Tapco MP3 Player manual

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    2 I M P O R T A N T S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S 1. R ead t hes e i ns tru ctions . 2. K eep the se ins tructi ons. 3. He ed all w arning s. 4. F ollo w a ll ins tructi ons. 5. Do no t use this a ppa ratus ne ar wa te r . 6. Cle an onl y w ith dr y c lot h. 7. Do no t bloc k any v entil ati on ope nin gs. I ns ta ll in ac cor danc e w ith th[...]

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    3 Please write y our T rack tion 2.0 License N umber here (pack aged with the Link.U SB CD): Ent er y our my .mackie. com L ogin information her e: Login email addr ess _____________________________________ P assw ord ______________________________________________ Don ’t forge t to visit our websit e at w ww . tapcogear .com for mor e informat io[...]

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    4 L OUD TECHNOL OGIES INC. END USER LICENSE A GREEMENT T r acktion 2.0 By clicking on the “I Acc ept” butt on, installing, cop ying or otherwise using the Softwar e, you agree t o be bound by the terms of this Lic ense Agr eement. If you do not agr ee to the terms of this License A greement, click on the “I Do Not Accep t” button and/ or do[...]

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    5 W ARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED , INCL UDING BUT NO T LIMITED T O IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR A P ARTICU- LAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD P ARTY RIGHTS WITH RESPECT T O THE SOFTW ARE . SHOULD THE SOFTW ARE PROVE DEFEC TIVE, Y OU (AND NO T L OUD T echnologies Inc. OR AN A UTHORIZED REPRESENT A- TIVE) ASSU[...]

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    6 C O N T E N T S I M PO R T A NT S A F E TY IN S T R U C T I ON S . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . 2 I N TR OD U C T I O N .. .. . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . .. .. . . . 7 The Link. USB Int erface ...............................[...]

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    7 I N T R O D U C T I O N Th ank yo u f or purc hasin g the T AP CO L ink. USB Aud io I nt erfa ce f or digit al r ecor ding sy st ems. T hi s i s a c ompl et e, c ompa ct so lut ion f or co mpu ter -bas ed m usi c pr oduct ion on e ither a M acin tosh or a PC. Th e L ink. USB is a 2x 2 USB int erfa ce t hat is p owe red dire ctly o ff the USB con[...]

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    8 G E T T I N G S T A R T E D U se this secti on to g et yo ur Link. USB s et u p q uickl y . R ef er t o the Link. USB Owne r’ s M anu al (P DF fil e) f or m or e de ta il ed inf or mat ion a bout the ope rati on o f the L ink. USB. Inst alling the Softwar e • Th e L ink. USB CD con tain s an inst alle r t hat w ill i nst all the T ra ck tion[...]

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    9 T o install the softw are on a PC running W indow s XP (SP2): 1. T urn off any (n on-es sent ial ) app lica ti ons . 2. Ins ert t he Li nk. USB CD- ROM in to y our P C’ s C D-R OM dr iv e. 3. Th e CD shoul d be gin aut om ati call y , brin gin g up the Lin k. US B ins tal ler . If not, click Sta rt in th e ta sk bar , th en cl ick R un and c l[...]

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    10 5. Ne xt yo u w ill s ee th e T rac kt ion L ic ense Agr eeme nt. Re ad th roug h the te xt and click “ I A gr ee .” 6. The ne xt win dow lets y ou c ho os e the Des tina tion fol der fo r i nst al lin g the sof tw are files. W e rec omm end y ou use the def ault loca tio n use d by the inst alle r , bu t y ou c an choo se a diff er ent lo[...]

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    11 7. Whe n the ins tall er has c ompl et ed c op ying th e file s in to t he des tina tion fol der , t he A ll I ns tall ed di alog bo x o pens. Cli ck OK t o co nt in ue. 8. A w in do w ope ns as king if y ou w ant to ins tall Quic kT ime . Cl ick “ Y es ” if y ou wan t to in sta ll it, o r “ No ” t o co nt in ue . 9. The T rack tion 2 S[...]

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    12 T o install the softw are on a M acintosh running OS X (v ersion 10.3 or lat er): 1. T urn off an y (no n-ess enti al) appl icat io ns. 2. Ins ert t he Li nk. USB CD- ROM in to t he CD -RO M d riv e . 3. Do ub le- click the Link USB C D ico n on the d eskt op . 4. T o in st all T rac kt ion 2 , sim ply d r ag the T rack tion ap plic at ion fi [...]

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    13 A uthorizing T racktion 2 Th er e is an au thori zat ion cod e o n the slee ve of the C D-RO M tha t ca me with you r L ink. USB . Y ou ca n aut ho riz e t he so ftw ar e fr om wi thin T rac kt ion o r by goin g to h tt p:/ / my . tapc ogear . com. F rom T rack tion 2 : 1. Ope n T rac kt ion 2 . 2. T rac kt ion d et ects that the s o ftw are i s[...]

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    14 • Co nne ct gu it ars or o th er inst rumen ts u sin g the XLR/ TRS con ne cto rs on the b ack o f th e Lin k. US B. Pre ss th e fr ont p anel LINE/ INS TR but ton (gu itar ic on) if y ou a re con ne cti ng y our gui tar or in stru ment dir ectl y t o th e L ink. USB w ith out u sing a pr eampl ifi er or di rect bo x. • Co nne ct a pa ir of[...]

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    15 M aking a R ecording Th e f oll o win g e xa mple of a r ecor ding sess io n u ses a guit ar p lug ged dir ectl y i nto the L ink. USB ch annel 1 in put, a nd a mic roph one p lugge d in to t he chann el 2 input, t o re cor d a udio trac ks i n t he T ra ck tion 2 so ftwa re . Be f or e s ta rti ng , m ake sur e y ou ha ve co rr ectly i ns tall [...]

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    16 L aten cy de scrib es th e amo unt of time it t ak es for a udi o to ge t in a nd out o f y our so ftwa re appl icat ion . Th e lo wer the lat enc y se tti ng, t he f ast er au dio c an g et in to a nd out of the s oftw are appli cati on. Ho we v er , a low lat en cy se tti ng r equir es m ore reso urce s fr om y our co mp ut er , so y ou need t[...]

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    17 5. “N ew edit #1” ap pea rs a t the top o f the ite m l ist. An ed it is T rac kt ion ’ s w ay o f k eepi ng a v er sion of y our so ng. Y ou c an r enam e the song by click in g o n the edit and ente ring the n ew name in t he pr opert ies pane l at the b otto m of t he scre en. 6. Do ub le- click on “ new edi t #1” to ope n up the E [...]

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    18 8. Cli ck on the Inpu t 1 ico n, an d dr ag it to tr ack 1 . A s i t ge ts clos e , a n arr ow pops ou t and con nec ts th e ic on to t he tr ack. This in dica te s tha t the tra ck is a rme d f or r ecor ding . T o dis conn ect a n i con (a nd dis arm t he tr ack) , dr ag it to the left and the a rro w wil l dis appea r . 9. Pla y the guit ar a[...]

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    19 14. T o p lay b ack y our guit ar r ecor ding , c lick the R T Z ( Re turn t o Z ero ) but ton in the T rans port ar ea an d cli ck th e Pl ay butt on. If you a re hap py w ith t he r ec ordi ng, d rag th e I nput 1 ic on t o the left to d isarm the tra ck. 15. T o r eco rd some vo ca ls , d rag the I nput 2 icon t o tr ack 2 . Th is arms the tr[...]

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