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Tascam Portastudio 2488 Reference Manual

Other manuals for Portastudio 2488: Specifications, User Manual, Application Manual, Quick Start Manual
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    Digital portastudio reference manual d00776120a.

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    Contents 2 tascam 2488 reference manual 1 – midi control/program change messages ................................................. 3 mixer control change parameters ................ 3 effect parameter change midi messages ..... 4 example effect parameter change ................... 4 mic effects........

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    Tascam 2488 reference manual 3 1 – midi control/program change messages the following are the midi control change mes- sages accepted by the 2488 to control different set- tings. When used with an external sequencer, this provides a certain degree of automation for mixing, etc. Mixer control change ...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages 4 tascam 2488 reference manual effect parameter change midi messages use the following midi channels to send messages to the 2488 effects (see the user’s guide for further details about the types of effect available on the 2488): channels 1 through 8 are used...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages tascam 2488 reference manual 5 mic effects mic effects are controlled by channels 1 through 8 (see above for channel/input assignments enabled through bank select). One of three different types of effect can be selected as a mic effect: compressor, de-esser o...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages 6 tascam 2488 reference manual single effect use midi channel 10 to control this processor. The single processor can use any one of a number of effect types: reverb, delay, chorus, pitch shifter, flanger, phaser and gated reverb. Expander (exp) 00 00 threshol...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages tascam 2488 reference manual 7 multi effect use midi channel 11 to set the parameters of this effect. Note that this effect chains together a sequence of effects (each step in the chain can hold one effect, the sequence in the chain of which is given in the f...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages 8 tascam 2488 reference manual 2 distortion (dst) 00 05 distortion 0 – 100 = 0 – 100 00 06 tone 0 – 100 = 0 – 100 00 07 post gain 0 – 100 = 0 – 100 00 08 (reserved) 00 09 switch 0, 1 = off, on compressor (cmp) 00 05 threshold 0 – 100 = –60.0, –59.6, –59.2, –5...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages tascam 2488 reference manual 9 4 flanger (flg) 00 15 speed 1 – 100 = 0.1 – 10.0(hz) 00 16 depth 0 – 100 = 0 – 100 00 17 resonance 0 – 100 = 0 – 100 00 18 mix level 0 – 100 = 0 – 100 00 19 switch 0, 1 = off, on phaser (pha) 00 15 speed 1 – 100 = 0.1 – 10.0(hz)...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages 10 tascam 2488 reference manual midi program change messages the 2488 can accept program change messages to select an effect and to change scenes. Before a program change message is sent for chang- ing an effect, a bank select message must be sent to select w...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages tascam 2488 reference manual 11 preset mic effects preset stereo dynamics effects preset multi effects the first 16 effects are generic effects, and the rest are presets that you can use “as is” or as jumping-off points for your own sounds. The chain of all m...

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    1 – midi control/program change messages 12 tascam 2488 reference manual preset single effects the types here are: rev : reverb dly : delay cho : chorus pit : pitch shift flg : flanger pha : phaser grv : gate and reverb 34 the jazz gig clean-exc 35 shimmer clean-pit 36 fast tremolo clean-trm 37 mood...

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    Tascam 2488 reference manual 13 2 – midi implementation chart teac [digital portastudio)] date : 28 february :2004 model: 2488 midi implementation chart version : 1.0 function transmitted recognized remarks basic channel default changed 1-16 x 1-16 d 1-16 mode default messages altered x x **********...

  • Page 14: 3 – Mmc Bit-Map Commands

    14 tascam 2488 reference manual 3 – mmc bit-map commands bit-map array of mmc commands byte bit7 bit6 (40h) bit5 (20h) bit4 (10h) bit3 (08h) bit2 (04h) bit1 (02h) bit0 (01h) c0 – 0 (06) record strobe (05) rewind (04) fast forward (03) deferred play (02) play (01) stop (00) reserved c1 – 0 (0d) mmc r...

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    3 – mmc bit-map commands tascam 2488 reference manual 15 bit-map array of response/information field c15 – 0 (66) (65) (64) (63) (62) (61) (60) c16 – 0 (6d) (6c) (6b) (6a) (69) (68) (67) c17 – 0 (74) (73) (72) (71) (70) (6f) (6e) c18 – 0 (7b) (7a) (79) (78) (77) (76) (75) c19 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 (7f) re...

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    3 – mmc bit-map commands 16 tascam 2488 reference manual r8 – 0 (3b) (3a) (39) (38) (37) (36) (35) r9 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 (3f) (3e) (3d) (3c) r10 – 0 (46) selected timecode source (45) time standard (44) command error level (43) command error (42) response error (41) update rate (40) signature r11 – 0 (...

  • Page 17: 4 – Patterns and Drum Kits

    Tascam 2488 reference manual 17 4 – patterns and drum kits the following provides a brief description of the pat- terns available (see the section on “patterns” in the user’s guide for details) together with their default tempo and the drum kit used for each pattern (see “drum kits” on page 20). Pat...

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    4 – patterns and drum kits 18 tascam 2488 reference manual bld11 unplugged ballad1 75 brush bld12 unplugged ballad2 120 std latin bld13 aor ballad1 66 808 bld14 aor ballad2 65 std deep rev bld15 rock ballad1 60 room rock bld16 rock ballad2 125 std deep rev bld17 r&b ballad1 75 808 chorus bld18 r&b b...

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    4 – patterns and drum kits tascam 2488 reference manual 19 jaz05 cool jazz 120 std lo-fi jaz06 soul jazz 160 std jazz jaz07 swing jazz1 105 std jazz jaz08 swing jazz2 135 std jazz jaz09 latin jazz 130 std jazz jaz10 fast be-bop 130 std jazz jaz11 jazz waltz (6/8) 168 std disco jaz12 big band 128 std...

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    4 – patterns and drum kits 20 tascam 2488 reference manual drum kits displayed kit name description standard standard general purpose drum kit std hi pitch drum kit with snare tuned to a higher pitch std lo-fi drum kit filtered to give a low fidelity effect std latin kit tuned to work well with lati...

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    Tascam 2488 reference manual 21 5 – error and status messages the following is a list of error messages that may be displayed by the 2488, together with a note of their possible cause, and the actions you can take when they occur. In the messages, keys to be pressed are enclosed in brackets ( [enter...

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    5 – error and status messages 22 tascam 2488 reference manual 9 file too big to export. Choose another file for export. Press [exit]. The data selected for export to the fat partition is too big (there is not sufficient space on the fat partition). Press exit , use the usb open function to manage th...

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    5 – error and status messages tascam 2488 reference manual 23 17 no locate markers have been set. Use insert mark. Press [exit]. Because there are no locate markers currently set, a location command cannot be performed. Press exit , and use the insert or set loc key from the home screen to add some ...

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    5 – error and status messages 24 tascam 2488 reference manual 25 not enough room on hard disk for this operation. Press [exit]. No enough space on the hard disk to create the image file necessary to create a cd. Press exit and create space by deleting songs, etc.,( song->erase ) backing them up if n...

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    5 – error and status messages tascam 2488 reference manual 25 33 too many takes. Can’t continue recording press [exit]. The repeat auto-punch procedure can’t continue because more than 99 takes have been recorded. Press exit , stop recording, select the desired take from the list. Press enter and pr...

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    26 tascam 2488 reference manual notes.

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