Tascam 488 PORTASTUDIO Owner's Manual

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31. PITCH CONTROL dial: Provides a plus orminus 12% variation to the tape speed inboth record and play modes. Turn the dial tothe left to lower the speed, or to the right toincrease the speed. Set the dial to the center"0" position f or the tape to run at thestandard 9.5 cm/sec.This can sometimes be used to save partsthat are a little out-of-tune, or to createsound effects such as flanging. Note that ifyou record with the dial at its maximum orminimum settings, you will NOT have theability to make further adjustment in thatdirection upon playback.CAUTION: The PITCH CONTROL dial affectsthe record speed also. Check to make surethat the dial is at its center "0" positionunless you are using the functionintentionally.32. REMOTE PUNCH IN/OUT jack: For conne¬ction to the optional RC-30P remotefootswitch.Track Controls33. RECORD FUNCTION switches 1-8: Theseswitches put the respective tracks into RecReady, or directly into Record mode if themaster RECORD and the PLAY key havealready been pressed. The 488 has fourgroup outputs. This means up to four trackscan be recorded at once. Only one of eachtrack pair can be selected at a time (1 or 5, 2or 6,3 or 7, 4 or 8).Each track's current mode is indicated by theTRACK REC indicators in the level meterwindow. See the next item, # 34.Displays34. TRACK REC indicators: They show theindividual track's status as selected by theRECORD FUNCTION switches (#33).TRACK RECindicatorTrackstatusOff SafeBlinking Record Stand¬byOn solid Record35. TRACK level meters: They register Input tothe tracks (= "group mix") or Output fromthem (= "tape signal"). Whether Input orOutput is being metered depends on boththe transport modes and the setting of theRECORD FUNCTION switches (#33), asshown in table below.TRACK RECindicatorMeasuredSignalOff (Safe) Tape (Output from therecorded tracks)Blinking(Record Standby)Group mix (Input to thetracks: Record source)On solid (Record) Group mix (Input to thetracks: Record source)36. MONITOR level meters: They show the levelin the monitor mix selected by the MONITORswitches (#20). The meters are "Pre" (before)the rotary MASTER level control and thiscontrol does not affect the meter readings.37. Tape COUNTER: This 4-digit electroniccounter displays the distance the tape hasmoved from a zero reference point. Eachtime you press the COUNTER RESET switch(#39), a new zero reference point isestablished. The counter display is also resetto zero when the 488 is turned off or thecassette is removed.38. Other Indicators: They show whether or notthe following 5 functions are in use:a ) d b x - lights up when the DBX NRswitch (#24) is set to ON.b) RHSL- blinks when the RHSL switch(#45) is on and the function isactivated. Recording is notpossible unless this is OFF.c) MEMO1 - lights up when a tape location isloaded into the correspondingmemory register.d) MEMO2 - lights up when a tape locationis loaded into the correspond¬ing memory register.e) REPEAT- lights up during Repeat Play.42