Tascam Digital Portastudio 788 Operational Tutorial Manual

OPERATIONAL TUT ORIAL
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Edition Date: 08/16/00© 2000 TEAC/T ASCAM, All Rights R eserved
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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
QuickStart - First Session
Mixer Functions
  Mix er Ov erview
  Input Section
  Routing Input & T racks
  EQ Section
  Effects & A ux Sends
  Inputs Submix er
  TRACK CUE
  Monitor Section
  Routing & Scene Libr aries
  ASSIGN MAP
  Bouncing T racks
  F ader Matching
Recording & Editing Functions
  Song Menus
  Basic R ecorder Functions
  Locate P oints
  Punch-In/Out & A uto-Punch
  Virtual Tracks
  Pre-R oll &...

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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 .  To light
the CUE LED , press CUE in
the monitor section.
name will appear .  Press 
ENTER/YES to ex ecute the 
command.  Youve now 
created a new song file.
As
will w ant to periodically 
save y our project to prev ent 
the loss of any tracks due to a power outage, or other...

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Section IQuickStart - First Session  
Routing Tracks to the Main Mixer
When y oure done with y our 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 the 788.)  T o assign the tracks to the 
main mixer, hold down TRACK (just to the right of the 
input buttons) and press 
SELECT for channels 1 and 2.  
The LEDs should...

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Section IQuickStart - First Session  
The term bouncing tr acks 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 the 
remaining two tracks.  At that point, y ou can play back 
just the stereo pair on 2 tr acks and use the other 6 
tracks for other instruments.
To 
the main mix er area of...

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Section IQuickStart - First Session  
As we mentioned at the beginning of this section, this
QuickStart First Session only scr atches the surface of
the potential of this recorder.  There is deeper detail of
the 788 in later sections of this tutorial.  Aside from this 
tutorial, the 788 manual will go into ev en deeper detail 
on any specific feature.  Be sure to at least flip through
the book so y ou are familiar with...

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Section II
Mixer Functions
IN THIS SECTION:
Mixing Ov erview
Input Section
Routing Input & T racks
EQ Section
Effect & A ux Sends
Input Submix er
TRACK CUE
Monitor Section
Routing Libr ary
Scene Library
Assignment Map
Bouncing T racks
F ader Matching
RELATED TOPIC:
MIDI Control
Effects
p 07
p 07
p 07
p 08
p 09
p 10
p 10
p 10
p 11
p 11
p 11
p 12
p 12
.......... See MIDI Functions,  p 25
 .... See Built-In Effect Processing,  p 20...

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Section IIMixer Functions  
Channel Send & Return (Insert)
The
multi-effect processing chain inserted on channels.  
When the effect is routed that w ay, the effect will be 
assigned as the first item in the signal flow chain.   (For 
information about the effect capabilities or assignment,
see Effect Processing, p20.)
The EQ Section
  
control surface, then press 
SELECT for the channel you
wish to view.  The screen to 
the right...

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Section IIMixer Functions  
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
by offering v ariable Q width.  This controls how wide an 
area the EQ will affect around the center tone.  This ma y 
take some pr actice to really use 
effectively.  Howev er, the
par ametric EQ can be used as a 
tool to eliminate ringing noises, 
or it can be used...

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Section IIMixer Functions  
The 788 has an TRACK CUE section a vailable on board 
which will be used to monitor tr acks from the recording
section.  The TRACK CUE does not feed the stereo fader 
at all, so you cant use it in a mix down situation.  It has 
a dedicated button in the MONIT OR section of the 788
in the upper right.
To
button just abo ve the stereo fader .  This screen 
functions much lik e the 
submixer screen.  The...