Tascam 788 Troubleshooting Section, Everything is in mono, Can’t hear any stereo effects, Sub Mix

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Troubleshooting (Continued)

Section VII

position and the processed fader position. If the

FADER MATCHING is set to , the processed fader position will not change until

the physical fader value has matched the processed fader position.

To change this setting, press
MENU, select , and
choose	. Change	If the CATCH fader matching
fader matching to either
		isn't your style, use either
or	.	REAL or JUMP settings for
		more instant response.

Everything is in mono.

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’re using) and look at the bottom

parameter . That should be turned up loud

Make sure the send is set to either PRE or PST, not OFF.

If any of these lights

are flashing, the 788 is

monitoring in mono.

You probably selected the mono mode accidentally. If the lights in the MONITOR section are flashing,

enough to be heard. (A level of 100 is sufficient.)

Check that the OUT LEVEL of the processor is turned up.

Press SELECT to monitor

in stereo again.

that indicates that the mono mode was selected. (Pressing SHIFT and SELECT in the monitor section flips the 788 to mono.) To return back to stereo mode, press SELECT in the monitor section again, and the lights should go solid again.

I’m mixing down, and my recorded tracks don’t

show up in my mixdown, yet I heard them while I

was mixing down!

The tracks were probably assigned to the TRACK CUE section. The TRACK CUE does not route to the stereo mix. Tracks need to be assigned to the main mixer. To check this, press and hold TRACK. The lights for all the tracks should start blinking. If one does not, that track

I can’t hear any stereo effects.

You probably don’t have the effects

assigned correctly, or the monitor	Make sure the STEREO
	LED is illuminated.
section is not selected properly.
Make sure the STEREO light in the
monitor section is lit, indicating you
are listening to the stereo mix.
(Effects return directly to the stereo
buss, so you must monitor the stereo
output to hear anything.)	If not, press SELECT
Next, check to make sure the effect	until the STEREO
	light comes on.

processor is assigned as a stereo processor. Press and hold the SEND button. If the light above the Effect 1 or Effect 2 (whichever you are trying to use) doesn’t blink, then that means the processor is assigned as a

channel insert or stereo insert.

is assigned to the TRACK CUE.

In order to assign these tracks to the main mixer, hold down TRACK and press SELECT for the channel you need added to the mixer. The LEDs will confirm the new routing. If you want to use the inputs on mixdown, they can be assigned to the input submixer. See the section on Mixer Functions, page 7 for more information.

I can’t hear anything I’ve assigned to the input

submixer.

The input submixer is probably disengaged from the stereo buss.

Press and hold SUB MIX. If the	If you press and hold SUB MIX,
STEREO button does not flash,	the STEREO light should flash
	if the SUB MIX is assigned to
press STEREO, then release	it. If STEREO does not flash,
SUB MIX.	press SUBMIX and STEREO
	together to make the assignment.

Press and hold	To assign the effect processor
	as a stereo processor again,
the SEND button.
If the effect	press and hold SEND, then
processor is	press EFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2,
assigned as a
stereo effect on	then release SEND.
a send, that
EFFECT's LED	In the SEND screen, make
will flash.	sure that the send is not
	turned off. (The setting in
	the far left should either

If you still can’t hear the channel, check the submixer screen to see if the level is up, and to make sure the input is assigned to the submixer. (The input should be displayed above the fader. If is shown above the fader, the input is not assigned to the input submixer.)

In the top of the screen, the input will be listed if the input is assigned to the submixer. If the input is not assigned to the submixer, "OFF" will be shown instead.

Troubleshooting TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition