Tascam DP03

[Banjaxed]

Hi,

I am fairly new to this forum and I have taken on board the necessity to RTM.
After reading the instructions many times I am at a loss where to turn next.
I am trying to import a track in the correct format but I keep experiencing the
same problem. I connect to my PC drag and drop the file into the Wave folder
then rename the file and try to load the song. The song appears fine but when
I press the execute button Nothing happens. I have read the manual over and
over but I am at a loss where to turn next. If I have a faulty recorder then I will
have to live with it but if anyone can shed any light on my problem then I would
be very grateful.

 

[Mark Richards]

@Banjaxed.
I'm not an owner of this particular portastudio, but wouldn't you need first to create a song before you can import tracks? I think Chapter 12, p63 implies so:

This unit reads the file from the FAT partition, and imports it
to the designated track. The beginning of the file is set at the
start of the song (00:00:00:00).
To import a stereo WAV file, an empty track pair is necessary.
After importing completes, press HOME to return to the
Home Screen.

So it appears to be a 3 step process (create song; transfer file from PC to SD card; Import file to song track-probably via menu option) although that isn't made particularly clear in Chapter 12 "Exchanging Data with a Computer/Import-Export".

Typical TASCAM technical writer incompetence strikes again.

EDIT
I took a good look at Import/Export on page 63 of the Owner Manual. Import is in fact a menu driven function, explained step by step, that should import a desired .wav file into a desired track of a previously or newly created song. So once the song is created, steps 1 through 9 on page 63 should bring the .wav file into a selected song track.

If that solves the problem, please let me know so that knowledge/ingormation will be available to the community going forward.

 

[shredd]

Typical TASCAM technical writer incompetence strikes again.

It's a crime against nature (or at least musicians): the last really solid, utile, informative TASCAM manual I've seen was for my 2488neo (released nearly 20 years ago). The manual for my O/G DP-32 (about 10 yrs old) is serviceable - though can't hold a candle to Phil T's User Guide - but the one for my '008 is laughable.

Nowadays - it seems like most of their manuals are written by people who were cleaning the toilets that morning, and spent the afternoon learning English from a box of Cheerios...

 

[MichaelDuke]

The manual for the DP-03 is actually pretty good, but then again I haven't tried to import tracks like the OP is wanting to do.