7 – Advanced operations–Track delay
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TASCAM DA-98HR
group 7) , press the
SHIFT
key
, so that the
SHIFT
indicator flashes.
2
Press the function key corresponding to the
memory to which you want to locate.
The display shows the location point and the
pre-roll time, and the tape starts to locate to
the appropriate location memory.
3
To use the function keys for their preset func-
tions as written on the front panel, press
SHIFT
again so that the
SHIFT
indicator goes out.
7.2.4
Location and playback
If you press the
PLAY
key while the tape is locating
(the
PLAY
key flashes), the tape starts playing when
it reaches the location point.
If you press
PLAY
twice while the tape is locating,
the
PLAY
key lights steadily, the tape stops and play-
back starts immediately.
If you have pressed the
AUTO PLAY
key
before
pressing the
SHIFT
key in step 1 in 7.2.3, “Locating
to a function key memory”, (the
AUTO PLAY
indica-
tor is on), replay will start automatically when the
location point is reached.
7.2.5
Repeat function
You can repeat playback continuously between the
two location memory points (
Memo 1
and
Memo 2
).
NOTE
When we talk about the “first” and the “second” locations
here, we are referring to the earlier and later location times.
Memo 1 could be at a later time than Memo 2, and hence
we refer to it in this section as the “second location point”.
In repeat mode, the tape winds to a little before the
first point (if it is not there already) and starts play-
ing. Repeat playback (and hence tape monitoring)
starts at the first memory location and continues until
the second location is reached. The tape then stops
playing, and rewinds to a little before the first point
and starts playing again.
7.2.6
To start repeat play
1
When the two location points have been set,
press the
REPEAT
key
.
2
The tape locates to the first location point and
starts playing until the second location point,
rewinds to the first location point, and plays
again. This process is repeated.
While the tape position is between the two
location points, the
REPEAT
indicator lights
steadily. It flashes while the tape position is
outside the two location points.
3
Stop the repeat function by pressing the
REPEAT
key so that the indicator goes out.
If the tape is playing at this time, it will con-
tinue playing (past the second location point).
If the tape is rewinding to the first location
point when the
REPEAT
key is pressed, it will
stop.
NOTE
S
The two location points must be at least 5 seconds apart
for the repeat facility to be operational.
If you have only set one location point, the repeat will be
between
00 00 00 00
and the location point.
Pressing any transport control while repeat play is in
progress will stop the replay, but will not cancel the repeat
mode. To restart the repeat playback, locate to either loca-
tion point, and while the tape is winding, press
PLAY
.
Alternatively, press
PLAY
while the tape is before the sec-
ond location point.
7.3
Track delay
The DA-98HR allows you to delay tracks relative to
the other tracks, either when recording or playing
back. You can use this function for post-production
“slip”, compensate for delays caused by external pro-
cessing equipment, allow for propagation delay in
multi-microphone sessions or add special effects.
The track delay can be set from –200 samples to
+7200 samples. A negative number means that the
track on which the “delay” setting is made is
advanced in time relative to the other tracks. How-
ever, this does not mean that the DA-98HR includes a
time machine! Since the monitoring head is a “vir-
tual” head, made of a composite of input source sig-
nals and delayed signals from tape, the “position” of
the recording head can be adjusted in both directions.
The track delay, expressed in seconds, is between –4
to +150 milliseconds. At a typical sound propagation
rate, the maximum value corresponds to about 50
meters (about 160 feet) of distance.
