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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.) PC |
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