Tascam 2488 User Manual

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4 – Recorder44 TASCAM 2488 User’s GuideIf you press the EXIT key (or the STOP key)while the values are blinking, the time valuewill be reset to the previous value before youstarted to edit it.Location marksAs mentioned earlier, the 2488 allows you to set upto 999 location marks in each song. These locationmarks are stored in slots which may either be empty,or filled with a location point value.As each mark is entered, its slot is filled (from 1through 999). If a mark is deleted, the slot it occupiedbecomes available for another mark to be entered,Location marks are handled in the following way:Entering location marks Location marks canbe entered when playing back or recording, in jogmode, or when the transport is stopped. They cannotbe entered when fast forward or rewind is takingplace.There are two ways of entering location marks:1 Press the shifted LOCATE key.or1 Press the INSERT key.2 When a mark has been entered, the locationvalue is entered into the next available slot,and the number of this slot (now the numberof the mark) is shown on the screen on theright, below the time line.Active location marksWhen you have entered location marks, as playbackprogresses, and the playback point passes the pointsat which the marks are located, the marks’ titles aredisplayed on the screen. The location mark which isshown on screen is referred to as the active mark.This active mark can be accessed easily for titling,deletion and editing, as explained below.Giving a title to the active location markYou can give a title to the active location mark whileplaying back or recording, or while the playback isstopped.1 When the active mark’s current title is dis-played (this will be Mark xxx when the mark isfirst set), press the shifted TITLE key.The pop-up screen appears on the display, andyou can edit the title as described in “Titling”on page 12.2 When you press ENTER after editing thename, the new name replaces the old markname.TIPYou can use the words here to enter location mark titlesquickly.Deleting the active location mark You candelete the active location mark while playback isstopped, but you cannot delete it while playing backor recording (a popup message appears briefly if youtry and you must press EXIT to dismiss the message).1 To delete the active mark, press the DELETEkey. You do not have to confirm the deletion,but the words Clear mark! appear briefly on thedisplay.2 When the active mark has been deleted, themark immediately before the active mark (ifthere is one) becomes the active mark, and itstitle is shown on screen.NOTEYou cannot undo a mark deletion.Editing the active markThis process is sometimes referred to as trimming.This is a similar process to the jog positioning of theplayback point (see “Jog positioning” on page 39),except that in this operation, the final position isstored as the position of the active mark.You can edit the active mark when playback isstopped. You cannot edit the active mark whenrecording or playing back.1 Make sure that the mark you want to edit isshown on the home display and that playbackis stopped.