9 – Operations related to timecode–Recording timecode
TASCAM DA-98HR
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cases, we suggest that you use the internal generator or
the tape as sources for recording timecode.
If you are recording timecode only, we suggest that you do
not use external sources for recording timecode.
Set
Tape
as the source as described immediately
above, and use
ABS
or
ABS-Ofs
setting” and 9.2.3, “ABS-Ofs setting”) as tape time-
code sources. This will ensure an accurate relation-
ship between the timecode and the ABS timing
reference (the fact that the generator must be started
manually means that there will not be a tight relation
between timecode and the ABS timing).
This will also allow you to synchronize multiple
DTRS units accurately to external timecode, even if
the slave units are not timecode-based.
If
TcTrack
is set as the Tape TC mode (9.2.1,
Tape
is selected as the
timecode source, the display shows
Tape
(Assemble)
. See 9.3.4, “Assembling time-
code” for details of how to use this function.
9.3.2
Recording timecode using the
generator
1
Insert a formatted tape into the DA-98HR.
It is also possible to format and stripe a new
tape simultaneously, by setting up the format-
ting procedure as described in 6.2, “Format-
ting a tape” and then following the instructions
below.
2
Select timecode as the timing reference (9.1.3,
“Selecting TC or ABS timing”).
3
From menu group 8, select a frame rate (9.4,
“Selecting the frame rate”).
4
From menu group 8, move the cursor to
TcRec Src
(source for timecode
recording) and press
ENTER
:
5
Use the
§
and
¶
keys to select the source of
the timecode as
Generator TC
.
6
Go to menu group 8, move the cursor to
Gen
Start
(generator start time) and press
ENTER
:
7
Use the
Ó
and
Á
keys to select the field
(hours, minutes, seconds or frames) to be
edited, and the
§
and
¶
keys to change the
value.
You can also use the function keys as number
keys to input the value directly, as described in
4.4, “Using the function keys as number keys”.
8
Go to menu group 8, move the cursor to
Gen
Mode
(generator mode) and press
ENTER
:
9
Press the
TC REC
key
. The indicator starts
to flash.
10
With the cursor under the
Run/Stop
on
the display, press the
§
or
¶
key to start the
timecode generator. The tape counter shows
the generated timecode, as does the display.
11
Press and hold the
RECORD
and
press the
PLAY
key and the tape starts recording time-
code. The
TC REC
indicator lights steadily.
12
Press the
§
or
¶
key with the cursor under
the
Run/Stop
on the display to stop the
timecode generator.
You can also start recording and then start the time-
code generator. In this case, an warning message
appears on the display screen as you start recording,
to tell you that there is no timecode source.
If the
Mode
field is set to
Continue
rather
than
Reset
, stopping the generator and then re-
starting it picks up the timecode values from where it
left off.
Conversely, setting this field to
Reset
restarts
from the start time set above every time the generator
is stopped and re-started.
It is also possible to “drop into” timecode recording
by starting the transport in record mode and then
T C
R e c o r d
S o u r c e
G e n e r a t o r
T C
G e n e r a t e
S t a r t
T i m e
0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0 : 0 0
3 0 N D
G e n e r a t e
M o d e
0 0 : 5 5 : 0 0 : 0 0
3 0 N D
R u n / S t o p M o d e
S t o p R e s e t
