Tascam 2488 User Manual

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72 TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide7 – Backup and restoreBackupYou can use the 2488 disc drive to back up your workto disc. You can either use CD-R media (cheaper, butyou can only use it once) or CD-RW media (slightlymore expensive, but you can erase and reuse it anumber of times).NOTEThe operations all deal with songs on the currently-selected partition. If the song you want is on anotherpartition, you must select another disk partition as theactive partition before proceeding (see “Selecting theactive partition” on page 65).The discs you make in this way are not audio CD—you cannot play it on a CD player, and it can be readonly by a 2488. If you have friends with 2488 units,this is a very convenient way of taking your songsaround (you could record the drums in one location,take the CD over to the bassist, then the guitarist, andvocalist, and then finish the mixdown at yet anotherlocation with great monitoring facilities).NOTEObserve the usual precautions when working withrecordable media: handle discs by their edges, avoidgetting fingerprints or grease on the recording surface,and keep them clean. Also, avoid using hard pens orpencils or oil-based markers to label the discs.Have a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc ready beforeproceeding with the instructions described here.1 First, save all your song to disk.Press MENU, select SONG, and then select SAVE.2 Press ENTER, and a popup appears, tellingyou that the song is being saved. The HD indi-cator lights as the song is saved.The display shows the home screen after thesave has been done.3 Open the CD-RW drive, using the eject buttonon the drive, and load your blank disc into thetray, recording side down. Use the drive but-ton to close the tray.Now press the MENU key and select DATABACKUP.4 Select your song using the wheel and pressENTER. A pop-up message appears telling youhow many discs will be needed to back up thesong.5 Press ENTER again. A pop-up message tellsyou the progress of the backup operation.A backup may span more than one disc.6 When the backup is complete or if the firstdisc is full, the disc drive tray opens. Removethe disc, label it and store it in a safe place.7 Continue the process if more discs are neededuntil the backup is complete.NOTEIf you are backing up to more than one disc, you mustensure that the discs are identical (from the same man-ufacturer). Even if two discs from different manufactur-ers have the same stated capacity, you may not be ableto use them in the same backup operation.RestoringIf you ever need to restore your data from a databackup CD or CDs, you basically reverse theprocess.Before you start restoring a song, make sure that youhave all the discs that were used to back up the song.If some of the discs are missing, you will not be ableto restore the song (you cannot load half a song).