Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 4)

Table of Contents
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TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio
1 – Introductory concepts
Multitrack recording (general) ........................... 8
Tracking ..........................................................8
Overdubbing ...................................................8
Punching .........................................................8
Mixdown ..........................................................8
Mastering ........................................................8
Disk vs. tape recording ...................................... 9
Multitrack tapes.......................................................9
Multitrack disks .......................................................9
The “song”...............................................................10
What do “16-bit” and “24-bit” mean? ............... 10
Real and virtual tracks on the 788..................... 11
Editing ......................................................................12
Nondestructive editing on the 788 ................12
788 editing ......................................................12
Undo and redo ................................................12
Multi-take punch-ins on the 788 ............................13
Instant location on the 788.....................................13
Recording technique ..............................................13
Assignment ......................................................... 13
The 788 internal patchbay ......................................13
Track bouncing .......................................................14
Quick setup and the assign screen.......................15
Synchronization and the 788 ............................. 15
Timecode synchronization.....................................15
Tempo map synchronization .................................16
Sync track recording ..............................................16
MIDI external control (MMC, etc.) ...................... 16
MIDI remote control ................................................17
SCSI issues ......................................................... 17
SCSI connections....................................................17
SCSI IDs ...................................................................17
SCSI termination .....................................................17
SCSI devices and backing up ................................18
Further reading ................................................... 18
2 – Getting started
Precautions, etc. ................................................. 19
Shutting down the 788 ....................................... 19
Power-on ............................................................. 20
About the demonstration song..............................20
A few notes about this manual.......................... 20
“Roadmap” to this manual.....................................21
1 “Introductory concepts” (page 8) ..............21
2 “Getting started” (page 19) ........................21
3 “Before recording” (page 34) .....................21
4 “Mixer” (page 41) ........................................21
5 “Recorder operations” (page 49) ...............21
6 “Location operations” (page 60) ................21
7 “Track editing” (page 65) ...........................21
8 “Mastering and backup (CD-R)” (page 72) 21
9 “Effects” (page 81) ......................................21
10 “Routing and scene libraries” (page 91) .21
11 “Synchronization” (page 94) ....................21
12 “MMC and MIDI functions” (page 101) ....21
13 “Specifications, etc.” (page 119) .............21
Connecting other equipment to your 788 ........ 22
Additional connection notes..................................22
About the menus ................................................ 24
Selecting multiple entries.......................................24
The MENU key .........................................................24
Other control screens.............................................25
Selecting parameters..............................................25
Setting values..........................................................25
The “home” display............................................ 26
The time display......................................................26
Entering and editing titles ................................. 26
CAPITAL ..........................................................27
small ................................................................27
Numbers ..........................................................27
Preset words and phrases. ............................27
Setting and editing preset words ..........................27
The SONG menu ................................................. 28
Creating a new song...............................................28
Saving a song..........................................................28
Reverting to the previous saved version of a
song......................................................................28
Loading a song........................................................29
Erasing a song ........................................................29
Copying songs ........................................................29
Deleting unused space from a song .....................30
Protecting a song....................................................30
DISK menu .......................................................... 31
Formatting a disk ....................................................31
Selecting a disk.......................................................32
Ejecting a disk.........................................................32
Checking disks........................................................32
The OPTION menu.............................................. 33
Global options.........................................................33
Key sense time ...............................................33
Meter peak hold time ......................................33
Meter release time ..........................................33
Mixer settings..........................................................33
Fader settings .................................................33
Recorder settings....................................................33
USER WORD............................................................33
3 – Before recording
Quick Setup......................................................... 34
RECORDING ............................................................34
MIX DOWN ...............................................................35
BOUNCE 7/8.............................................................35
Assignment on the 788 ...................................... 36
Assigning sources to mixer channels. .................36
Removing assignments..........................................36
Viewing assignments..............................................37
Channel-to-track assignments...............................37
Track-to-channel assignments ..............................37
Assigning inputs to the sub-mixer........................37
Assigning the sub-mixer to stereo........................37
Monitoring ........................................................... 38
If you don’t hear anything ......................................38
How to monitor tracks ............................................38