Tascam DR-40 Owner's Manual

TASCAM DR-40

Repeated Playback of Selection (Loop

Playback)

With this function, you can continuously repeat (loop) the
playback of a selection that you make.
1 While the Home Screen is open when stopped or

playing back, press the PB CONT button to open the

Playback Control screen.

2 Press the PLAY [7] button to start playback, and

press the ENTER/MARK button at the start point of

the section that you want to play repeatedly. This

position is set as IN (start) point. Then, appears at the

corresponding point on the playback indicator bar.

3 Press the ENTER/MARK button at the end point of the

section that you want to play repeatedly. This position

is set as OUT (end) point. Then, appears at the

corresponding point on the playback indicator bar.

Loop playback of the section between the IN and OUT

points starts.
During loop playback the indicator also appears.

Press the PB CONT button to return to the Home Screen

while maintaining the I/O and loop settings effective.

Even after returning to the Home Screen, the icon

continue to be shown, along with the and marks

shown at the points corresponding to the IN and OUT

points on the playback indicator bar.

NOTE

The pop-up message of

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I/O Too Short

appears if the

section between the IN and OUT points is too short. Set
them again. The section should be 1 second or longer.
Press the

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ENTER/MARK button again to clear the IN and

OUT points.
To stop loop playback, press the

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MENU button when the

Playback Control screen is open. Press the MENU button
again to start loop playback between the set IN and OUT
points.
You cannot set the IN and OUT points in different files.

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The previous IN and OUT point settings are lost when you

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set the IN point on a different file.

6 – Playback