Tascam Digital Portastudio 2488 User Guide

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The recording between the punch-in and 
punch-out points is now replaced by the selec-
tion. The 
AUTO  PUN CH indicator goes out.
If you change your mind
Like recording, an punch operation is undoable. It is 
shown in the list of operations as an 
AUTO PUNCH oper-
ation.
In addition, as we mentioned earlier, the third choice 
when you press the 
AUTO  PUN CH key, LAST TAKE 
LOAD
, allows you to select any of the multi-takes from 
the last punch session....

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computer, the 2488’s editing operations are nothing 
to be scared about—just read through this section to 
see how it all works.
IN, OUT and TO
We have previously seen how the IN, OUT and TO 
points can be used for punching and for location. 
They are also used in these track editing operations.
The IN point marks the start of the part of the track 
which is selected when editing a part of a track 
(rather than a whole track). The OUT point marks the end of the...

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COPY -> PASTE
This function takes the section of a track or tracks 
marked by the IN and OUT points, copies it, and 
places it at the TO point on the chosen track or 
tracks. 
The original source is left unchanged.
The copy operation overwrites anything which is 
already recorded at the destination. The destination is 
the same length as it was before the operation.
You can copy the section more than once in one oper-
ation.
You can change the following values:...

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MOVE -> PASTE
This function takes the section of a track or tracks 
marked by the IN and OUT points, and moves it to 
the chosen track or tracks, starting at the TO point.
After the operation, the selected section of the source 
between the IN and OUT points is replaced by 
silence.
This operation overwrites anything which is already 
recorded at the destination. The destination is there-
fore the same length as it was before the operation.
You can change the...

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OPEN
This function “opens up” a silent gap between the IN 
and OUT points on the chosen track or tracks.The source and destination are the same, and after the 
operation, the track is split at the IN point, with the 
material which followed the IN point now moved to 
follow the OUT point. The result is therefore longer 
than the original.
There is only one value that you can change:
Src. Trk Select an individual track (1 through 24), a 
pair of tracks (
1/2, 3/4,...

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CLONE TRACK
This copies a track or pair of tracks to another track 
or pair of tracks. The IN and OUT points do not have 
any meaning here.
There are two values that you can change:
Src. Trk Select an individual track (1 through 24), or 
a pair of tracks (
1/2, 3/4, 5/6, etc.) or the MASTER stereo 
track.
Dst. Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to 
which the source track is cloned. What you can select 
here depends on what you have selected for the...

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Undoing and redoing actions
1Press the UNDO/REDO key and a list of the 
operations that you have done since the start 
of the song is shown on screen:
The first action (
START UP) at the bottom of the 
display is numbered 
0, and all the actions after 
this (above this) are then numbered in order. 
2Use the wheel to scroll through the list until 
the cursor highlights the action to where you 
want to undo. 
3Press ENTER, to return to the point in your 
work just...

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You could undo all items up to item 7:
…and then re-record the guitar bridge. 
After this, though, if you wanted to restore the vocal 
tracks which we’d recorded, you wouldn’t be able to. The new recording would replace everything above 
the line”.
NOTE
Performing an action after the redo clears the list of 
redoable actions (i.e. those actions which have been 
undone).
Virtual tracks
When you use the 2488, you can record “spare” 
tracks; for instance, different...

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5In this screen, you can press the TITLE key to 
name the highlighted virtual track for future 
reference.
If you have not worked with a system using virtual 
tracks before, you may find it a little confusing. 
Some ideas to bear in mind:
 A virtual track can only be assigned once (a virtual 
track cannot be used on two active tracks at the 
same time). When you start a song, virtual tracks 1 
through 24 are assigned to active tracks 1 through 
24.
 If you’re...

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Pitch
1Press and hold the PITCH/SSA key for about a 
second and release it. The indicator lights and 
the display changes:
2If the PITCH CONTROL section at the left of the 
screen is not active (it is not surrounded by the 
thicker frame), press the Ó key to move the 
cursor there.
3Use the wheel to change the pitch from -6.0% to 
+6.0% in 0.1% steps. If playback is being car-ried out while this is done, you will be able to 
hear the change.
4Press the PITCH/SSA...