Mike Rivers wrote:
In article writes:
By the way: I was really happy about the ease of use.
The documentation is very clear, but on the other hand
not in-depth: For example, I could not find any information
about the meaning of "error code 02", which is shown since
I reformatted the partition.
It's pretty common these days for instruction manuals not to have very
much detail other than basic operating instructions. Error codes scare
people, and the concept that a user might actually see such a message
scares the marketing people (who are usually responsible for the
instruction manuals). When I worked with the documentation for a
recorder we all know and love, the product manager (who's no longer
with the company) didn't want a detailed instruction manual, he wanted
a quick start manual. His reasoning was that a major selling point was
simplicity, and if the first thing the user picks up when he opens the
box is a 200 page manual, he won't think it's as simple as what he
thought he was purchasing.
Good point. The manual looked really more than a quick-starter,
so indeed I was looking for the full handbook when I saw it.
But there is only this one this 90 page thing. It starts with a
step-by-step on how to create a first song with 2 guitar tracks
and then shows chapters "mixer", "recorder", "harddisk maintenance",
etc., but none of them goes very much in detail.
Perhaps "error code 02" translates to:
"Drummer not 100% in sync with click. Recording device will
take a 3 days break to give the drummer the opportunity
to improve timing and precision."
More likely it means "I can't write anything to this disk." I think
you need TASCAM's help to sort this out. The dealer isn't likely to be
able to help you other than to exchange the unit.
But anyhow I contact the dealer:
For various reasons, I have some bucks left over and could perhaps
get a good deal for an upgrade to another system now.
I could afford a Roland VS 2000 CD or perhaps even a VS 2400 CD.
If the dealer agrees on that I would take a week or so to evaluate
based on my new budget and change the broken Tascam to a more
professional workstation. I wonder if the dealer agrees.
(Apart from the fact that I "found" some money, this is a very
emotional decision from my side, but very often those decisions
are the best on the long run.)
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