Tascam 2488 User Manual

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4 – Recorder50 TASCAM 2488 User’s Guidecomputer, the 2488’s editing operations are nothingto be scared about—just read through this section tosee how it all works.IN, OUT and TOWe have previously seen how the IN, OUT and TOpoints can be used for punching and for location.They are also used in these track editing operations.The IN point marks the start of the part of the trackwhich is selected when editing a part of a track(rather than a whole track).The OUT point marks the end of the part of the trackwhich is selected when editing part of a track.The TO point marks the final destination of a copy ora move operation.Entering the edit mode1 Make sure that the 2488 is stopped (not play-ing back or recording).2 Press the EDIT TRK key (below the monitorcontrols).3 Use the wheel to highlight the track editingfunction you will be using and press theENTER key.4 Select the appropriate values, as describedbelow.5 Press YES to perform the operation, or NO toexit without performing the operation.Track editing functionsThe track editing functions available on the 2488 are:• COPY->PASTE• COPY->INSERT• MOVE->PASTE• MOVE->INSERT• OPEN• CUT• SILENCE• CLONE TRACK• CLEAN OUTSee the sections below for details of how to use thesefunctions.NOTEYou can undo any of these operations (see “UNDO andREDO” on page 54). Even if you delete all the materialon every track using these functions, you can still get itback with only a few key-presses.Although you cannot use virtual tracks as the sourcefor copy and move operations, you can assign a vir-tual track to a track temporarily to (say) copy part ofa virtual track to an already-assigned track and thenreassign the original.