Tascam 2488neo Owner's Manual

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TASCAM 2488neo 457 − RecorderErasing a songTo free up space on a disk partition, and delete a song orsongs, you should perform the following operations:1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen. Usethe cursor keys to select the SONG item, and thenpress the YES/ENTER key.2 At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to high-light the ERASE option. Press YES/ENTER.3 Select the song or songs to be erased using the dialto highlight the songs and the INSERT key to placea check mark beside them. If you select a song forerasure by accident, use the DELETE key to deselect it.4 Press YES/ENTER to erase the selected song(s).5 The 2488neo asks you if you are sure. Press YES/ENTER if you really are sure that you want to erasethese songs.CAUTIONThis operation cannot be undone. Erasing songs is apermanent operation. Always think carefully beforeyou erase a song or songs.NOTEThis menu can erase only the songs stored on thecurrently-selected partition. If you want to erase asong or songs from another partition, you must selectit first.If you have selected all the songs on a partition forerasure, a new song will automatically be createdafter all the existing songs have been erased.Saving a songThe function described here saves the song to disk.1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen. Usethe cursor keys to select the SONG item, and thenpress the YES/ENTER key.2 At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to high-light the SAVE option. Press YES/ENTER.As the song is saved, appropriate messages aredisplayed. The current song will be reloaded after ithas been saved, and you can resume work on it.NOTEWhen you load another song or shutdown the2488neo, the work done on the current song is auto-matically saved. However, power failures, acciden-tally unplugging power cords and other accidentsthat cause a loss of power may cause recent songdata to be lost. For this reason, we encourage you tosave your work frequently, especially after importantrecording, editing or other work.Reverting to the previously saved version of a songIf you have saved a song and you want to return to the ver-sion of the song at the time it was last saved:1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen. Usethe cursor keys to select the SONG item, and thenpress the YES/ENTER key.2 At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to high-light the REVERT option. Press YES/ENTER.3 The 2488neo asks if you are sure. Press YES/ENTERif you want to throw away all changes since the lastsave operation, otherwise press NO/EXIT.CAUTIONYou will lose all recordings and edits made since thelast save, and they will disappear from the undo list.This revert operation is not undoable. Be sure thatthe work you have done since the last save operationis really work that you do not want to keep beforereverting to a previous version.