Tascam 788 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio 495 – Recorder operationsThis section deals with the recorder section of the788; including the playback and recording operationsyou can carry out.If you have not already read these sections:• 2, “Getting started”• 3, “Before recording”• 4, “Mixer”we strongly recommend that you do so now. Withouta knowledge of the information contained in thesesections, it may be difficult for you to understandsome of the concepts presented in this section.Basic transport controlsThese controls have some similarity to the controlsthat you might find on a tape recorder.However, there are one or two important differencesof which you should be aware, due to the nature ofthe 788.• There are some functions that you cannot access bya single key-press, but which need a combinationof keys to be pressed in order to make them work.• The “fast forward” and “rewind” keys do not workin quite the same way that a tape recorder’s windkeys. Since location can be almost instant, there isno wind time required. The way in which thesekeys work is explained later in this section (“Fastforward and rewind” on page 51).• There is no “pause” key. Since the start and stopare virtually instant, there is no need for such acontrol.• In the jog mode, which is accessed through theSTOP and PLAY keys, the wind keys have a specialfunction (see “Jog positioning” on page 50).PlaybackTo play back recorded material from the current play-back position:1 Press the PLAY key.The green PLAY indicator lights while play-back is taking place.2 Stop playback with the STOP key.NOTEIt is not possible to start playback in some of the menuscreens. Exit the menu system before starting playback.If the PLAY indicator does not light steadily, but flashes, the788 is waiting for external synchronization, or is otherwiseprevented from entering playback. Check all the synchroni-zation settings, etc. (see the section on “Synchronization”on page 94) for details of how to view and change thesesettings).If you do not hear anything when the tracks are beingplayed back, it may be because:• nothing has been recorded on the tracks. TheHOME screen (“The “home” display” on page 26)provides eight channel meters. If a channel’s RECREADY is off, the meter shows the level of thetrack’s recorded contents (if REC READY is on, thelevel of the input signal is shown).• the tracks are not routed to the monitoring system.Either use the track cue to route the track replay tothe cue system (“Monitoring the recorded sounds(TRACK CUE)” on page 39), making sure that theMONITOR CUE indicator is lit (“Monitoring” onpage 38), or assign tracks to channels (“Track-to-channel assignments” on page 37) and adjustingthe faders, with the STEREO MONITOR indicatorlit.