Tascam 788 Owner's Manual

Also see for PORTASTUDIO 788: Supplementary guide Addendum Tutorial Brief guide

Contents

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Table of Contents4 TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio1 – Introductory conceptsMultitrack recording (general) ........................... 8Tracking ..........................................................8Overdubbing ...................................................8Punching .........................................................8Mixdown ..........................................................8Mastering ........................................................8Disk vs. tape recording ...................................... 9Multitrack tapes.......................................................9Multitrack disks .......................................................9The “song”...............................................................10What do “16-bit” and “24-bit” mean? ............... 10Real and virtual tracks on the 788..................... 11Editing ......................................................................12Nondestructive editing on the 788 ................12788 editing ......................................................12Undo and redo ................................................12Multi-take punch-ins on the 788 ............................13Instant location on the 788.....................................13Recording technique ..............................................13Assignment ......................................................... 13The 788 internal patchbay ......................................13Track bouncing .......................................................14Quick setup and the assign screen.......................15Synchronization and the 788 ............................. 15Timecode synchronization.....................................15Tempo map synchronization .................................16Sync track recording ..............................................16MIDI external control (MMC, etc.) ...................... 16MIDI remote control ................................................17SCSI issues ......................................................... 17SCSI connections....................................................17SCSI IDs ...................................................................17SCSI termination .....................................................17SCSI devices and backing up ................................18Further reading ................................................... 182 – Getting startedPrecautions, etc. ................................................. 19Shutting down the 788 ....................................... 19Power-on ............................................................. 20About the demonstration song..............................20A few notes about this manual.......................... 20“Roadmap” to this manual.....................................211 “Introductory concepts” (page 8) ..............212 “Getting started” (page 19) ........................213 “Before recording” (page 34) .....................214 “Mixer” (page 41) ........................................215 “Recorder operations” (page 49) ...............216 “Location operations” (page 60) ................217 “Track editing” (page 65) ...........................218 “Mastering and backup (CD-R)” (page 72) 219 “Effects” (page 81) ......................................2110 “Routing and scene libraries” (page 91) .2111 “Synchronization” (page 94) ....................2112 “MMC and MIDI functions” (page 101) ....2113 “Specifications, etc.” (page 119) .............21Connecting other equipment to your 788 ........ 22Additional connection notes..................................22About the menus ................................................ 24Selecting multiple entries.......................................24The MENU key .........................................................24Other control screens.............................................25Selecting parameters..............................................25Setting values..........................................................25The “home” display............................................ 26The time display......................................................26Entering and editing titles ................................. 26CAPITAL ..........................................................27small ................................................................27Numbers ..........................................................27Preset words and phrases. ............................27Setting and editing preset words ..........................27The SONG menu ................................................. 28Creating a new song...............................................28Saving a song..........................................................28Reverting to the previous saved version of asong......................................................................28Loading a song........................................................29Erasing a song ........................................................29Copying songs ........................................................29Deleting unused space from a song .....................30Protecting a song....................................................30DISK menu .......................................................... 31Formatting a disk ....................................................31Selecting a disk.......................................................32Ejecting a disk.........................................................32Checking disks........................................................32The OPTION menu.............................................. 33Global options.........................................................33Key sense time ...............................................33Meter peak hold time ......................................33Meter release time ..........................................33Mixer settings..........................................................33Fader settings .................................................33Recorder settings....................................................33USER WORD............................................................333 – Before recordingQuick Setup......................................................... 34RECORDING ............................................................34MIX DOWN ...............................................................35BOUNCE 7/8.............................................................35Assignment on the 788 ...................................... 36Assigning sources to mixer channels. .................36Removing assignments..........................................36Viewing assignments..............................................37Channel-to-track assignments...............................37Track-to-channel assignments ..............................37Assigning inputs to the sub-mixer........................37Assigning the sub-mixer to stereo........................37Monitoring ........................................................... 38If you don’t hear anything ......................................38How to monitor tracks ............................................38