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Section 6 – Basic operations  
6-2 – 1.00 – 06/97
However, we do not recommend interrupting the 
formatting process, but suggest that you let the 
tape run to the end.
If you interrupt the formatting (or the formatting 
is interrupted by a power cut or events beyond 
your control), rewind the tape and start the format 
from the beginning of the tape again.
6.1.2 Recording while formatting
If you have armed any tracks (you have pressed its 
REC FUNCTION
 switch [28] and the indicator is 
flashing), any audio signal routed to that track will 
be recorded while formatting is in progress.
6.2 Recording the first tracks
There are a number of different ways of recording 
the first tracks. However, all follow the same basic 
principles.
6.3 Preparing to record
1) If you have not already loaded a formatted 
blank tape, do so now.
2) Make sure that varispeed is turned off (check 
the 
VARI SPEED
3) If you are recording from a digital source, press 
the 
DIGITAL IN
 switch [15]. The indicator will 
light.
4) Select the input which will be routed to each 
track on which you will be recording.
This may involve the use of an external patch bay 
(analog), but the DA-98 also incorporates a “vir-
tual patch bay” which can be used for signal rout-
ing; both digital and analog. This is accessed 
through the Track Copy function (see 8.11.1, 
“Track Copy (channel-to-track routing)”).
With a digital recorder such as the DA-98, track 
crosstalk is almost negligible (better than 90dB at 
1kHz). For this reason, you do not have to worry 
so much about the constraints of choosing physical 
track locations as you do with analog recordings.
If you need to copy a track to another track later in 
the recording process, remember that track copy-
ing in the digital domain will add no noise or dis-
tortion. A digital copy is a “clone” of the original, 
and no loss of quality is incurred.
6.3.1 Write-protecting cassettes
If you attempt to record on a cassette where the 
write-protect tab has been closed, an error mes-
sage will appear on the screen as you press the 
RECORD
 key. Recording is, of course, not possi-
ble on a write-protected cassette.
Hi8 cassette write tabs work in the opposite man-
ner to DAT cassettes, and “closed” means “write-
protect”. 
If the tape is write-protected, the 
REC INHI
 indica-
tor to the left of the tape counter will be lit. Eject 
the tape, open the write-protect tab, replace the 
cassette, and try again.
6.3.2 Recording the basic tracks (i)
1) Arm the tracks on which you wish to record.
Press the 
REC FUNCTION
 key of these tracks; the 
indicator will start flashing.
NOTES
If you have recorded and formatted part of a tape, and 
you wish to continue formatting and recording on the 
rest of the tape (“assembly”), you should rewind to a 
pre-formatted, blank section of the tape and resume for-
matting and recording from there.
Recording and formatting will continue at the sampling 
frequency used on the first part of the tape.
Avoid re-starting recording and formatting from an 
unformatted section of the tape.
NOTES
When using a newly-formatted tape, we suggest that 
you record a blank “leader” about 30 seconds long, 
starting from the beginning of the tape, to avoid dropout. 
Leave a similar recorded blank “trailer” at the end of the 
recording. You can use the Rec Mute function as a con-
venient way of recording silence (see 8.12, “REC 
MUTE (recording silence)”)
.
If the tape counter shows a negative value, you cannot 
record on the tape at that position. 
NOTE
Sony Hi8 cassettes (and those from some other manu-
facturers) have the words “SAVE” (write-protected) and 
“REC” (write-enabled) molded into the cassette shell by 
the protection tab.