Tascam 788 Tutorial

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Troubleshooting TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition30Section VIITroubleshooting (Continued)read or . If it shows, then change it toor .) Make sure that thesend level and master sendlevels are turned up.Lastly, check to make surethe effect processor outputis set high enough. PressEFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2(whichever one you’re using)and look at the bottomparameter . Thatshould be turned up loudenough to be heard. (A levelof 100 is sufficient.)I’m mixing down, and my recorded tracks don’tshow up in my mixdown, yet I heard them while Iwas mixing down!The tracks were probably assigned to the TRACK CUEsection. The TRACK CUE does not route to the stereomix. Tracks need to be assigned to the main mixer. Tocheck this, press and hold TRACK. The lights for all thetracks should start blinking. If one does not, that trackis assigned to the TRACK CUE.In order to assign these tracks to the main mixer, holddown TRACK and press SELECT for the channel youneed added to the mixer. The LEDs will confirm thenew routing. If you want to use the inputs on mixdown,they can be assigned to the input submixer. See thesection on Mixer Functions, page 7 for more information.I can’t hear anything I’ve assigned to the inputsubmixer.The input submixer is probablydisengaged from the stereo buss.Press and hold SUB MIX. If theSTEREO button does not flash,press STEREO, then releaseSUB MIX.If you still can’t hear thechannel, check the submixerscreen to see if the level is up,and to make sure the input isassigned to the submixer.(The input should be displayedabove the fader. If isshown above the fader, theinput is not assigned to theinput submixer.)position and the processed fader position. If theFADER MATCHING is set to , the processed faderposition will not change untilthe physical fader value hasmatched the processed faderposition.To change this setting, pressMENU, select , andchoose . Changefader matching to eitheror .Everything is in mono.I can’t hear any stereo effects.You probably don’t have the effectsassigned correctly, or the monitorsection is not selected properly.Make sure the STEREO light in themonitor section is lit, indicating youare listening to the stereo mix.(Effects return directly to the stereobuss, so you must monitor the stereooutput to hear anything.)Next, check to make sure the effectprocessor is assigned as a stereo processor. Press andhold the SEND button. If the light above the Effect 1or Effect 2 (whichever you are trying to use) doesn’tblink, then that means the processor is assigned as achannel insert or stereo insert.To assign the effect processoras a stereo processor again,press and hold SEND, thenpress EFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2,then release SEND.In the SEND screen, makesure that the send is notturned off. (The setting inthe far left should eitherYou probably selected the monomode accidentally. If the lights inthe MONITOR section are flashing,that indicates that the mono modewas selected. (Pressing SHIFT andSELECT in the monitor section flipsthe 788 to mono.) To return backto stereo mode, press SELECT inthe monitor section again, and thelights should go solid again.If the CATCH fader matchingisn't your style, use eitherREAL or JUMP settings formore instant response.Press SELECT to monitorin stereo again.If any of these lightsare flashing, the 788 ismonitoring in mono.If not, press SELECTuntil the STEREOlight comes on.Make sure the STEREOLED is illuminated.Press and holdthe SEND button.If the effectprocessor isassigned as astereo effect ona send, thatEFFECT's LEDwill flash.Check that the OUT LEVEL ofthe processor is turned up.Make sure the send is set toeither PRE or PST, not OFF.If you press and hold SUB MIX,the STEREO light should flashif the SUB MIX is assigned toit. If STEREO does not flash,press SUBMIX and STEREOtogether to make the assignment.In the top of the screen, the inputwill be listed if the input is assignedto the submixer. If the input is notassigned to the submixer, "OFF" willbe shown instead.

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