Tascam DP-01 User manual

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Instant 8-track digital recording
without all the freak’n’ menus.
Plug in. Hit RECORD on one of
the eight DP-01 channel strips.
Start laying down CD-quality
digital tracks.
Instead of “paging” through
layer upon frustrating layer of
menus, you get real knobs and
buttons for all important func-
tions. Hands-on tracking and
mixdown are so easy a game
show hostess could do it!
Get those hits out of your
head. Capture your art with
a TASCAM DP-01 or DP-01FX
Portastudio™.
Ask for a demo where you got
this flier, e-mail tascamlit@teac.
com for a brochure or visit our
web site for complete info.
Capture Your Art
• 8-track recording at
uncompressed CD quality
• 2-track simultaneous recording
• Dedicated stereo mixdown track
• Dedicated
controls on each
channel for vol-
ume, pan, effect
send, high and
low EQ
• Two-band semi-
parametric EQ on
each channel
• Two W" TRS mic/line inputs
• Hi-Z guitar level input
• Effects send and stereo return
The DP-01FX has
all of the DP-01’s
cool features and
“analog” ease of
use plus…
• Two XLR microphone
inputs with phantom
power for studio con-
denser microphones
• Built-in reverb
processor bank for
extra-polished mixes
• Built-in insert
effects processor
• RCA line-level output
• S/PDIF Digital Optical output
• Headphone output with level
control
• MIDI time code
output
• USB 2.0 port
for computer
backup and CD
burning
• Track editing:
copy, paste,
move, erase, silence
• Built-in 40GB hard drive
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WORKSTATION RECORDING SOLUTION!
Capture Your Art
D P - 0 1 and DP-0 1 FX Digital Portastudios™

DP-01 and DP-01FX.
The hands-on simplicity of our
classic cassette Portastudios™ .
The superb sound and editing
flexibility of CD-quality digital.
High and low
semi-parametic
EQ with 100Hz
and 10kHz center
defaults.
Effects send con-
trols the amount
of effects on the
channel.
Pan control for
assigning a
sound to the left
or right in the
stereo sound
field.
Record button.
Mute LED.
45mm channel
fader.
Input buttons
assign your instru-
ments or mics to a pair of the
eight channels. Buried several
layers deep in a menu on our
competitors’ portable digital
recorders.
Input Overload LED.
Page, page, page.
Scroll, scroll, scroll.
Select the channel.
Page, page,page.
Scroll, scroll, scroll.
Change the bass EQ on that channel.
That’s how our competitors make you
do it. Talk about stifling your creativity!
Instead, the DP-01 and DP-01FX give
you EIGHT real channel strips… The DP-01 and DP-01FX use their LCD
screens for what LED screens are really
good at: giving you visual feedback on
levels, song position and track editing.
The DP-01FX
adds an effects
control strip
with multiple
reverb types, each with variable
parameters.
Cursor
controls.
Jog/
shuttle
for data
input and
editing.
Editing
controls.
Real worksta-
tion controls
for setting
and locating
in/out points,
inserting seg-
ments, etc.
Transport
controls.
Stereo/dual
mono input
select.
Jack for option-
al footswitch
(allows hands-
free punch-in
and punch-
outs*).
Headphone
output with
level control.
DP-01FX Phantom power switch
lets you use high-quality studio
condenser microphones.
A great tool for songwriters who want
better quality than cassettes but don’t like
the expense, complex menus and windows
of other recorders and software packages.
Perfect for school recording. Use it in a
classroom to record rehearsals for students.
Set up two mics and record the holiday con-
cert; then transfer the mix to computer and
burn CDs to sell as a fund raiser.
Portable enough to take on the road and
small enough to fit in a bedroom.
MIDI time
code out for
synching
with a drum
machine or
sequencer.
S/PDIF ste-
reo digital
output for
mixdown to
CD or DAT.
High-speed
USB 2.0 output
lets you back
up to your com-
puter or trans-
fer finished
songs for
burning CDs.
One of two
DP-01FX bal-
anced XLR
mic inputs.
Mono EFX
send and
stereo EFX
return.
RCA line level
outputs to
monitor speak-
ers or mixdown
recorder.
Guitar
level
input
switch
for re-
cording
instru-
ments
direct.
W" TS Stereo Mix inputs,
loop to the outputs for
monitoring a metronome
or drum machine.
Master fader
with
Master/
Track
Bounce
switches.
One of
two W" line
inputs with
individual
level controls.
*Punch-out as in insert new material into a track. As compared to the kind of punch-out that results
when your drummer is criticized for their constant and obsessive use of their new crash cymbal.
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