What you need to make recordings
� � Some monitoring equipment (some kind of ampli�er and speaker system). Headphones, if you intend doing any work with microphones. These will avoid acoustic feedback (�howlround�) when recording. Additionally, headphones are sometimes useful when panning tracks on mixdown, as you can hear the precise position of each track. Of course, you will also need some kind of sound source to record (instrument or microphone, etc.). Some kind of stereo mastering recorder to produce the stereo recordings. This can be a cassette recorder such as the TASCAM 102Mk II or an MD recorder such as the TASCAM MD301. A recorder which does not have recording level controls is not suitable for use as a master recorder. You will also need RCA (pin or phono) cables to connect the Porta02 to other equipment.
Apart from the Porta02 itself, you will need:
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Connecting the Porta02
You can listen to the Porta02 by selecting the ampli�er�s input source to be from the terminals to which you connected the Porta02 (AUX or VIDEO, etc.). When you have mixed down and you want to listen to the mixed tape, you should select the mastering recorder as the ampli�er�s input source.
1) Make sure all the equipment is turned off. 2) Connect the LINE OUT terminals of the Porta02 to the ampli�er, using a pair of terminals on the ampli�er such as AUX or VIDEO.
NOTE
Do not use any terminals marked PHONO or intended for record decks. These are connected to a special circuit inside the ampli�er which makes them unsuitable for anything except record decks.
Left speaker
Right speaker
3) Connect your mastering recorder to a set of four TAPE terminals on the ampli�er (two for REC and two for PLAY). You may be using an integrated system in which the mastering recorder and ampli�er are built into one enclosure. In this case, you do not need to follow step 3.
To AUX IN
Amplifier
TAPE OUT to REC IN
PLAY OUT to TAPE IN
LINE
OUT
Porta02 Mastering recorder
2 � Parts of the Porta02
This section gives an explanation of the different parts of the Porta02, and what they do.
