Tascam DP-02 User Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF

1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF

DC input

To MIDI sequencer,

drum machine, etc.

From stereo effects

unit outputs

Synths, pre-amps etc.

fo here

Guitars, basses etc. go here

From submixer/MIDI tone

generator, etc.

To analog recorder,

monitoring system, etc.

To effects unit

To digital

recorder, etc.

Microphones go here

Microphones are connected to the rear panel inputs.
Set the

GUITAR

switches to

MIC/LINE

. Turn the input

level controls so that the

indicators light up only in the

loudest part of the recording.

NOTE

The unit includes phantom-powered XLR microphone
input connectors. See “Balanced XLR inputs” on page
14 for details of using these connectors.

Synthesizers, etc. including drum machines, guitar
amplifier simulators, active basses, etc. as well as CD play-
ers, cassette decks, and so on can be connected to the rear
panel input jacks using standard 1/4” mono plugs (unbal-
anced). When you are recording a stereo source, make sure
the

INPUT MODE

key is set to

STEREO

(see “The INPUT

MODE key” below).

Set the

GUITAR

switch to

MIC/LINE

. Adjust the input level

controls and use the instrument’s output volume controls
to adjust the level so that the

indicators light up only

during the very loudest passages.

WARNING

NEVER plug the speaker outputs of a guitar amplifier
into the unit.

Guitars and basses (passive types) are connected to
the rear panel

INPUT A

using a standard 1/4” mono plug

(unbalanced).

Set the

MIC/LINE

switch to

GUITAR

. Turn the input level

control until the

indicators barely light on the loudest

passages.

T I P

Use the built-in tuner (on the DP- 02 only) to tune the
guitar or bass (see “Tuning a guitar” on page 58).

The INPUT MODE key You will use this key when you
are recording from input

and input

at the same time.

This top panel key affects the way that you monitor the
input signals, both through the headphones and/or through
the

LINE OUTPUT

jacks. There are two positions:

NOTE

INPUT MODE does not affect the recording at all—just
the monitoring process.

MONO x 2

—The signals from input

and input

are

both sent to the center of the monitoring “stage”.

NOTE

In the MONO X 2 mode, the A and B input signals are
added together in the center, and you may hear distor-
tion in the monitoring system This does not affect the
recording, though.

STEREO

—The signal from input

is sent to the left,

and the signal from input

is sent to the right of the

monitoring “stage” forming a stereo pair for use when
you are recording stereo instruments such as synthesiz-
ers, etc.

Monitoring and recording Use the rear panel

LINE

OUTPUT

RCA jacks to connect the unit to your monitoring

system (that is, an amplifier/ speaker setup). When you’re
ready to make your final stereo master, you can use these
jacks to connect to an analog recorder.

A typical setup would connect these jacks to the

AUX IN

of a stereo system.

Use the stereo system’s selector switch to listen to the AUX
source when tracking, bouncing or mastering on the unit.

NOTE

“Tracking” means recording tracks on the unit.
“Mastering” means taking these recording tracks and
mixing them down to stereo.

When you have mastered the stereo track and you want
to record it, set the stereo monitoring system so that the
recorder is set to the AUX source. Now you are monitoring
(or listening) through your stereo system.

Effect processor When you want to use an exter-
nal effect processor with the unit, connect the rear panel

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