Tascam 788 Owner's Manual

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1 – Introductory concepts–Further reading18 TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudioSCSI devices and backing upThe 788 contains a large, fast hard disk, which allowsthe recording of many songs on the same disk.However, if you keep all your material, eventuallythis disk will fill up, and you must do some “house-cleaning” to sweep away the unwanted material.The 788 incorporates a very useful feature whichallows you to back up a song to CD-R or CD-RWmedia. These discs can hold a lot of data. In the caseof a song being too big to fit on a single disc, the 788will automatically create multi-disc archives onwhich you can store your work. This, of course, is inaddition to you being able to use a CD-R/RW disc asthe final mastering device (mixdown of the final mas-tered stereo tracks to CD-R/RW via SCSI).In case you do not have a CD-R/RW drive, we sug-gest the use of an external SCSI device which usesremovable disks: the Iomega® zip® and jaz® drivescan hold large amounts of data, as can magneto-opti-cal (MO) disk drives. The songs on the internal harddisk can be copied to the external media for archival.Note that you should not attempt to install an internaldisk drive (either hard disk or removable) in your788. This is an operation that should be performedonly by authorized TASCAM service agents.Further readingThis section does not pretend to be a comprehensivelisting or explanation of all these issues. If you havethe time and interest, reading about these subjects is avery good way to add to your practical experiencewith the 788.If you have Internet access, the Web is an excellentsource of information. The following books are alsouseful reference sources, if you wish to explore thesesubjects in more depth.Sound & Recording, 2nd edition 1994, Francis Rum-sey & Tim McCormick, Focal Press, Oxford, is agood general introduction to recording theory andpractice, starting from basic principles. However, thesection on hard disk recording is not very long.For detailed information on digital audio, includingdisk recording theory, The Art of Digital Audio, 2ndEdition 1994, John Watkinson, Focal Press, Oxford,is invaluable, but is somewhat technical in places.MIDI Systems and Control, 2nd Edition 1994, Fran-cis Rumsey, Focal Press, Oxford, has an excellentsection on synchronization and machine control(chapter 6).There are also many resources regarding SCSI. It’snot a subject that you usually need to know in enor-mous detail, but an Internet search for “SCSI primer”will probably give you all the information you need.If you are using your 788 with a sequencer, makesure that you read and understand the relevant sec-tions of the sequencer manual, as well as the 788manual. This will probably avoid many problemswith regard to synchronization.