Tascam PORTASTUDIO 788 Tutorial
Summary of PORTASTUDIO 788
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Operational tutorial pn: 9101437700 edition date: 08/16/00 © 2000 teac/tascam, all rights reserved input a phones remote input d mic / guit input c r l input b aux input stereo monitor aux output.
Page 2: Table of Contents
Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition table of contents 1 table of contents quickstart - first session mixer functions mixer overview input section routing input & tracks eq section effects & aux sends inputs submixer track cue monitor section routing & scene libraries assign map bouncing...
Page 3: Quickstart - First Session
Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition quickstart - first session 3 section i quickstart - first session be lit. If the stereo led is not on, press select in the monitor section until it scrolls to the stereo led. To light the cue led, press cue in the monitor section. Name will appear. Pr...
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Quickstart - first session tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 4 section i quickstart - first session (continued) routing tracks to the main mixer when you're done with your recording, reassign the tracks to return in the main mixer section, not in the track cue section. (this gives you...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition quickstart - first session 5 section i quickstart - first session (continued) the term "bouncing tracks" means recording a mix of several other tracks. For instance, you can play back 6 tracks of drums, bass and guitar from the recorder, mix them to a...
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Quickstart - first session tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 6 section i quickstart - first session (continued) as we mentioned at the beginning of this section, this quickstart "first session" only scratches the surface of the potential of this recorder. There is deeper detail of the...
Page 7: Mixer Functions
Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition mixer functions 7 section ii mixer functions in this section: mixing overview input section routing input & tracks eq section effect & aux sends input submixer track cue monitor section routing library scene library assignment map bouncing tracks fade...
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Mixer functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 8 section ii mixer functions (continued) channel send & return (insert) the 788's effect processing can be used as a dynamic or multi-effect processing chain inserted on channels. When the effect is routed that way, the effect will be ...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition mixer functions 9 section ii mixer functions (continued) on vocals, perhaps 2khz will add an edge, 6khz might take some "honk" out of the sound, and 10khz will add an airy quality to the sound. A parametric eq goes a step beyond the sweepable eq by of...
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Mixer functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 10 section ii mixer functions (continued) the 788 has an track cue section available on board which will be used to monitor tracks from the recording section. The track cue does not feed the stereo fader at all, so you can't use it in ...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition mixer functions 11 section ii mixer functions (continued) the monitor section switches the track cue section on and off in the monitor output. As mentioned in the track cue section, the track cue mix does not appear in the stereo mix. This only turns ...
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Mixer functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 12 section ii mixer functions (continued) 8) when you're ready to bounce the tracks, press play+record. Keep in mind that if you make a mistake in the mixdown, you can punch in on the mixdown. For example, if you forget to bring down t...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition recording & editing functions 13 section iii recording & editing functions in this section: song menus basic recording functions locate points virtual tracks auto punch pre roll / post roll editing functions pitch control / ssa formatting hard drives ...
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Recording & editing functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 14 section iii recording & editing functions (continued) silk screened around the main transport keys are a couple of combination functions. Rtz - pressing stop and rew together functions as return to zero. That will brin...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition recording & editing functions 15 section iii recording & editing functions (continued) there are three locate points on the surface of the 788 labeled in, out, and to. These can be used as standard locate points, although these do have a specific appl...
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Recording & editing functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 16 section iii recording & editing functions (continued) the 788 will now let you audition your takes. Use the cursor keys to select which take you want to listen to, and press play. When you've decided on which one you w...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition recording & editing functions 17 section iii recording & editing functions (continued) (editing will be covered later in this section.) you can also use them to keep original tracks that were used to create submixes, which allows you to alter the subm...
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Recording & editing functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 18 section iii recording & editing functions (continued) the 788 has two different types of speed control: pitch control and ssa. Pitch control simulates a tape machine's pitch adjustment, which will alter the speed and p...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition recording & editing functions 19 section iii recording & editing functions (continued) the pitch/ssa led (just above the pitch/ssa button) will remain illuminated whenever one of those two functions is engaged. The function can be turned on and off si...
Page 20: Built-In Effect Processing
Built-in effect processing tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 20 routing effects section iv built-in effect processing associating effect 1 to an input: when effect 1 is being used as a multi-effect processor, it is assigned to an insert on a channel on the main mixer. If you are recor...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition built-in effect processing 21 section iv built-in effect processing (continued) is where you go to store an effect. To navigate this window, use the jog/data wheel or the up and down cursor keys to scroll through the list, and use the left and right c...
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Built-in effect processing tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 22 section iv built-in effect processing (continued) effect 1 multi-effect processor compressor - distortion - gate - flanger - reverb compressor - distortion - gate - flanger - delay compressor - distortion - gate - exciter...
Page 23: Assigning Names
Tascam 788 operational 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 standardized for ease of use. Upper and lower case letters, numbers, a wide variety of p...
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Assigning names tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 24 section v assigning names (continued) once you're done with the name, press enter/yes to save it. If you've changed your mind and don't want to change the name, press exit/no at anytime to get out of the naming screen without saving...
Page 25: Midi Functions
Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition midi functions 25 section vi midi functions in this section: midi clock & tempo maps mtc (midi time code) generate/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 m...
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Midi functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 26 section vi midi functions (continued) setting the 788 to generate midi time code the 788 needs to be set to generate midi time code. To make that setting: 1) press menu. 2) select with the jog/data dial and press enter/yes. 3) select...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition midi functions 27 section vi midi functions (continued) internal metronome overview the 788 has a built-in metronome function capable of generating its own beeps. If desired, the metronome can send midi note messages to an external midi sound module t...
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Midi functions tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 28 section vi midi functions (continued) the last function is which determines whether mixer parameters can be affected with midi controller messages. In any setting, the 788 will not broadcast any of these events, it will only receive ...
Page 29: Trouble-Shooting
Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition troubleshooting 29 section vii trouble-shooting next, check the screen. To get to it, press menu, select , and choose . Under the tab, make sure the is set either to or . ( is if you are triggering an external sound module for metronome tones. Is if y...
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Troubleshooting tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 30 section vii troubleshooting (continued) read or . If it shows , then change it to or .) make sure that the send level and master send levels are turned up. Lastly, check to make sure the effect processor output is set high enough. P...
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Tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition troubleshooting 31 section vii troubleshooting (continued) the 788 doesn’t play when i hit play. Press home/esc, and check to see if time is rolling. If time is rolling, you’re probably in a quiet part of the song. Go to a section of the song where so...
Page 32: Tips & Tricks
Tips & tricks tascam 788 operational tutorial • 8/2000 edition 32 tips and tricks section viii tips & tricks are using the effect 1 as an insert processor, the first aux send doesn't feed anything. You may want to bring the send out of the 788 so you can process it with an external effect processor....
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