Teac 2488 - Manual (Page 43)

4 – Recorder
TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
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In the first two of these modes, you can locate to sub-
frame accuracy. There are ten sub-frames in a frame,
and the length of a frame depends on the frame rate
set up in the sync operations, but is between 1/30 and
1/24 of a second. In the last mode, you can locate to
beat accuracy.
Direct location (i) For the first two modes ( ABS
and MTC ), the way to locate directly is as follows:
1 Make sure the transport is stopped. You can-
not perform this direct location when playing
back or recording.
2 If the “home” display is not shown, press the
HOME key. There is an “underline” cursor at
the top of the screen.
If the top left of the screen does not show ABS
or MTC (that is, it shows BAR ), move the cursor
to under BAR , and turn the wheel counterclock-
wise until ABS or MTC is showing.
3 Use the left and right cursor keys to move the
cursor to any of the following fields: hours (
h ),
minutes ( m ), seconds ( s ), frames ( s ) or 10 sub-
frames (no indication on the display, though
the value is shown).
4 Use the wheel to increase or decrease the num-
ber over the cursor (in the illustration here,
the cursor is under the “hours” value).
If you increase a value past the maximum (for
example, if you try to increase the “seconds”
value over 59), the number will “wrap round”;
that is, the “minutes” value will increase by
one, and the “seconds” value will be set to 0.
5 When you change a value, the values on the
top line will start to blink and will continue to
blink for a few seconds.
6 Press ENTER while the values are blinking to
set the value, or PLAY to start immediate play-
back at that value. Also, if you do not press
any keys or turn the wheel for a few seconds,
the values stop blinking, and the new time
value that has been set becomes the current
playback position.
If you press the EXIT key (or the STOP key)
while the values are blinking, the time value
will be reset to the previous value before you
started to edit it.
Direct location (ii) As well as the ABS and MTC
timings just described, it is possible to locate to a
“musical” time, when the display shows bars (mea-
sures) and beats, and the 2488 is synchronized to a
tempo map.
1 Make sure the transport is stopped. You can-
not perform this direct location when playing
back or recording.
2 If the “home” display is not shown, press the
HOME key.
3 There is an “underline” cursor at the top of
the screen.
If the top left of the screen does not show BAR
(that is, it shows MTC or ABS ), move the cursor
under the left field, and turn the wheel clock-
wise until
BAR is shown.
4 Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to
either of the following: bars (3 digits), or beats
(2 digits).
The tempo value cannot be altered here—it is
set by the tempo map.
5 Use the wheel to increase or decrease the num-
ber over the cursor (in the illustration, the
cursor is under the “bars” value).
If you increase the “beats” value past the max-
imum number of beats on a bar at that point
in the tempo map, the number will “wrap
round”; that is, the “bars” value will increase
by one, and the “beats” value will be set to 1.
6 When you change a value, the values on the
top line will start to blink and will continue to
blink for a few seconds.
7 Press ENTER while the values are blinking to
set the value, or PLAY to start immediate play-
back at that value. Also, if you do not press
any keys or turn the wheel for a few seconds,
the values stop blinking, and the new time
value that has been set becomes the current
playback position.
Frames
Hours Seconds 10s of sub-frames
Minutes
Bars (measures) Beats