User manual TASCAM 788 OPERATIONAL TUTORIAL

[. . . ] PN: 9101437700 PHONES REMOTE AUX OUTPUT MONITOR STEREO AUX INPUT 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 1 Table of Contents I) QuickStart - First Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 VIII) Tips & Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial · 8/2000 Edition Table of Contents 3 QuickStart - First Session INTRO & INITIAL SET-UP This section will walk you through your first recording session with the 788 to help you learn the basic operation of the recorder. Please be sure to read the other sections in this tutorial for deeper instruction on any particular feature. [. . . ] If you want more resolution, you can adjust to sub-frame accuracy using 10 sub frames to a frame. This yields a 1/300th of a second accuracy. Time locations can be fine adjusted to sub frame accuracy. Scroll to the subframe column, and adjust with the JOG/DATA wheel. The time display shows hours, minutes, seconds, frames, and sub-frames. One of these time denominations will be underlined; the one that is underlined can be adjusted by the JOG/DATA wheel. The other way to get to sub-frame accurate locate points is to use the JOG/DATA capabilities mentioned earlier in this section. You can enter the JOG/DATA mode by pressing STOP+PLAY together, then pressing the RIGHT CURSOR key until you are zoomed in at 32x aspect ratio. That scrubs at the sub-frame level. TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial · 8/2000 Edition Recording & Editing Functions 16 Recording & Editing Functions PUNCH IN/OUT & AUTO PUNCH One-Button Punch Punching in and out of record on the fly is commonly done to allow the performers the chance to fix just a small part of their performance. If you are playing, you can just press REC to go into record; pressing PLAY when recording punches out of record. Footswitch (TASCAM RC-30P) There is a 1/4" port on the back labeled REMOTE that can accept a TASCAM RC-30P for using a footswitch for punch in/out. Using your feet to engage and disengage record keeps your hands on your instrument, making punches on complex parts much easier and more reliable. Auto Punch Auto Punch allows you to have the 788 automatically do the punch in/out for you. This offers more precision on the punch location, plus it allows you to shift your focus back to being the musician, rather than focusing on being the engineer. Pressing the AUTO PUNCH button (just above F FWD) will show you the two modes of Auto-Punch: and . The only difference between them is what the 788 will use for the punch in and punch out points. - The 788 will punch in and out at the same points as the last recording made. So, you can manually perform the first punch in, then have the 788 perform the rest. - The 788 will use the time stored in the IN and OUT locate point registers. This allows you to fine tune these locate points, and you'll be able to punch in as tightly and precisely as needed. Once you've selected the Auto Punch mode, the LED above the AUTO PUNCH button should be lit. Pressing PLAY will allow you to practice the punch-in, without actually recording anything. Pressing PLAY and RECORD together will engage the 788 in Auto Punch and record the punch. Press STOP to finish your auto-punch session. (Continued) Section III The 788 will now let you audition your takes. [. . . ] Try recording different sounds in the 788, then scrubbing them at slow speeds. Heck, try it with the Slow Speed Audition too, perhaps it can add a mechanical quality to it. Or, slow the pitch way down then add the SSA feature to it after that!If you find something you really like, record it on an external recorder. [. . . ]