Tascam 488 Portastudio Owner's Manual

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8. Press PLAY. The tape will startplaying.9. Use channel faders 1 through 4 to make any necessary leveladjustments. You may want to repeat this step several times togetthe balance correct10. When the balance is right and the level is peaking at no more than+6 on the TRACK 8 meter, stop and rewind the tape to thebeginning of the track.11. Hold RECORD and press PLAY. The REC 8 indicator that wasblinking will turn on solid and track 8 will record a copy of what ison tracks 1-4.12. You'll hear the mix being recorded on track 8 in the headphones.13. Once the recording is done, press STOP.14. The REC 8 indicator will now be blinking as before. Turn that offby pressing the RECORD FUNCTION switch for track 8.Ping-pong in stereo procedureIt is also common to bounce six channels to two tracks (for example,tracks 1-6 to 7 &8) as a stereo pair.1. Set all the channels' INPUT ASSIGN switches to the center/OFFposition.2. Simply arrange the PAN controls for channels 1-6 as disired -some left, some right, some in the middle.3. Press the RECORD FUNCTION switch for both tracks 7 and 8.4. Continue as the above example.32