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TASCAM HD-P2 Owner's Manual 15
HD-P2 Screens and Menus
Figure 14a - Project Settings Screen: Expanded View
Figures 14a and 14b are expanded views of all of the
project settings and timecode sub-menus (timecode
settings are explained in detail in the Timecode sec-
tion of this manual).The following are details about
the Project Settings menu items:
Headset Monitoring
–
Stereo
,
Mono Left
,
Mono Right
,
Mono Summed
, or
Follow Record Mode
(“Channels”
eld above). Monitoring via the internal speaker
follows this setting as well, although Stereo is ren-
dered as Mono Summed.
Channels
– This sets the record mode. The options are:
Mono Left
,
Mono Right
,
Mono Summed
, and
Stereo
.
Sample Width
–
16
or
24
bits
.
Sample Rate
–
44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4
or
192 kHz
. This can-
not be changed once any audio has been recorded
into this project. All audio les in a project must be
of the same sample rate.
Input Source
–
Analog/Mic
or
S/PDIF
(digital).
Clock Source
–
Internal
,
LTC
,
Video
,
Word Clock
, or
S/PDIF
.
Timecode
–
Enabled
or
Disabled
.
Timecode Settings
– a submenu of timecode param-
eters.
Auto Markers
– The HD-P2 can automatically drop
markers when an audio input “over” occurs, or
when timecode drops out. The eld options are:
Audio Overs
,
TC Dropouts
,
Time Interval
.
Auto Append
– This mode, as described previously, is
set
Yes
or
No
.
Pre-Record
–
Off
or
On
. When
On
, the HD-P2 will store
the last several seconds of incoming audio when
the input monitor is enabled. When
REC
is pressed,
this material is stored to media as well as the fol-
lowing audio. This helps you not miss unexpected
and important material.
Locator Types
– This can limit where the
LOCATE
keys
can position the timeline, to the edge of
Files Only
, to
Markers Only
, or to
Files and Markers
.
Max File Size
– This setting allows the user to deter-
mine the maximum le size of a take (an individual
audio le). The range of this setting is 512MB to
2GB and the default setting is 1.5GB.
There may be times when smaller audio les are
desired to exist within on project. For example,
when individual takes may need to be burned to
CD media as data.
As always, the record/playback of audio le (take)
transitions is seamless regardless of the setting of
this menu.
Meter Clip Hold
– Flash (very brief),
3
,
6
, or
10 seconds
,
or
Infinite
. When set to
Infinite
, the
Clip
indicator on the
display is cleared by pressing
CANCEL
.
Figure 14b - Project Timecode Settings Screen: Expanded View
Meter Decay Rate
–
Slow
,
Medium
, or
Fast
.
Meter Peak Decay
–
Slow
,
Medium
,
Fast
, or
Off
.
File Base Name
– Audio le names will start with these
characters.
Mark Base Name
– Marker names will start with these
characters.