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Manual Tascam 788

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  • Tascam 788 - page 1

    OPERA TIONAL TUT ORIAL PN: 9101437700 Edition Date: 08/16/00 © 2000 TEAC/T ASCAM, All Rights Reserv ed INPUT A PHONES REMOTE INPUT D MIC / GUIT INPUT C R L INPUT B AUX INPUT STEREO MONITOR AUX OUTPUT ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 2

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition T able of Contents 1 Table of Contents QuickStart - First Session Mixer Functions Mixer Overview Input Section Routing Input & T racks EQ Section Effects & Aux Sends Inputs Submixer TRACK CUE Monitor Section Routing & Scene Libr aries ASSIGN MAP Bouncing T racks F ader Matching Record ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 3

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition QuickStart - First Session 3 Section I QuickStart - First Session be lit. If the STEREO LED is not on, press SELECT in the monitor section until it scrolls to the STEREO LED. T o light the CUE LED, press CUE in the monitor section. name will appear . Press ENTER/YES to execute the command. Y ou&a ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 4

    QuickStart - First Session T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 4 Section I QuickStart - First Session (Continued) Routing Tracks to the Main Mixer When you're done with your recording, reassign the tracks to return in the main mix er section, not in the TRACK CUE section. (This gives you access to the EQ and effect sends of th ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 5

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition QuickStart - First Session 5 Section I QuickStart - First Session (Continued) The term "bouncing tracks" means recording a mix of several other tr acks. For instance, y ou can play back 6 tracks of drums, bass and guitar from the recorder , mix them to a stereo pair , and record that on ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 6

    QuickStart - First Session T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 6 Section I QuickStart - First Session (Continued) As we mentioned at the beginning of this section, this QuickStart "First Session" only scratches the surface of the potential of this recorder . There is deeper detail of the 788 in later sections of this tuto ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 7

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Mixer Functions 7 Section II Mixer Functions IN THIS SECTION: Mixing Overview Input Section Routing Input & T racks EQ Section Effect & Aux Sends Input Submixer TRACK CUE Monitor Section Routing Libr ary Scene Library Assignment Map Bouncing T racks F ader Matching RELATED TOPIC: MIDI Con ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 8

    Mixer Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 8 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) Channel Send & Return (Insert) The 788's effect processing can be used as a dynamic or multi-effect processing chain inserted on channels. When the effect is routed that way , the effect will be assigned as the first item in the si ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 9

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Mixer Functions 9 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) On vocals, perhaps 2kHz will add an edge, 6kHz might take some "honk" out of the sound, and 10kHz will add an airy quality to the sound. A parametric EQ goes a step bey ond the sweepable EQ by offering variable Q width. This contr ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 10

    Mixer Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 10 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) The 788 has an TRACK CUE section av ailable on board which will be used to monitor tracks from the recording section. The TRACK CUE does not feed the stereo fader at all, so you can't use it in a mixdown situation. It has a dedicated ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 11

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Mixer Functions 11 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) the monitor section switches the TRACK CUE section on and off in the MONITOR OUTPUT . As mentioned in the TRACK CUE section, the TRACK CUE mix does not appear in the stereo mix. This only turns the TRACK CUE mix on to the monitor section. ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 12

    Mixer Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 12 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) 8) When you're ready to bounce the tr acks, press PLA Y+RECORD. K eep in mind that if you make a mistake in the mixdown, you can punch in on the mixdown. F or example, if you forget to bring down the level of a loud vocal passage, y o ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 13

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Recording & Editing Functions 13 Section III Recording & Editing Functions IN THIS SECTION: Song Menus Basic Recording Functions Locate Points Virtual T racks Auto Punch Pre Roll / P ost Roll Editing Functions Pitch Control / SSA Formatting Hard Driv es Selecting the T arget Record Drive ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 14

    Recording & Editing Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 14 Section III Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Silk screened around the main transport keys are a couple of combination functions. RTZ - Pressing STOP and REW together functions as Return to Zero . That will bring you to 00:00:00:00:0 in the time wi ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 15

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Recording & Editing Functions 15 Section III Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) There are three locate points on the surface of the 788 labeled IN, OUT , and TO. These can be used as standard locate points, although these do have a specific application with editing and auto-punchin ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 16

    Recording & Editing Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 16 Section III Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) The 788 will now let you audition your tak es. Use the CURSOR keys to select which take y ou want to listen to, and press PLA Y . When you've decided on which one you want to k eep, highlight it wi ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 17

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Recording & Editing Functions 17 Section III Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) (Editing will be covered later in this section.) Y ou can also use them to keep original tr acks that were used to create submixes, which allows you to alter the submix balance later on, or even add or ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 18

    Recording & Editing Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 18 Section III Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) The 788 has two different types of speed control: PIT CH CONTROL and SSA. PIT CH CONTROL simulates a tape machine's pitch adjustment, which will alter the speed and pitch at the same time of up to ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 19

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Recording & Editing Functions 19 Section III Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) The PITCH/SS A LED (just above the PITCH/S SA button) will remain illuminated whenever one of those two functions is engaged. The function can be turned on and off simply by pressing the PITCH/S SA butt ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 20

    Built-In Effect Processing T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 20 ROUTING EFFECTS Section IV Built-in Effect Processing Associating EFFECT 1 to an input: When EFFECT 1 is being used as a Multi-Effect Processor , it is assigned to an insert on a channel on the main mixer . If you are recording multiple tracks with the same processin ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 21

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Built-In Effect Processing 21 Section IV Built-in Effect Processing (Continued) is where you go to store an effect. T o navigate this window , use the JOG/DA T A wheel or the UP and DOWN CURSOR keys to scroll through the list, and use the LEFT and RIGHT CURSOR keys to move between the v arious ta ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 22

    Built-In Effect Processing T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 22 Section IV Built-in Effect Processing (Continued) EFFECT 1 MULTI-EFFECT PROCESSOR Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Flanger - Rev erb Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Flanger - Delay Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Exciter - R everb Compressor - Distortion - Gate - E ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 23

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition Assigning Names 23 Section V Assigning Names Songs, effect patches, locate points, and more can be named on the 788. The procedure for naming these items has been standardized for ease of use. Upper and lower case letters, numbers, a wide variety of punctuation and symbols are all available for u ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 24

    Assigning Names T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 24 Section V Assigning Names (Continued) Once you're done with the name, press ENTER/YES to save it. If you'v e changed your mind and don't want to change the name, press EXIT/NO at anytime to get out of the naming screen without saving any changes. Editing the USER ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 25

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition MIDI Functions 25 Section VI MIDI Functions IN THIS SECTION: MIDI Clock & T empo Maps MTC (MIDI Time Code) Gener ate/Chase 788 Metronome MMC (MIDI Machine Control) MIDI Program Change Commands RELATED TOPIC: F ader Matching p 25 p 26 p 27 p 27 p 28 See Mixer Functions, p 12 .................. ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 26

    MIDI Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 26 Section VI MIDI Functions (Continued) Setting the 788 to Generate MIDI Time Code The 788 needs to be set to generate MIDI Time Code. T o make that setting: 1) Press MENU. 2) Select with the JOG/DA T A dial and press ENTER/YES. 3) Select with the JOG/DA T A dial and press ENTER/Y ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 27

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition MIDI Functions 27 Section VI MIDI Functions (Continued) Internal Metronome Overview The 788 has a built-in metronome function capable of generating its own beeps. If desired, the metronome can send MIDI note messages to an external MIDI sound module to create tones, as well. (It is common practic ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 28

    MIDI Functions T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 28 Section VI MIDI Functions (Continued) The last function is which determines whether mixer parameters can be affected with MIDI controller messages. In any setting, the 788 will not broadcast any of these events, it will only receiv e them. These control messages can be sent by a ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 29

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition T roubleshooting 29 Section VII Trouble-Shooting Next, check the screen. T o get to it, press MENU, select , and choose . Under the tab, mak e sure the is set either to or . ( is if you are triggering an external sound module for metronome tones. is if you are using the internally gener ated clic ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 30

    T roubleshooting TASCAM 788 Oper ational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 30 Section VII Troubleshooting (Continued) read or . If it shows , then change it to or .) Make sure that the send level and master send levels are turned up. Lastly , check to make sure the effect processor output is set high enough. Press EFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2 (whichever one you ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 31

    T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition T roubleshooting 31 Section VII Troubleshooting (Continued) The 788 doesn’t play when I hit PLAY. Press HOME/ESC, and check to see if time is rolling. If time is rolling, you’re probably in a quiet part of the song. Go to a section of the song where some audio has been recorded. If the play l ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 32

    Tips & T ricks T ASCAM 788 Operational T utorial • 8/2000 Edition 32 TIPS AND TRICKS Section VIII Tips & Tricks are using the EFFECT 1 as an insert processor , the first aux send doesn't feed anything. Y ou may want to bring the send out of the 788 so you can process it with an external effect processor . Y ou can set the MONITOR OUT ...

  • Tascam 788 - page 33

    OPERA TIONAL TUT ORIAL PN: 9101437700 © 2000 TEAC/T ASCAM, All Rights Reserv ed Edition Date: 08/16/00 TEAC CORPORA TION Phone: (0422) 52-5082 TEAC AMERICA, INC. Phone: (323) 726-0303 TEAC CANADA L TD. Phone: 905-890-8008 F acsimilie: 905-890-9888 TEAC MEXICO, S.A. De C.V Phone: 5-658-1943 TEAC UK LIMITED Phone: 01923-819699 TEAC DEUTSCHLAND GmbH ...

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