Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 28)

2 – Getting started–The SONG menu
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The SONG menu
The SONG menu, as the name suggests, is con-
cerned with the management of songs on the 788.
You can load, save, copy and protect songs, as well as
deleting the data which is currently on disk but
unused in the song.
Creating a new song
Before you start recording, you must create a song on
the disk. This means that any audio data you record
on the 788 will be associated with that song until you
select a new song. Any currently-loaded song will be
saved when the new song is created.
1 Press the MENU key.
2 Use the dial to scroll down until SONG is
highlighted, and press ENTER :
3 Move the cursor to CREATE and press
ENTER :
4 Press the SHIFT + TITLE ( MENU ) key to enter a
title for the new song (as described in “Enter-
ing and editing titles” on page 26).
5 Use the dial to select between 16-bit and 24-bit
resolution. As you might expect, 24-bit songs
take up more space on disk than 16-bit songs of
the same length, but the audio quality is higher
(there is more subtlety in the dynamic range).
6 Press ENTER/YES to close the current song,
and create the new song.
If you entered the song creation process by
accident, or you change your mind about creat-
ing a new song, press the
EXIT/NO key.
TIP
If you need to name or rename a song later on, you can
reload the song, and press the SHIFT + MENU (TITLE)
key to enter a title for the song when the 788 is displaying
the title.
Saving a song
Typically, there is no need to perform a special oper-
ation to save songs on the 788, as the 788 automati-
cally saves the song. The function described here is
provided as a manual method of saving the song, to
which you can return (“Reverting to the previous
saved version of a song” on page 28):
1 Press the MENU key.
2 If SONG is not highlighted, turn the dial until
it is, and press ENTER .
3 Turn the dial until SAVE is highlighted and
press ENTER .
As the song is saved, appropriate messages are
displayed. The current song will be reloaded
after it has been saved, and you can resume
work on it.
Reverting to the previous saved version of a song
If you have saved a song, or the song has been auto-
matically saved by the 788 (e.g. when it was last shut
down), and you want to return to the version of the
song at the time it was last saved:
1 Press the MENU key.
2 If SONG is not highlighted, turn the dial until
it is, and press ENTER .
3 Turn the dial until REVERT is highlighted
and press ENTER .
4 The 788 asks if you are sure. Press YES if you
want to throw away all changes since the last
save operation, otherwise press
NO .
NOTE
You will lose all recordings and edits made since the last
save, and they will disappear from the undo list (“Undoing
and redoing actions” on page 70). This revert operation is
not undoable. Be sure that the work you have done since
the last save operation is really work that you do not want
to keep before reverting to a previous version.