TEAC HD-P2
Owner's Manual

Operation
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Playing Audio
Press the PLAY key and audio at the current location on the timeline is played back. The HD-P2�s playback engine is based on a 24 hour day and will play audio from time 00:00:00.00 to 23:59:59.59. If timecode mode is not enabled, the HD-P2 will stop when it reaches the end of day (during play or while fast forwarding). It also stops if you are rewinding and hit the beginning of the day. See the Timecode section for speci�c information on its behaviors and settings. To locate to the beginning of recorded audio, hold STOP and press REW. Hold STOP and press FFWD to go to the end of all recorded audio. The LOCATE �/� keys, by default, locate to previous or next markers and �le start points. For example, after recording is stopped you can press the LOCATE �key to go to the beginning of the recorded �le (assuming no markers were dropped) and then hit play to review it.

HD-P2 Playback Considerations
The HD-P2 playback engine maintains an internal, dynamic edit decision list (EDL) to determine what
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Figure 6 � Auto-Append Recording

�les are played and when. In default auto-append mode (no pre-record) each �le abuts the previous �le.
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When auto-append is off (or when chasing timecode) you can locate the timeline to any point in the 24 hour day and start recording, even if there is audio already recorded at that time. The HD-P2 always records non-destructively, which means previously recorded �les are not modi�ed, requiring the playback engine to know which �le to play back when it reaches that point on the timeline.
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The rules for the internal EDL are quite simple: �les are ordered by timestamp and creation time. If two �les span the same period on the timeline, the most recently recorded �le will be played back. For example these �les show the time of day that they were recorded. The place along the timeline indicates where in time (samples from zero) they were recorded.

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Figure 7 - Logical Audio Timeline

When played back the most recently recorded (time of day 9:02) �le is given precedence and played instead
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of the portions of the �rst two �les recorded at 9:00 and 9:01.
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Figure 8 - Rendered Audio Timeline

If the 9:02 �le is moved to the trash, then the underlying portions of the other two �les will play back once again. Unless the �les need to be located at a speci�c time on

the timeline it may be easier to keep the auto-append option on to avoid confusion. When in doubt you can visit the Project Files menu and audition individual �les in their entirety.

Media Space and Recording
While recording, the media space icon and text in the lower right of the screen change to re�ect how much space is left. Should the media approach becoming too full, a low level warning is displayed. If recording continues, the HD-P2 will eventually run out of space, automatically stop recording, close the �le, and display an out of space message.
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The FAT �le system only supports �le sizes up to 2 GB. The HD-P2 will recognize if a �le is reaching this limit, close the �le, and start a new �le without interrupting the recording. The �les themselves will abut within your DAW seamlessly.

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