Tascam Digital Portastudio 2488 User Guide

2 – Mixer
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Soloing and toggle
Soloing is also an important part of the recording 
process, allowing you to temporarily isolate problem 
areas (channels or tracks) and listen to them with 
your full attention.
The 
MUTE keys for each channel also act as SOLO 
keys when the 
SOLO indicator is flashing (solo mode 
is active).The 
MUTE/SOLO keys of any soloed channels flash 
while being soloed.
Muted channels cannot be soloed or unmuted while 
solo mode is active.
The solo is an...

2 – Mixer
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NOTE
Monitor settings and TRIM control settings are not 
stored as part of a scene.
To access the scene memories:
1Press the SCENE key:
2From the scene library screen, use the wheel to 
select a scene. 
3Use the left and right cursor keys to select LOAD 
(settings from the library) or 
SAVE (current set-
tings to the library).
4When saving, use the wheel to select a setting 
which you will overwrite, or select the 
(new 
scene)
 option to create a new library entry....

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3 – Effects
The 2488 includes high-quality effects that may be 
used to enhance your playing.
They may be used in a number of different ways for 
use in different stages of the production process.
 Firstly, the effects may be used on up to eight chan-
nels and/or inputs (that is, eight signals in total) as 
inserted mic effects.
 Alternatively, up to four mic effects may be used 
together with an inserted multi-effect.
 Lastly, a single high-quality effect may be used....

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The basic types of mic effects available are:
Vo c a l  c o m p r e s s o r  (VOCAL-COMP/CMP)
De-esser (DE-ESSER/ DSR)
Vocal exciter (VOCAL-EXC/EXC)
4Use the wheel to select the effect to load (or 
when saving, the “slot” in which to save).
If you’re saving an effect, you can give it a 
title, such as 
SLAP BASS, FUNKY KOTO, etc. The three-letter abbreviation for the effect type 
cannot be changed. See “Titling” on page 12.
5Press ENTER to load (or save) the...

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DST: Distortion. Either this effect or the compressor 
(below) is in the second position in the chain. 
Adjust the 
DISTORTION level, TONE and amount of 
POST GAIN (gain applied after the effect). You can 
also 
SWITCH this effect on or off (in or out of the 
chain).

CMP: Compressor. Either this effect or the distortion 
(above) is in the second position in the chain. 
Adjust the 
THRESHOLD, compression RATIO, the COMP 
LEVEL
, and the amount of DIRECT MIX. You...

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Single effect
The single effect provides you with a quality effect in 
the internal effect loop. This is most useful in the 
mixdown and mastering stages, but it can be used at 
any time.
The send level to this effect is controlled by the chan-
nels’ 
LOOP levels (“Effect send” on page 23) and the 
master 
LOOP level.
The return from this effect is sent to the stereo master 
bus, or to the bounce sub mix (“Making a bounce 
mix” on page 49).
Press the 
SINGLE EFFECT...

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Tu n e r
This is not really an effect, but uses one of the keys.
Press the shifted 
MULTI key to bring up the TUNER 
screen.The tuner is used with the signal from input 
H on the 
front panel (reserved for guitars and basses). It can-
not be used with any other input.
When a note is played, the 2488 tuner displays the 
note closest to that note, and the bars under the name 
show whether the actual note is more sharp (the bars 
to the right of the center are...

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4 – Recorder
First steps in recording (song management)
These functions are not completely recorder-related, 
but they do have play important roles in the recorder 
operation. These are all accessed through the 
SONG menu from the main menu (press 
MENU, navigate to 
SONG, and press ENTER).
Creating a song
Before starting work on any project, you need to 
1Press the MENU key, and use the cursor keys 
to highlight the 
SONG item. Press ENTER.
2At the SONG menu, use the cursor...

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Erasing a song
To free up space on a disk partition, and delete a song 
or songs, you should perform the following opera-
tions:
1Press the MENU key and use the cursor keys to 
highlight the 
SONG item. Press ENTER.
2At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to high-
light the 
ERASE option. Press ENTER.
3Select the song or songs to be erased using the 
wheel to highlight the songs and the 
INSERT 
key to place a check mark (
✔) beside them.
If you select a song for...

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Deleting unused space from a song
As we explained earlier, a song does not consist of 
just the recorded audio, but also of the “playlist” and 
the recorded but unused parts of the song. 
By “unused”, we mean parts of a song which have 
been completely overwritten by other parts. If the 
start or end or both of a new part extends beyond the 
start or end of a new part, it will not be deleted in this 
operation.
A virtual track which is not currently assigned as an...