Tascam Portastudio MF-P01 Owners Manual

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D00637200A 
OWNER’S MANUAL
 
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PORTASTUDIO  MF-P01 
Important Safety Precautions 
IMPORTANT (for U.K. Customers)
 
DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this 
equipment.  
If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points 
in your home or the cable is too short to reach a 
power point, then obtain an appropriate safety 
approved extension lead or consult your dealer.
If nonetheless the mains plug is cut of
f, remove the 
fuse and  dispose of the plug immediately, to avoid a 
possible shock hazard by inadvertent connection to...

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CAUTION:  
…  
Read all of these Instructions.  
…  
Save these Instructions for later use.  
…  
Follow all Warnings and Instructions marked on the
audio equipment.
1) Read Instructions  
  — All the safety and operating instruc-
tions should be read before the product is operated.  
2) Retain Instructions   
— The safety and operating instructions
should be retained for future reference.  
3) Heed Warnings  
  — All warnings on the product and in the
operating instructions...

 
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PORTASTUDIO  MF-P01 
The TASCAM MF-P01 PORTASTUDIO allows you
to perform multitrack recordings which are not
possible with an ordinary stereo cassette recorder. 
Multitrack recording - a brief 
introduction 
This section gives you a brief introduction to some of
the terms and techniques used in recording. If you are
unfamiliar with these terms, you may find it useful to
read through this section so that you understand the
rest of the manual, which uses the terms explained
here. 
Multitrack...

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Record-protecting cassettes 
The record-protect tab on a cassette stops you
recording on that side when it is removed. 
The MF-P01 also recognizes this protection, and will
not allow you to record on the side of a cassette
where this tab has been removed.
However, we suggest that you remove both tabs when
you want to protect a MF-P01 cassette. This will stop
you putting in the cassette the wrong way round and
recording over old material accidentally.  
Playing back stereo...

 
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PORTASTUDIO  MF-P01 
What you need to make recordings 
Apart from the MF-P01 itself, you will need:
• Some kind of stereo master recorder (such as a
cassette or MD recorder) to produce the stereo
recordings.
•Y ou will also need RCA (pin or phono) cables to
connect the MF-P01 to other equipment.
• Some monitoring equipment (some kind of
amplifier and speaker system).
• Headphones, if you intend doing any work with
microphones. These will avoid acoustic feedback
(howl-round) when recording....

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1  
DC IN 12 V connector and POWER switch 
Use this jack to connect the PS-P2 AC adaptor which comes with your MF-P01.
When connecting the power, make sure the power switch is off (slide it to the right, as you look from the
back).
Slide the switch to the left (looking from the back) to turn on the po\
wer to the MF-P01.  
W ARNING  
DO NOT use any adaptor with the MF-P01 except the PS-P2 adaptor which comes with the MF-P01.  
NOTE  
The equipment draws nominal non-operating...

 
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PORTASTUDIO  MF-P01 
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POWER indicator 
This indicator is lit when the MF-P01 is connected to the power supply and switched on.  
6  
T ape counter and reset button 
The tape counter allows you to note different parts of the tape and locate to them. Pressing the RESET button
resets the counter to 000. 
7  
LEVEL controls (for TRK1 through TRK4) 
These controls change the levels of the four tape tracks in the LINE OUT and PHONES outputs. 
8  
P AN controls (for TRK1 through TRK4) 
These controls...

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To  change the record-ready track, press down the REC FUNCTION switch for the desired track. The cur-
rent record-ready track will be automatically released.  
W ARNING  
Do not make more than one track record-ready, though you can press down more than one REC FUNC-
TION switch simultaneously by using more than one finger. 
A  
REC indicators (for TRK1 through TRK4) 
When one of the tracks is ready for recording, the appropriate REC indic\
ator flashes. 
When one of the tracks is...

 
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PORTASTUDIO  MF-P01 
This section describes how to make a 4-track recording using the MF-P01. For this, we
will assume that you are making a recording of your guitar on track 1 us\
ing a
microphone first, and then recording your voice on track 2 while monitoring track 1  
Setting up  
1) Make sure the MF-P01 is turned off.
2) Plug the stereo headphones into the PHONES jack.  
NOTE  
Use headphones for monitoring while recording a microphone source. Never use
loudspeakers for monitoring a...