Tascam 788 manual Basic Editing, Bouncing Tracks

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the arrow keys to select the parameter you want to change, and use the JOG/DATA wheel to change the value.

If you want to change the type of effect and recall

another preset, press ENTER while you are in the effect screen. The display will show you the library of effects available. Use the CURSOR keys and JOG/DATA wheel to select effects from either the PRESET or USER tabs and press ENTER.

BASIC EDITING

P 17 The three most commonly used edit functions have buttons accessible right on the front panel of the

788.We'll do a basic COPY function here, so you get the idea.

The editing functions on the 788 use the IN, OUT and TO locate points. For copying, the IN and OUT points need to be placed around the area you want to copy. The TO point will show where you want the new part to start at.

COPY AUDIO

IN OUT TO

Set the locate points by playing to the part you want to have the locate point at, and press SHIFT with the locate point you wish to set. (IN, OUT or TO.)

If you want to view the waveform of the audio when you are setting the locate points for the edit, press STOP + PLAY. The waveform screen will come up. If the waveform is too small on the

scan the song to find a particular part, pressing REW or F FWD will play all 8 tracks forwards and backwards to help you find the proper location.

Once you've set your IN, OUT and TO locate points, push SHIFT + COPY TO. The screen will ask which track you want to pull your audio from, which

track it is going to, and how many times you want to copy the part. The tracks can be edited on individual track level, stereo pair, or across all 8 tracks simultaneously. Use the arrow keys to move between the various parameters, and the JOG/DATA wheel to change the settings. Press ENTER to accept the settings.

BOUNCING TRACKS

The term "bouncing tracks" means recording a mix of P 12

several other tracks. For instance, you can play back 6 tracks of drums, bass and guitar from the recorder, mix them to a stereo pair, and record that on the remaining two tracks. At that point, you can play back just the stereo pair on 2 tracks and use the other 6 tracks for other instruments.

To do this, you need to have your tracks assigned to the main mixer area of the 788. (The tracks cannot be playing through the TRACK CUE area.) If you haven't assigned them to the main mixer already, do so by pressing TRACK + SELECT to assign the tracks to the channels you want to play back. Remember, you also need to keep a track available for the bounce. (Two tracks must be available if you want to record in stereo.)

Assign the stereo output to the tracks that you want to bounce down to by holding down STEREO and pressing SELECT for channels 7 and 8. The LEDs will confirm this routing. This will record the stereo mix to tracks 7 and 8. This will include not only the tracks, but also any assigned effects and extra inputs in the input submixer.

screen, you can press the up and down arrow keys to increase the height of the waveform, and the left and right arrows to increase the zoom for the width of the waveform. You can use the JOG/DATA wheel to scrub the selected track.

When you're scrubbing audio, you will only hear the one track you have selected. To select a different track to scrub, press SELECT for that track. If you need to

The next task is to make sure you are only listening to the audio that you are recording. Push SELECT in the MONITOR section until none of the LEDs associated with it are lit. The only LED that should remain lit is the CUE LED.

The CUE light is the only LED that you want on when you are bouncing tracks.

TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition QuickStart - First Session