Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24 Installation and operating instructions

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DP-24 Owner's Manual addenda
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List of added functions
The following functions have been added in firmware V1.10.
0 New PREFERENCE setting items
• Peak hold function
• Automatic power saving function
0 Support for subframes in track editing
0 Sampling rate converter function
0 Checking the noise shaper (noise shaped dithering)
0 Using the noise shaper (noise shaped dithering)
New PREFERENCE setting items
Setting items with the following functions have been added
to the PREFERENCE screen. (See the Setup (PREFERENCE)
section in 11–Various Other Functions of the Owner’s Manual.)
• Peak Hold function (
Peak Hold )
• Auto Power Save function (
Auto Power Save )
Peak Hold function
Use the Peak Hold function to set the peak hold indication mode
for the level meters shown on, for example, the Home Screen.
Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select (highlight blue) the
Peak Hold item, and use the JOG/DATA dial to set the hold
display mode.
The options and default value are as follows.
Option Function
OFF
(default value) The peak value is not shown.
1Sec
The peak value is shown for about one second.
KEEP
The peak value is retained and shown contin-
uously. In every recorder mode other than
Mastering mode, press the F3 ( PEAK
CLEAR ) button to clear the peak value.
In Mastering mode, the peak value is cleared
when you locate.
NOTE
• The
KEEP setting is useful for checking the maximum value
that has occurred up until the current time when you are
unable to continuously monitor the meters (for example,
when you are performing while recording).
• During CD playback, press the F1 (
PEAK CLEAR )button
to clear the peak value.
Automatic power saving function
An automatic power saving function has been added in V1.10
to comply with the European Energy-related Products Directive
(ErP). With the default automatic power saving function setting
of 30 minutes, the power will turn off automatically if 30 minutes
elapse without any operation or activity. Follow the instructions
below to change the automatic power saving function setting.
Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select (highlight blue) the
Auto Power Save item, and use the JOG/DATA dial to set
the time until the power automatically turns off.
The options and default value are as follows.
Options: OFF , 3Min , 5Min , 10Min , 30Min (default value)
NOTE
The Auto Power Save Function is disabled under the following
conditions.
• During recording or playback
• When the metronome is in use
• When the record function is ON
• When a signal is output from the STEREO OUT
Support for subframes in track editing
On the Home Screen, if you press the JOG PLAY button to enter
search mode, the subframe (1/10 frame) will be shown in the
time counter.
When the horizontal (time) scale is maximized, you can turn the
JOG dial to locate in subframe (1/10 frame) units.
You can also set IN and OUT points by subframe units and edit
tracks with subframe precision.
Sampling rate converter function
Standard audio CDs are in 16-bit, 44.1kHz format. When creating
an audio CD, sampling rate conversion will automatically convert
any songs that use different settings to 16-bit, 44.1kHz. This will
not, however, change the original master files.

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Checking the noise shaper (noise
shaped dithering)
In firmware V1.10, the noise shaper function used when
mastering has been changed. Instead of it being reflected in
master files, you can now check in advance the effect that using
the noise shaper will have when creating an audio CD (see “Using
the noise shaper (Noise Shaped Dithering)” in 10 - Mixing Down
and Mastering Tracks of the Owner’s Manual).
1. When the Mastering screen is displayed, press the F3
( NSD ) button to open the NOISE SHAPED DITHERING
screen.
2. Press the F4 (ON/OFF) button to set the noise shaper
function to ON .
3. Press the F1 (g) button to return to the Mastering
screen.
NOTE
Even when the noise shaper on the Mastering screen is ON , it
will not be reflected in master files. Furthermore, even when the
noise shaper is ON , it will have no effect on 16-bit songs.
Using the noise shaper (noise shaped
dithering)
In firmware V1.10, a noise shipper button has been added to
the MASTER WRITE and LIVE WRITER screens. You can
use the noise shaper when creating an audio CD from master
files made from 24-bit songs. To use the noise shaper, select
the MASTER WRITE item from the CD menu to open the
MASTER WRITE screen and press the F3 ( NSD ) button.
NOTE
The noise shaper will be applied to all the songs written to the
CD. It will have no effect, however, on 16-bit songs. Furthermore,
the effect of the noise shaper will only be reflected on the audio
CD. It will not be reflected by master files.