Tascam 2488neo Owner's Manual

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58 TASCAM 2488neo7 − RecorderMaking a bounce mix1 Press the BOUNCE key. The key lights, andBOUNCE MODE appears on the home screen.2 Select the destination. Press the REC keys for asingle track (mono bounce), or two tracks (or astereo track) for a stereo bounce.NOTEIn bounce mode, until you press the REC key for thebounce destination, no audio signal is sent to theSTEREO OUTPUT or the MONITOR OUTPUT.3 Adjust the source tracks’ levels, EQ and pan posi-tions, etc. for the bounce mix. Press the MUTE keys(or lower the faders) on tracks that you do not wantto bounce.NOTEWhen you monitor the bounce, you are monitoringthe bounce destination. If any EQ etc. is applied to thedestination track(s), this is added to the signal youare monitoring. You may therefore want to make surethat the EQ is turned off on the destination tracks.4 While watching the level meter of the bouncedestination track on the home screen, use theSUB fader to adjust the final recording level (thesub mix bus output level becomes the bounce mixrecording level).NOTEWhile bouncing, the bounce destination track faderand STEREO fader affect the monitoring volume, butthey do not affect the recording level.5 When the bounce is done, press the BOUNCE keyagain to return to ordinary recording mode.T I PIf you press the sub mixer section SELECT key to openthe SUB MIXER screen, you can confirm that REC isselected as the sub mix bus assignment destination.By assigning input channels (A–H) to the sub mixerduring track bounce, input signals can also be sentto the bounce destination track (see "Sub mixer" onpage 35).Bouncing tracksLike many multitrack recorders, the 2488neo allows youto “bounce” a collection of recorded tracks to a smallernumber of tracks. This allows you to record more than 24tracks (but once bounced onto a track or pair of tracks, theoriginal tracks cannot be separated again).With the 2488neo, any track or tracks other than thebounce destination track can be a source track. Therefore,when bouncing to a stereo track, the remaining 22 trackscan be used as recording sources. Likewise, a monobounce track can use the other 23 tracks as sources.In bounce mode, the recording source track signals passfrom the mixer channels, through the sub mix bus, to thebounce track.While you are performing a bounce operation, you cannotuse the sub mixer facility (“Sub mixer” on page 35).About track editingOne of the most useful features of a disk-based recordersuch as the 2488neo is the ability to edit material easily.When working with a stereo tape recorder in the past, theusual editing method involved a white pencil, a razor bladeand sticky splicing tape. This was not an easy process, andwas very difficult to undo if there were any mistakes.The 2488neo allows you to edit songs, copying and movingmaterial from one part of a song to another. This editing isknown as non-destructive editing, meaning that the opera-tion does not actually destroy data, and you can undo mis-taken editing operations easily.If you have ever used a word-processor on a computer, youwill probably find most of the 2488neo’s editing opera-tions pretty simple. If you have never used a computer,the 2488neo’s editing operations are nothing to be scaredabout—just read through this section to see how it all works.