Tascam 788 Owner's Manual

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3 – Before recording–Monitoring40 TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudioMore monitoring optionsThe monitor SELECT key below the MONITORLEVEL control allows you to select what signals youwill hear through the MONITOR OUTPUT andPHONES connections.In addition to the track cue, which can be indepen-dently switched, the following monitor sources areavailable:To select the monitor source, press the monitorSELECT key. The indicators for the monitor sourceslisted above light in sequence as you continue topress the key.There is a fifth setting, where all indicators are off.This allows you to listen to the track CUE in themonitor mix completely separately from any othermonitor signals.TIPWhen recording, you will probably want to listen to the trackcue (previous recordings)Typically, when mixing down, you will want to listen to theSTEREO monitoring source, as this is the final mixed sig-nal. Since the tracks are routed to the channels during mix-down, the track cue has no use here, and the CUE shouldbe turned off.In both recording and mixdown, you may find it usefulsometimes to listen to what is being sent to the effect andaux busses, as well as to be able to isolate the sub-mixer.Monitoring in monoIt may seem strange to want to do such a thing, butthere are sometimes occasions when it is a good ideato listen to your work in mono. For instance, if youexpect your work to be heard over small portableradios or tape players, etc., or you are mixing a piecefor TV or video where you are not expecting everylistener to have stereo equipment, this is a necessarypart of the production process.1 Press and hold down the SHIFT key and pressthe monitor SELECT key.The indicator of any selected monitor source(STEREO, EFF SEND, AUX OUT, SUB MIX orCUE) starts to flash, showing that mono moni-toring is now taking place.2 Press the monitor SELECT key again to returnto stereo monitoring. The indicators of theselected monitor sources will light steadily.NOTEIf a monitor source has not been selected at the time of thechange between mono and stereo, when it is selected, itwill flash (mono) or light steadily (stereo) to show the cur-rent monitor status.STEREO The stereo outputEFF SEND The overall send signal sent to the internal effectloop (“Using EFFECT 1 as a single stereo effectprocessor in the effect loop” on page 82)AUX OUT The overall send signal sent to the AUX loop(may be internal or external, see “Using EFFECT2 as a single stereo effect processor in the AUXeffect loop” on page 83)SUB MIX The sub-mixer stereo signal (see “Sub-mixer” onpage 48)