Tascam CD-302 manual

» CD-302 Dual CD Pla y er O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the pres- ence of important operating and maintenance (se[...]

2 TASCAM CD-302 Impor tant Safety Precautions Note f or U .K. Customers DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. If nonetheless the mains p[...]

TASCAM CD-302 3 CA UTION: … Read all of these Instructions. … Save these Instructions f or later use . … Follow all W arnings and Instructions marked on the audio equipment. 1) Read Instructions — All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. 2) Retain Instructions — The safety and operating inst[...]

4 TASCAM CD-302 Optical pickup : T ype : KSS-213C Manufacturer : SONY Corporation Laser output : Less than 0.4 mW on the objective lens Wavelength : 760_800nm SAFETY INFORMATION This product has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations "title 21, CFR, chapter 1, subchapter J, based on the Radiation Control for Health and Saf[...]

TASCAM CD-302 — Table of Contents TASCAM CD-302 5 1 - Before you start 1.1 Main features ...................................... 7 1.2 Environmental conditions ................. 7 1.2.1 Beware of condensation ............................ 8 1.2.2 Never use a stabilizer ................................ 8 1.2.3 Handling of discs .....................[...]

TASCAM CD-302 — Table of Contents 6 TASCAM CD-302 4.3.6 Setting the sampled data playback tempo .........................................................21 4.3.7 Setting the sampled data playback key .22 4.3.8 Looped playback of sampled data ..........22 4.3.9 Clearing the sampled data .......................22 4.4 Bend function .................[...]

TASCAM CD-302 7 1 - Before you start 1.1 Main features • T wo high-quality precision CD decks in a single rack-mountable unit. • RCA unbalanced outputs for each deck • Dedicated per-deck remote control units (detachable and rack-mountable) • 10 seconds of anti-shock memory per deck. • Instant start • Large jog dial for frame-accurate cu[...]

1 • Before you start—Backup memory 8 TASCAM CD-302 1.2.1 Be ware of condensation If the player (or a compact disc) is mov ed from a cold to a warm place, or used after a sudden tempera- ture change, there is a danger of condensation; v apor in the air could condense on the internal mechanism, making correct operation impossible. T o pre vent th[...]

1 • Before you start — Preset functions TASCAM CD-302 9 1.6 Preset functions The way in which the parameters of the preset func- tions listed in 1.7, “Preset functions” are set is described here: 1 Press the PRESET key I . 2 Select the name and number of the preset func- tion y ou want to set, with the JOG dial F or the number keys G . 3 Pr[...]

1 • Before you start — Displayed characters 10 TASCAM CD-302 1.8 Displa yed character s The characters on the CD-302 display are sho wn as in the table belo w: 18 I/PLAY I_PLA Y Incremental Play (4.18, “Incremental Play”) OFF 19 R/PLAY R_PLA Y Rela y Play (4.19, “Relay Pla y”) OFF 20 DIRECT DIRECT Direct mode (4.20, “Direct mode”) O[...]

TASCAM CD-302 11 2 - Front and rear panels 12 33 4 5 6 4 5 6[...]

2 • Front and rear panels — Main unit (front panel) 12 TASCAM CD-302 2.1 Main unit (fr ont panel) Since you perform almost all control functions of the CD-302 from the remote control unit, the front panel only contains the follo wing features: 1 PO WER switch and indicator T urns the power on and of f. The indicator lights when po wer is suppli[...]

2 • Front and rear panels — Remote control unit (front panel) TASCAM CD-302 13 D CUE key If a cue point has been stored, the unit will play when the CUE ke y is pressed, and enter pause mode when this ke y is released. E PLA Y/P A USE key Changes between playback and pause mode. The ke y lights steadily in playback mode, and flashes in pause m[...]

2 • Front and rear panels — Remote control unit (rear) 14 TASCAM CD-302 S A and B keys Use the A and B keys to set, edit and recall the start and end points of the loop, respecti vely . When you hav e set a loop (start and end points hav e been set), the A and B keys will light. T SAMPLE key This ke y lights when sample playback takes place and[...]

2 • Front and rear panels — Display TASCAM CD-302 15 2.5 Displa y Each unit is fitted with a display , providing the fol- lo wing information: c TRA CK indicator Sho ws the current track. d Bank indicators Sho w the current memory bank. e Loop mode indicator Displays current loop mode ( A-B , ALL , SINGLE ) and loop mode on/of f. f REMAIN indi[...]

16 TASCAM CD-302 3 - Basic operations 3.1 Pla yback operations 3.1.1 Playbac k Load a disc in the player , and press the PLA Y/P A USE key . The PLA Y/P A USE key lights in playback mode. 3.1.2 P ause If you press the PLA Y/P A USE key during playback, the unit enters pause mode, and the PLA Y/P A USE ke y starts blinking. 3.1.3 Stop The CD-302 has[...]

3 • Basic operations — Loop play TASCAM CD-302 17 2 Select 02 CUE/P ( CUE_P ) using the dial or numeric keys. 3 Press the ENTER key . 4 Select the cue point mode. 5 Press the ENTER key . If you select the PLA Y k ey mode ( PLY ( PL Y) is cho- sen as the cue mode v alue), the last playback point is captured and used as the as the cue point. If y[...]

3 • Basic operations — Loop play 18 TASCAM CD-302 3.4.2 A-B loop pla y mode The A-B loop mode allows seamless loop play between two points (A and B). The A and B points should be in the same track. 1 Press the PRESET key . 2 Select 01 LOOP ( LOOP ) using the dial or numeric keys. 3 Press the ENTER key . 4 Select A-B ( A-B ). 5 Press the ENTER k[...]

3 • Basic operations — Loop play TASCAM CD-302 19 duration is sho wn for two seconds, and the display then returns to its pre vious state. 3.4.8 SINGLE loop This plays back one track continuously , looping between the start and end of the track. 1 Press the PRESET key . 2 Select 01 LOOP ( LOOP ) using the dial or numeric keys. 3 Press the ENTER[...]

20 TASCAM CD-302 4 - Advanced Operations 4.1 T empo (speed) control Change the tempo (playback speed) using the TEMPO slider a . Change the maximum (full do wn) and minimum (full up) speeds by either 0% (disabled), ±8%, ±16% or ±32%. 1 Change the maximum range affected by the TEMPO slider a with repeated pr esses of the TEMPO key Z (0%, ±8%, ±[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Sampling TASCAM CD-302 21 The points marking the start and the end of the sam- ple must be within 10 seconds of each other , and must be in the same track. NO TE If the scratch function (4.9, “Scratch”) is on, y ou can- not use the sampling function. 4.3.1 Sampling 1 Make sur e the IN and OUT keys U are not lit. 2 [...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Bend function 22 TASCAM CD-302 3 Press the ENTER key . 4 Select the tempo speed using the dial. 5 Press the ENTER key . 4.3.7 Setting the sampled data playbac k key 1 Press the PRESET key . 2 Select 08 SAMP/k ( SAMP_K ) using the dial or numeric keys. 3 Press the ENTER key . 4 Select the key pitch using the dial. 5 Pre[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Number key modes TASCAM CD-302 23 tapped BPM v alue. Use the ENTER ke y to confirm this. If no v alue is currently shown on the BPM counter , 120 is assumed as the default. 4.6 Number key modes This mode allo ws you to set different parameters using the number ke ys. Usually , the number keys are used for entering tra[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Scratch 24 TASCAM CD-302 back at the same rate, as is the case with tempo sync). 1 Synchronize the tw o decks using tempo sync, as described above. The TEMPO SYNC key on the sla ve deck should be lit. 2 With both decks playing, pr ess the BEA T SYNC key Q on the sla ve unit bef ore y ou start the cross-fade between dec[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Memories TASCAM CD-302 25 there is no space remaining for the other player to use for memories. Y ou might use each bank for a different operator of the CD-302, for example. The follo wing data is stored in each memory: • Disc ID (automatically read from disk) • Cue point (3.3, “Cueing”) • Loop points (A, B) [...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Voice Reduce function 26 TASCAM CD-302 1 Press the PRESET key . 2 Select 09 SAMP/R ( SAMP_R ) using the dial or numeric keys. 3 Press the ENTER key . 4 Select On or Off using the dial. 5 Press the ENTER key . Ho wev er , ev en if the sampling point recall is set to of f, memorized sample data can still be loaded later:[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Output level TASCAM CD-302 27 2 Select 11 PROG ( PROG ) using the dial or numeric keys. 3 Press the ENTER k ey . The track number , f ol- lowed by the pr ogram step number (e.g. Pro 05 ( PRO 05 )), is shown on the display . 4 Use the dial to select the position in the pro- gram where the new pr ogram step is to be inse[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Setting the EOM time 28 TASCAM CD-302 When the BRAKE ke y is pressed, it lights, and the brake mode is acti ve. When you are playing a disc with brake mode acti v e, and you press the PLA Y/P A USE ke y , the deck will stop playback slo wly , like a record turntable. Select the braking time from 0.2 to 5.0 seconds, in [...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Relay Play TASCAM CD-302 29 4.19 Rela y Play When you set the Relay Play function you enable the automatic start of playback by a deck when the other deck stops playback. Setting relay play on one deck enables relay play on both decks. 1 Press the PRESET key . 2 Select 19 r/play ( R_PLA Y ) using the dial or numeric ke[...]

4 • Advanced Operations — Fader and Event Start/Stop 30 TASCAM CD-302 4.23 F ader and Event Star t/Stop Y ou can control the CD-302’ s decks indi vidually by using fader start and e vent start through the appropri- ate jacks 6 on the rear panel of the main unit. Fader start can be used to stop and start the units. Event start can be used to s[...]

TASCAM CD-302 31 5 - Specifications and reference 5.1 Speci fi cations The f ollowing v alues are applicable when the ke y and tempo v alues are set to 0: 5.1.1 Dimensions Disc types 8 cm/12 cm CD Number of channels 2 channel Resolution 16-bit Sampling frequency 44.1 kHz D A conv ersion 16-bit, 8x ov ersampling Output impedance < 1 k Ω Maximu[...]

5 • Specifications and reference — Error messages, etc. 32 TASCAM CD-302 5.2 Err or messages, etc. If any of the numbered error messages (1 through 9) occur , try using another disc. If the errors continue with a number of discs, turn the unit of f, wait for a fe w seconds, and turn it on again. If the errors still continue, contact your T ASCA[...]