Tascam DA-78HR Manuel D’Utilisation

9 - Operations related to timecode

TASCAM DA-78HR

If you are recording timecode only, we suggest that
you do not use external sources for recording time-
code.

Set the source to

TAPE TC

as described immediately

above, and use

ABS

(see 9.2.2, “ABS setting”) as the

tape timecode source. This will ensure an accurate
match between the timecode and the ABS timing ref-
erence (the fact that the generator must be started
manually means that there will not be a tight relation
between timecode and the ABS timing).

This will also allow you to synchronize multiple
DTRS units accurately to external timecode, even
though the slave units are not timecode-based.

9.5.2 Recording timecode using the

generator

Insert a formatted tape into the DA-78HR.

It is possible to format and stripe a new tape
simultaneously, by setting up the formatting
procedure as described in 5.1, “Formatting a
tape” and then following the instructions
below.

Select timecode as the timing reference (9.1.3,
“Selecting TC or ABS timing”).

Select a frame rate (9.3, “Selecting the frame
mode”).

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the

SHIFT

indicator

is flashing, then press the

MENU

key until the

display shows

TCG. REC--

(

TCG REC--

Select the source of the timecode as the internal
generator (9.5.1, “Selecting the timecode
source”).

Press the

SUB MENU

key until the display

briefly shows

STRT. TIME

(

STRT TIME

), fol-

lowed by the current start time of the
generator.

Edit the generator start time as described in
4.3, “Menus and sub-menus”.

To record the timecode, press the

SUB MENU

key until the display shows

TC. REC. EN 0

(

REC EN 0,

i.e. disabled). Use the ▲ and ▼ keys

to change the setting to

1 (enabled).

The

indicator will start flashing. This set-

ting will return to

(disabled) when timecode

recording has finished.

To start the generator, press the

SUB MENU

key until the display shows

TGc. STOP

(

TCG

STOP

). Then use the ▲ or ▼ key to start the

generator running.

The display will show

TCG. RUN

(

TCG RUN

Press and hold the

PLAY

and

press the

RECORD

key and the tape will start recording.

The

indicator will start flashing faster

while timecode striping is going on.

NOTE

You can also start recording (steps 8 and 10) and
then start the timecode generator (step 9).

If the method described above (arming the timecode
track, and then starting recording) is used, the tape
counter is used to show the output from the timecode
source (the generator) when the timecode track is
armed, flashing when the tape is stopped, and steady
when the tape is running.

9.5.3 Generator modes

When the timecode generator is stopped, using the
sub-menu command to restart the generator will
either restart from the start time as set in 7, or to con-
tinue from the time when it was stopped.

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the

SHIFT

indicator

is flashing, then press the

MENU

key until the

display shows

TCG. REC--

(

TCG REC--

Press the

SUB MENU

key so that the display

shows

TCG. MODE

(

TCG MODE

) briefly, and

then changes to the current setting.

Use the ▲ and ▼ keys to choose between

RESet

(

RESET

—resume start from set value)

and

CoNT

(

CONT

—continue from currently

reached value).

9.5.4 Synthesizing timecode from ABS

timing

When you are synthesizing timecode from ABS, the
tape counter display behaves differently from the
way as described above.

The tape counter will not flash when the timecode
track is armed and the tape is stopped, and it will not
display all hyphens, since the timecode source is
always available.

In this case, you can start recording the timecode at
any time (before or after) the tape has started
moving.