Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 14)

1 – Introductory concepts–Assignment
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TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio
these inputs may be assigned to different mixer chan-
nels as required during the recording process.
Although only a few dashed lines are shown here for
simplicity, it is possible to connect any of the shown
inputs to any of the eight mixer channels.
Every mixer channel is tied directly to the associated
recording track on disk. This means that when
recording, the output of mixer channel 1 always
feeds recording track 1, mixer channel 3 always feeds
track 3, etc. This cannot be changed.
However, when mixing down or track bouncing, the
tracks themselves, which are usually the destination
of the signals, become signal sources. In this case,
tracks are assigned to channels, becoming the signal
source. Again, track 1 is always assigned to channel
1, track 2 is always assigned to channel 2, etc. In this
case, however, there are 250 virtual tracks per song
(see “Real and virtual tracks on the 788” on page 11)
to choose from, and the virtual track that is currently
assigned to a real track will be sent through the mixer
channel to the
STEREO outputs.
Track bouncing
As a further refinement, it is also possible to send the
stereo output signal to a track or pair of tracks, allow-
ing track bouncing to take place, as described in
“Multitrack tapes” on page 9. In this illustration tracks 7 and 8 are used to receive
the mixed stereo tracks, which are fed by tracks 1
through 6:
Note that the stereo fader does not actually affect the
volume of the mixed tracks—it is placed in this dia-
gram for illustrative purposes only.
A B C D L R
AUX
INPUTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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