1 – Setting up and introductionTASCAM 2488 User’s Guide 19Lead lineNow we can use track 2 to record the lead guitar line.We’ll add an effect to the lead guitar to make it sounda little more interesting.If you don’t want to play through the whole song,you can use the procedures described in “Auto punchoperations” on page 46.NOTEYou can also perform audio edits, cutting, copying andpasting between tracks, etc. to correct small mistakes.These operations are explained in “About track edit-ing” on page 49.1 Assign the guitar input (H) to track2.You can always see all the currentmappings by pressing SHIFT fol-lowed by the MAP key (use the cur-sor keys to view the mappings fortracks 13 through 24).2 Play the song to a little before theplace where you want the guitar soloto start. Use fader 1 to adjust thelevel of the previous track.Use the transport keys to move backabout five seconds before this. Pressand hold the SHIFT key and press theIN key to set a convenient locationpoint.\3 Press and hold the MULTI key, andpress the channel 2 SELECT key toassign the multi-effect to channel 2.4 Press the MULTI key again to bringup the multi-effect screen.Press ENTER to show the librarychoices, move the cursor to PRESET toselect the preset multi-effect library.5 Use the wheel to select the presetmulti effect. See “Using the multi-effect library” on page 33 for detailsof the effects available.
