Teac HS-P82 Quick Start Guide User Manual

Page 1 of 38 TASCAM HS-P82 End User Guide for Film/Video Applications v1.20 By Fred Ginsburg CAS PhD Introduction This Guide to the TASCAM HS

Page 10 of 38 FREE RUN means that once you manually enter a starting timecode, the generator will continuously run. FREE ONCE is similar to what Dene

Page 11 of 38 The I/O tab allows you to assign the BNC OUT 1 connector as timecode output or AES output; and BNC OUT2 can be WORD sync output or WORD

Page 12 of 38 button on the end, which is the master track that you can mix all of the other tracks down to, in addition to recording them as individ

Page 13 of 38 Meter Setup From the MENU button, select Meter Setup. You normally should not need to make adjustments to this window. The default sett

Page 14 of 38 The INPUT tab lets you select analog or digital input for each channel. If you are bringing in digital sources, the Fs CONVERT button a

Page 15 of 38 One concept is to fully pan (assign) your input channels to 100% all the way left, or all the way right, so that there is no overlap of

Page 16 of 38 have no choice; you need the (otherwise empty) ISO track for other purposes, and that is understandable. But emphasize the change on yo

Page 17 of 38 Part 2: Recording without a mixing panel This section of the guide will explain how to record audio directly into the recorder, stand a

Page 18 of 38 Channel Setup As described in Part 1, go to the Channel Setup screen in the MENU section. Select the appropriate parameters for each i

Page 19 of 38 The REC TRACK tab allows you to arm/disarm any track for recording. It also allows you to name and number each successive Take. Tracks

Page 2 of 38 Part 1: Basic Setup This section is an introduction to the basic operation of the TASCAM HS-P82 recorder itself. These steps will guide

Page 20 of 38 The PAN LEVEL tab is where you would normally access the OUTPUT LEVEL and PAN controls for each input channel. Press

Page 21 of 38 The default setting for SOLO, in the System Setup screen, is SINGLE. That means only one channel at a time can be solo monitored. If y

Page 22 of 38 Select the PAN LEVEL tab at the bottom of the HOME root screen. Using the virtual knobs, assign each input to L100 (aka 100% left) or

Page 23 of 38 Recording on the HS-P82 To begin recording, depress the physical button on the right of the display marked RECORD. To end recording,

Page 24 of 38 Head tone and header ID Before recording any actual film takes, you should always record a header file. That file should consist of the

Page 25 of 38 New Take, New Scene As explained before, the take numbers will increment automatically every time you RECORD and STOP. In addition, y

Page 26 of 38 Editing the Scene & Take Number Sometimes on the set, mistakes happen. Takes can be recorded with the wrong scene &

Page 27 of 38 A new feature added in firmware v1.20 is that in addition to speeding up the process of entering text and numbers, an external keyboard

Page 28 of 38 Part 3: Recording with an external mixing panel This section will provide practical advice for when you employ an external mixing panel

Page 29 of 38 Therefore, this workflow bypasses that feature. Instead, we rely upon the capabilities of the mixing panel to produce the master mixdow

Page 3 of 38 Format your CF card After powering up the unit, press MENU button. Select CF/USB MANAGE screen. Full format the first time you a

Page 30 of 38 Use the Aux Outs as a means of grouping these “excess” microphones. Generate reference tone in your mixer to zero VU level on an analog

Page 31 of 38 Part 4: Recording with the TASCAM RC-F82 Fader Unit An excellent alternative to the use of an external mixing panel is to use TASCAM’s

Page 32 of 38 input, or to control the output to the LR tracks. A dedicated knob for each input module is also assignable. For film/video applicatio

Page 33 of 38 Connecting the RC-F82 to your Boom Operator To begin with, you will need either a professional duplex “boom operator” cable (equipped

Page 34 of 38 Communicating to your Boom Operator Located directly beneath the label that reads TALKBACK is a button and a sliding switch. When the

Page 35 of 38 Master volume for the headphones is controlled by the headphone volume knob on the RECORDER. This signal passes into the Fader unit, wh

Page 36 of 38 Before you begin recording with the Fader unit, you must set up its parameters. From the MENU button on the recorder, go to the REMOTE

Page 37 of 38 Index A AC adapter, 2 analog or digital input, 14 arm/disarm any track, 19 B Basic Setup, 2 bit rate, 8, 12 Boom Operator, 33 C Channel

Page 38 of 38 phase reversing tool, 14 Power Off gen, 10 Powering Up, 2 PRE RECORD, 12 PROJECT, 6 R RC-F82 Fader Unit, 31 REC RUN, 10 REC SETUP, 11 R

Page 4 of 38 activate the Mirror Record function. I recommend that you use two compact flash cards of the same manufacture and read/write specs to in

Page 5 of 38 However, if you use an external keyboard or the TASCAM Fader Controller, you can readily switch between Mic or Tone by pressing the (use

Page 6 of 38 Create a PROJECT A project is essentially the name of your film or video, along with the basic recording format. It is possible to host

Page 7 of 38 Note that editing the USERWORD (aka “scene number”) takes place from the NEXT TAKE NAME tab in the HOME screen, so it is very convenien

Page 8 of 38 (You select the bit rate, 16 or 24, from the REC SETUP screen, File Format tab, as described further below). Select NEXT at the bottom o

Page 9 of 38 You can select to EDIT or manually enter User Bits. This is non-changing information that is part of the timecode data, such as a date,