Tascam Digital Portastudio 788 Operational Tutorial Manual

TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  Mix er Functions
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Section IIMixer Functions  
the monitor section 
switches the TRACK CUE 
section on and off in the 
MONIT OR OUTPUT .  As 
mentioned in the TRACK 
CUE section, the TRACK 
CUE mix does not appear 
in the stereo mix.  This 
only turns the TRACK CUE 
mix on to the monitor section.
The CUE button 
at the bottom of 
As easy as the signal routing is on the 788 with the 
controls on the surface of the recorder , it is sometimes 
easier to...

Mixer FunctionsTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  
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Section IIMixer Functions  
8)
   PLA Y+RECORD .  Keep in mind that if y ou make a
   mistak e in the mix down, you can punch in on the
   mixdown.  F or example, if y ou forget to bring down
   the level of a loud v ocal passage, y ou can rewind 
   back just before that passage, press record, and 
   make the change.  Y ou dont need to start o ver .
Since scenes can be recalled in the 788, the lev el of the
physical fader on the...

TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  R ecording & Editing Functions
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Section III
Recording & Editing Functions
IN THIS SECTION:
Song Menus
Basic R ecording Functions
Locate P oints
Virtual Tracks
A uto Punch
Pre R oll / P ost Roll
Editing Functions
Pitch Control / S SA
Formatting Hard Driv es
Selecting the Target Record Driv e
RELATED TOPICS:
Bouncing T racks
S ynchronization 
   (MT C, MIDI Clock, MMC)
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Recording & Editing FunctionsTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  
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Section IIIRecording & Editing Functions  
Silk
the main tr ansport 
keys are a couple of
combination functions.
RTZ
and REW together
functions as R eturn to
Zero .  That will bring y ou to 00:00:00:00:0 in the time
window (the very beginning of the project).
LRP
to the beginning of y our last recorded passage.  This is 
helpful in getting right back to the same point on a 
punch in, or even for finding y our IN point...

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Section IIIRecording & Editing Functions  
There
on the surface of the 788 
labeled IN, OUT , and TO.  
These can be used as
standard locate points, 
although these do ha ve a 
specific application with 
editing and auto-punching.  
(These functions will be
addressed in the sections on
editing and auto-punching.)  
The rest of the locate points 
are stored in the L OCATE 
menu of the 788.
Storing Locate Points
To...

Recording & Editing FunctionsTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  
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Section IIIRecording & Editing Functions  
The 788 will now let y ou audition your takes.  Use the
CURSOR k eys to select which tak e you w ant to listen
to, and press PLA Y.  When y ouve decided on which 
one y ou want to k eep, highlight it with the CURSOR
and press ENTER/YES .  If you dont lik e any of them,
select ORIGINAL.
Last Take Load
If
from the last A uto Punch session, y ou can go back and 
recall that...

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Section IIIRecording & Editing Functions  
(Editing will be co vered later in this section.)  Y ou 
can also use them to keep original tracks that were
used to create submix es, which allows you to alter
the submix balance later on, or ev en add or 
subtract parts from those mix es.  Other common 
uses for virtual tracks include storing maintaining 
count-ins on a separ ate track, click tr acks, or even 
spoken cues....

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Section IIIRecording & Editing Functions  
The 788 has two different t ypes of speed control: PITCH
CONTROL and SSA.  PIT CH CONTROL simulates a tape
machines pitch adjustment, which will alter the speed 
and pitch at the same time of up to  ±6%.  S SA stands 
for SL OW SPEED A UDITION, which k eeps the pitch 
constant, but slows the tempo down to 85%, 65%, or 
50% of normal.  S SA can be applied to an y stereo pair...

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Section IIIRecording & Editing Functions  
The
will remain illuminated whenev er one of those two
functions is engaged.  The function can be turned on
and off simply by pressing the PIT CH/SSA button.  Y ou
only need to press and hold the PIT CH/SSA button to
get to the screen when y ou want to change functions or
alter how much the speed should v ary.
FORMATTING DRIVES
The 788 can record on its internal hard driv e,...

Built-In Effect ProcessingT A SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  
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ROUTING EFFECTS
Section IV
Built-in Effect Processing
Associating EFFECT 1 to an input:
When
Processor , it is assigned to an insert on a channel on
the main mix er.  If y ou are recording multiple tr acks
with the same processing, y ou may want to associate 
the processor with an input b y pressing EFFECT 1 and 
INPUT (A, B, C or D).  This will automatically mo ve 
EFFECT 1 through the mix er with the associated input....