Hands-free recording, Undo recordings, Rehearsing recording – Tascam 2488MKII User Manual

Page 50: In, out, to and from points, Setting the in, out, to and from points, Locating to the points, 7 − recorder

TASCAM 2488MKII

7 − Recorder

Locating to the points

Simply press the

OUT

FROM

key to locate to the

appropriate point.

IN, OUT, TO and FROM points

The IN, OUT, TO and FROM points are special marks
used for various 2488MKII functions. Repeat playback and
auto punch use the IN/OUT points, and track editing uses
all four points (see “Repeat” / “Auto punch operations” on
page 55 and “About track editing” on page 58).

Setting the IN, OUT, TO and FROM points

To set these points:

1 Locate to the position where the IN, OUT, TO or

FROM point is to be set.

2 Press and hold the

LOCATE

key, and then press the

key you want to set (IN, OUT, TO or FROM).

Set IN!

Set OUT!

Set TO!

Set FROM!

appears on the home screen.

NOTE

You cannot set these points while the repeat mode or
auto punch mode is active.

Sometimes, even with the undo facilities and the virtual
tracks of the 2488MKII, it may be useful for you to
rehearse a take without actually committing anything to
disk. This is probably most useful in auto punch operations
(see “Auto punch operations” on page 55) but can be useful
in other situations as well.

In a rehearsal, the monitoring and other operations and
recording functions are the same as when recording, but
the input signal, although passed through to a track, does
not actually go to the disk.

To use the rehearsal mode, simply press the

RHSL

key so

that the indicator is lit.

When actually “recording” in rehearsal mode, the

RECORD

indicator flashes, rather than lighting steadily, to

show that the rehearsal is taking place.

Rehearsing recording

You can “undo” recordings, (unlike on a tape recorder).
Even if you accidentally record over important audio data,
you can recover the original data by using the undo func-
tion. See “UNDO and REDO” on page 64 for details.

Undo recordings

You can also use a suitable foot switch (for example the
TASCAM RC-30P) connected to the

PUNCH

jack on the

front, to drop into record mode. When a track is armed,
and playback is taking place, pressing the foot switch will
change from playback mode to record mode.

When recording, pressing the foot switch will drop out of
record mode into playback mode.

Hands-free recording