1 – Introductory concepts–Assignment14 TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudiothese inputs may be assigned to different mixer chan-nels as required during the recording process.Although only a few dashed lines are shown here forsimplicity, it is possible to connect any of the showninputs to any of the eight mixer channels.Every mixer channel is tied directly to the associatedrecording track on disk. This means that whenrecording, the output of mixer channel 1 alwaysfeeds recording track 1, mixer channel 3 always feedstrack 3, etc. This cannot be changed.However, when mixing down or track bouncing, thetracks themselves, which are usually the destinationof the signals, become signal sources. In this case,tracks are assigned to channels, becoming the signalsource. Again, track 1 is always assigned to channel1, track 2 is always assigned to channel 2, etc. In thiscase, however, there are 250 virtual tracks per song(see “Real and virtual tracks on the 788” on page 11)to choose from, and the virtual track that is currentlyassigned to a real track will be sent through the mixerchannel to the STEREO outputs.Track bouncingAs a further refinement, it is also possible to send thestereo output signal to a track or pair of tracks, allow-ing track bouncing to take place, as described in“Multitrack tapes” on page 9.In this illustration tracks 7 and 8 are used to receivethe mixed stereo tracks, which are fed by tracks 1through 6:Note that the stereo fader does not actually affect thevolume of the mixed tracks—it is placed in this dia-gram for illustrative purposes only.A B C D L RAUXINPUTS123456781234567812345678
