and press and hold this key and press the OUT key to enter loop sample playback mode. UIN/OUT keys Use these keys to set and clear the start and end points of the sampled sound and edit the end point. When you have set these points, these keys will light. Start and stop sample playback using these keys. VSCRATCH key Turns the scratch play mode on and off. When this scratch mode is active, the indicator lights (see 4.9, “Scratch”). When the indicator is lit, the playback can be “scratched” using the dial. WBRAKE key Turns the brake mode on and off (see 4.14, “Brake function”). When the brake mode is active, the indi- cator lights. X+ and – keys Changes the key. These keys have no effect in Original Key mode. YKEY ORIGINAL/RESET key Use to choose between the Original Key mode and and the Pitch Control mode (where the tempo or the key may be changed independently of each other). ZTEMPO 8%/16%/32% key Selects the maximum amount by which you can change the tempo and key (“width”). Repeated presses of this key cycle between 8% → 16% → 32% → 0.0% → 8%. The width is briefly shown in the display for a few seconds each time it is changed. aTEMPO slider Changes the tempo when playing back a disc. The center position is the normal tempo. Push the slider up to the – position to decrease the tempo to the minimum set by the TEMPO key Z, and push it down to the + position to increase the tempo to the maximum value allowed. 2.4 Remote control unit (rear) bREMOTE connectors Connect these to the REMOTE connectors on the rear of the main unit 5.
2 • Front and rear panels—Display TASCAM CD-302 15 2.5 Display Each unit is fitted with a display, providing the fol- lowing information: cTRACK indicator Shows the current track. dBank indicators Show the current memory bank. eLoop mode indicator Displays current loop mode (A-B, ALL, SINGLE) and loop mode on/off. fREMAIN indicator Lights when the “remain” display mode is selected. gM (memory) indicator Used to show memory settings. hSINGLE indicator Lights when the single track playback mode is selected. iPROGRAM indicator Lights when programmed playback is selected. jTime display This part of the display is used to show time values or messages. kTime address bar This part of the display gives a “bargraph” indication of the current playback position relative to the cur- rent track. The indicator segments light from left to right when elapsed time mode is selected. When remaining time mode is selected, indicators go out from left to right. If an EOM (End of Message) time has been set, the bottom bar and the remaining segments will blink when the EOM time is reached. lTEMPO indicator Displays the current tempo setting (playback speed). mKEY indicator Displays the current key setting (the total of the key setting and the value set by the slider). nINDEX indicator Lights when the index search mode is enabled (see A). oINCR indicator Lights when the Incremental Play is enabled (see 4.18, “Incremental Play”). pAUTO READY Indicator Lights when the Auto Ready mode is enabled (see 4.16, “Auto Ready”). qRELAY Indicator Indicates when the Relay Play mode is enabled (see 4.19, “Relay Play”). This mode is automatically enabled for both decks when it is enabled on one deck. rAUTO CUE Indicator Lights when the Auto Cue mode is enabled (see 3.3.2, “Auto Cue”). ,. /!@# $% ^& *()Q W E
16 TASCAM CD-302 3 - Basic operations 3.1 Playback operations 3.1.1 Playback Load a disc in the player, and press the PLAY/PAUSE key. The PLAY/PAUSE key lights in playback mode. 3.1.2 Pause If you press the PLAY/PAUSE key during playback, the unit enters pause mode, and the PLAY/PAUSE key starts blinking. 3.1.3 Stop The CD-302 has no STOP key. If you have turned on the Direct mode (preset function 20), you can press the OPEN key (on the main unit or on the remote control unit) and eject the disc even during playback. 3.2 Play modes Press the SINGLE key, to select between the follow- ing play modes: • all tracks playback • single track playback • programmed playback (up to 30 tracks can be entered) 3.2.1 Cross-play The term “cross-playing” refers to the stopping of one deck and automatic starting of the other deck. To start cross-playing: 1With one deck playing, and the other stopped, press and hold down the ENTER key of the deck that is stopped. 2Press the PLAY key of the stopped deck. The deck currently playing back will stop, and the deck whose keys have been pressed will start playback. 3.3 Cueing 3.3.1 CUE If a cue point has been stored, press the CUE key to locate to the cue point, and pause there. To test playback from the cue point, press and hold down the CUE key. When the CUE key is released, the playback position will return to the cue point and re-enter pause mode. There are two ways to set the cue point. Choose the way to set the cue point following the procedure below: 1Press the PRESET key.
3 • Basic operations—Loop play TASCAM CD-302 17 2Select 02 CUE/P (CUE_P) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select the cue point mode. 5Press the ENTER key. If you select the PLAY key mode (PLY (PLY) is cho- sen as the cue mode value), the last playback point is captured and used as the as the cue point. If you select the CUE key mode (CUE (CUE) is cho- sen as the cue mode value), the operation is a little different. When the unit is paused, and searching is done using the JOG dial or the SEARCH keys, the CUE key will flash. Pressing the CUE key will store the current position as the cue point. NOTES You can also set the cue point using the memory function. (see 4.10, “Memories”) The cue point cannot be updated during A-B LOOP play. 3.3.2 Auto Cue The auto cue function allows searching the track and auto-locating to the point where the audio level first goes above a set threshold level. When this point is reached, the unit enters pause mode. Select the threshold level can be selected from: OFF, –72, –66, –60, –54, and –35 dB. When the auto cue function is on, the AUTO CUE indi- cator in the display lights. 1Press the PRESET key. 2Select 15 A/CUE (A_CUE) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select the threshold value to be used for the auto cue function. 5Press the ENTER key. 3.3.3 Cueing using the JOG dial You can directly cue to any point using the JOG dial by frame accuracy, while the unit is in pause mode. You can select the resolution of the dial so that one rotation of the dial is equivalent to either 9, 18, or 36 frames. 1Press the PRESET key.2Select 03 JOG (JOG) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select the value (frames per rotation). 5Press the ENTER key. 3.3.4 Cueing using the SEARCH keys You can also cue to frame accuracy, using the SEARCH keys to locate the playback point while the unit is in pause mode. 3.3.5 Cueing using the numeric keys You can also cue to any point using the numeric keys. The keys are used to enter the following values in order: track number, minutes, seconds and frames. 1When you have entered the value, press the PLAY/PAUSE key. The unit starts playback from the input point. If all the values are not entered, the other values are set to zero. For example, if you only enter the track number, minutes and seconds, the frames field will be set to 00, which means that the playback will start from the exact start of that second. If you make an entry containing a mistake, the dis- play blinks to show this. Use the CLEAR key to clear and cancel entries con- taining mistakes. 3.4 Loop play 3.4.1 Selecting the loop mode 3 loop modes are available, as shown on the display: ALL—the whole SINGLE—a single track is repeated A-B—between two points
3 • Basic operations—Loop play 18 TASCAM CD-302 3.4.2 A-B loop play mode The A-B loop mode allows seamless loop play between two points (A and B). The A and B points should be in the same track. 1Press the PRESET key. 2Select 01 LOOP (LOOP) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select A-B (A-B). 5Press the ENTER key. The A-B indicator on the display lights. 3.4.3 Setting A-B loop points When you press the A or B key S, you will capture the appropriate loop point. 1Make sure the A and B keys are turned off (unlit). Locate to the location to be used as the start point of the loop (this can be done “on the fly” during playback). 2When you press the A key, the current location is captured as the loop start point. The B key starts flashing. 3Locate to the location to be used as the loop end point (or continue playback until the end point is reached). 4When you press the B key, the current position is captured as the loop end point. If the A and B locations are different, both the A and B keys light. If you set the loop points during playback, looped playback mode will start when both points have been set. If you set the loop points while playback is paused, pressing the PLAY key will start the looped playback. NOTE If the Direct mode (preset function 20) is turned off, the loop points can be captured only when both the A and B keys are turned off. If the loop points have already been set, these points must be cleared before the new locations are memorized. If the Direct mode (preset function 20) is turned on, the loop points can be set when the LOOP key is unlit. 3.4.4 Playback in A-B loop play mode If you press the LOOP key R in play mode while the A and B keys are lit, loop playback mode will start and the LOOP key lights. If the A and B keys are not lit, pressing the LOOP key will have no effect. If the LOOP key is lit, and you press it again while playing back between the loop points, looped play- back stops, but the unit continues to play past the end loop point. If you press the B key while the unit is playing back inside the A-B loop, the point where you press the B key becomes the new loop end point (shortening the loop). If you press the PLAY/PAUSE key while the A-B loop is being played back, playback stops. 3.4.5 Clearing loop points When you press the A key and hold down the B key (or the other way round), the loop points are cleared. If you play back a different track from the one con- taining the loop points, the loop points are also cleared. NOTE You can memorize the loop points for the next time you play the disc, using the memory function. 3.4.6 Editing the loop points It is possible to edit the loop points in the following way at any time, except during loop playback. 1“Double-click” (press twice in quick succes- sion) the A or B key. The appropriate loop point is shown in the time display. 2The unit enters pause mode at the A or B point (depending on the key which has been double- clicked) and the key starts flashing. 3Re-set the loop point using the dial or SEARCH keys. 4Press the A or B key (the key which was dou- ble-clicked). The new point is stored. To cancel the loop point edit process, push any key other than the A or B key at any time before the final step. NOTE If Direct mode (preset function 20) is turned on, pressing either the A or B key will set the new loop point directly. 3.4.7 A-B loop duration Show the duration of the A-B loop in the display by using the TIME key 8 to select this display. The
3 • Basic operations—Loop play TASCAM CD-302 19 duration is shown for two seconds, and the display then returns to its previous state. 3.4.8 SINGLE loop This plays back one track continuously, looping between the start and end of the track. 1Press the PRESET key. 2Select 01 LOOP (LOOP) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select S (S). 5Press the ENTER key. The SINGLE indicator lights in the display.6Press the LOOP key. The LOOP key lights, and the LOOP indicator in the display also lights. 3.4.9 ALL loop 1Press the PRESET key. 2Select 01 LOOP (LOOP) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select ALL (ALL). 5Press the ENTER key. The ALL indicator lights in the display. 6Press the LOOP key. The LOOP key lights and the LOOP indicator in the display also lights.
20 TASCAM CD-302 4 - Advanced Operations 4.1 Tempo (speed) control Change the tempo (playback speed) using the TEMPO slider a. Change the maximum (full down) and minimum (full up) speeds by either 0% (disabled), ±8%, ±16% or ±32%. 1Change the maximum range affected by the TEMPO slider a with repeated presses of the TEMPO key Z (0%, ±8%, ±16% and ±32%). 2Move the slider away from the center position in order to affect the tempo (speed) and pitch of the playback. The further away from the center you move the slider, the more you affect the playback tempo and pitch. If you select the 0% option , the TEMPO slider is dis- abled (moving it will have no effect). The TEMPO and KEY parts of the display show – –. 4.1.1 Changing only tempo (speed) Press the KEY ORIGINAL key Y to select the “origi- nal key” mode , you can then change the playback tempo without altering the key. The KEY part of the display shows – – when the orig- inal key mode is selected. Under these circumstances, when you move the TEMPO slider, you will affect the tempo without altering the original key (pitch). 4.2 Key (pitch) control You can change the key (pitch) without changing the playback tempo. 1Make sure the original key mode is off (press the KEY ORIGINAL key Y if necessary).2Press the + and – keys to change the key. Display and change the key change either as a per- centage of the original, or in semitone steps. Follow the steps below to select either percentage or semi- tone key change control. Note that the KEY indicator m will show a total of the value shown in this way, together with any changes made using the slider (when percentage mode is selected). 4.2.1 Controlling the key change as a percentage 1Press the PRESET key. 2Select 04 KEY (KEY) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select + using the dial. 5Press the ENTER key. NOTE Press and hold the KEY key for more than 2 seconds to reset to 0%. 4.2.2 Controlling the key change in semitone steps 1Press the PRESET key. 2Select 04 KEY (KEY) using the dial or numeric keys. 3Press the ENTER key. 4Select # by using the dial. 5Press the ENTER key. 4.3 Sampling The CD-302 provides about 10 seconds of sampling time for each deck.