Tascam PORTA02 Manuel D’Utilisation

 

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clockwise to 

 

 for any channel which

is recording a microphone.

Instruments such as electric guitars pro-
duce a signal which is between 

 

 and

 

 levels and the 

 

 control should

therefore be somewhere between fully
clockwise and fully counter-clockwise.
See 3.3, “Setting the level” for full details
of how to adjust the 

 

 controls for dif-

ferent input sources.

 

This yellow light is lit when the Porta02
is connected to the power supply and
switched on.

 

The tape counter allows you to note dif-
ferent parts of the tape and locate to
them. Press the reset button to reset the
counter to “000” at any time (we suggest
that you only do this at the beginning of a
recording).

 

These controls change the levels of the
four tape tracks in the 

 

 and

 

 outputs. When one of these con-

trols is turned fully counter-clockwise,
the tape track corresponding to that con-
trol will not be heard in the 

 

 and

 

 outputs.

 

These controls change the position of the
four tape tracks in the stereo 

 

and 

 

 outputs. When one of these

controls is turned fully counter-clock-
wise, the sound of the corresponding tape
track will appear to come from the left,
and when turned fully clockwise, it will
appear to come from the right. When in
the center position, the output will appear
equally from both the left and right. 

When the 

 

 switch is

pressed, these controls will have no effect
on the output from the 

 

 jack.

 

These switches control where the signals
coming into the 

 

 jacks will be

recorded. For both switches 1 and 2, the
center position is marked as 

 

. When

a switch is in this position, no signal will
be recorded on tape. However, you can
still listen to the signals coming into the

 

 jacks and view the levels on the

meters.

When set to a number (

 

 or 

 

 for channel

1, or 

 

 or 

 

 for channel 2), the signals

input to the channel will be recorded on
the track whose number has been set on
the switch. This is called “assigning” or
“routing” channels to tracks.

 

Each channel has a set of four LED indi-
cators which show the level of the signals
sent to the 

 

 and 

 

 jacks.

Exactly what is metered depends on the

 switch settings, but gen-

erally, they display the signals at the 

 jacks, and when the input chan-

nels are set to 

, the meters show the

off-tape signals, whose levels and pan
positions are set using the 

 and 

 controls. 

The best level for any input signal is
when an averagely loud part of the signal
lights the red 

 indicator, and the 

 indi-

cator (also red) is only lit by the loudest
parts of the signal. See 3.3, “Setting the
level” for details of how this should be set
up.

These faders are used to adjust the level
of the signals coming into the