1 – setting up and introduction – Teac 2488 User Manual

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1 – Setting up and introduction

TASCAM 2488

User’s Guide

Confirming

Press the

YES/ENTER

key to do an

action, to enter a sub-menu or to answer “yes” to a
question. We’ll often refer to this as just the

YES

key

or the

ENTER

key.

Escaping

Press the

NO/EXIT

key to do the opposite

of confirming (that is, to “escape” from a screen
without performing an action, to go up a menu level,
or to answer “no” to a question). We’ll often refer to
this as just the

key or the

EXIT

key.

SHIFT key

Many keys have two functions: the first

is written in normal (black) type, and the second is
written under this in white on a blue background (the
exception is the

HOME

key, which works in shifted

or unshifted mode).

To access these second shifted functions:

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the indicator

lights.

Press the key whose second function you want
to use.

The

SHIFT

indicator goes out.

NOTE

As the 2488 is shipped from the factory, if you press the

SHIFT

key and do not press another key within a sec-

ond or so, the

SHIFT

indicator goes out. This prevents

you from accessing unwanted functions by accident. If
you hold down the

SHIFT

key while you are looking

for the next key, it will stay on.

You can change this behavior so that the

SHIFT

key

becomes a non-latching key—that is, you have to press

and hold it while you are pressing the other key, or a
latching key that stays on until the other key is pressed.
See “Shift key behavior” on page 84 for details of how
to make this change.

Changing values

Use the

JOG/DATA

wheel

(we’ll just call it “the wheel” from now on) to
increase or decrease values shown on the screen.

Titling

An important feature of the 2488 is the abil-

ity to give real names to songs, virtual tracks, effect
settings and so on.

Press and hold the

SHIFT

key and press the

TITLE

key to set or edit the title of one of these objects. A
popup appears allowing you to edit the title:

Use the left and right cursor keys to move around
inside the title, and the wheel to select a character at
the cursor position.

Use the

INSERT

and

DELETE

keys to insert and

delete characters at the cursor position.

You can also use the up and down cursor keys as
“shift” keys, allowing you to select between:

•

CAPS

—uppercase CAPITAL LETTERS

•

small

—lowercase small letters

•

NUM

—numbers

•

WORD

—you can use the wheel to select from a

range of preset words (

VERSE

CHORUS

, etc.)

The preset words can be edited to meet your needs,
as described in “User word” on page 85.