Making the first recording, Recording the guitar, Making the first recording recording the guitar – Tascam 2488neo User Manual

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TASCAM 2488neo

4 − Recording

We assume that you’re recording the rhythm guitar to start
with, and that you will be recording it on track 1.

Note that inputs on the 2488neo are lettered from

through

. Tracks are numbered from 1 through 24.

Input

is special on the 2488neo—it is duplicated at the

front of the 2488neo with an input for electric guitars and
basses (active guitars and basses should use a 1/4

”

LINE

jack at the rear of the unit). Only use this front input jack
for passive electric guitars and basses and do not plug these
instruments into any other jacks.

Making the first recording

1 Plug the guitar into the

GUITAR [H]

input on the

front of the 2488neo. Then plug a pair of head-
phones into the

PHONES

jack on the front panel.

2 Play the guitar, and adjust the level using

TRIM

control

so that when you play a loud note, the

indicator above the

INPUT-H

key lights very briefly.

Then turn the

TRIM

counterclockwise a little to set

the appropriate level.

If you want to tune the guitar using the 2488neo, see
“Tuner” on page 43.

3 Press and hold the

INPUT-H

key so that it starts to

flash. While holding it down, press the

SELECT

key

of channel 1. Now both these keys will flash.

Now release both keys. They will both be lit. This
means that input

is now assigned to track 1.

4 Press the

REC

key of track 1. It starts to flash.

5 Set both fader 1 and the

STEREO

fader to the 0 position.

6 Confirm that the

MONITOR SOURCE

is set to

STEREO

, and use the

MONITOR LEVEL

knob to

adjust the monitor level. You can also monitor in
mono (see “Monitoring” on page 36).

7 After pressing the

INPUT-H

key, press the

key

and adjust the guitar tone. The sound you hear is
the sound that will be recorded (see “EQ” on page
31).

Recording the guitar