Tascam Portastudio 2488 Quick Start Manual - 2488

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Quick Start Guide

Adding an Effects Loop

Adding Multieffects

T

he 2488 has a dedicated “loop effect” that’s 

available to all tracks. It’s useful to set this 

effect to a reverb and then send tracks to it – lots 

of reverb for the drums, a little on the vocal, etc. 

Here’s how you set that up. 

1.  Press SINGLE to pull up the effect window. 

2.  Press ENTER in this window to see a list of effect 

programs you can choose from. Use the DATA 

WHEEL to scroll through the programs and press 

ENTER to choose one. 

A

lso available on the 2488 is a dedicated Multi-

effects processor. This processor works great 

on guitar since it has distortion, fl anger, delay and 

other effects all available at once. To assign the 

Multieffect to your track:

1.  Press and hold the MULTI button, then press 

the SELECT button on the channel you want to 

assign. 

2.  Press MULTI again to view the effect param-

eters. Press the ENTER button to choose an effect 

program as you did in the ex-

ample above. 

The Multieffect can be assigned 

to any one channel, even the stereo 

channels or the inputs. Try recording 

your signal with effects already on 

it so they’ll be available later when 

you’re ready to mix. 

3.  Press the SELECT button above one of your 

tracks, then press SEND (to the right of the 

STEREO fader.)

4.  Use the CURSOR buttons to select the Loop 

Level and turn the DATA WHEEL to increase 

the amount of signal being sent to the effect. 

You can also send the channel to Effect 1 and 

Effect 2 if you have external effects processors you 

can connect to these outputs. 

Premaster Your Mix

W

hen you’re fi nished recording and mixing 

your song, you need to Premaster it before 

burning it to a CD. The Premaster command cre-

ates a Master recording that you can then burn 

to a CD. 

1.  The start point of the premaster is always 00:

00:00:00, but you have to tell the 2488 where 

the song ends. Fast-forward to the end of the 

song and hit PLAY. When everything has faded 

out, hold down SHIFT and press SET OUT. 

2.  Pres MENU, CURSOR over to the Audio CD Menu 

and press ENTER. 

3.  CURSOR to the Premaster Menu and press 

ENTER. 

4.  You should be back in your song, and “PRE-

MASTER” should be written at the top of the 

screen. Press PLAY and RECORD to record your 

mix to the hard drive. You can move the faders, 

adjust the pan, and do anything else you want 

while the 2488 is recording your mix. You might 

even want to fade the song down at the end 

using the STEREO fader. 

5. When the 2488 gets to the end of your song and 

stops, press the NO/EXIT. 

You can trim the beginning and end of your 

master recording before burning it to a CD, see 

the User’s Guide for more information.