Tascam MD-301mkII User Manual

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You can monitor the input signal of the
component connected to each input
terminal before recording.

1. Press the [

EJECT] button to eject the

disc.

2. Select the input source with the [INPUT

SELECTOR].

3. Press the [

RECORD] button. 

("Monitor Mode" appears.)

… Even when the [REC MODE] is set to

[MONO], the output is sent to both
channels.

… Insert an MD or press the [

STOP]

button to cancel the Monitor mode.

When recording with [ANALOG] selected
with the [INPUT SELECTOR] and the signal
input through the [ANALOG INPUT] jacks,
adjust the recording level with the [INPUT]
control.

1. Insert a recordable MD and press the

[

RECORD] button to enter the Record-

Ready mode ("

" lights up).

2. Play the highest-level section of the

program source and turn the [INPUT]
control so that the "OVER" segments of
the peak level meters do not light.

… Recording level adjustment is not

necessary for digital recording.

3. Play the program source again. 
… Press the [

PLAY] or [

READY] button

to start recording.

Assigning  track numbers at specific points
will make it easy to quickly locate those
points later using the playback or editing
functions. 

Track numbers can be assigned automati-
cally during recording by setting the Auto
Track function to ON.

1. In the Record or Record-Ready mode,

press the [EDIT/NO] button until
"A_TRACK >" appears.

2. Turn the [

TRACK

] dial to select 

"A_TRACK > ON".

3. Press the [YES] button to end the setting

function.

… While the Auto Track function is "ON", the

signal level must remain low for 2 or
more seconds before a new track
number is advanced.

… During digital recording from a CD or

MD, the track numbers are advanced
automatically according to the CD or MD
data.

… Once the Auto Track function is "ON", this

mode will not be released even after the
power is turned off. 
Press the [YES] button after selecting
"A_TRACK > OFF" to release it.

Press the [

RECORD] button at every point

where you want to assign a track number
during recording.  Each press of the button
advances the track number.

A track number is added when a track is
divided in editing. (See "Dividing a track" on
page 16.)

Note:
Changing the input or mode with the [INPUT
SELECTOR] or [REC MODE] switch during
recording activates the Record-Ready
mode.

The Over Write function allows you to
record music by erasing a previously
recorded track. 

1. Perform steps 1 to 4 of "Recording an

MD" on page 8.

2. Turn the [

TRACK

] dial (or press

the [

TRACK

] buttons on the

remote control unit) until the track
number to be recorded over appears.

3. Press the  [

RECORD] button ("

"

lights up). 

… After "Over Write" appears, the remain-

ing recording time is displayed.

… The track numbers which come after the

track being recorded over blink on the
music calendar.

4. Adjust the recording  level.
… If [ANALOG] was selected above, adjust

the recording level with the [INPUT]
control.

5. Press the [

PLAY] button or [

READY]

button to start recording. 

… The deck records over the existing track.

The track number is updated.

1. Select the track number to be erased

then press the [

PLAY] button to start

playback.

2. Press the [

READY] button where you

want to start recording.

3. Press the [

RECORD] button.

… The track number is updated and blinks

on the music calender.

4. Press the [

PLAY] or [

READY] button

to start recording. 

… The deck records over the existing track. 

[CAUTION]
… It is not possible to record from the

middle of an existing track when
"

" or "

" is lit.