Tascam Digital Portastudio 788 Operational Tutorial Manual
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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition Built -In Effect Processing 21 Section IVBuilt-in Effect Processing is where y ou go to store an effect. T o navigate this window , use the JOG/DA TA wheel or the UP and DOWN CURSOR k eys to scroll through the list, and use the LEF T and RIGHT CURSOR keys to move between the v arious tabs on the menus. In areas of this libr ary, simply select the effect y ou want, and press ENTER/YES . If you dont w ant to recall an effect from this area,...
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Built-In Effect ProcessingT A SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition 22 Section IVBuilt-in Effect Processing EFFECT 1 MULTI-EFFECT PROCESSOR Compressor Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Flanger - Dela y Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Exciter - Reverb Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Ex citer - Delay Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Pitch - R everb Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Pitch - Dela y Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Chorus - Reverb Compressor - Distortion - Gate - Chorus - Dela...
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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition Assigning Names 23 Section V Assigning Names Songs, effect patches, locate points, and more can be named on the 788. The procedure for naming these items has been standardiz ed for ease of use. Upper and lower case letters, numbers, a wide v ariety of punctuation and symbols are all available for use. There USER WORD list which can store names for direct recall o ver and o ver again to sa ve time. Some words are pro vided lik e COUNT IN,...
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Assigning NamesTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition 24 Section VAssigning Names Once sa ve it. If y ouve changed y our mind and dont w ant to change the name, press EXIT/NO at an ytime to get out of the naming screen without saving any changes. Editing the USER WORD List Since list is fully editable. The naming procedure is the same as the previous items. T o select items in the list to change: 1) 2) press ENTER/YES. 3) and press ENTER/YES . 4)...
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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition MIDI Functions 25 Section VI MIDI Functions IN THIS SECTION: MIDI Clock & T empo Maps MTC (MIDI Time Code) Gener ate/Chase 788 Metronome MMC (MIDI Machine Control) MIDI Program Change Commands RELATED TOPIC: Fader Matching p 25 p 26 p 27 p 27 p 28 See Mixer Functions, p 12 ................... . ................................. ............... ....... TOPICS MIDI IN and OUT ports are pro vided on the 788 for a variet y of control and synchronization...
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MIDI FunctionsTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition 26 Section VIMIDI Functions Setting the 788 to Generate MIDI Time Code The To mak e that setting: 1) 2) JOG/DA TA dial and press ENTER/YES . 3) JOG/DATA dial and press ENTER/YES . 4) and is set to (MIDI Time Code). 5) have video in the project, the best bet is . (30 fr ames per second.. the ND stands for non-drop frame r ate.) 6) Setting the 788 to Chase MIDI Time Code The To mak...
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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition MIDI Functions 27 Section VIMIDI Functions Internal Metronome Overview The gener ating its own beeps. If desired, the metronome can send MIDI note messages to an external MIDI sound module to create tones, as well. (It is common pr actice to use a snare side stick or wood block sound from a drum machine.) In work, the 788 must be set to generate MIDI Clock. The metronome tempo and time signature is deriv ed from the tempo map used for MIDI...
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MIDI FunctionsTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition 28 Section VIMIDI Functions The last function is which determines whether mix er par ameters can be affected with MIDI controller messages. In an y setting, the 788 will not broadcast any of these ev ents, it will only receiv e them. These devices. Guitar players ma y want to use a MIDI pedal board to recall specific effect patches. K eyboard players might use a synth to recall a mix er scene for a particular song....
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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition Troubleshooting 29 Section VII Trouble-Shooting Next, check the screen. T o get to it, press MENU, select , and choose . Under the tab , make sure the is set either to or . ( is if y ou are triggering an external sound module for metronome tones. is if you are using the internally gener ated clicks.) The the metronome will sound when the 788 is in record and play,...
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TroubleshootingT A SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial • 8/2000 Edition 30 Section VIITroubleshooting read or . If it shows , then change it to or .) Mak e sure that the send level and master send levels are turned up . Lastly, the effect processor output is set high enough. Press EFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2 (whichev er one you’re using) and look at the bottom par ameter . That should be turned up loud enough to be heard. (A lev el of 100 is sufficient.)...