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TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  Built -In Effect Processing
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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  
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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
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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  
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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
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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
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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  
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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
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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  
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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
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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  
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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.)...
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