Teac Portastudio User Manual

Portastudio iPad Application

User’s Manual

What's in the Main Window

When you launch Portastudio you will see the main screen:

1. Record ("REC") Hold this button while pressing Play to record a track

2. Play Plays back what you've recorded. If you haven't recorded anything, pressing play
has no effect.

3. Rewind ("REW") Move to the beginning of the song.

4. Fast Forward ("FF") Move to the end of the song

5. Pause Stop playback until Pause is pressed again.

6. Stop Stop playback or recording

7. Counter Displays your song position, 000 being the beginning of the tape

8. Song Name The name of your song, as set in the Cassettes screen

9. Input Gain Raises or lowers the level of the microphone that will recorded to a track

10. Input Assign Specifies which track you will record on, 1 through 4.

11. Input Safe Removes the Input Assign so that you can't record accidentally

12. Cassettes Opens the Cassettes window, where you can create new songs and rename
them.

13. Mixdown Opens a dialog box which allows you to name and then record a stereo mix
of your song.

14. Master Fader The overall level of your stereo mix – pull this down at the end of your
mixdown for a fade out

15. Channel VU meter Shows the level of a track during recording or playback

16. EQ High A shelving EQ that adjusts the high frequencies up or down for that track

17. EQ Low A shelving EQ that adjusts the bass frequencies up or down for that track

18. Pan Changes the left/right panning for the track

19. Level Adjusts the level for the track.