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9 - Operations related to timecode
TASCAM DA-78HR
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If you are recording timecode only, we suggest that
you do not use external sources for recording time-
code.
Set the source to
TAP E TC
as described immediately
above, and use
ABS
(see 9 .2.2, “AB S setti ng ”) as th e
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
1
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.
2
Select timecode as the timing reference (9.1.3,
“Selecting TC or ABS timing”).
3
Select a frame rate (9.3, “Selecting the frame
mode”).
4
Press the
SHIFT
key so that the
SHIFT
indicator
is flashing, then press the
MENU
key until the
display shows
TCG. REC-- (
TCG REC--
).
5
Select the source of the timecode as the internal
generator (9.5.1, “Selecting the timecode
source”).
6
Press the
SUB MENU
key until the display
briefly shows
STRT. TIME (
STRT TIME
), fol-
lowed by the current start time of the
generator.
7
Edit the generator start time as described in
4.3, “Menus and sub-menus”.
8
To record the timecode, press the
SUB MENU
key until the display shows
TC. REC. EN 0 (
TC
REC EN 0,
i.e. disabled). Use the ▲ and ▼ keys
to ch ange the setting to
1
(enabled).
The
TC
indicator will start flashing. This set-
ting will return to
0 (disabled) when timecode
recording has finished.
9
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
).
10
Press and hold the
PLAY
and
press the
RECORD
key and the tape will start recording.
The
TC
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 Gen erator 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.
1
Press the
SHIFT
key so that the
SHIFT
indicator
is flashing, then press the
MENU
key until the
display shows
TCG. REC-- (
TCG REC--
).
2
Press the
SUB MENU
key so that the display
shows
TCG. MODE (
TCG MODE
) briefly, and
then changes to the current setting.
3
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.