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AUX INPUT
MONITOR STEREO
PHONES REMOTE AUX OUTPUT R L MIC / GUIT INPUT D INPUT C INPUT B INPUT A
Edition Date: 08/16/00
© 2000 TEAC/TASCAM, All Rights Reserved
OPERATIONAL TUTORIAL
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1 Table of Contents I) QuickStart - First Session ............................ 3 II) Mixer Functions ........................................... 7 Mixer Overview ............................................ 7 Input Section ............................................... 7 Routing Input & Tracks .................................. 7 EQ Section ................................................... 8 Effects & Aux Sends ...................................... 9 Inputs Submixer .............
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3 Section I QuickStart - First Session INTRO & INITIAL SET-UP RECORDING TRACKS P 7 This section will walk you through your first recording Plugging a Guitar Directly In session with the 788 to help you learn the basic If you are plugging a guitar directly into the 788, operation of the recorder. Please be sure to read the connect the cable from your guitar directly into INPUT D other sections in this tutorial for deeper instruction on and flip the input level Pressing INPUT D + SELECT any
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4 QuickStart - First Session (Continued) Section I Plug your source into INPUT D, and flip the switch You should be able to arm track 2, and record just as you next to it to "MIC". (You could plug it into any input did on track 1. When you're done, raise the fader for from INPUT A-D, but we're using INPUT D so the track 2 in the TRACK CUE section. directions can match the guitar input routing.) MIXING TRACKS To route INPUT D to track 1 of the recorder, you need to assign INPUT D to channel
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5 QuickStart - First Session (Continued) Section I the arrow keys to select the scan the song to find a particular part, pressing REW or parameter you want to F FWD will play all 8 tracks forwards and backwards to change, and use the help you find the proper location. JOG/DATA wheel to change Once you've set your IN, OUT the value. and TO locate points, push If you want to change the SHIFT + COPY TO. The screen type of effect and recall will ask which track you want another preset, press
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6 QuickStart - First Session (Continued) Section I Then raise the TRACK CUE faders for tracks 7 and 8 only, and press REC READY on tracks 7 and 8. Press PLAY and set your mix the way you want to hear it, complete with effects, EQ, and so forth. The recording levels will appear in the meter so you can set your recording level as well. Once you've got everything the way you want it, press PLAY + RECORD to record the bounce. When you're done, disarm REC READY for tracks 7 and 8. You ca
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7 Section II Mixer Functions MIXING SECTION OVERVIEW TOPICS The 788 offers a very flexible mixing surface. There are IN THIS SECTION: 6 inputs on the back panel, 8 tracks from the recorder, Mixing Overview ................................ p 07 plus two effects which can all run at the same time. This Input Section .................................... p 07 adds up to 14 audio sources plus two stereo effects all Routing Input & Tracks ....................... p 07 running at the same time. EQ S
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8 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) channel 6, then release INPUT D. To route INPUT D to Channel Send & Return (Insert) both channels 1 and 6, press and hold INPUT D then The 788's effect processing can be used as a dynamic or press SELECT for channels 1 and 6, then release multi-effect processing chain inserted on channels. INPUT D. The routing is verified by LEDs when you When the effect is routed that way, the effect will be make the selection. assigned as the first item in the
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9 Mixer Functions (Continued) Section II On vocals, perhaps 2kHz will add an edge, 6kHz might The other control on the sends is the PRE/POST fader take some "honk" out of the sound, and 10kHz will add switch. This switch determines whether the send gets its an airy quality to the sound. signal before or after the channel fader. The significance of that is whether or not the channel fader level has any A parametric EQ goes a step beyond the sweepable EQ affect on the level of the send. by o
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10 Section II Mixer Functions (Continued) should light up when either button is pressed. To unlink 2) Press the buttons for the input sources that you the channels, press SELECT for the two channels at the want to put in to (or take out from) the input same time again. The channel SELECT lights should submixer. The flashing lights should indicate the only turn on for one channel at a time now. changes you are making The screen at right shows the 3) If the STEREO light is flashing un
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11 Mixer Functions (Continued) Section II sure signals aren't out of scene or routing library that you wish to wish to name Pressing SHIFT + SELECT will monitor phase with each other. in mono. The LEDs in the monitor and press SHIFT+MENU/TITLE. section will flash to indicate MONO mode. The CUE button To go back to stereo, press SELECT. See Section V, "Assigning Names" on p23 for complete at the bottom of naming capabilities and instructions. the monitor section When a scene is recalled,
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12 Mixer Functions (Continued) Section II 8) When you're ready to bounce the tracks, press BOUNCING TRACKS PLAY+RECORD. Keep in mind that if you make a Bouncing tracks is the process of taking previously mistake in the mixdown, you can punch in on the recorded tracks on the recorder and mixing them down mixdown. For example, if you forget to bring down to a stereo or mono mix. This process allows you to the level of a loud vocal passage, you can rewind add more tracks to the so
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13 Section III Recording & Editing Functions RECORDING OVERVIEW TOPICS The 788 is a highly advanced 8 track recorder, capable of IN THIS SECTION: uncompressed, high resolution recording. The 250 virtual Song Menus ...................................... p 13 tracks per song allow for extra takes, keeping individual Basic Recording Functions ................... p 14 tracks that built submixes for later retouches, trying Locate Points ..................................... p 14 different parts,
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14 Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Section III that should be clearly pointed out to avoid any Silk screened around confusion over simple items. the main transport keys are a couple of Some SONG MENU functions apply only to the current combination functions. (opened) song and other functions will show you a list of all the songs on the selected drive. For instance, RTZ - Pressing STOP DELETE UNUSED and PROTECT will only affect the song and REW together that is currently opened.
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15 Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Section III While 999 locate points will probably mean you won't There are three locate points To store the current time ever run out of locate points, it might be more to on the surface of the 788 to the IN point, press sort through than you realistically want. If you want labeled IN, OUT, and TO. SHIFT+ IN. to delete a locate point, highlight it in the locate These can be used as menu and press DELETE. standard locate points, although the
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16 Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Section III PUNCH IN/OUT & AUTO PUNCH The 788 will now let you audition your takes. Use the CURSOR keys to select which take you want to listen One-Button Punch to, and press PLAY. When you've decided on which Punching in and out of record on the fly is commonly one you want to keep, highlight it with the CURSOR done to allow the performers the chance to fix just a and press ENTER/YES. If you don't like any of them, small part of their performa
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17 Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Section III When you select the edit function, there will be a prompt (Editing will be covered later in this section.) You for which tracks the edit should apply to. You can edit can also use them to keep original tracks that were on a single track, stereo pair, or all 8 tracks at a time. It used to create submixes, which allows you to alter is also possible to edit across tracks. For instance, you the submix balance later on, or even add or c
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18 Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Section III copies the audio between the IN and removes everything between the IN and OUT OUT locate points and inserts it at the TO point, points. All audio after the OUT points is moved moving all other audio down the length of the up to the IN point. section being copied. IN OUT CUT IN OUT TO COPY>INSERT IN OUT IN OUT TO removes recorded audio between the IN
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19 Recording & Editing Functions (Continued) Section III The PITCH/SSA LED (just above the PITCH/SSA button) In order to select a partition will remain illuminated whenever one of those two for target recording, press functions is engaged. The function can be turned on MENU, select , then and off simply by pressing the PITCH/SSA button. You choose . The screen only need to press and hold the PITCH/SSA button to will show you a list of all get to the screen when you want to
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20 Section IV Built-in Effect Processing EFFECT OVERVIEW EFFECT 1 The 788 has two built-in effect processing engines, STEREO EFFECT PROCESSOR EFFECT 1 and EFFECT 2. These processors are completely Stereo Effect Processor on EFFECT SEND: independent of each other, and each can be used in a To assign EFFECT 1 in this configuration, + press EFFECT 1 and SEND simultaneously. variety of ways. EFFECT 1 can be assigned as either a single stereo effect OR COMPRESSOR DISTORTION NOISE GATE FLANGER DEL
