Tascam 488 Portastudio Owner's Manual

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Begin to recordMonitoring input/tapeStop recordingPutting track into "Safe10. Hold RECORD and press PLAY to initiate recording. The REC "2"indicator that was blinking will turn on solid, indicating track 2 isnowbeing recorded.11. You will hear track 1 play, together with the new signal going totrack 2, in the headphones.NOTE: Adjust only the TAPE control of channel 1 if you need tochange the balance between the old and new tracks in yourheadphones. Leave the CHANNEL LEVEL and GROUP 2 MASTERalone, because they control the level being recorded.12. Press STOP to stop recording.13. The REC 2 indicator in the meter should now be blinking asbefore. Press the RECORD FUNCTION "2" switch to turn thatindicator off.How to record all other tracksTracks 3 to 8 can be recorded using almost thesame procedure used for tracks 1 and 2. Thedifferences are that the ASSIGN 3-4 switch isused for recording on tracks 3, 4. and 7 and 8 asselected by the RECORD FUNCTION switches,and the ASSIGN 1-2 switch is again used forrecording tracks 5 and 6 as selected by theRECORD FUNCTION switches. The PAN controlsshould also be rotated to ODD or EVENdepending on the track numbers. See tablebelow.Track TRK1 TRK2 TRK3 TRK4 TRK5 TRK6 TRK7 TRK8Group to be used GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4 GRP1 GRP2 GRP3 GRP4Channel setting: Pan ODD EVEN ODD EVEN ODD EVEN ODD EVEN: Assign 1-2 3-4 1-2 3-4Record Function 1 2 3 4 5 6. 7 821