Teac 2488 - Manual (Page 41)

4 – Recorder
TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
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NOTE
When a track is “armed” for recording (i.e. its REC
indicator is lit or flashing), the corresponding track indi-
cator number in the bottom of the home screen is
reversed to show this.
In the screen above, tracks 5 and 6are armed.
Recording (ii)
To drop into record mode while playing back:
1 Start playing back a song by pressing the
PLAY key. The PLAY indicator will light.
2 Arm one or more tracks by pressing their REC
keys. Their indicators start to flash.
3 Press the RECORD key. The RECORD indica-
tor will light, and the REC indicators of the
armed tracks will also light.
NOTE
At least one track must be armed before you start to
record. It is not possible to enter a “record ready” mode
and press the
REC keys of tracks to start recording.
Hands-free recording
You can also use a suitable footswitch (for example
the TASCAM RC-30P) connected to the
PUNCH
jack on the front, to drop into record mode. When a
track is armed, and playback is taking place, pressing
the footswitch will change from playback mode to
record mode.
When recording, pressing the footswitch will drop
out of record mode into playback mode.
Dropping out of record mode
When record mode has been entered in any of the
ways described above, it is possible to drop out of the
recording mode simply by pressing the
PLAY key.
The RECORD indicator goes out.
Of course, you can always press the STOP key to
stop recording.
TIP
You can “undo” recordings, (unlike on a tape recorder).
Even if you accidentally record over a perfect perfor-
mance, the undo function can still retrieve the original.
See “UNDO and REDO” on page 54 for details.
Rehearsing recording
Sometimes, even with the undo facilities and the vir-
tual tracks of the 2488, it may be useful for you to
rehearse a take without actually committing anything
to disk. This is probably most useful in auto punch
operations (see “Auto punch operations” on page 46)
but can be useful in other situations as well.
In a rehearsal, the monitoring and other operations
and recording functions are the same as when record-
ing, but the input signal, although passed through to
the disk track, does not actually go to the disk.
To use the rehearsal mode, simply press the RHSL
key so that the indicator is lit.
When actually “recording” in rehearsal mode, the
RECORD indicator flashes, rather than lighting
steadily, to show that the rehearsal is taking place.