Tascam HS-8 manual

HS-8 8 Chann e l A ud i o R eco rder D01106920A OWNER'S MANUAL[...]

2 T ASCAM HS-8 The exclamation point within an equilat eral triangle is intended to alert the user to th e pr es en ce o f i m po r ta nt o pe rat in g a nd m ai nte na nc e (s er vi ci ng ) i ns tr u ct io ns i n t he literatur e accompanying the appliance . The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended to ale[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 3 Do not expose this apparatus to drips or splashes. • Do not place any objects filled with liquids, such as • vases, on the apparatus . Do not install this apparatus in a confined space such • as a book case or similar unit. The apparatus draws nominal non- operating power • from the AC outlet with its POWER or ST ANDBY/ON swi[...]

4 T ASCAM HS-8 Conte nts 1 − Introduction ......................................... 6 Features ........................................................... 6 Include d items ................................................. 6 Conventions us ed in this manual ................... 6 Intellec tual prope r ty right s ............................ 6 Prec[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 5 SETUP page ............................................. 49 OUTPUT page ........................................... 49 CHx NAME (button) ................................. 50 Channel se t tings ( CHANN EL SETU P) ............ 50 When channels are linked ....................... 51 Stereo (L/R) channel ................................ 5[...]

6 T ASCAM HS-8 Thank you v er y much for pur chasing a T ASCAM HS-8 8 Channel Audio Recorder . Please read this manual thoroughly befor e using the unit so that you understand correct operating procedur es and can use its functions fully . W e hope that y ou enjoy using this unit for man y years. Please keep this manual so that you can r ead it at [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 7 This product is designed to help y ou record and reproduc e sound works to which you own the copyright, or wher e you have obtained permission from the copyright holder or the rightful lic ensor . Unless you own the cop yright, or have obtained the appropriate permission from the c opyright holder or the rightful licensor , your unau[...]

8 T ASCAM HS-8 F ront panel 1 POWER switch Use to turn the power on and off . This switch has a cover t o prevent misoper ation. Open the cover fr om below to access and oper ate the switch. 2 USB connector (suppor t planned in a version upgrade) By connecting a USB flash drive, for example , you can back up data from a CF card and sa ve files to t[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 9 Pr ess this key while recording t o put the unit in recor ding standby . Both the PAU S E and REC keys light during recording standb y . w REC key/indicator When a recor dable CF card is installed and the unit is stopped, pr ess this key to put the unit into rec ording standby . Both the PAU S E and REC keys light during recor ding s[...]

10 T ASCAM HS-8 f JOG (SHUT TLE) key and indica tor Use to enable use of the JOG/ SHUTTLE dial. P ress this key to enable the jog operation mode of the JOG/SHU TTLE dial. When this mode is enabled , this indicator lights. Pr ess this key while pressing the SHIFT key t o enable the shuttle operation mode of the JOG/ SHUTTLE dial. When this is enable[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 11 2 − Names and f unctions of part s Rear panel g ANALOG INPUT S 1-8 connector This 25-pin D-sub connector is for analog balanced line input. The pin assignmen ts are as follo ws. 1 14 25 13 h ANAL OG INPUTS A and B connectors These A/B balanced XLR connectors are f or analog balanced line inputs (1: GND , 2: HO T , 3: COLD). Set wh[...]

12 T ASCAM HS-8 n DIGIT AL I/O (AES/EBU) INPUT A/B and OUTPUT L/R connectors These XLR balanced connectors are f or digital audio input ( IN PUT A/B ) and output ( OUTPUT L/R ) in AES/ EBU (AES3-2003/IEC60958-4) format . T ransmission occurs a t double speed when the sampling frequency is 88.2 and 96 kHz and at quad speed when 176.4 and 192 kHz. Th[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 13 P ARALLEL connector The P ARALLE L connector on the rea r panel allo ws external control of this unit. The pin assignments are as f ollows. Pin No . F unction In/Out 1 GND 2 PLA Y/Flash 1 In 3 STOP/F lash 2 In 4 RECORD/F lash 3 In 5 SKIP FWD/Flash 4 In 6 SKIP BWD/Flash 5 In 7 FLASH L OAD (ST OP) In 8 F ADER ST ART In 9 FLASH T ally [...]

14 T ASCAM HS-8 Home Screen Pr ess the HOME key to open the Home Screen. 1 ONLINE status indicator When the ONLINE function is active and ONLINE playback mode is ON, the icon appears red . When the ONLINE function is active and ONLINE playback mode is OFF , the icon appears unlit. When the ONLINE function is not active, the icon is not displayed . [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 15 Searching forward Searching backward (high-speed search) Searching forward (high-speed search) The number shown when searching backward (shuttle operation) changes with the current speed: x2, x4, x8, x16, x32. The number shown when searching f orward (shuttle operation) changes with the current speed: x2, x4, x8, x16, x32. Recording[...]

16 T ASCAM HS-8 Home Screen during recor ding Home Screen REC/MON page Home Screen NEXT T AKE NAME page Home Screen P AN/LE VEL page Home Screen INFO page t Recording media display (button) This shows which of the two CF car d slots is being used, as well as its r emaining recording time . The background of the media that is curr ently being used a[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 17 • “ UserWord ” mo de (but ton) Use the user wor d for the first half of the take name. Pr ess the EDIT button to open the screen wher e you can change the user word . ( This works the same as the screen for editing pr oject names.) • “ Fo l der Name ” mo de (but ton) Use the folder name as the first half of the take name[...]

18 T ASCAM HS-8 2 − Names and f unctions of part s a Manual Locate button Pr ess this button to open the MANUAL LOCATE screen for locating manually . (See “Manual locate function” on page 57.)[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 19 3 − Prep ar ati on Inser ting and remo ving CF cards Inser ting CF cards Inser t a CF card int o CF card SLOT 1 or SLOT 2 on the front panel of the unit in order t o use it for rec ording and playback. NOTE CF cards c an be inser ted whether the pow er is ON or OFF . 1 Open the CF card slot cov er . 2 Insert the CF c ard with the [...]

20 T ASCAM HS-8 About the display Adjusting the displa y angle Push the LCD TIL T btton to unlock the display , and then pull the bottom of the display f or ward t o adjust the angle. Pull the bottom of the displa y until you hear a clicking sound. T o restore it t o its flat position, push the LCD TIL T button again to unlock the display , and pus[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 21 CAUTION Never turn the power OFF during rec ording, playback, or anything else that accesses the CF c ard. Doing so could , for example, c ause recording errors , loss of recorded data, and sudden loud noises to be output through monitoring equipment, which could result in damaged equipment and hearing loss. Setting the time of the [...]

22 T ASCAM HS-8 When the display (panel) is locked If one of the keys around the display is used, the f ollowing pop-up window message appears. When the display (keys) is locked If one of the transpor t keys is used when the T ransport is locked, the follo wing pop-up window message appears. When the transport is locked Recor ding duration The tabl[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 23 In this chapter , we explain basic procedures f or recording and playback. The display on this unit functions as a touch-screen. Opera te the unit using its keys, switches and touch-screen display butt ons. NOTE This unit can rec ord a maximum of 8 separate tr acks and a stereo track (when the sampling frequency is set to 44.1 or 48[...]

24 T ASCAM HS-8 2 T ouch the CF MANAGE button to open the CF MANAGE screen. 3 T ouch the Q UICK button next to the FORMAT item. The follo wing pop-up message appears. NOTE If no CF card is inserted in that slot, the following pop-up message appears. 4 T ouch the OK button on the pop-up message. During formatting , the following pop-up message appea[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 25 2 T ouch the CREATE PROJECT button to open the CREATE PROJECT screen. The CREATE PROJECT screen has two pages. On the first page, you can set the pr oject name, the name of the first created f older , the sampling frequency , and the sampling frequency written to BWF chunks. F or details about each item, see “Creating new projects[...]

26 T ASCAM HS-8 2 T ouch the REC/MON button to open the REC/MON page. T o arm tracks for rec ording, t ouch the record arm buttons below their level met ers. When a track is armed to rec ord, the button background appears r ed. NOTE T o record the stereo mix from the internal mix er at the same • time, arm LR 2MIX. ( This is only possible when th[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 27 Connecting headphones Connect headphones to the PH ONES connector on the front panel. K eep the headphones knob turned to MIN (all the wa y to the left) when connecting headphones. Headphones CAUTION Before connecting headphones, turn the PHONES knob to the minimum volume. F ailure to do so could cause sudden loud noises to occur , [...]

28 T ASCAM HS-8 See “Channel Settings ( CHANNEL SETUP)” on page 50 for details about making settings on CHANNEL SETUP screens. Monitor the input T ouch the P AN/LEV EL button on the Home Screen to open the PAN/LEVEL page or open a CHx SETUP screen (“ x ” is the channel) where you can adjust the PAN and 2 Mix LVL knobs. After these adjustmen[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 29 Recording oper ation limitations A limitation of this unit is that recor ding in a folder becomes impossible when the total number of files, subfolders and other items in it bec omes large. F or this reason, the follo wing things might occur . When t he tota l number o f items in t he fol der • exceed s about 20 00 If you press th[...]

30 T ASCAM HS-8 If the take is not currently in the selected project, a Se l ected take is i n another proj ect pop-up message appears. Message shown when the take is inside the project Message shown when the take is outside the project 5 T ouch the OK button. When loading completes , the Home Screen reopens. Disabling input monitoring T urn input [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 31 3 T ouch the knob that you w ant to adjust. U se the D ATA dial on the front panel to adjust its value . TIP Press the DA T A dial as you turn it to make adjustments in larger increments. This is useful for making rough adjustments quickly . CALL Pr ess the CALL (CHAS E) key to locat e to the point where playback was last started fr[...]

32 T ASCAM HS-8 8 The follo wing actions disable the flash star t function. Conduct one of them if you want to disable it. A new project or folder is loaded • The unit is put into r ecording standby or r ecording • is started The CF card curren tly in use is removed • Online func tion T urning this unit’ s “Online F unction ” ON, allows[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 33 This unit manages audio files in projects. A CF car d contains project folders , and each project folder contains subfolders that hold audio files , which are called takes.. Project : Contains all the mat erials for one program or work F older : Includes all the materials for a project T ake : An audio file of a rec ording CAUTION T[...]

34 T ASCAM HS-8 Project name buttons : T ouch to select a project or projects. In addition, the numbers assigned in the order of creation on the car d are shown inside the icons. INFO button : T ouch to open a pop-up window that shows inf ormation about the project that is currently selected. If no project is selec ted , press this button to sho w [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 35 CREA TE PROJEC T screen 1 Y ou can make the following settings on this scr een. Project Name : T ouch the Proj ect Name button to open the screen where y ou can edit the project name. The maximum number of characters for pr oject and folder names is 31. Extra characters are discarded. F older Name : T ouch the Fo l der Name button t[...]

36 T ASCAM HS-8 Caps button : Use t o input uppercase letters. Space button : Use t o input a space. <– / –> buttons : Use these to mov e the cursor . Enter button : T ouch this to confirm the input name. NOTE When the “PROJECT NAME” screen is open, you can also use an external keyboard that is connected to the KEYBO ARD connector on [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 37 Rebuilding projects Rebuilding a project makes it possible to play files that were not r ecorded by this unit, including files tha t have been copied between folders on the unit and files that hav e been co pied to a CF car d fold er from a comput er (the audio files must be in formats that can be pla yed by this unit). 1 Press the [...]

38 T ASCAM HS-8 3 T ouch the MAKE FOLDER button to open the MAKE FOLDER screen. F ollow the same procedur es as in “Editing the project name ” on page 35 to name the folder . NOTE Y ou cannot use the “@” symbol at the beginning of a folder name. 4 T ouch the Enter button or press the DATA dial to open a confirmation pop-up message. 5 T ouch[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 39 5 T ouch the REBU I LD button in the pop-up menu item. 6 T ouch the OK button or press the DATA dial when a confirmation pop-up message appears. During rebuilding, a pr ogress status pop-up appears. When rebuilding complet es, the pop-up disappears. NOTE Y ou can also rebuild a folder from that folder’ s tak e selection screen. Co[...]

40 T ASCAM HS-8 Erasing f olders 1 Press the PROJEC T key on the fron t panel to open the PROJECT screen. 2 Press the “ ® ” button for the project that contains the folder that y ou want to er ase to open the folder list. 3 Select the folder that you want t o erase. T ouch the MULT I SELECT button to enable the selection of multiple folders. 4[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 41 4 Select the take that you wan t to erase . T ouch the MULT I SELECT button to enable the selection of multiple takes. 5 T ouch the MENU button to open a pop-up menu. 6 T ouch the DELETE button in the pop-up menu. 7 T ouch the OK button or press the DATA dial when a confirmation pop-up message appears. During erasure, a pr ogress st[...]

42 T ASCAM HS-8 TIP Y ou can use this to mark the good takes, for ex ample. NOTE Y ou cannot edit take names. 5 – Pro j ect s[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 43 In this chapter , we explain the unit ’ s internal settings in detail. Menu screen Pr ess the MENU key on the front panel to open the following MENU screen. • REC SE TUP but ton Make recording settings . • PLA Y SETUP but ton Make playback settings. • SYNC T /C button Make synchronization and time code settings. • REM OTE [...]

44 T ASCAM HS-8 Moreover , when switching to Subfolder mode, the following pop-up window appears explaining the restored maximum limit to the number of takes . When Folder mode is selected , the number of les created is • large. F or this reason, the number of tr acks that can be recor ded is greatly reduced . (See “Recording operation limit[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 45 Playback settings (PLA Y SETUP) Use this screen to make settings r elated to playback. GENERAL page Play Mode Set how the playback of takes is handled. One T ake: Only the currently selected take is played back. All T ake: All the takes in the currently loaded f older are played back. (Default setting: One Tak e ) Repe at Mode T urn[...]

46 T ASCAM HS-8 MASTE R Select the master clock to use. INT (default value): Use this unit’ s internal clock. WORD: Synchronize with the w ord clock input through the WORD/ VIDE O IN connector . VIDEO: Synchroniz e with the video clock input through the WORD/ VIDE O IN connector . CH1-2DIN - CH7-8DIN: Synchronize with the clock of the digital sig[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 47 F ree once, jam sync ST A TUS This shows the time c ode generator mode of the unit and the time code frame type of the current project. GENERA T OR The top line show s the time of the current time code generator . The bottom line show s the user bits. T ouch the GENERATOR item E DIT button or the user bit display area to open the T/[...]

48 T ASCAM HS-8 Remote settings (REMO TE SETUP) Make settings for P AR ALLE connector A UX 1-3 functions and the RS-232C and RS-422 control connectors. The REMOTE SETUP screen has a PARALLEL page, an RS-232C page, and an RS-422 page. T ouch the tabs at the bottom of the screen to open the corr esponding page. P ARALLEL T AB Set the AUX 1-3 function[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 49 Mixer settings (MIXER SETUP) Make mixer settings on this screen. The M I XER SETUP screen has 4 pages: I NPUT , DIGIT AL SOURCE , SETUP and OUTPUT . T ouch the tabs at the bottom of the screen to open the corr esponding page. INPUT page Make input settings on this page. CHANNE L but tons Pr ess a channel button to open the correspon[...]

50 T ASCAM HS-8 MONIT OR button: Monitoring mix (same signal output from the PHONES connector , which includes soloed signals, etc .) CHx NAME (button) Edit the name of the channel (“x ” is the channel). Use the S hift and Caps buttons to change the available character types. F ollow the same procedur es to enter names as in “Editing the proj[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 51 When channels are link ed When channels are linked , the screen appears as follow s. Channel setup screen when channels are linked When c hannel s are linked: The input source selection button show s the pair of • channels. The signal flow line is doubled . • A stereo meter (2 bars) is sho wn. • T ouch the channel name button [...]

52 T ASCAM HS-8 Reference lev el line display ON NOTE If you press the EXIT/CANCEL (PEAK CLEAR) key when the Home Screen is open, the peak hold display resets. Sy stem settings (SY STEM SETUP) Make system settings on this screen. The SYSTEM SETUP screen has 2 pages: PREFERENCES and CLOCK ADJUST . T ouch the tabs at the bottom of the scr een to open[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 53 NOTE CF cards with c apacities of 2 GB or less that have been formatted by this unit might be seen by computers as having no open c apacity, preventing les and folders from being written. V ersion display ( VERSION INFO ) Show the unit’ s SYSTEM version. T ouch the bottom center of the scr een to show the version of the interna[...]

54 T ASCAM HS-8 CAUTION Even when “Mono F ile Place ” is set to “F older ” , subfolders are • created and management les are stored in them. Do not er ase these subfolders. Other management les and folders are created in addition to • these. File names The format used in naming files is as f ollows. 1-8 track poly files [ T ake na[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 55 Mark functions Adding marks Use the follo wing methods to create marks . One file (tak e) can hav e a maximum o f 99 marks, i ncluding automatically-created marks. Use the follo wing two methods to create marks . Push the • MARK key on the front panel. Pr ess the MARK key to add a mark at the current playback/recor ding time. Mark[...]

56 T ASCAM HS-8 Locating to marks T ouch the “ ” button to locate to that mark. V iewing mark informa tion T ouch the LIS T I NFO button on the MARK LIS T screen to open the LIS T I NFO page. This shows a list of the number of marks by type in the currently loaded take. T ouch the LIS T I NFO button again to return to the MARK LIS T screen. LIS[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 57 FRAME EDIT ON FRAME EDIT OFF 3 T ouch a number button to edit a mark. U se the D ATA dial to change the time for the selected number . Press the ENTER button to confirm the setting and return to the MARK LIS T screen. T ouch the CLEAR button to reset the input value . TIP Y ou can use a PS/2 keyboard to set these v alues. Pr ess the[...]

58 T ASCAM HS-8 Y ou can control this unit using an IBM-PC-compatible keyboard with a PS/2 interface by connecting it to the KEYBOARD connector on the fr ont panel of this unit. A variety of operations are possible, but using the keyboar d is especially efficient for inputting names . Setting the keyboar d type Set the type according to the keyboar[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 59 Enabling online functions In order to use online functions, in the online function setting must be enabled. 1 Press the MENU k ey on the front panel to open the MENU screen. 2 T ouch the “SYSTEM SETUP” button to open the “SY STEM SETUP ” screen. 3 T ouch the Enab l e button of the ONL I NE Funct i on item to change the onlin[...]

60 T ASCAM HS-8 In this chapter , we explain playback synchronization with external timecode. The playback of all takes in one folder on this unit can be synchronized with SMPTE timecode input through the TIMECODE IN connector on the rear panel. When synchr onized, the timecode time stamp in the take is used as the starting time of that take. The p[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 61 If the operation of this unit becomes irregular , please check the following things bef ore requesting r epair . I f the following measur es do not resolve the pr oblem, contact the store wher e you purchased the device or a TEAC Repair Center Power does not turn on. ª Confirm that the pow er plug, for e xample, is connected • co[...]

62 T ASCAM HS-8 The follo wing is a list of messages that the HS-8 shows in pop-up windows in some situations. Ref er to this list to learn more about each message as well as ho w to respond to them. Message Details and responses Remarks --- error --- IN FO W RITIN G An error occurred while writing inf ormation. --- FORMAT --- Comp l eted. F ormat [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 63 Message Details and responses Remarks Cannot RECORD . Tak e l im i t reached . P l ease change to another Fo l der Since the maximum number of recor dable takes or the take number has been reached, r ecording is not possible. Change the folder . Cannot RECORD P l ay Fs setti ng i s not OFF P l ease change Pl ay Fs to OFF Recording i[...]

64 T ASCAM HS-8 Message Details and responses Remarks D i gi tal I nput Error DIN1- 2 (U nlo c ked) DIN 3- 4 (n o sig n al ) D I N5-6 (not audi o ) D I N7-8 (unmatched Cbi t ) An error occurred with the digital input selected for the input signal . • Unlocked: not synchronized with syst em • no signal: no signal is being input • not audio: Cb[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 65 Message Details and responses Remarks Operat i on fai l ed . I nterna l Fi l e / Fo l der l im i t reached . The maximum number of files or folders has been reached, so y ou cannot create a new folder . Operat i on fai l ed . Path Name is too long . The path name has more characters than allowed, so the oper ation could not be compl[...]

66 T ASCAM HS-8 Message Details and responses Remarks Se l ected take is i n another proj ect . Load that proj ect and se l ected Take? The selected take belongs to a differ ent project. ssssssss TAKES : n F s : f TOTAL S I ZE : u TOTAL T I ME : t F older information display ssssssss = folder name n: number of takes f : sampling frequency u: space [...]

T ASCAM HS-8 67 General Recording media CompactFlash ( CF) card File syste m F A T32 File format BWF (Monophonic, P olyphonic) Numb er of cha nnels 8 channels (44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz) 8 channels + stereo mix (44.1/48 kHz) 4 channels (176.4/192 kHz) Quant izat ion bit rate 16/24 Sampling frequency 44.1/47.952/48/48.048/88.2/96/176.4/192 kHz (47.952/48.[...]

68 T ASCAM HS-8 F ormat: AES3-2003 (AES/EBU) DIG IT AL OUTPUT L-R Connector: XLR-3-32 Output voltage: 2–5 V p-p/110 Ω F ormat: AES3-2003 (AES/EBU) Con trol input and output connectors RS - 422 Connector: D-sub9-pin R S -2 32 C Connector: D-sub9-pin P ARALLE L Connector: D-sub25-pin CASC ADE IN Connector: BNC Input voltage: 5V T TL equivalent Inp[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 69 Dimensional dra wings 432.2 mm 482.7 mm 465.7 mm 284.4 mm 14.4 mm 18.3 mm 76.2 mm 88 mm 94 mm Illustrations in this manual may differ in part from the actual product. • Specifications and the external appearance may be changed without notification to impr ove the pr oduct. • 1 3 – Speci f ica ti ons[...]

70 T ASCAM HS-8 Blcok diagr am Ph o n e s Pho nes l ev el A ES/ EBU ou t p ut 1 t o 8 A n al o g ou t p ut L/ A / R/ B - - L R X LR X LR A E S/ EBU S t er eo o ut p u t A nal o g o u t p ut 1 t o 8 D- s ub 2 5 p i n Ph o n es o ut p ut Rem o t e M on it or o u t p u t Int er f ac e D/ A M et er A nal o g in p ut 1 t o 8 A E S/ EBU inp u t 1 t o 8 X[...]

T ASCAM HS-8 71 Note s[...]

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