Teac 2488 - Manual (Page 48)

4 – Recorder
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TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
• Playback continues to the punch-out point
and stops.
• Playback continues to the post-roll point and
stops.
If you press the REPEAT key before the rehearsal, so
that the indicator is lit (as well as the AUTO PUNCH
and RHSL indicators), the rehearsal process will
repeat until you press the STOP key. There is about a
second’s interval between the post-roll and the
restarting of the rehearsal at the pre-roll point. You
cannot change this interval.
Recording the punch
When you are happy with the rehearsed punch mate-
rial, you record the punch in the following way:
1 Press the RHSL key so that the indicator goes
out.
2 Press and hold the RECORD key and press the
PLAY key.
• The display shows TAKE .
• Playback starts at the pre-roll point. Both
the input source and previously-recorded
material can be monitored.
• When playback reaches the punch-in point,
the monitored signal on the armed track(s)
is muted. The
RECORD indicator lights
steadily.
• When playback reaches the punch-out
point, the recorded material is added to the
monitored signal. The
RECORD indicator
goes out.
• Playback continues to the punch-out point
and stops.
If the REPEAT indicator is lit, the punch recording
will continue to repeat (up to 99 times) until you
press
STOP , allowing you to select from a list of
“multi-takes” (see “Checking the take” on page 48).
The time between repeat takes is about one second.
You cannot change this time.
Checking the take
After a take or series of takes has completed, you can
make an instant check of the take by following the
procedure here.
• When the take is complete, a screen similar
to the following appears:
• The screen above shows three takes and the
original track.
• Use the wheel to highlight a take from the
list, including the original track before the
punch was started.
• Press PLAY to check the highlighted take by
playing it back (starting at the pre-roll point,
and continuing to the post-roll point).
• If you are happy with the take, you can move
to the next stage below (“After finishing the
punch” on page 48.
• If you want to record another take, press
and hold
RECORD , and press PLAY .
After finishing the punch
When you have finished the punch recording:
1 Use the wheel to highlight the take which you
feel is the best (or if none of them was any
good, select
ORIGINAL , which is the unchanged
version).
2 Press to select the selected take (or the original
version).
A pop-up display asks you if you are sure that
you want to use the take.
3 Press ENTER if you are sure, but if you change
your mind to select another take, press EXIT .
NOTE
You must select one of the takes or the original to exit
auto punch mode.