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Table of Contents 06/97 – 1 .00 – TOC-1 1 –Introduction to the DA-98 1.1 Unpacking .................... ............ .................. 1-1 1.2 Feature s ................ ............. ................... ..... 1-1 1.3 Using this manual ........
Table of Contents TOC-2 – 1. 00 – 06/97 7 –Monitoring modes 7.1 Monitoring controls ....... ................... ........ 7-1 7.1.1 ALL INPUT [18] and INPUT MONITOR [29] ..... . 7-1 7.1.2 AUTO MON ........ ................... ................... .
Table of Contents 06/97 – 1 .00 – TOC-3 12 –Menu and parame ter reference 12.1 Menu groups .................... ................... ...12 -1 12.1.1 Menu group 0 ....... ................... ............... 12 -1 12.1.2 Menu group 1 ....... ......
Table of Contents TOC-4 – 1. 00 – 06/97.
Section 1 – Introduction to the DA -98 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 1-1 1 – Introduction to th e D A-98 The T ASCAM D A-98 is a digita l audio multit rack recorde r designed for us e in a v ariety of applica- tions, i ncluding v ideo po st-produc tion and a udio multit rack wo rk.
Section 1 – Introduction to the DA-98 1-2 – 1.00 – 0 6/97 • S h uttle mode enabl e s “roc k and r oll ” a u dio p o s i t i o n i n g of key l o c a t i on s 1. 3 Using this manual W e su g gest t hat yo u ta k e t he trouble to rea d thi s manual t hro u gh at lea s t once befor e starting t o u se th e D A- 9 8.
Section 1 – Introduction to the DA -98 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 1-3 ing progr esses. Si nce thi s monitori ng is not syn- chronize d e xactly wi th the source in puts, gap l ess punch-in and punch-out is n ot poss ible in c onf i- dence mo de.
Section 1 – Introduction to the DA-98 1-4 – 1.00 – 06/97 If conde nsation do es occur , you will not be able to operat e the D A-98 controls, an d you will see the follo wing message on the d is.
Section 1 – Introduction to the DA -98 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 1-5 tapes f or wh ich the DTRS recorder w as originall y designed may cause an error in fun ctionali ty or pre v ent the u ser from gettin g optimum perf or- mance from t he tape. Al ways use the shortest pos- sible t ape for a give n proje ct.
Section 1 – Introduction to the DA-98 1-6 – 1.00 – 06/97.
Section 2 – Front Panel controls 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 2-1 2 – Front P anel con tr ols [1] P ower switc h T urns the powe r to the D A98 on a nd off. When the D A - 98 is t urn e d off, sett ing s w ill be reta in ed in memory (see 14.2, “Memory bac kup”).
Section 2 – Front Panel controls 2-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 The ball isti cs and pea k hold times are sele ctable (see 8.8 , “Meter modes”) . [9] RHSL (F 1) key and indicator This k ey and indic ator allo w select ion of th e rehear sal mode in auto punch-in and out (s ee 6.
Section 2 – Front Panel controls 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 2-3 [20] SHTL MON (F 8) ke y and indicator When this k e y is pre ssed, shuttle moni toring i s enabled ( see 7.1. 3, “Shuttl e monitori ng”). When th e SHIFT key [24] is pressed, th is k ey becomes a f unction k ey .
Section 2 – Front Panel controls 2-4 – 1.00 – 06/97 [31] TC REC switch and indicator This swi tch is used when you wish to reco rd time- code (e ither in ternally gener ated or f rom an e xter- nal sour ce) o n a dedicat ed subcode track of the D A-98.
Section 3 – Rear Panel connectors 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 3-1 3 – Rear P an el conne ctors This sect ion pro vide s a brief descrip tion of t he functio ns of the c onnectors on the rear pane l. For full de tails of cables t o be used, pinouts , etc., see 4, “Connection s”.
Section 3 – Rear Panel connectors 3-2 – 1.00 – 06/97.
Section 4 – Connections 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 4-1 4 – Connectio ns This sect ion e xplains ho w to co nnect othe r equip- ment to th e D A-98 in a v ariety of sit uations. I t is not in tended as a comple te referen ce to the u se of the D A-98. See th e appropri ate sections f or full detail s of ho w these connect ors are used.
Section 4 – Connections 4-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 ho w to use the D A-98 wit h timecode , see 10, “Ope ra tions relat ed to ti mecod e”. The tw o XLR timecode connect ors [3 7] carry b al- anced si gnals with the f ollo wing polarit y: Ho wever , unbalanced si gnals may be used, with only pi ns 1 and 2 connected .
Section 4 – Connections 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 4-3 between t he D A-98 and other suitabl y-equi pped units ( for inst ance, seque ncers capable of being synchroni zed to MTC, and capable of t ransmitting MMC co mman d s). The MIDI f unctions are accessed t hrough menu group 7.
Section 4 – Connections 4-4 – 1.00 – 06/97.
Section 5 – Menu operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 5-1 5 – Menu operations Read this section to understand th e basic pr inci- ples of menu oper ation. This will help you f ind your w ay round t he D A-98’ s functions e asily and quick ly . 5.1 The menus The D A-98 has 1 2 menu gro ups, label l ed from 0 through 9 , and E and F .
Section 5 – Menu operations 5-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 f i eld and keep pressing the UP key , but one hour wou ld be 30 x 60 x 60 = 10, 800 k ey pre sses! T o a v oi d this,, th e LEFT a nd RIGHT keys move th e cursor between the “f ields”; in this cas e, hours, minutes, seconds and frames .
Section 5 – Menu operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 5-3 2) Thi s menu giv es y ou three choices, , and : uses t he funct ion k eys as a quic k way o f jumping around th e menu system (see 5.3, “ As sig ning m enus to f unction keys ”). assigns t he ten fu nc- tion keys to locatio n memori es (see 8.
Section 5 – Menu operations 5-4 – 1.00 – 06/97 5) Press th e F 10 k ey [22] (to ente r a ): 6) Press t h e F 5 key [13 ]: 7) The numbers f or this value ha ve now been enter ed, but the val ue it self has no t. Press the LOC 2 (PRESET) key [23] to enter th e valu e.
Section 6 – Basic operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 6-1 6 – Basic operatio ns This secti on expl ains so me of the ba sic ope rat ions using th e D A-98.
Section 6 – Basic operations 6-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 Ho wever , we do not recommend interrupting the formatt ing proce ss, b ut suggest t hat you let the tape ru n to t he en d .
Section 6 – Basic operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 6-3 2) Adjus t th e i nput sign al levels so that the tr ack meters r ead high, b ut the O VER segment does not li ght. 3) Hol d down the RECORD key , and pres s the PLA Y key . The tape will start mo ving and rec ording wi ll star t.
Section 6 – Basic operations 6-4 – 1.00 – 06/97 and edite d to frame accurac y , ei ther from a cue list or “on- the-fly” in real time. The D A-98 provi des a rehe arsal mode which sim- ulates the p unching pr ocess, all o wing the artist s to per fect th e timi ng of the ne w mate rial.
Section 6 – Basic operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 6-5 8) Afte r the p ost-rol l peri od, t he tap e wil l return to the pr e-rol l point (t he punch- in point minu s the pre-roll o ffs et). The RHSL indicator will now light stead ily , sho w- ing that the D A-98 is in rehearsal mode.
Section 6 – Basic operations 6-6 – 1.00 – 06/97 4) P ost-r oll is set in the same way . Use t he LEF T and RIGHT keys u ntil t he cu rsor is by the f ield, and r epeat the s t eps abov e.
Section 6 – Basic operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 6-7 3) At the punch-out point, the m onitori ng will go back to of f-tape (the INPUT MONITOR indicators of armed tr acks will g o out), and when the post-r oll point is reac hed, the tape will rewind to the pr e-rol l point.
Section 6 – Basic operations 6-8 – 1.00 – 06/97.
Section 7 – Monitoring modes 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 7-1 7 – Monitoring modes Like a ll multit rack rec orders, the D A-98 ha s a number of dif ferent monitor ing modes, depend ing on the cur rent mo nitor st atus, tr ansport s t atus and whether t he track is armed or not.
Section 7 – Monitoring modes 7-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 7.1.3 Shuttle monitoring In add ition to the se modes , the re is one furth er control , SHTL MON [20], th at a ffect s moni tori n g, bu t only in one spec ial case – shut tle mode. Usu- ally , when shutt ling the tape, you wi ll want to monitor off-ta pe.
Section 7 – Monitoring modes 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 7-3 7.2.1 Arming tracks in pairs In conf idence mode, t racks are armed and unarmed in pairs (1 +2, 3+4, 5+6, 7 +8). 1) Pr essi ng the REC FUNCTION of either track 1 or track 2, for i nstance, will a rm both tracks 1 a nd 2.
Section 7 – Monitoring modes 7-4 – 1.00 – 06/97.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 8-1 8 – Adv anced o perations 8.1 A utolo cation The D A-98 cont ains tw o locati on memories, accessi ble th rough the LOC 1 a nd LOC 2 ke ys([22] and [ 23] ). Thes e also allow a “ A ↔ B repeat” faci lity , which al lo ws you to rehears e part of a mixdo wn, for inst ance.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 8-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 exa c t location poi nt) and 59 minutes , 59 seconds , in 1 sec ond inc rements. 1) Go to menu group 0, move the cu rso r to , and pr ess ENTER . 2) Us e the LEF T and RIGHT keys to se l ect t he field y ou wish to edit (minute s or seconds ) and th e UP and DO WN keys to change th e value.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 8-3 1) Go t o menu gr oup 7, move the cu rsor to , and pre ss ENTER : 2) Move the curso r to th e fun ction key nu mb er , and use the UP and DO W N keys to selec t the number of the function k ey memory that y ou want to chan ge.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 8-4 – 1.00 – 06/97 If the tape is rewinding to the first location point when the REPEA T key is press e d, it wil l sto p. 8.3 T rack dela y The D A-98 allo ws you to delay tr acks re lati ve to the oth er track s, either when rec ording or playing back .
Section 8 – Advanced operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 8-5 1) Se lect menu gr oup 1, move t he cursor t o and press ENTER . 2) Use t he UP and DO WN keys to ad just t he cro ssfade time. Y ou can al so use the function ke ys to enter the v alue directly , as described i n 5.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 8-6 – 1.00 – 06/97 ati v e to normal speed) : 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0 . The 1.0 spe ed is only a v ailable when shut tling in the for ward dire ction. Shuttl e operations ar e only poss ible when the SHUTTLE in dicat or is li t (pre ss the SHUT TLE switc h).
Section 8 – Advanced operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 8-7 The REF LEVEL indicators [7] will light in the following way to sho w the level selected: 8.8 Meter modes The D A-98 peak barg raph meters can be custom- ized to suit your worki ng prefer ences.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 8-8 – 1.00 – 06/97 8.10 Digital recording The D A-98 is able to a ccept ( and output ) digit al signal s at the D I G I T AL I/O conne ctor [45] in TDIF- 1 form at. The IF- 88AE and IF-8 8SD interface uni t s provid e conversio n t o an d fr om AE S/EBU (and SP- DIF) and SDIF- 2 formats.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 8-9 Howe ver , each track can be patched in ternall y to take its input from an y one of the eig ht inputs or from an y one of the ot her ta pe tr ac ks.
Section 8 – Advanced operations 8-10 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 input bits , as in t he ca s e of t h e D A-98 ) to a lowe r number (f or insta nce 16, t he D A-98’ s tape word lengt h) to im prove qu antiz atio n .
Section 9 – Synchroni zation with other DTRS units 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 9-1 9 – Synchr on ization with oth er DTRS units This sect ion describe s the techniques and methods to be f ollowed w he n the D A-9 8 is li nked to othe r DTRS units (e. g. T ASCAM D A-3 8, D A-88 an d of cours e other D A-98 units ).
Section 9 – Synchronization with other DTRS units 9-2 – 1.00 – 06/97 It the r efor e mak es sense to set th e mac hi ne I D s of all D A-88s in th e chain fi rst, immediate ly af ter connect ion.
Section 9 – Synchroni zation with other DTRS units 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 9-3 2) Use t he LEFT and RIGHT key s to selec t the fi eld to be edit ed (hours, mi nutes, seco nds or frames) an d the UP and DO WN keys to ch ange the va lue of that field . Y ou can use the function keys as number ke ys (see 5.
Section 9 – Synchronization with other DTRS units 9-4 – 1.00 – 06/97 1) Lo cate t he s la v e tape with t he ba cking musi c to the st art of the m usic. The shuttle mode is useful here (see 8.6 , “Shuttle operations”). 2) Rewi nd the mast er to a li ttle before y ou w a nt the m u sic t o enter .
Section 9 – Synchroni zation with other DTRS units 06/97 – 1.0 0 – 9-5 10) On the master machine, hold d own RECORD and press PLA Y . No recording will take place on the source master , but the tracks will be recorded digitally on a one - to-one basis to the target slave.
Section 9 – Synchronization with other DTRS units 9-6 – 1.00 – 06/97.
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/97 – 1.00 – 10-1 10 – Operations related to timecode The D A-98 cont ains synch ronizati on facilitie s, includi ng a timeco de generator , which al lo w it to act eit her as a t imecode mast er or a timecode sla ve.
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-2 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 T o cha n ge bet ween th e two d ifferent ti me refe r- ence modes , perf orm the fol lo wing procedure : 1) S e lect menu gro up 3 and pr ess ENTER : 2) Sel ect and pre ss ENTER .
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/97 – 1.00 – 10-3 1) Use the LEFT and RIGHT key s to choose the f ield to change ( hours, minute s, seconds or frames) and then us e th e UP and DO WN ke ys to c hang e the va lue of that field . Y ou can also enter a time of fset directly using the func tio n keys (se e 5.
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-4 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 2) S tart playing the t ape. 3) The selecte d timecode v alue will be displ ayed on th e bo ttom line , to gethe r wi th th e fra me rate of the time co de.
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/97 – 1.00 – 10-5 1) Go t o menu gr oup E, and move the c ursor to : 2) In coming timecode will be di splayed on the bottom li ne, toge ther wi th the fram e rate of the timeco de. The EXT TC indicator will light when t imecode is recei ved.
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-6 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 outputs , whichev er set of out puts is i n use at t he time. 1) Go to menu group 5, move the cu rso r to (output timecode ti ming) and pr ess ENTER : 2) Us e the UP and DO WN ke ys to select bet ween and .
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/97 – 1.00 – 10-7 2) Se lect time code as the t iming r efer ence (s ee 10.1.3, “Sel ecting TC or ABS t iming”).
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-8 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 If ther e is no timeco de so urce, th e tap e coun ter will sh o w all hy phens while the t imecode tr ack is arme d. After s tarting the gener ator , you may w ant to make ot her sett ings, and will t herefore ha ve t o chan ge the dis play screen.
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/97 – 1.00 – 10-9 toge ther, keeping a stric t re lation sh ip bet w een th e audio and timecode tracks. In all o ther cas es, we sug gest usin g either the D A- 98’ s internal ge nerator or timecode from tape.
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-10 – 1. 00 – 06/97 source in fast wind mode, the tape co un ter will flas h. If the timeco de source is not clock-syn chronized with the D A-98 , a warning will be shown on the display screen.
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/9 7 – 1.00 – 1 0-11 the C HASE key is pres sed . Y ou m ust d eterm ine whether t he chase mode re fers to time code or to the DTRS sync , and this is done usi ng the T ime Mode menu (se e 10.1.3, “S electin g TC or ABS timing ”).
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-12 – 1. 00 – 06/97 inter nal timeco de will be captured and sto red as the ti me code offset (e ither a po s itive or negative va l u e ) . Note tha t if the words are not displa yed on t he screen , you cann ot captur e the offset value.
Section 10 – Operations related to timecode 06/9 7 – 1.00 – 1 0-13 the sla ve is now 10 minutes and 4 fra mes behi nd the m aster. Since th e sla ve is meant to be exactl y 10 minut es behind th e master , the dif ference , +4 frames, is t he “relat i ve dif ference” b etween t he mast er and the sla ve.
Section 10 – Operat ions related to timecode 10-14 – 1. 00 – 06/97 10.7.11Individual recor ding while chasing timecode If sla ve DTRS uni ts are c hasing a master DTRS unit , the def aul t acti on is fo r t he sla v es’ record st a- tus to follo w that of the master .
Section 11 – External control 06/97 – 1.00 – 11-1 11 – External contr ol The D A-98 can be cont rolled b y othe r units , either thro ugh the REMO TE IN/SYNC IN T ASCAM con- nector [ 43] as de.
Sect io n 11 – Ex te rnal con trol 11-2 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 1) Go to menu group 6, move the cu rso r to (Record Del ay) and pr ess ENTER : 2) Use the UP and DO WN ke ys to sel ect the rec ord dela y in fr ames. This is the time that the DA- 98 should delay between recei ving a record command and actually starting to record.
Section 11 – External control 06/97 – 1.00 – 11-3 2) Use t he UP and DO WN keys t o select between and . T o deter mine whet her your c ontrolle r is send ing (a) loc ate commmands or (b) f ast wind com- mands, e nter a locate op eration from the rem ote cont roller .
Sect io n 11 – Ex te rnal con trol 11-4 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 2) Use the UP and DO WN ke ys to sel ect betw een and . If you cho ose , the track referred to b y the controller’ s command signals as “analog 3” will be the aud io track desi gnated as “analo g 3” in the menu above.
Section 11 – External control 06/97 – 1.00 – 11-5 track s) is g iv e n below . Note that th e seq uenc in g softw a re must be able to t ransmit MMC c om- mands an d also to sync to MTC for th is to b e ef fecti ve: The sequen cer is set u p to trans mit MMC com- mands, and i s set so that i t synchron izes to SMPTE/MTC.
Sect io n 11 – Ex te rnal con trol 11-6 – 1.0 0 – 06/97.
Section 12 – Menu and parameter reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 12-1 12 – Menu and parameter reference 12.1 Menu gr oups This secti on pr o vides a quick guide to th e menus an d their funct io ns, p.
Section 12 – Men u and parameter reference 12-2 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 12.1.2 Menu group 1 12.1.3 Menu group 2 Menu ite m Parameter(s) Va l u e s Refer ence T ime value Defaults to 6.6, “Punch- i n and punch -out” Pre-roll time Post-roll time thro ugh thro ugh 6.
Section 12 – Menu and parameter reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 12-3 12.1.4 Menu group 3 12.1.5 Menu group 4 Menu it e m Parameter(s) Va l u e s Refer ence Machine ID for sync hron izati on thro ugh 9.2. 2, “S e ttin g machin e ID” T ime value to frame accu racy Defaults to ± 9.
Section 12 – Men u and parameter reference 12-4 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 12.1.6 Menu group 5 a. If the (Absolute timing wit h of fset) opti on is selected, the bottom line o f the di splay change s to allo w direct en try of the desir ed offset v alue . Menu ite m Parameter(s) Va l u e s Refer ence Frame Rate , , , 10.
Section 12 – Menu and parameter reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 12-5 12.1.7 Menu group 6 12.1.8 Menu group 7 Menu it e m Parameter(s) Va l u e s Refer ence Device name , , , , , , , 11.1.2 , “Emu lation” T i me in frames thro ugh frames or (the n umber of frame s dep ends on th e selected emu lation) 11.
Section 12 – Men u and parameter reference 12-6 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 12.1.9 Menu group 8 12.1.10Menu gr oup 9 a. If is selected , there will be another para meter auto matically append ed. This pa rameter will be , , , or depend ing on the setti ng made in the menu (page 12-4).
Section 12 – Menu and parameter reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 12-7 12.1.11Menu group E 12.1.12Menu group F Menu it e m Parameter(s) Va l u e s Refer en ce There ar e no user -settable v alues in th is menu. M oving th e cursor to the men u item will di spla y th e r ele vant v alue on the bottom line of the disp lay .
Section 12 – Men u and parameter reference 12-8 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 12.2 Menu item inde x Use this alphabet i cal list when you wa nt to f ind out quickly t o which menu group a men u item be longs.
Section 13 – Example setups 05/30/97 – 1.00 – 1 3-1 13 – Example setup s This sect ion gi ves a f e w exa mples of how the D A-98 might be used in real- worl d situat ions toge ther with other eq uipment.
Section 13 – Example setups 13-2 – 1.0 0 – 05/30/97 The tape re turns and inputs ar e f ed d irectly using c abl es suc h as the PW -10D and PW -4D into the pat ch bay’ s 25- pi n D -s ub c onne cto rs.
Section 13 – Example setups 05/30/97 – 1.00 – 1 3-3 when tim ecode is r ece i v ed, i t is re -tra nsmit ted, togeth er wit h t he of fset se t on t he m aster unit (see 10.7. 5, “S et- ting ti mecode of fset on-t he-fly”) . The sla ve D A-98s output resh aped ti mecode.
Section 13 – Example setups 13-4 – 1.0 0 – 05/30/97 13.3 Project studio (‘B’ r oom) The DA-98 pr ovides a n exce ll ent re cor ding s oluti on f or the sma lle r p roj ect stu dio.
Section 13 – Example setups 05/30/97 – 1.00 – 1 3-5 tional tracks and inte grated sync hronization to the e xisting D A-38 system, while pro viding tot al medi a com pa tibil ity wi th existi ng rec o rding s, as w ell as a familiar user i nterfac e.
Section 13 – Example setups 13-6 – 1.0 0 – 05/30/97.
Section 14 – Maintenance and memory setups 06/97 – 1.00 – 14-1 14 – Maintenance and memor y setups 14.1 Head and tran spor t c leaning The D A-98 inco rporates an inter nal clea ning mechanism t hat not onl y cleans the ro tary head , b ut al so the tape as it ent ers t he tap e path .
Section 14 – Maintenance and memory setups 14-2 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 • Do not at te mpt to re w ind or f ast forwar d the cleaning tap e, eithe r in th e D A -98 or in a vi deo unit. Sim ply ins ert it int o the D A-9 8 when you use it the n ext time.
Section 14 – Maintenance and memory setups 06/97 – 1.00 – 14-3 3) Within menu g roup F , move the curs or so that it is b y the fiel d. The number of whole hours that the he ad has been in u se for fast f orward and fast r ewind will be sho wn on the b ottom line of the disp lay.
Section 14 – Maintenance and memory setups 14-4 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 14.3.3 Rese tting the memory Y ou may somet imes w ant to re set all of the mem- ory to f actory settin gs. The v alues of all the f ac- tory s ettings are listed i n 12, “Menu and parameter refere nce” .
Section 15 – Options, specifications and reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 15-1 15 – Options, specification s and reference 15.1 Options for the D A-98 Y ou can pur chase a numbe r of options thr ough your T ASCAM dealer .
Section 15 – Op tions, speci fications and refere nce 15-2 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 The meter can be rack mounted using the RM- 8824 rac k mount an gle acces sory or mount ed on the RC-848 using the MK-8824 mounting ki t. No setti ngs are neces sary on t he D A-98 to use this meter unit.
Section 15 – Options, specifications and reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 15-3 15.2 Specifications 15.2.1 Ph y sic al spec ifica tions 15.2.2 P ower spe cifications 15.2.3 Digi tal recording chara cterist ics 15.2.4 T ape re cor der se ction Size (e xc f eet) w x h x d 482 x 17 6 x 35 7 (mm) 19 x 6.
Section 15 – Op tions, speci fications and refere nce 15-4 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 15.2.5 T ape transport 15.2.6 Inputs and output s 15.2.7 A udio specifications 15.
Section 15 – Options, specifications and reference 06/97 – 1.00 – 15-5 T imecod e offset Up to 24 ho ur s (jamsync capability ) ABS to SMPTE co nv e r si on facility (with of fs et) V ideo sync .
Section 15 – Op tions, speci fications and refere nce 15-6 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 15.3 MMC Bit Map Arra y Commands u na v ailable on the D A-98 are str uck through , as for exampl e (RECORD P A USE ).
Section 15 – Op tions, speci fications and refere nce 15-7 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 r0 - 0 (06) GENERA TOR TIME CO D E (05) LOCK DEVIA TION (04) AC T UA L OFFSET (03) REQUESTED OFFSET (02) SELECTED MASTE.
Section 15 – Op tions, speci fications and refere nce 15-8 – 1.0 0 – 06/97 15.4 MIDI Implementa tion Cha r t TASCA M Multitrack D igital Recor der d ate:1997.
Index 06/97 – 1 .00 – In dex-9 A ABS frame rate 10- 1 ABS time 10 -1 auto timecod e settin gs 10-3 ABS-13 setting 10-3 Absolute differe nce 10-12 Absolute time see “ABS time” AES/EBU conversio.
Index Index-10 – 1.00 – 06 /97 Formatting 6-1 Frame rate 10-4 ABS timing 10-1 Fs shift 10-4 Funct ion ke ys location memories 8-2 menu settin g 5-4 modes 5- 2 numerical keypad 5- 3 "Ten key&q.
Index 06/97 – 1. 00 – Ind ex-11 recording 6- 6 rehearsing 6-6 replaying 6-7 settin g punch points 6-4 , 6-5 PW-88S (cab le) 9-1 R Rack mount ad aptor (RM-98) 15-1 Rack mounting 1-3 REC MUTE functi.
Index Index-12 – 1.00 – 06 /97 U User setups 14-3 V Vari -spe ed 8-5 Video clock 10-10 Video clock connections 4-2 Video frame clock 11-1 Video resolution 10-10 Viewing incomi ng timecode 10-4 W W.
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