Tascam DP-02 User Manual

This section gives you a brief guide to some operations on 
the DP-02/DP-02CF which may not be immediately obvi-
ous from looking at the panel controls.

Key names are written like this: 

LOCATE

. 

SHIFT

 + 

CLEAR

 means “press and hold the 

SHIFT

 key and press 

CLEAR

.

Menu items are written like this: 

MENU

 

 

WAVE

 

 

IMPORT TRACK

, meaning “press the 

MENU

 key, select 

the 

WAVE

 menu, and then the 

IMPORT TRACK

 action.

You may find the same action listed more than once in 
this alphabetical list. That’s because different people use 
different words for the same things, so you may find both 
“Delete” and “Erase”, for example.

The list of popup messages and their meaning (“Messages” 
on page 54) may also be useful to you.

How to

Keys, etc. TO press

Description

Assign inputs to tracks

ASSIGN + REC

See “Assigning inputs” on page 23.

Back up a song to a PC

MENU ® 

DATA BACKUP

 ® 

SONG BACKUP

See “Backing up and restoring 
songs” on page 44.

Bounce tracks

BOUNCE

See “Bouncing” on page 34.

Change the display between minutes/ 
seconds and bar/beat

Dial from “home screen”

See “Working in bars & beats” on 
page 35.

Change the EQ frequencies

Press FREQ

See “EQ settings” on page 31.

Choose another disk partition as the 
active partition

MENU ® 

DISK 

PARTITION

 (DP-02) 

CARD ® 

PARTITION

 (DP-02CF)

See “Selecting the active partition” on 
page 38.

Connect the unit to a PC

MENU ® 

USB

 ® YES/ENTER (DP-02) 

USB ® YES/ENTER (DP-02CF)

See “Using the USB connection” on 
page 42.

Copy a song

SONG ® 

COPY

See “Copying songs” on page 41.

Copy and insert parts of a track

TRACK EDIT ® 

COPY INSERT

See “COPY -> INSERT” on page 49.

Copy and paste parts of a track

TRACK EDIT ® 

COPY PASTE

See “COPY -> PASTE” on page 48.

Create a new song

SONG ® 

CREATE

See “Creating a new song” on page 
21.

Cut and close up part of a track

TRACK EDIT   

CUT

See “CUT” on page 51.

Delete a song

SONG ® 

ERASE

See “Erasing a song” on page 22.

Delete unused song data

SHIFT + CLEAR

See “Deleting unused data” on page 
26.

Display the current partition

SHIFT + SONG INFO

See “Song information” on page 23

Edit the IN and OUT and TO points

SHIFT + POINT EDIT

See “IN and OUT marks” on page 30.

Edit the location marks

Press µ + ≤ at a time

See “Location marks” on page 29.

Erase a song

SONG ® 

ERASE

See “Erasing a song(s)” on page 22.

Erase the whole of a track

TRACK EDIT ® 

CLEAN OUT

See “CLEAN OUT” on page 52.

Export a stereo mix to PC

MENU ® 

WAVE

 ® 

EXPORT MASTER

.

See “Exporting the mastered stereo 
tracks” on page 47. 

Export a track's contents to PC

MENU ® 

WAVE

 ® 

EXPORT TRACK

See “Exporting tracks” on page 46.

Find out how much time is left for 
recording

SHIFT + SONG INFO

“Song information” on page 23.

Format one partition

MENU ® 

DISK

 ® 

REFORMAT

 (DP-02)

 

CARD ® 

REFORMAT

 (DP-02CF)

See “Formatting a partition” on page 
40.

Format the disk

MENU ® 

DISK

 ® 

FORMAT

 (DP-02)

 

CARD ® 

FORMAT

 (DP-02CF)

See “Formatting a disk/card” on 
page 39.

Format the FAT partition

MENU ® 

DISK

 ® 

FAT REFORMAT

 (DP-02) 

CARD ® 

FAT REFORMAT

 (DP-02CF)

See “Formatting the FAT partition” on 
page 40.

Hands-free recording

AUTO PUNCH, RHSL, etc

See “Punching” on page 32.

Import a WAV file to a track

MENU ® 

WAVE

 ® 

IMPORT TRACK

See “Importing a track” on page 45.

Insert silence at a point in a track

TRACK EDIT ® 

OPEN

See “OPEN” on page 50.

Jump to a location mark

Press µ or ≤ 
LOCATION LIST keys for the location mark list

See “Location marks” on page 29.

Jump to the IN and OUT and TO 
points

Press IN, OUT or TO

See “IN and OUT marks” on page 30.