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Tascam 2488MKII User's Manual

1. 37 Saving scenes 38 Matching the physical faders with internal fader values 38 6 Effects 39 Settings insert effect modes 39 Mic effects 39 TASCAM 2488MKII Contents Assigning mic effects 39 Selecting mic effects 40 Editing mic effects 40 Multi effect 41 Assigning the multi effect 41 Editing the multi effect 41 Using the multi effect library 41 Saving multi effect settings 42 Single effect 42 Saving single effects 42 Tuner 43 7 Recorder 44 First steps in recording song management 44 Creating a song 44 Loading a song 44 Saving a song 45 Reverting to the previously saved version of a song
2. 59 Track editing functions 59 COPY PASTE 60 COPY FROM TO 60 COPY INSERT 61 MOVE PASTE 61 MOVE INSERT 62 OPEN 62 CUT 62 SILENCE 63 CLONE TRACK 63 CLEAN OUT 63 UNDO and REDO 64 Undoing and redoing actions 64 An undo redo example 65 Virtual tracks 66 Varispeed operations pitch and SSA 68 Pitch 68 SSA Slow Speed Audition 68 8 Mastering and CD recorder 69 Pre mastering 69 Recording the master track 69 Exiting pre mastering mode 69 Checking the master 70 Exiting master check mode
3. 51 Editing the active mark 52 Skip between marks 52 Using the mark list 53 Locating using the list 53 Titling using the list 53 Erasing marks using the list 53 Direct location 54 Direct location i 54 Direct location ii 54 Repeat 55 Setting the repeat interval 55 Auto punch operations 55 Setting the punch points 56 Checking the punch points 56 Rehearsing the punch 56 Recording the punch 57 Checking the take 57 After finishing the punch 57 If you change your mind 57 Bouncing tracks 58 Making a bounce mix 58 About track editing 58 IN OUT TO and FROM 59 Entering the edit mode
4. 70 Trimming the master 70 Copying the master track 70 Creating an audio CD 71 Creating an audio CD using TAO 71 Finalizing the disc 72 Creating an audio CD using DAO 72 Creating an audio CD using Live Writer 73 Playing CDs 74 CD RW erase 74 CD EJECT 74 9 Reformatting 75 Reformatting the entire hard disk 75 Contents TASCAM 2488MKII Reformatting TASCAM partitions 76 Reformatting the FAT partition 76 10 File import export 77 USB mode 77 Opening the USB connection 77 Closing the USB connection 77 USB import mono WAV files 78 USB import stereo WAV files 78 USB import SMF files 79 USB export virtual tracks 80 Exporting master tracks 81 Importing from CD mono WAV files 81 Exporting to CD virtual tracks 82 11 Backup and restoration 83 Backup
5. 21 Routing section 22 Other keys 22 Front panel 22 Rear panel 23 4 Recording 24 Setting up your first song 24 New song 24 Setting the tempo 25 Making the first recording 26 Recording the guitar 26 Lead line 28 5 Mixer 29 Inputs and assignments 29 Assignment to a stereo track 29 Digital input assignment 29 Checking assignments 30 Breaking assignments 30 Saving and loading assignments QUICK ROUTING 30 Channel functions 31 Track channels and input channels 31 EQ 31 Digital pad gain 31 EQ 31 Effect
6. 83 Restoring from CD 84 Using USB for backup and restore 84 Backing up 85 Restoring 86 12 Tempo and MIDI 87 Metronome 87 Using the metronome 87 In FREE mode 87 In REC mode or REC amp PLAY mode 88 Tempo map 88 Setting the tempo 88 Time signature setting 88 MIDI synchronization 89 MIDI clock 89 SMF playback 90 MIDI remote control 91 MMC MODE 91 MMC Device ID 91 REMOTE CONTROL 91 13 General preferences 92 Global preferences 92 Key sense time 92 Meter peak hold mode 92 Meter release time
7. 30 4 30 0 29 6 29 2 28 8 28 4 28 0 27 6 27 2 26 8 26 4 26 0 25 6 25 2 24 8 24 4 24 0 23 6 23 2 22 8 22 4 22 0 21 6 21 2 20 8 20 4 20 0 19 6 19 2 18 8 18 4 18 0 17 6 17 2 16 8 16 4 16 0 15 6 15 2 14 8 14 4 14 0 13 6 13 2 12 8 12 4 12 0 11 6 11 2 10 8 10 4 10 0 9 6 9 2 8 8 8 4 8 0 7 6 7 2 6 8 6 4 6 0 5 6 5 2 4 8 4 4 4 0 3 6 3 2 2 8 2 4 2 0 1 6 1 2 0 8 0 4 0 0 dB 00 01 Ratio 0 100 0 100 00 02 Attack 0 100 0 100 00 08 Release 0 100 0 100 00 03 Post Gain 0 100 0 100 De esser DSR 00 04 Frequency 0 20 1 00 1 07 1 15 1 23 1 32 1 41 1 52 1 62 1 74 1 87 2 00 2 14 2 30 2 46 2 64 2 83 3 03 3 25 3 48 3 73 4 00 kHz 00 05 Depth 0 100 0 100 Exciter EXC 00 06 Frequency 0 20 1 00 1 07 1 15 1 23 1 32 1 41 1 52 1 62 1 74 1 87 2 00 2 14 2 30 2 46 2 64 2 83 3 03 3 25 3 48 3 73 4 00 kHz 00 07 Depth 0 100 0 100 Noise suppressor 00 09 Threshold 0 100 84 0 83 4 82 8 82 2 81 6 81 0 80 4 79 8 79 2 78 6 78 0 77 4 76 8 76 2 75 6 75
8. 92 Shift key behavior 92 Mixer preferences 92 Fader matching 92 Digital input channel selection 93 Recorder preferences 93 User words 93 14 Specifications etc 94 Block diagram 94 Level diagram 95 Specifications 96 Audio connections 96 Audio performance 96 Physical specifications etc 97 Dimensional drawing 97 Appendix 98 MIDI Control Program change message 98 Mixer Control Change parameters 98 Effect parameter change MIDI messages 99 Example effect parameter change 99 Mic effects 100 Stereo dynamics processor 101 Single effect 101 Multi effect 102 MIDI Program Change messages 105 Scene memory Program Change messag
9. You can also open the disc drive by pushing the eject button To erase a CD RW disc created on the 2488MKII you must use this function You cannot erase such a disc on any other equipment Also note that you must erase the whole disc You cannot erase individual data files or songs on an audio disc This operation cannot be undone Once the data is erased from the disc it cannot be recovered from the disc Make sure you have copies of any data you might want in the future 1 Insert the CD RW disc to be erased into the drive use the drive eject key or the tray open close func tion described below to do this 2 With the transport stopped from the DISK menu highlight CD RW ERASE and press YES ENTER A pop up confirmation message appears Press YES ENTER to erase the disc Alternatively press NO EXIT to cancel the operation 3 After the disc has been erased the drive tray opens automatically CD RW erase If an audio CD either finalized or unfinalized is inserted into the 2488MKII s CD RW drive the 2488MKII can play it back The sound is output through the MONITOR and PHONES jacks The only control over the sound from the 2488MKII is through the MONITOR control knob All other mixer controls are disabled 1 Make sure the 2488MKII is in normal mode not master check or pre mastering mode On the AUDIO CD menu move the cursor to CD PLAYER and press YES ENTER The screen shows Whether the disc i
10. 45 Erasing a song 45 Copying songs 46 Erasing unneeded audio data from songs 46 Protecting a song 47 Transport controls 47 Setting the playback position 47 Return to zero RTZ 47 Last Recording Position LRP 47 Jog positioning 48 Fast forward and rewind 49 Skipping to marks 49 Recording 49 PUNCH recording 49 Hands free recording 50 Undo recordings 50 Rehearsing recording 50 IN OUT TO and FROM points 50 Setting the IN OUT TO and FROM points 50 Locating to the points 50 Editing the IN OUT TO and FROM points 51 Mark functions 51 Inserting marks 51 Active marks 51 Giving a title to the active mark 51 Deleting the active mark
11. or all the tracks 1 24 Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder UNDO and REDO Undoing and redoing actions 1 Press the UNDO REDO key and a list of the opera tions that you have done since the start of the song is shown on screen The first action START UP at the bottom of the display is numbered 0 and all the actions after this above this are then numbered in order 2 Use the dial to scroll to the step to which you want to go back 3 Press YES ENTER to return to the point in your work just before you made your mistake You can also redo an action that you have undone in exactly the same way T I P As well as using the dial to scroll through the list you can also use the UNDO REDO key to position the cursor automatically at the event before or after the current event If you press the UNDO key unshifted the cursor moves to the event immediately before the current event Press YES ENTER to undo the last event If you press REDO UNDO when the SHIFT indicator is lit the cursor moves to the event immediately following the current event i e the last action that has been undone Press the YES ENTER key to redo this action NOTE Recording track editing or any other operation after an undo or redo operation clears the list of redoable actions i e those actions which have been undone Unlike a tape recorder but like most wor
12. s pan position to the center In the case of linked channels the pan position both of the highlighted channel and the channel to which it is linked will be centered Faders The on screen track channel faders are for display only The input channel faders adjust the levels of the signals sent to the sub mix bus Select then with the cursor and use the JOG DATA dial to set them The minimum fader value as shown on screen is 0 full cut and the full level is 127 A level of 100 corresponds to the unity gain position of 0 dB In the initial preference settings the positions of the physi cal faders on the top panel and the actual fader levels internal fader values always correspond but different fader matching settings may cause the positions and actual values to differ In this case the next to the fader icon on screen shows the internal fader position when the internal fader and physical fader values are equal no appears See Scene recall on page 37 and Fader matching on page 37 for details Fader pan TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer The MUTE keys for each channel also serve as solo keys see Soloing and toggle on page 37 When a channel s MUTE key is pressed when soloing is not active the orange indicator lights and the sound from that channel is not sent to the stereo bus The channel s recording source is also muted Mute Like the ordinary channels the stereo bu
13. 100 50 0 50 00 17 Mix Level 0 100 0 100 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Tremolo TRM 00 15 Speed 1 100 0 1 10 0 Hz 00 16 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 17 Shape 0 100 0 100 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Vibrato VIB 00 15 Speed 1 100 0 1 10 0 Hz 00 16 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 17 reserved 0 100 0 100 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 10 Effect chain Effect NRPN Parameter Values 4 Wah WAH 00 15 Attack 1 100 0 1 10 0 Hz 00 16 Sense 0 100 0 100 00 17 reserved 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On 5 Delay DLY 00 20 Time 0 1000 0 1000 ms 00 21 Feedback 0 100 0 100 00 22 Hi Damp 0 100 0 100 00 23 Mix Level 0 100 0 100 00 24 Type 0 6 OFF Normal Pan Stereo FB Mod Gate Reverse 00 20 Time L 0 1000 ms If type is Stereo only 00 26 Time R 0 1000 0 1000 ms If type is Stereo only 00 21 Feedback L 0 100 0 100 If type is Stereo only 00 27 Feedback R 0 100 0 100 If type is Stereo only 00 28 Threshold 0 100 0 100 If type is Gate only MIDI Program Change messages The 2488MKII can accept Program Change messages to select an effect and to change scenes
14. Before a Program Change message is sent for changing an effect a Bank Select message must be sent to select whether an effect will be selected from the preset bank or from the user bank of memories In each case bank 0 corresponds to the preset memories and bank 1 to the user bank Send the Bank Select messages CC 0 on MIDI channels 1 through 8 for mic effects see below MIDI channel 9 for stereo dynamics channel 10 for the single effect and chan nel 11 for the multi effect When selecting a mic effect a Bank Select message should first be sent on channel 14 to select the group of eight channels or inputs out of which the channel is selected Bank 0 Mixer channels 1 though 8 Bank 1 Mixer channels 9 through 16 Bank 2 Mixer channels 17 through 24 Bank 3 Inputs A through H The Program Change messages that are then valid are as follows see the tables following for details of the preset values the user messages correspond to the entry number in the library Mic effects preset Program Change 0 to 3 Mic effects user Program Change 0 to 99 maximum Stereo dynamics effect preset Program Change 0 to 1 Stereo dynamics effect user Program Change 0 to 99 maximum Single effect preset Program Change 0 to 6 Single effect user Program Change 0 to 99 maximum Multi effect preset Program Change 0 to 31 Multi effect user Program Change 0 to 99 maximum Scene memory Program Change messages These are tra
15. Before using this unit please read and understand the fundamental principles explained in this section This unit records audio data and other song information on an 80GB internal hard disk that is divided into multiple partitions The so called FAT partition is an 8GB parti tion in FAT 32 format dedicated to file exchange This partition is used to exchange files between the unit and a computer connected by USB and cannot be used for recording or playback This partition can only be accessed when using a USB connection for backup and restoration operations WAV file import and export and SMF import The rest of the hard disk is divided into multiple partitions for storing songs Since these partitions use TASCAM s own format they are named TASCAM partitions The sizes of these partitions are set when they are created The maximum number of TASCAM partitions is four see Reformatting TASCAM partitions on page 76 Choose the partition that you want to work in by using the SELECT item in the DISK menu The selected partition is the active partition Only one partition can be active at a time Inactive partitions cannot be accessed until you make them active Hard disk and partitions Selecting the active partition Select a partition using these procedures 1 With the transport stopped press the MENU key The MENU screen appears You should always use the SHUT DOWN key before turn ing off the 248
16. Threshold 0 32 32 0 dB 00 01 Ratio 0 14 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 7 1 2 0 1 2 5 1 3 0 1 3 5 1 4 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 8 0 1 16 1 1 00 02 Attack 1 100 2 200 msec 00 03 Release 1 100 10 1000 msec 00 04 Post Gain 0 32 0 32 dB 00 05 Switch 0 1 Off On Expander EXP 00 00 Threshold 0 32 32 0 dB 00 01 Ratio 0 14 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 7 1 2 0 1 2 5 1 3 0 1 3 5 1 4 0 1 5 0 1 6 0 1 8 0 1 16 1 32 00 02 Attack 1 100 2 200 msec 00 03 Release 1 100 10 1000 msec 00 04 reserved 00 05 Switch 0 1 Off On 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 Single effect Effect NRPN Parameter Values Reverb REV 00 00 Room Type 0 3 Hall Room Live Studio 00 01 Pre Delay 0 250 0 250 msec 00 02 Rev Time 1 100 0 1 10 0 sec 00 08 Diffusion 0 100 0 100 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 Delay DLY 00 00 Type 0 2 Normal Pan Multi 00 01 Pre Delay 0 1000 0 1000 msec 00 02 FB Delay 0 1000 0 1000 msec 00 03 Feedback 0 100 0 100 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 Chorus CHO 00 00 Rate 1 100 0 1 10 0 Hz
17. and places it on the chosen track or tracks inserting it as new material starting at the TO point OUT IN TO OUT IN TO The original source is left unchanged The insert operation adds the copy source audio material after the TO point Nothing is overwritten on the destina tion as any existing material following the TO point is moved to the end of the newly inserted section The desti nation is longer than it was before the operation You can copy the section more than once in one operation You can change the following values Src Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is copied Choose 1 through 24 to select an individual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 24 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks into which the selected section is inserted What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 24 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 24 then 1 24 is the only option available to you here Times This is the number of times that the selected section is inserted end to end in the destination track or tracks You can set this value from 1 to 99 Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen This func
18. press YES ENTER A pop up asks if you are sure Use the YES ENTER key to proceed with writing the CD or the NO EXIT key to cancel the operation 13 When you press YES ENTER a disk image is made of each song in turn which is then written to the CD CD writing begins The disc is finalized after writing is finished CAUTION DO NOT TURN OFF the 2488MKII while this writing operation is taking place You will almost certainly spoil the disc and may corrupt the song data NOTE During writing the CD RW drive s eject button does not operate You can only eject the disc after writing has finished If you use a CD RW disc it may not be playable in audio CD players that are not designed to handle CD RW discs When you want to make a CD of multiple pieces that have been recorded continuously for example a live perfor mance recorded without break the 2488MKII allows you to split a single song into several CD tracks In this kind of situation the Live Writer function uses the marks placed in a song to split a master track into CD tracks when writing a disc NOTE With this function the disc is automatically finalized and you cannot add further tracks to the CD after it has been made To make a CD from the currently loaded song using the Live Writer function 1 Insert marks into a song with a recorded master track at the points where the CD track splits are to occur Track lengths must be at least 4 seconds so there
19. 0 74 4 73 8 73 2 72 6 72 0 71 4 70 8 70 2 69 6 69 0 68 4 67 8 67 2 66 6 66 0 65 4 64 8 64 2 63 6 63 0 62 4 61 8 61 2 60 6 60 0 59 4 58 8 58 2 57 6 57 0 56 4 55 8 55 2 54 6 54 0 53 4 52 8 52 2 51 6 51 0 50 4 49 8 49 2 48 6 48 0 47 4 46 8 46 2 45 6 45 0 44 4 43 8 43 2 42 6 42 0 41 4 40 8 40 2 39 6 39 0 38 4 37 8 37 2 36 6 36 0 35 4 34 8 34 2 33 6 33 0 32 4 31 8 31 2 30 6 30 0 29 4 28 8 28 2 27 6 27 0 26 4 25 8 25 2 24 6 24 0 dB 00 10 Suppress 0 100 0 100 00 11 Attack 0 100 0 100 00 12 Release 0 100 0 100 Mic effects Mic effects are controlled by channels 1 through 8 see Effect parameter change MIDI message on page 99 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 exciter or noise suppressor Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 101 Stereo dynamics processor The dynamics processor inserted at the stereo master bus can be either a compressor or an expander Use MIDI channel 9 to control this processor Effect NRPN Parameter Values Compressor CMP 00 00
20. 1 through 12 and 13 through 24 Checking assignments Recording bounce and mixdown routing assignment settings can all be saved for easy setup to match your recording system and environment 1 Press the QUICK ROUTING key to bring up the screen shown here 2 Use the dial or cursor keys to select the settings to be loaded or the destination for the current routing assignment settings 3 Use the cursor keys to select LOAD or SAVE 4 Press YES ENTER The routing assignments are either stored or loaded The home screen briefly shows Save routing or Load routing NOTE When bounce routing settings BOUNCE are loaded 2488MKII automatically enters bounce mode Saving and loading assignments QUICK ROUTING TASCAM 2488MKII 1 5 Mixer In this section we explain the channel functions of the 2488MKII s mixer The recorder track channels 1 24 and input channels have similar functions so we explain them together as channel functions Stereo bus functions are explained on page 33 Channel functions EQ Press the EQ key to display the EQ screen for the current channel To change the channel press the INPUT key or SELECT key of the desired channel Digital pad gain Press the channel s SELECT key followed by the EQ key this order can be reversed Use the cursor keys to navi gate to the PAD GAIN area and set the value to between 42 and 6 dB This is usually set at 0 dB but when b
21. 100 00 06 Tone 0 100 0 100 00 07 Level 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 58 8 58 4 58 0 57 6 57 2 56 8 56 4 56 0 55 6 55 2 54 8 54 4 54 0 53 6 53 2 52 8 52 4 52 0 51 6 51 2 50 8 50 4 50 0 49 6 49 2 48 8 48 4 48 0 47 6 47 2 46 8 46 4 46 0 45 6 45 2 44 8 44 4 44 0 43 6 43 2 42 8 42 4 42 0 41 6 41 2 40 8 40 4 40 0 39 6 39 2 38 8 38 4 38 0 37 6 37 2 36 8 36 4 36 0 35 6 35 2 34 8 34 4 34 0 33 6 33 2 32 8 32 4 32 0 31 6 31 2 30 8 30 4 30 0 29 6 29 2 28 8 28 4 28 0 27 6 27 2 26 8 26 4 26 0 25 6 25 2 24 8 24 4 24 0 23 6 23 2 22 8 22 4 22 0 21 6 21 2 20 8 20 4 20 0 dB 00 06 Ratio 0 100 0 100 00 07 Level 0 100 0 100 00 08 Attack 0 100 0 100 00 25 Release 0 100 0 100 00 09 Switch 0 1 Off On 3 Amp simulator AMP 00 10 Pre Gain 0 100 0 100 00 11 Tone 0 20 0 12 0 14 0 16 0 18 0 20 0 22 0 25 0 28 0 31 0 35 0 39 0 44 0 49 0 55 0 62
22. ALL MMC commands are sent and received between masters and slaves with the same device IDs but when ALL is selected MMC commands are sent and received for all IDs NOTE MMC is used for remote transport control of MMC equipped devices while MTC MIDI Time Code is used to synchronize MTC equipped devices Note that the MMC mode and MMC device ID are not related to mixer and effect remote control REMOTE CONTROL When PROGRAM CHANGE SCENE is ON received Program Change messages change scenes on the 2488MKII When PROGRAM CHANGE EFF is ON received Program Change mes sages change the 2488MKII effects When CONTROL CHANGE is ON received Control Change messages control the 2488MKII s mixer and effect parameters TASCAM 2488MKII There are four sets of general preferences that you can make in order to customize the 2488MKII to your working style Access all of these through the PREFERENCE menu Global preferences These all affect the overall operation of the 2488MKII Key sense time Some of the keys on the unit have two different functions depending on whether they are pressed and released in a short space of time or whether they are pressed and held down for a longer period The pitch control is a good example of this If the PITCH SSA key is pressed and released briefly the pitch control is turned on If it is pressed and held for the time set here a screen appears allowing you to make the settings
23. Because SSA mode is selected the following functions cannot take place MTC slave opera tions jog and trim functions recording includ ing auto punch and digital input Press NO EXIT and cancel the SSA mode PITCH SSA key before proceeding with the operation that produced this message Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 11 No Message Meaning Action 27 Time between IN and OUT is too short Re set the points Press EXIT Repeat playback or auto punch operations cannot be carried out because the time between the IN and OUT locate markers is too short Press NO EXIT and re enter or edit the IN and OUT points so that the time between them is longer before attempting the operation again 28 Too many locate markers Use DELETE MARK to delete some markers Press EXIT More than 999 markers have been set in the song and so a new marker cannot be entered Press NO EXIT and use the DELETE key from the home screen to delete some of the unwanted marks 29 Too many songs to continue with this operation Press ENTER Copying a song has failed because there are too many songs already on the selected or target partition Press ENTER Back up any songs you want to keep and then use the ERASE menu item from the SONG menu to erase unwanted songs or songs you have backed up before proceeding with the song copy deleting songs cannot be undone 30 Too many songs Use SONG ERASE to delete songs you
24. ENTER SOURCE can be INTERNAL the 2488MKII acts as the master unit or EXTERNAL the 2488MKII takes its synchronization from another unit FRAME TYPE refers to the format of the MTC sent and received by the 2488MKII This can be either 24 film 25 EBU TV 29D 29 fps drop frame used with NTSC color 29ND 29fps non drop also used with NTSC color or 30 NTSTC monochrome and often used for audio only work OFFSET allows you to select the offset of the 2488MKII relative to the incoming time code outgoing time code is always the same as the absolute position For example your song always starts at the all zeroes position but if you are dubbing it onto video at 30 minutes into the video you should have an offset of 30 minutes set here GENERATOR can be OFF MTC or CLOCK OFF and MTC explain themselves See below for an explanation of the CLOCK setting T I P Timecode including MTC does not include any infor mation about bars and beats or tempo MIDI Clock does not contain any information about the absolute time at which events take place MIDI clock MIDI Clock and associated MIDI commands Start Stop Song Position Pointer etc can be transmitted from the 2488MKII when it is in INTERNAL mode and the GENERATOR parameter is set to CLOCK In this setting the 2488MKII can be used to control an external sequencers drum machines etc whose audio outputs are fed to the 2488MKII NOTE Remem
25. FADER NULL screen is only for matching physical faders with internal fader positions While this screen is open moving the physical faders will not change the actual fader levels internal fader values and the fader matching mode has no effect Save your current settings scene to the library using the following procedures 1 Press the SCENE key to open the scene library screen 2 Use the cursor key to select SAVE 3 Use the JOG DATA dial to select the destination for saving If you choose a destination that already contains scene data you will overwrite it To create new scene data select New Scene 4 If you selected New Scene press the SHIFT key and press the MENU TITLE key to open the title input pop up screen where you can input the scene name see Titling on page 15 5 Press the YES ENTER key to save the current scene Saving scenes TASCAM 2488MKII This chapter explains the built in insert effects that can be applied to individual mic and guitar inputs and the mixdown mastering effects single effect In addition to insert effects and single effects this unit also has a built in dynamics processor for the stereo bus Please see Stereo dynamics on page 34 for more information Depending on the mode insert effects can be used as either four mic effects and one multi effect guitar effect or as eight mic effects Single effects can be used for internal effect loops see Ef
26. FAT partition before connecting the 2488MKII to the com puter and copying the file 1 With the transport stopped press MENU to open the MENU screen 2 Select the WAVE IN OUT and press YES ENTER The WAVE IN OUT menu screen appears 3 When USB EXPORT appears in inverse press the YES ENTER A list of virtual tracks with recorded audio data appears 4 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select the virtual track for export and press the INSERT key to put a check mark next to its name You can export many virtual tracks at the same time by checking multiple virtual tracks for export If you accidentally place a check mark next to a virtual track that you do not want to export press the DELETE key to remove the check mark 5 After selecting the virtual tracks for export press the YES ENTER key A pop up message appears 6 Select the final bit depth RESOLUTION of the exported files 16 or 24 bits The file size of the exported data changes according to the bit depth 7 Press the YES ENTER key The audio data on the virtual track is converted to a WAV file and copied to the FAT partition Press the NO EXIT key to cancel export 8 With the transport stopped connect the 2488MKII and a computer using USB see Opening the USB connection on page 77 9 Use the computer to copy the files from the 2488MKII to the computer s hard disk 10 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer see Closin
27. For USA 1 Introductions 8 Supplied accessories 8 Use with a personal computer 8 About this User s Manual 9 Manual conventions 9 Precautions and notes for placement and use 10 Handling of compact discs 10 Beware of condensation 10 Never use a stabilizer or printable discs 10 About CD R and CD RW discs 11 About finalizing 11 2 Setting up and basic knowledge 12 Setting up the 2488MKII 12 Shutdown 13 Basic knowledge 13 Hard disk and partitions 13 Selecting the active partition 13 Songs 14 Screen 14 Menu screen 14 Home screen 14 Direct access screens 15 Some general notes on using the 2488MKII 15 Navigation 15 YES ENTER k
28. OS X 10 2 or later NOTE If you are using Mac OS 9 0x or 9 1x we recommend upgrading to OS 9 2 or later Drivers are unnecessary The unit will appear as a removable disc 1 Introductions TASCAM 2488MKII 1 Introductions This User s Manual is comprised of the following chapters 1 Introductions page 8 In addition to an overview of the unit and information about CD R CD RW discs and other features this chapter explains the structure of this User s Guide and describes the conventions used in it This chapter also includes important notices about copyright and liability 2 Setting up and basic knowledge page 12 Read this chapter before operation This explains setup startup shutdown and other basic knowledge necessary to use the unit 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII page 17 This chapter explains the functions of the control keys and knobs on the top panel of this unit the connection jacks and other parts 4 Recording page 24 The example in this chapter explains the basic functions needed to use the 2488MKII to make recordings 5 Mixer page 29 This chapter explains the 2488MKII s extensive mixer functions including input assignment EQ and effect sends as well as scene memory and other functions that are useful in regular operation 6 Effects page 39 This 2488MKII includes three types of digital effects mic insert effects guitar insert effects and a
29. PRESET or the user setting USER The PRESET category contains factory preset settings while USER can be used to save and recall custom settings 4 Use the dial to select library entries 5 Press YES ENTER to load the entry The STEREO DYNAMICS screen reappears and the selected preset parameters appear 6 Use the cursor keys and dial to select and adjust the parameters for the effect Note that the last param eter is an on off switch When set to off the dynam ics processor is bypassed Stereo dynamics TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer A pair of tracks can be routed for direct output through the analog STEREO OUT jacks and the DIGITAL OUT While the above screen is shown if you use the JOG DATA dial to select linked or paired tracks 1 2 23 24 the track signal bypasses the mixer and stereo faders and is output directly from the STEREO OUT jacks Usually this func tion is OFF NOTE The direct output signal is a track playback signal that does not pass through the mixer channel EQ insert effects the channel fader and the stereo fader all become ineffective Direct output Sub mixer The 2488MKII sub mixer facility allows you to add up to eight more inputs usually on mixdown to the twenty four tracks already recorded These could be inputs from a multi timbral MIDI device synchronized using MIDI clock information from the 2488MKII driving a sequencer The eight inputs from A through H are pressed into
30. Press the MENU key and the MENU screen appears Use the cursor keys or the JOG DATA dial to select SONG and press YES ENTER 2 In the SONG menu use the cursor keys or the JOG DATA dial to select CREATE and press YES ENTER 3 In the CREATE screen press the SHIFT key fol lowed by the TITLE key to enter titling mode 4 Use the dial and the cursor keys to give the song a name up to 12 characters in length see Titling on page 15 Press YES ENTER when you are done After confirming the song title the CREATE screen reappears 5 On the CREATE screen press YES ENTER New song 4 Recording TASCAM 2488MKII 4 Recording The 2488MKII has an internal metronome that can play a click according to the metronome settings or tempo map settings The initial setting is a simple metronome mode free metronome mode Use the following procedures to set the metronome to 2 4 time with a tempo of 100 1 Press and hold the CLICK key The CLICK indica tor lights orange and the FREE METRONOME screen appears 2 Use the cursor keys or JOG DATA dial to make the settings below TEMPO 100 TIME SIG 2 4 3 Press the HOME key to return to the home screen Setting the tempo TASCAM 2488MKII 4 Recording We assume that you re recording the rhythm guitar to start with and that you will be recording it on track 1 Note that inputs on the 2488MKII are lettered from A through H Tracks are numbered
31. Using USB for backup and restore Restoring from CD If you ever need to restore your data from a data backup CD or CDs you basically reverse the process Before you start restoring a song make sure that you have all the discs that were used to back up the song If some of the discs are missing you will not be able to restore the song you cannot load half a song 1 Put the first or only if there is only one disc of the backup set into the CD RW drive 2 With the transport stopped press the MENU key From the DATA BACKUP menu select CD RESTORE The 2488MKII reads the title of the song from the disc and asks you if you want to continue 3 Press YES ENTER to continue NO EXIT to eject the disc and cancel the operation 4 If you go ahead with the restore the 2488MKII copies the data from the disc to the active disk par tition A bar graph on screen shows the progress 5 If the backup is spanning more than one disc when the first disc has been read it is ejected and a mes sage asks you to put in the next disc Insert the next disc and press YES ENTER To cancel restoration press the NO EXIT key instead of the YES ENTER key You cannot cancel a restoration once it has started If you insert the wrong disc out of sequence or from a dif ferent backup set the 2488MKII ejects the bad disc and asks you again for the correct one If you really cannot find the right disc you must press NO EXIT to cancel the
32. YES ENTER key to open the DISK menu 4 Select USB OPEN CLOSE and press the YES ENTER key When the confirmation pop up screen opens press YES ENTER again The 2488MKII saves unsaved data and then a pop up screen saying USB OPEN appears 5 While the pop up screen is visible on the 2488MKII the 2488MKII should be recognized as a removable disc by the connected computer While connected in this way all the 2488MKII controls are disabled 10 File import export TASCAM 2488MKII 10 File import export When importing mono WAV files from a computer they are first stored on the FAT partition see Hard disk and partitions on page 13 1 With the transport stopped connect the 2488MKII and a computer using USB see Opening the USB connection on page 77 2 Drag and drop mono WAV files from your comput er s disk to the WAVE folder on the 2488MKII s FAT partition 3 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 77 Use the following procedures to copy files from the FAT partition to virtual tracks 4 With the transport stopped press MENU The MENU screen appears 5 Select the WAVE IN OUT and press YES ENTER The WAVE IN OUT menu screen appears 6 Select the USB IMPORT and press YES ENTER 7 Use the dial or the cursors to select the wave file that you want to use Press YES ENTER 8 Now you can select the virtual track to which the
33. a popup message appears briefly if you try and you must press NO EXIT to dismiss the message 1 To delete the active mark press the DELETE key You do not have to confirm the deletion but the words Clear mark appear briefly on the display 2 When the active mark has been deleted the mark immediately before the active mark if there is one becomes the active mark and its title is shown on screen NOTE You cannot undo a mark deletion T I P You can erase marks freely using the MARK LIST screen see Using the mark list on page 53 To insert a mark point at the current position press the INSERT key during playback recording or when the trans port is stopped to register a mark point at the current position Marks cannot be inserted however while fast forwarding or rewinding New marks are numbered sequentially in the order that they are recorded The mark title appears on the home screen under the time line to the right Inserting marks Mark functions In addition to the IN OUT TO and FROM points used for auto punch and editing up to 999 marks can be set for every song These can be inserted deleted named and edited freely and they are stored with the song allowing you to return at any time to a part of the song which you have marked as needing attention Editing the IN OUT TO and FROM points When the points have been set it may be necessary to trim them or to slip them backward
34. and listen to the recorded sound To re record press the REC key for track 1 again and repeat from step 9 TASCAM 2488MKII 4 Recording Now we can record the lead guitar line We will add an effect to the lead guitar to make it sound a little more interesting T I P You can also perform audio edits cutting copying and pasting between tracks etc to correct small mis takes These operations are explained in Track edit ing function on page 59 1 Press the channel 2 SELECT key while pressing and holding the INPUT H key to assign guitar input H to track 2 2 Press the REC key for track 2 to arm that track for recording The REC key starts to flash showing that it is ready to record 3 Set fader 2 to the standard position 0 4 Start song playback and use fader 1 to adjust the level of the previously recorded track 5 Press and hold the MULTI key and press the INPUT H key to assign the multi effect to the guitar input H 6 Press the MULTI key again to bring up the MULTI EFFECT screen 7 Press YES ENTER to show the library choices move the cursor to PRESET to select the preset multi effect library Use the dial to select the preset multi effect See Using the multi effect library on page 41 to learn more about using the effects Press the YES ENTER key to load the multi effect 8 Press and hold the RECORD key and then press the PLAY key to start recording track 2 9 When fini
35. below Adding time signature changes works the same way as adding changes in the tempo map 1 Select TIME SIGNATURE from the SYNC MIDI menu and press the YES ENTER key to open the TIME SIGNATURE screen This screen shows time signature changes in the song as a list The first line is the time signature setting at the start of the song The following lines show time signature changes with the point of change bar and new time signa ture setting If the time signature in a song never changes only one line appears Tempo map Creation of a tempo map is necessary to change tempo or time signature in the middle of a song NOTE Set the metronome to any mode other than FREE and turn the SMF player OFF when using a tempo map 1 From the SYNC MIDI menu item select TEMPO MAP and press YES ENTER The TEMPO MAP screen will open This screen shows a list of tempo change points in the song The first line shows the tempo at the start of the song The second and following lines show each tempo change in the song with the change point bar and beat and the new tempo These settings can be changed If the tempo of a song never changes there will only be one line At the bottom of the screen the time signature of the line currently selected by the cursor is shown please see the next section Time signature for details about how to set this You can input up to 9999 tempo changes in one song Tempos can be set bet
36. click output ON and OFF When ON the unit will provide a click according to the METRONOME screen setting see Metronome on page 87 Press and hold this key to open the FREE METRONOME screen A SHUT DOWN key Turns the 2488MKII unit off If you hold the SHUT DOWN key for 2 or 3 seconds a pop up screen appears to confirm that you want to shut down Always use this key to shut down the unit This unit has an internal hard disk and it is necessary to save the song data on the hard disk before turning the power off For this reason always use this key to conduct shut down when you want to turn the unit off see Shut down on page 13 TASCAM 2488MKII 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII POWER switch Turn the 2488MKII power ON and OFF Follow shut down procedures before turning power OFF see Shut down on page 13 IN jack Connect the included power cord MIDI OUT jack Sends Program Change and Control Change MMC commands realtime messages such as MTC common messages and other MIDI messages to connected MIDI devices MIDI IN jack Receives Program Change and Control Change messag es MMC commands and other MIDI commands and messages from connected MIDI devices DIGITAL IN jack Use this jack to receive an S PDIF digital audio signal which can then be used as a pair of channel inputs see Digital input assignment on page 29 DIGITAL OUT jack Outputs the stereo bus signal as an S PDI
37. components 12 OD PITCH OD PIT 13 OD TREMOLO OD TRM 14 OD VIBRATO OD VIB 15 OD WAH OD WAH 16 COMP FLANGER COMP FLG 17 COMP PHASER COMP PHA 18 COMP CHORUS COMP CHO 19 COMP EXCITER COMP EXC 20 COMP PITCH COMP PIT 21 COMP TREMOLO COMP TRM 22 COMP VIBRATO COMP VIB 23 COMP WAH COMP WAH 24 AC G FLANGER AC G FLG 25 AC G PHASER AC G PHA 26 AC G CHORUS AC G CHO 27 AC G EXCITER AC G EXC 28 AC G PITCH AC G PIT 29 AC G TREMOLO AC G TRM 30 AC G VIBRATO AC G VIB 31 AC G WAH AC G WAH Preset Multi effects Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 10 The types here are REV Reverb DLY Delay CHO Chorus PIT Pitch shift FLG Flanger PHA Phaser GRV Gate and reverb Program Change Name shown on display Type of effect 0 REVERB REV 1 DELAY DLY 2 CHORUS CHO 3 PITCH SHIFT PIT 4 FLANGER FLG 5 PHASER PHA 6 GATE REVERB GRV Preset single effects TEAC Digital Portastudio DATE 28 February 2004 Model 2488MKII MIDI Implementation Chart Version 1 0 Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed 1 16 x 1 16 1 16 Mode Default Messages Altered x x Mode 3 x Note Number True Voice 0 127 0 127 0 127 Velocity Note On Note Off O x O x After Key s Touch Ch s O O O O Pitch Bend O O Control 0 32 Cha
38. cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the REVERT option Press YES ENTER 3 The 2488MKII asks if you are sure Press YES ENTER if you want to throw away all changes since the last save operation otherwise press NO EXIT CAUTION You will lose all recordings and edits made since the last save and they will disappear from the undo list This revert operation is not undoable Be sure that the work you have done since the last save operation is really work that you do not want to keep before reverting to a previous version TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Copying songs As well as copying songs so that you can work on another version of them you can also use this menu item as a tool to back up songs to another partition you can also back up to CD R or personal computer but this is a separate process 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the COPY option Press YES ENTER 3 Select the song or songs to be copied using the dial to highlight the songs and the INSERT key to place a check mark beside them If you select a song for copying by accident use the DELETE key to deselect it 4 When all the songs to be copied have been marked press the YES ENTER key A list of all the partitions
39. fader does not affect the level of the effect send as opposed to post fader where the effect send level is affected by the channel fader setting Set the level of each channel send LVL from 0 to 127 This screen also allows the master send level MSTR to be set again from 0 to 127 Effect send Press the FADER PAN key to display the FADER PAN screen for the current channel To change the channel press the INPUT key or SELECT key of the channel to change to PHASE PAN Use this screen to make pan phase and fader setting for four channels at a time on this screen linked channels still count as two channels here Phase Use this to correct miswired microphones etc Out of phase sources can result in unnatural EQ and a hole in the middle stereo effect The phase symbol shows the current status of the channel either normal N or reversed R Use the cursor keys and dial to change these settings Pan Use PAN parameters to set the stereo position In the track channels this parameter sets the pan positions of the signals sent to the stereo bus In the input channels it sets the pan positions of signals sent to the sub mix bus Full left hard left is represented by L63 and hard right by R63 The center position where the signal is sent equal ly to the left and right is represented by C T I P With the SHIFT indicator lit press the PAN key to reset the highlighted channel
40. input can be assigned to multiple tracks Multiple inputs cannot be assigned to the same track Inputs and assignments Digital input assignment The stereo digital signal input through the DIGITAL IN jack on the rear panel can be set as the source for any input channel pair A B C D E F or G H replacing an analog MIC LINE input pair This setting is made on the MIXER screen of the PREFERENCE menu see Digital input channel section on page 93 5 Mixer 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer If an input or channel SELECT key is held down the assigned CHANNEL or INPUT key flashes Press the other key to break the assignment NOTE Assigning and unassigning linked channels see Link ing channels on page 33 works in much the same way as for single channels Pressing one SELECT key of a linked channel pair is typically the same as press ing both together Breaking assignments When either an input key or channel SELECT key is pressed and held down it flashes together with the chan nel or input key to which it has been assigned Also if the SHIFT key is pressed followed by the MAP key a screen is shown with the current assignments The eight inputs are represented by horizontal lines which are joined to the channel labels at the bottom of the screen by vertical lines when they are assigned to the channels Use the cursor keys to change between viewing channels
41. insert effect 7 SINGLE key Press this key to open the SINGLE EFFECT screen These controls allow up to 24 tracks of audio in the 2488MKII to be mixed Mixer channel numbers correspond to track numbers Channels 13 to 24 are stereo track pairs 8 REC keys These keys arm and disarm tracks for recording When ON they will flash red when record ready and steadily light red when recording 9 SELECT keys Pressing the SELECT key of a channel selects it as an active channel and the key lights An active channel is affected by mixer functions and other operations These keys are also used for the following purposes To assign an input channel to a track channel see Inputs and assignments on page 29 To assign effects to a track channel see Assigning mic effects on page 39 and Assigning the multi effect on page 41 To link track channels next to each other see Linking channels on page 33 0 MUTE SOLO keys With the SOLO indicator above and to the right of the stereo fader unlit these keys function as MUTE keys which silence the output of a channel when pressed the keys light to show the track s muted status see Mute on page 33 When the SOLO indicator is lit these keys function as SOLO keys flash to show soloed see Soloing and toggle on page 37 q Faders Each fader adjusts the output level of its track or track pairs for 13 14 to 23 24 Depending on th
42. must be at least 4 seconds between marks You can insert up to 98 marks allowing up to 99 tracks 2 With the 2488MKII stopped select LIVE WRITER from the AUDIO CD menu and press the YES ENTER key The disc tray opens 3 Insert a blank CD R CD RW disc and press the YES ENTER key The LIVE WRITER screen opens and shows a list of CD track times calculated from the marks inserted in the current song 4 Press the YES ENTER key unless there is a problem with this list A confirmation message appears 5 Press the YES ENTER key again to start making the CD When the CD is complete the tray automati cally opens and a message appears asking if you want to make another copy of the CD 6 If you do want to make another copy insert a blank CD R CD RW disc and press the YES ENTER key If you do not want to make another CD press the NO EXIT key Creating an audio CD using Live Writer TASCAM 2488MKII 8 Mastering and CD recorder CD EJECT You should use this function to open the disc drive tray It is important that you do not press the CD RW drive eject button while the drive is operational If you do it may cause problems in the operation of the 2488MKII We therefore recommend that you always use this CD EJECT menu item to eject discs 1 With the transport stopped from the DISK menu highlight CD EJECT and press YES ENTER 2 The tray opens and a pop up appears Remove or change or insert the disc
43. new mate rial to the destination Nothing is overwritten on the desti nation as any material following the TO point is moved to the end of the newly inserted section The destination is therefore longer than it was before the operation You can change the following values Src Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is taken Choose 1 through 24 to select an indi vidual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 24 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks into which the selected section is inserted What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 24 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 24 then this is the only option available to you here Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen MOVE INSERT TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder This deletes all the audio material in the selected track or tracks The IN and OUT points do not have any meaning here There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Selects the tracks for erasing the audio data You can select a single track 1 through 24 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 etc all the tracks 1 24 or virtual tracks that have not been assigned to physical tr
44. on page 55 and About track editing on page 58 Setting the IN OUT TO and FROM points To set these points 1 Locate to the position where the IN OUT TO or FROM point is to be set 2 Press and hold the LOCATE key and then press the key you want to set IN OUT TO or FROM Set IN Set OUT Set TO or Set FROM appears on the home screen NOTE You cannot set these points while the repeat mode or auto punch mode is active Sometimes even with the undo facilities and the virtual tracks of the 2488MKII it may be useful for you to rehearse a take without actually committing anything to disk This is probably most useful in auto punch operations see Auto punch operations on page 55 but can be useful in other situations as well In a rehearsal the monitoring and other operations and recording functions are the same as when recording but the input signal although passed through to a track does not actually go to the disk To use the rehearsal mode simply press the RHSL key so that the indicator is lit When actually recording in rehearsal mode the RECORD indicator flashes rather than lighting steadily to show that the rehearsal is taking place Rehearsing recording You can undo recordings unlike on a tape recorder Even if you accidentally record over important audio data you can recover the original data by using the undo func tion See UNDO and REDO on page 64 for detail
45. one of the channels and then press the SELECT key or the INPUT key of the other channel When track channels are linked the following parameters can be controlled simultaneously Faders the left fader of the linked pair controls the levels for both channels EQ Digital pad gain Effect send levels and pre post selection When input channels are linked the following parameters can be controlled simultaneously Internal fader values EQ Digital pad gain Effect send levels and pre post selection Linking channels TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer Press the STEREO key to open the screen below As with the channel fader screen the on screen fader cannot be used to make adjustments Also note that the internal fader value and the top panel physical fader posi tion may not correspond see Faders on page 32 In this case the LVL value corresponds to the physical fader level and INT gives the internal virtual fader value as marked by the triangular symbol beside the on screen fader In both cases 0 is full cut 127 is full up and 100 is the unity gain value Stereo fader The stereo bus has a stereo dynamics processor compres sor or expander available 1 With the SHIFT indicator lit press the SELECT key The STEREO DYNAMICS screen appears 2 Press the YES ENTER key The DYNAMICS LIBRARY screen appears 3 Use the cursor keys to select preset setting
46. part of the SMF If the PLAYER item is ON you can use the 2488MKII s SMF playback function to control external MIDI devic es If you connect the audio outputs of those devices to the 2488MKII s audio inputs you can then record those externally generated MIDI tracks The LENGTH item on the screen shows the number of bars in the SMF The numbers 1 16 in the lower part correspond to MIDI channels with those used by the SMF shown in inverse NOTE When the SMF player is ON you cannot use the FREE metronome mode or a tempo map SMF playback TASCAM 2488MKII 1 12 Tempo and MIDI MIDI remote control From the SYNC MIDI menu this REMOTE option allows the setting of a number of parameters connected with remote control of the 2488MKII MIDI messages can be used for remote control of the 2488MKII s mixer effects and recorder MMC MODE Sets the transmission mode for MMC MIDI Machine Control OFF MMC is not transmitted or received MASTER The 2488MKII is an MMC master SLAVE The 2488MKII is an MMC slave When the 2488MKII is an MMC master MMC com mands are sent from its MIDI OUT for remote control of external MMC slaves including other 2488MKII units When the 2488MKII acts as an MMC slave MMC com mands are received through its MIDI IN and external MIDI devices or another 2488MKII can remotely control the 2488MKII s recorder MMC Device ID Sets the MMC device ID Select 1 to 127 or
47. playback posi tion as you like You can monitor the jogged sound of the selected track through the monitoring system NOTE You cannot move the mark to a position before the previous mark or after the next mark 7 To move past the edge of the screen press and hold the F FWD and REW keys to play the tracks forwards or backwards at normal speed for a rough position When you release the keys the playback will stop 8 Press YES ENTER to accept the new position as the active mark value the playback position is now the new position and return to the home screen 9 Press NO EXIT to return to the home screen with the playback position being the point which has just been set but the active mark value is unchanged Editing the active mark Skip between marks During playback or when the transport is stopped press the F FWD or REW key briefly and release it to skip to the next or previous mark TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Every time a mark is stored it is entered into the list and every time a mark is deleted it is removed from the list Use the MARK LIST to locate erase and add titles to marks Note that this list cannot be used to edit mark positions To see the list press the LOCATE key NOTE Even when the time display on the home screen is shown in bars and beats or the MTC time display is selected the marks time values are always shown using the absolute time values Items in the list are always s
48. preceding mark See Mark functions on page 51 for more about setting and using marks On a tape recorder you can use the fast forward and fast rewind keys to spool through a tape A disk recorder like the 2488MKII works in a somewhat different way The forward and rewind keys can be used in the following ways During playback When the unit is playing back mate rial if you press and hold either the F FWD or the REW key the playback position moves forward or backward depending on which key is being held down at ten times the normal playback speed as shown by the FF x10 or REW x10 in the home display At this time playback is muted and the PLAY indicator flashes When you release the F FWD or REW key playback starts at the position which has been reached From the stop position When playback is stopped you can press and hold the F FWD or REW key to start fast rewind or fast forward The unit stops at the position where you release the key NOTE You cannot perform this operation while recording Fast forward and rewind 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Locating to the points Simply press the IN OUT TO or FROM key to locate to the appropriate point IN OUT TO and FROM points The IN OUT TO and FROM points are special marks used for various 2488MKII functions Repeat playback and auto punch use the IN OUT points and track editing uses all four points see Repeat Auto punch operations
49. restore NOTE If you cancel the restore operation part of the way through none of the song is restored and the 2488MKII goes back to the state before the restore was started 6 When data is restored from the last disc the disc is ejected and the restored song is loaded TASCAM 2488MKII 11 Backup and restoration Backing up If you do not understand the 2488MKII s disk arrangement you should read Hard disk and partitions on page 13 Backup to a computer connected via USB is a two stage process The first stage is copying the song data from a TASCAM partition to the FAT partition and the second stage is copying it from the FAT partition to the computer To backup 1 With the transport stopped press the MENU key Note that you do not have to connect the 2488MKII to the computer at this stage From the DATA BACKUP menu select USB BACKUP The screen shows a list of songs on the current partition and their size 2 Note the size of the free space available on the FAT partition and select a song which will fit onto that partition 3 Press YES ENTER when you ve selected the song The HD indicator flashes as the song data is copied The song files in the FAT partition will appear as 8 3 filenames rather than with the 12 character internal names The real longer names are stored as a part of the song If the data for a single song exceeds 4 GB the song file backup is split into 2 parts
50. send 32 Fader pan 32 Phase 32 Pan 32 Faders 32 Mute 33 Linking channels 33 Stereo bus functions 33 Stereo EQ 33 Stereo dynamics 34 Stereo fader 34 Direct output 35 Sub mixer 35 Monitoring 36 Monitor selection 36 Mono monitoring 36 Record source monitoring 36 Monitor muting 36 Soloing and toggle 37 Scene memories 37 Scene recall 37 Internal faders and physical faders 37 Fader matching
51. service here and they feed a bus that can be routed to the stereo bus or to the recorder in bounce mix see Making a bounce mix on page 58 1 To assign an input to the sub mixer while press ing and holding its INPUT key press the sub mixer channel s SELECT key 2 Repeat this process for all inputs to be assigned to the sub mixer 3 While pressing and holding the sub mixer section SELECT key press the STEREO section s SELECT key Finally assign the sub mixer itself to the stereo bus To see the sub mixer status press the sub mixer section SELECT key to show the SUB MIXER screen This shows the current assignment of inputs to the sub mixer and the current assignment of the sub mixer output You can also adjust the level of the sub mix bus output using the SUB fader in sub mixer section NOTE The 2488MKII has a track bounce function This func tion allows you to choose and mix multiple previously recorded track signals and record them to another track see Bouncing tracks on page 58 When you use this function the bounce source track signal is sent to the sub mix bus and this sub mix bus signal is then sent to the bounce destination track When using this the sub mix bus assignment destina tion is set to REC in the SUB MIXER screen shown above TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer Monitoring is a vital part of the whole recording and mastering process The 2488MKII provides stereo moni toring facili
52. songs is a permanent operation Always think carefully before you erase a song or songs NOTE This menu can erase only the songs stored on the currently selected partition If you want to erase a song or songs from another partition you must select it first If you have selected all the songs on a partition for erasure a new song will automatically be created after all the existing songs have been erased Saving a song The function described here saves the song to disk 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the SAVE option Press YES ENTER As the song is saved appropriate messages are displayed The current song will be reloaded after it has been saved and you can resume work on it NOTE When you load another song or shutdown the 2488MKII the work done on the current song is automatically saved However power failures acci dentally unplugging power cords and other accidents that cause a loss of power may cause recent song data to be lost For this reason we encourage you to save your work frequently especially after important recording editing or other work Reverting to the previously saved version of a song If you have saved a song and you want to return to the version of the song at the time it was last saved 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the
53. sure that you want to use the take 3 Press YES ENTER if you are sure but if you change your mind to select another take press NO EXIT NOTE You must select one of the takes or the original to exit auto punch mode The recording between the punch in and punch out points is now replaced by the selection The AUTO PUNCH indi cator goes out After auto punch recording is complete the TAKE LIST screen shown below appears You can make an instant check of the take by following the procedure below When the take is complete a screen similar to the follow ing appears The screen above shows three takes and the original track Use the dial to highlight a take from the list including the original track before the punch was started Press PLAY to check the highlighted take by playing it back starting at the pre roll point and continuing to the post roll point If you are happy with the take you can move to the next stage below After finishing the punch below If you want to record another take press and hold RECORD and press PLAY Checking the take TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Making a bounce mix 1 Press the BOUNCE key The key lights and BOUNCE MODE appears on the home screen 2 Select the destination Press the REC keys for a single track mono bounce or two tracks or a stereo track for a stereo bounce NOTE In bounce mode until you press the REC key for th
54. than 440 Hz if necessary Exit the tuner by pressing the shifted MULTI key again Tuner TASCAM 2488MKII Loading a song To load a previously saved song from disk the current song will be written to disk automatically when the song is loaded 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the LOAD option Press YES ENTER 3 Select the song to be loaded The current song is automatically saved and the selected song is loaded from disk NOTE This menu reads the songs stored on the currently selected partition If you are loading a song from another partition you must select that partition first Creating a song Before starting a new recording you must follow these procedures to create a song 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to choose the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the CREATE option Press YES ENTER 3 Use the JOG DATA dial to select the RESOLUTION audio bit depth you want to use 16 bit or 24 bit 24 bit captures a greater dynamic range of audio but uses more disk space ordinary audio CDs are 16 bit 4 Use the cursor keys to select the KEEP MIXER item and then use the dial to select ON OFF If you select ON the current song mixer settings includ in
55. the guitar tone The sound you hear is the sound that will be recorded Recording the guitar TASCAM 2488MKII 4 Recording 8 Use the cursor keys and the dial to move around the display and change values The settings are shown as numbers and as a graph Use the on screen SW on the left side of the display or use SHIFT and YES ENTER to turn the EQ on and use SHIFT and NO EXIT to turn the EQ off to com pare the sound with and without the equalization 9 Press and hold down the RECORD key and press the PLAY key The PLAY and RECORD indicators above the transport keys both light and the REC key of track 1 lights solidly If you want to rehearse while listening to a metro nome click before recording press the RHSL key to enter rehearsal mode before conducting the above operation In rehearsal mode if you press the PLAY key while pressing the RECORD key a recording rehearsal starts and you can hear the metronome click without actually recording 10 The metronome you set up earlier starts to play and you can play your rhythm part along with it recording as you go Press the STOP key when you are finished 11 To return to the zero position where your song began press and hold the STOP key and press the REW key marked as RTZ return to zero 12 When you ve finished recording press channel 1 s REC key to safe the track 13 Press the CLICK key and the indicator goes out 14 Press the PLAY key
56. this change Several shifted functions are not indicated on the panel SHIFT key TASCAM 2488MKII 1 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII Top panel Input channel section 1 4 Monitor section u p Utility section g l Sub mixer section w r Stereo bus section t y Channel section v m Transport keys Q T Screen operation section c Mark Title section Transport section Locate section Track mixer section 8 q Effects section 5 7 Routing section I Mixdown section Y U LCD display section a s Access indicator section d f O P A Input channel section Controls for the 8 input channels A H Input signals can be assigned to the track mixer or sub mixer 1 PHANTOM switch Turns phantom power for the XLR input jacks on input channels A D ON and OFF Turn this switch ON when connecting condenser mics that requires 48 V of external power CAUTION When the PHANTOM switch is ON do not change the connections for inputs A D Do not connect or discon nect mics with the phantom power turned ON 2 TRIM knobs A H Adjusts gain of MIC LINE input jacks Turning clock wise raises gain increases signal level 3 INPUT keys A H Pressing the INPUT key of an input channel selects it as an active channel and the key lights An active channel is affected by mixer functions and other operations These keys are also used for the follow
57. this may cause damage to the recorded side Always keep the recording sides of the discs away from grime and dust to avoid a reduction in sound quality To clean a disc wipe gently with a soft dry cloth from the center towards the outside edge Do not use thinner gasoline benzene or LP cleaning fluid as these will damage the disc and cause the disc unplayable Do not put labels or protective sheets on the discs and do not use any protective coating spray If you are in any doubt as to the care and handling of a CD R and CD RW discs read the precautions supplied with the disc or contact the disc manufacturer directly 1 TASCAM 2488MKII 2 Setting up and basic knowledge Setting up the 2488MKII First find a flat level surface for the 2488MKII which is stable and cannot be jogged or jolted easily This should be a hard surface Do not put the 2488MKII on a carpet or furnishings as this will block the airflow and possibly cause overheating You should avoid moving the 2488MKII while it is switched on Especially you should never move it while the HD indica tor by the display is lit or flashing Leave a little space at the back of the 2488MKII to plug and unplug microphones etc Before switching on the 2488MKII you should connect the monitoring system this term refers to the amplifier and speakers and headphones that you will use to listen to your recordings T I P When you are
58. tion If the connection is good it is possible that the signal is the wrong type The 2488MKII expects a signal in S PDIF IEC60958 Consumer use format at 44 1 kHz It cannot accept compressed audio formats etc 3 Can t duplicate to the same track as the source Press EXIT When editing tracks you have selected the same track as both source and destination for a duplicate operation Press NO EXIT and select a different source or destination track as appropriate 4 Digital input is selected Cannot do this operation now Press EXIT Because digital audio input is selected the following functions cannot take place Tuner pitch and SSA functions MTC slave operations jog and trim functions audio CD operations Press NO EXIT and turn off digital input the MIXER section of the PREFERENCES menu before proceeding with the operation that produced this message 5 Disc is already blank Can t erase it Press EXIT An attempt has been made to erase a disc CD RW that is already blank Press NO EXIT and replace the disc if necessary 6 Disc is blank Can t finalize this disc Press EXIT An attempt has been made to finalize a blank disc CD R or CD RW Press NO EXIT and replace the disc if necessary 7 File too big to import Choose another file for import Press EXIT The selected WAV or Standard MIDI File cannot be imported into the current song as there is not enou
59. wave file will be copied Press YES ENTER A comfirmation pop up message appears Press the YES ENTER key again to copy the WAV file to the virtual track 9 To use the imported WAV file assign the virtual track containing the file to a physical track see Virtual tracks on page 66 10 Repeat procedures 7 to 9 as necessary USB import mono WAV files USB import stereo WAV files When importing stereo WAV files from a computer they pass through the FAT partition see Hard disk and parti tions on page 13 1 With the transport stopped connect the 2488MKII and a computer by USB see Opening the USB connection on page 77 2 Drag and drop stereo wave files from your comput er s disk to the WAVE folder on the 2488MKII FAT partition 3 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 77 Follow the procedures below to copy a file from the FAT partition to a virtual track pair assigned to a physical track pair 4 With the transport stopped press MENU The MENU screen appears 5 Select the WAVE IN OUT and press YES ENTER The WAVE IN OUT menu screen appears 6 Select ST WAV IMPORT and press the YES ENTER key to open the ST WAV IMPORT screen 7 Use the dial or the cursors to select the wave file that you want to use Press YES ENTER 8 Now you can select the physical track pairs to which the wave file will be copied Press YES ENTER You c
60. 0 1 0 dB trim at min Noise level inputs with 150 terminator INPUTS A to H STEREO EFFECT SEND lt 90 dBV MONITOR lt 82 dBu trim at min faders at nominal 20kLPF A curve Dynamic range Faders at nominal INPUTS A to H STEREO EFFECT SEND MONITOR gt 96 dB 20kLPF A curve Crosstalk Faders at nominal INPUTS A to H STEREO EFFECT SEND MONITOR gt 80 dB 1 kHz trim at minimum 20kLPF A curve 1 input at max Specifications TASCAM 2488MKII 14 Specifications etc Total Harmonic Inputs at Max INPUTS A to H STEREO EFFECT SEND MONITOR lt 0 01 trim at min Distortion 20kLPF Physical specifications etc Dimensions w x d x h 545 x 355 x 145 mm 21 5 x 14 x 5 7 in Weight 8 kg 17 6 lbs Power requirements USA Canada 120 VAC 60 Hz U K Europe 230 VAC 50 Hz Australia 240 VAC 50 Hz Power consumption 41 W Dimensional drawing 355 mm 14 545 mm 21 5 94 3 7 145 5 7 113 4 5 TASCAM 2488MKII The Bank Select controller is used with channel 15 to choose which group of eight channels or inputs are affect ed It is therefore necessary to send a MIDI message of BE 00 XX where XX selects the group of eight channels or inputs before sending the Control Change messages on the appropriate MIDI channel Bank 0 Mixer channels 1 though 8 Bank 1 Mixer channels 9 through 16 Bank 2 Mixer channels 17 through 24 Bank 3 Inputs A through H Once the group has been
61. 0 70 0 79 0 89 1 00 1 12 1 26 kHz 00 12 Box Size 0 3 1x8 1x12 2x12 4x10 4x12 00 13 Post Gain 0 100 0 100 00 14 Switch 0 1 Off On Acoustic guitar simulator ACG 00 10 Type 0 3 1 4 00 11 Enhance 0 100 0 100 00 12 Size 0 100 0 100 00 13 Level 0 100 0 100 00 14 Switch 0 1 Off On Appendix 10 TASCAM 2488MKII Effect chain Effect NRPN Parameter Values 4 Flanger FLG 00 15 Speed 0 100 0 100 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 00 16 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 17 Resonance 0 100 0 100 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Chorus CHO 00 15 Speed 0 99 0 1 10 0 Hz 00 16 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 17 Tone 0 100 0 100 00 18 Mix Level 0 100 0 100 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Exciter EXC 00 15 Frequency 0 20 1 00 1 07 1 15 1 23 1 32 1 41 1 52 1 62 1 74 1 87 2 00 2 14 2 30 2 46 2 64 2 83 3 03 3 25 3 48 3 73 4 00 kHz 00 16 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 17 reserved 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Pitch shifter PIT 00 15 Pitch 0 12 24 12 0 12 00 16 Fine 0 50
62. 00 01 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 02 FB Delay 0 100 0 100 00 03 Feedback 0 100 0 100 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 Appendix 10 TASCAM 2488MKII Effect NRPN Parameter Values Pitch Shifter PIT 00 00 Pitch 0 12 24 12 0 12 00 01 Fine 0 50 100 50 0 50 00 02 FB Delay 0 500 0 500 msec 00 03 Feedback 0 100 0 100 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 Flanger FLG 00 00 Rate 1 100 0 1 10 0 Hz 00 01 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 02 FB Delay 0 1000 0 1000 msec 00 03 Feedback 0 100 0 100 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 Phaser PHA 00 00 Rate 1 100 0 1 10 0 Hz 00 01 Depth 0 100 0 100 00 02 Resonance 0 100 0 100 00 03 Step 0 3 4 8 12 16 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 Gated reverb GRV 00 00 Type 0 1 Normal Reverse 00 01 Threshold 0 30 46 16 dB 00 02 Gate Time 1 300 10 3000 msec 00 03 Density 0 100 0 100 00 04 Level 0 127 0 127 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 first column of this table Multi effect Effect chain Effect NRPN Paramet
63. 10 sub frames The resolution is shown below the time display 5 Use the and cursor keys to adjust the vertical scale the way that the volume of the sound is shown The zoom levels here are x 1 x 2 x 4 x 8 x 16 and x 32 Pressing the key increases the vertical scaling of the display and pressing the key decreases the scale T I P If you cannot see any waveforms when you first enter this display press the key to zoom the volume so that you can see the quiet passages 6 Use the dial to move to the desired playback position You can monitor the jogged sound of the selected track through the monitoring system T I P To move past the edge of the screen press and hold the F FWD or REW keys to play the tracks forwards or backwards at normal speed for a rough position When you release the keys the playback will stop 7 Press STOP or YES ENTER or NO EXIT to return to the home screen with the playback position now being the point which has just been set The home screen now shows the playback position set with the JOG operation NOTE Because only one track can be jogged at a time only one track of a stereo pair can be heard at a time in this mode If it is difficult to hear the track you may want to monitor in mono see Monitoring on page 36 Jog positioning TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder PUNCH recording To drop into record mode while playing back 1 Arm one or more tracks b
64. 2488MK Digital Portastudio D00951210A OWNER S MANUAL IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TASCAM 2488MKII The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE This appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel Please record the model number and serial number and retain them for your records Model number Serial number TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harm
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66. 6 GENERATOR TIMECODE 05 LOCK DEVIATION 04 ACTUAL OFFSET 03 REQUESTED OFFSET 02 SELECTED MASTER CODE 01 SELECTED TIMECODE 00 reserved r1 0 0D GP5 0C GP4 0B GP3 0A GP2 09 GP1 08 GP0 LOCATE POINT 07 MTC INPUT r2 0 14 13 12 11 10 0F GP7 0E GP6 r3 0 1B 1A 19 18 17 16 15 r4 0 0 0 0 1F 1E 1D 1C r5 0 26 Short GENERATOR TIMECODE 25 Short LOCK DEVIATION 24 Short ACTUAL OFFSET 23 Short REQUESTED OFFSET 22 Short SELECTED MASTER CODE 21 Short SELECTED TIMECODE 20 reserved r6 0 2D Short GP5 2C Short GP4 2B Short GP3 2A Short GP2 29 Short GP1 28 Short GP0 LOCATE POINT 27 Short MTC INPUT r7 0 34 33 32 31 30 2F Short GP7 2E Short GP6 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 4D RECORD STATUS 4C RECORD MODE 4B FAST MODE 4A STOP MODE 49 VELOCITY TALLY 48 MOTION CONTROL TALLY 47 SELECTED TIMECODE USER BITS r12 0 54 STEP LENGTH 53 TRA
67. 8MKII The 2488MKII contains a hard disk which is used to store your song data If you simply turn off the unit using the power switch there may be some data in the 2488MKII s memory which hasn t been written to disk and you will there fore lose that data when you turn off the unit 1 Press and hold down the SHUT DOWN key for two or three second The red indicator lights and the display shows an message Are you sure 2 Press the YES ENTER key The HD indicator orange flashes as data is written to the hard disk the display also shows this process When all data is written to the hard disk the SHUT DOWN indicator flashes red The display shows SHUT DOWN COMPLETE 3 Use the power switch at the rear of the 2488MKII to turn off the unit Shutdown 1 TASCAM 2488MKII 2 Setting up and basic knowledge 2 Turn the JOG DATA dial until the DISK item is highlighted and then press the YES ENTER key The DISK menu appears 3 Use the JOG DATA dial until the SELECT item is highlighted and then press the YES ENTER key The partition list appears on the screen The open space in each partition appears on the right 4 Use the JOG DATA dial until the partition you wish to use is highlighted and then press the YES ENTER key The partition is now selected Songs When using the 2488MKII the term song refers to all the data related to the recording playback editing and other work in a single project E
68. CK INPUT MONITOR 52 TRACK SYNC MONITOR 51 RECORD MONITOR 50 GLOBAL MONITOR 4F TRACK RECORD READY 4E TRACK RECORD STATUS r13 0 5B GENERATOR COMMAND TALLY 5A CHASE MODE 59 RESOLVED PLAY MODE 58 CONTROL DISABLE 57 LIFTER DEFEAT 56 FIXED SPEED 55 PLAY SPEED REFERENCE r14 0 0 0 0 5F MTC SETUP 5E MTC COMMAND TALLY 5D GENERATOR USER BITS 5C GENERATOR SETUP r15 0 66 65 FAILURE 64 RESPONSE SEGMENT 63 VITC INSERT ENABLE 62 TRACK MUTE 61 EVENT RESPONSE 60 PROCEDURE RESPONSE r16 0 6D 6C 6B 6A 69 68 67 r17 0 74 73 72 71 70 6F 6E r18 0 7B 7A 79 78 77 76 75 r19 0 0 0 0 7F RESUME 7E 7D 7C WAIT Bit map array of Response Information field Appendix 110 TASCAM 2488MKII No Message Meaning Action 1 Cannot do this when not stopped Stop the transport Press EXIT The hard disk is being accessed for playback or recording so the selected action cannot be performed Press NO EXIT stop the transport and retry the operation 2 Cannot find digital input Check your system set up Press EXIT Digital audio input mode has been selected but the 2488MKII cannot detect a valid digital audio input Press NO EXIT and check the digital connec
69. Change the fader matching setting with the FADER MATCHING item on the MIXER screen of the PREFERENCE menu Choose one of the following three options see Mixer preferences on page 92 REAL mode factory setting The internal faders are always controlled by the physical faders In other words the internal faders and physical faders are always matched Scene recall does not recall fader values and MIDI cannot be used to control faders JUMP mode The moment a physical fader is moved it takes control of the level sending its value to the internal fader CATCH mode The moment a physical fader reaches the value equal to the current internal fader value it takes control of the level Matching the physical faders with internal fader values Use the FADER NULL screen to match physical fader positions with recalled internal fader values With the SHIFT indicator lit press the SCENE NULL key to open the FADER NULL screen This screen shows the current physical fader positions The symbols next to the fader icons show internal fader positions When a physical fader position and internal fader position are not matched a or will appear above the fader icon These triangles indicate whether a physical fader needs to be raised or lowered to match its internal fader position When a physical fader position and its internal fader posi tion are matched no symbol appears above the fader icon NOTE The
70. D R CD RW disc Even if the song is recorded at 24 bit resolution you can export 16 bit WAV files 1 Insert a blank CD R or CD RW into the CD RW drive 2 With the transport stopped press the MENU key to open the MENU screen 3 When WAVE IN OUT appears in inverse press the YES ENTER key to open the WAVE IN OUT menu 4 Select CD EXPORT and press YES ENTER A list of virtual tracks with recorded audio data appears 5 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select a virtual track for export and press the INSERT key to put a check mark next to the track name You can export many virtual tracks at the same time by adding check marks by multiple tracks If you accidentally place a check mark next to a virtual track that you do not want to export press the DELETE key to remove the check mark 6 After selecting all the virtual tracks that you want to export press the YES ENTER key A pop up message appears 7 Select the final bit depth RESOLUTION of the exported files 16 or 24 bits The file size of the exported data changes according to the bit depth 8 Press YES ENTER to copy the virtual tracks to the disc To cancel the export press NO EXIT TASCAM 2488MKII You can use the 2488MKII s CD RW drive to back up your work to disc You can either use CD R media cheaper but you can only use it once or CD RW media slightly more expensive but you can erase and reuse it many times NOTE The operat
71. EJECT 09 PAUSE 08 RECORD PAUSE 07 RECORD EXIT c2 0 14 13 12 11 10 0F 0E c3 0 1B 1A 19 18 17 16 15 c4 0 0 0 0 1F 1E 1D 1C c5 0 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 c6 0 2D 2C 2B 2A 29 28 27 c7 0 34 33 32 31 30 2F 2E c8 0 3B 3A 39 38 37 36 35 c9 0 0 0 0 3F 3E 3D 3C c10 0 46 SEARCH 45 VARIABLE PLAY 44 LOCATE 43 UPDATE 42 READ 41 MASKED WRITE 40 WRITE c11 0 4D ADD 4C MOVE 4B MTC COMMAND 4A GENERATOR COMMAND 49 ASSIGN SYS MAS 48 STEP 47 SHUTTLE c12 0 54 DEFERRED VARI PLAY 53 COMMAND SEGMENT 52 GROUP 51 EVENT 50 PROCEDURE 4F DROP FRADJUST 4E SUBTRACT c13 0 5B 5A 59 58 57 56 55 REC STROBE VARIABLE 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 RESUME 7E 7D 7C WAIT MMC Bit map commands Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 10 Byte Bit7 Bit6 40H Bit5 20H Bit4 10H Bit3 08H Bit2 04H Bit1 02H Bit0 01H r0 0 0
72. F format digi tal audio signal MONITOR OUT L R jacks Outputs the signal selected in the top panel monitor section through these standard balanced 1 4 jacks STEREO OUT L R jacks Outputs stereo bus signal EFFECT SENDS 1 2 jacks Output effect sends signals 1 and 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 MIC LINE A D jacks Analog input jacks for inputs A D These balanced jacks accept both XLR connectors and standard 1 4 plugs q MIC LINE E H jacks Analog input jacks for inputs E H These balanced jacks accept standard 1 4 plugs w USB port Use this port to connect the 2488MKII to a computer using USB to exchange files including audio files and settings with an attached computer Rear panel 1 2 3 4 567 8 9 0 q w TASCAM 2488MKII This example shows how to record a rhythm guitar followed by recording an accompanying lead guitar This is a simple recording but the same procedures also apply to more complicated recordings so please read this section carefully Setting up your first song To make sure we start with a clean slate we will create a new song T I P The 2488MKII is shipped from the factory with a new song ready for you to record However if the 2488MKII has been used before it will automatically load the last song that was worked on and you may need to follow these instructions to create a new song Normally though this will not be needed 1
73. HIFT indicator lit opens the FADER NULL screen see Fader matching on page 37 h EDIT TRK VIRT TRK key Opens the TRACK EDIT screen see About track edit ing on page 58 With the SHIFT indicator lit opens the VIRTUAL TRACK ASSIGN screen see Virtual tracks on page 66 j UNDO REDO key Opens the UNDO REDO screen Opens the same screen with the SHIFT indicator lit but the selected item will be different see UNDO and REDO on page 64 k MENU TITLE key Opens the main MENU screen see Menu screen on page 14 Press this key with the SHIFT indicator lit to edit the names of scenes songs marks virtual tracks effect settings and other items l HOME key Opens the home screen that shows track levels and other information related to recording Press this key with the SHIFT indicator lit to clear the peak meter s held peak value when KEEP mode is active Screen operation section This section is used to operate the various menus and other screens that appear on the display The JOG DATA dial is also used for transport jog operation see Some general notes on using the 2488MKII on page 15 JOG DATA dial Use the dial to choose items on menu screens and change the values of items on other screens When the home screen is open use the dial to jog the playback position see Jog positioning page 48 z Cursor keys Move the on screen cursor x YES ENTER key U
74. I and the computer click this pop up bar and when a mes sage telling you it is safe to disconnect the 24800MKII appears on the computer screen remove the USB cable If a message appears on the computer screen telling you that it is not safe to disconnect the 2488MKII exit all programs on the computer that may be accessing files on the 2488MKII and try again Macintosh OS 9 or OS X Drag the 2488MKII s disk icon to the Trash or type Command E to disconnect in OS X10 3 and above you can also use the eject button for removable media in the Finder When the 2488MKII hard disk icon disap pears from the desktop remove the USB cable T I P If you have changed the settings for the Mac OS Finder the 2488MKII hard disk icon may not appear on the desktop but it should appear in a top level Finder window 2 To close the USB connection on the 2488MKII press and hold the NO EXIT key on the 2488MKII A confirmation message appears 3 Press the YES ENTER key to close the USB connection CAUTION Do not remove the USB cable while data is being transferred between the 2488MKII and the computer Follow the procedures above first to remove the cable safely Opening the USB connection 1 Connect the 2488MKII and the computer with a USB cable Use a cable designed for USB 2 0 to assure fast and accurate data transfer 2 With the transport stopped press the MENU key to open the MENU screen 3 Select DISK and press the
75. Make sure these files are kept together 4 When the copy is finished attach the 2488MKII to your computer using a USB 2 0 cable 5 Select the DISK option and press YES ENTER and then select the USB OPEN CLOSE option and press YES ENTER see Opening the USB connection on page 77 The 2488MKII will appear as a remov able disk on your computer system 6 Drag and drop the song file from the 2488MKII to your computer s disk You can then archive it burn a backup CD R etc Note that you should not rename it at all when you come to restore it the 2488MKII needs the filename in its original state as it came from the 2488MKII 7 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 77 T I P If you repeat this process many times you may find that the FAT partition fills up You can manage the files on the FAT partition from your computer as well as erasing the FAT partitions s contents from the 2488MKII TASCAM 2488MKII 11 Backup and restoration This is basically the reverse of the backup process The archived song data is copied from the computer onto the 2488MKII s FAT partition and from there onto a TASCAM partition 1 With the transport stopped connect the 2488MKII and a computer using USB see Opening the USB connection on page 77 2 Drag and drop a song file from the computer s disk to the BACKUP folder in the 2488MKII FAT partition If
76. NTER key to open the MULTI EFFECT LIBRARY screen 2 Use the cursor keys to select SAVE 3 Use the JOG DATA dial or the cursor keys to select a setting slot to store the new setting 4 Rename the setting if you want see Titling on page 15 NOTE The right column of the list shows the basic effect types DIST FLG etc used in each setting so they will always be clear regardless of the setting names 5 Press the YES ENTER key to save the setting and return to the MULTI EFFECT screen NOTE This overwrites any existing setting in that slot Press the NO EXIT key to return to the MULTI EFFECT screen without saving Saving single effects As with mic effects and multi effects single effect settings can be saved as user settings in the library 1 With the SINGLE EFFECT screen open press the YES ENTER key to open the SINGLE EFFECT LIBRARY screen 2 Use the cursor keys and select SAVE 3 Use the JOG DATA dial or the cursor keys to select a slot for saving the settings 4 Add a name if you like see Titling on page 15 5 Press the YES ENTER key to save the setting and return to the SINGLE EFFECT screen If you press the NO EXIT key you will return to the SINGLE EFFECT screen without saving The single effect provides you with a quality effect in the internal effect loop This is most useful in the mixdown and mastering stages but it can be used at any time Input ch
77. Repeated pressing of the stereo channel SELECT keys 13 14 through 23 24 changes between the odd and even numbered channels of that pair 3 Use the dial to choose which virtual track will be assigned to the physical track and become active When the VIRTUAL TRACK ASSIGN screen is open by pressing the MENU TITLE key in SHIFT mode you can give the highlighted virtual track a name see Titling on page 15 4 Press YES ENTER to make the assignment The virtual track selected in procedure 3 is assigned to the physical track Press NO EXIT to exit the track assignment screen without actually making the assignment NOTE During step 4 above if you press the PLAY key instead of the YES ENTER key the assignment completes the home screen opens and playback starts You cannot assign the same virtual track to multiple physical tracks If you have not worked with a system using virtual tracks before you may find it a little confusing Some ideas to bear in mind If you are recording a difficult part you do not have to re record over the top of almost but not quite perfect takes Keep these for later just in case you never get a better take Simply assign a different virtual track when you record the next take For example suppose you have recorded the drum part and three takes of the bass line You can assign the three Virtual tracks Choose the best takes from these virtual tracks and assign the
78. SB of each NRPN and controller 99 for the MSB In effect settings where more than one effect may be selected the same NRPN may produce a different outcome depending on the selected effect NOTE All values etc listed in these tables are in decimal notation Example effect parameter change This example shows the MIDI bytes in hexadecimal nota tion needed to set the ratio of a compressor effect on mixer channel 9 Note how Control Changes 6 and 38 decimal are used for data entry Control Changes 96 and 97 decimal are used for incre ment and decrement as well MIDI message hexadecimal Meaning BD 00 01 Sends a Control Change 0 Bank Select message on channel 14 to select bank 1 B0 63 00 Sends NPRN MSB to 2nd channel in group mixer channel 9 on MIDI channel 1 B0 62 01 Sends 1 as NPRN LSB to 2nd channel in group which controls the ratio when compressor is selected as mic effect B0 06 00 Data entry Control Change LSB on MIDI channel 1 B0 26 00 Data entry Control Change MSB on MIDI channel 1 The ratio of the compressor on mixer channel 9 is now set to a value of 0 Appendix 100 TASCAM 2488MKII Effect NRPN Parameter Values Compressor CMP 00 00 Threshold 0 100 40 0 39 6 39 2 38 8 38 4 38 0 37 6 37 2 36 8 36 4 36 0 35 6 35 2 34 8 34 4 34 0 33 6 33 2 32 8 32 4 32 0 31 6 31 2 30 8
79. Select SELECT SRC REC Mic Multi Off Post Pre Off Post Pre Off Post Pre x24 Track Mixer Input1 8 Bounce No Input Meter On Solo Un Select Mute On SOURCE MONITOR REC Insert Pad Gain Meter Sub Main Fader 24 TRK23 2 TRK1 Level Peak MONITOR OUTPUT 2 2 MONITOR L R 2 2 Stereo Fader STEREO OUTPUT 1 2 L R Sub Mix Effect Send L R Loop L R Stereo x8 Input SEND2 SEND1 Level Send2 Level Send1 Mixer Block Diagram 2488MK2 SELECT SRC REC Bounce Submix Off Post Pre Off Post Pre Off Post Pre Level INPUT SELECT INPUT ASSIGN Off Insert Pad Gain Level Sub 1 24 Track Pan Mixer ANALOG INPUTS DIGITAL IN for Bounce Off SELECT SRC REC LOOP EFF TO SUB MIX 2 2 2 Level Loop Effect Output Level 2 Send Level Peak Bounce Nomal Rec St Mix 3 Band EQ EQ 3 Band TRK Track Master DYN ST EQ 3 Band Mono Stereo Single Block diagram 14 Specifications etc TASCAM 2488MKII 14 Specifications etc Level diagram TASCAM 2488MKII 14 Specifications etc Audio connections MIC LINE inputs A to D Combined XLR 1 4 TRS connector XLR Input impedance 2 k Input level 57 dBu MIC to 10 dBu LINE Nominal input level 10 dB
80. T on page 63 TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Pitch 1 Press and hold the PITCH SSA key The indicator lights and the display changes 2 If the PITCH CONTROL section at the left of the screen is not active it is not surrounded by the thick er frame press the key to move the cursor there 3 Use the dial to change the pitch from 6 0 to 6 0 in 0 1 steps If playback is being carried out while this is done you will be able to hear the change 4 Press the PITCH SSA key to return to the home screen and once again to turn off the pitch change NOTE The above steps can be carried out while playback is stopped or in operation but cannot be carried out during recording It is also possible to start playback while adjusting the pitch but not to start recording at that time To use the set pitch When the pitch change value has been set in the way described above and the 2488MKII shows the home screen simply press the PITCH SSA key briefly to turn the indicator on and to change the pitch Press the PITCH SSA key briefly once again to turn off the pitch change 1 Press and hold the PITCH SSA key either during playback or when the transport is stopped The indicator lights and the display changes 2 If the SLOW SPEED section at the right of the screen is not active it is not surrounded by the thick er frame press the key to move the cursor there 3 Use the channel SELECT keys to select the track
81. UTO PUNCH key but this is proba bly the most logical way to work LAST REC This option sets the start and end points of the last recording or recording rehearsal as the punch in and punch out points IN OUT This uses the IN and OUT points as the punch in and the punch out points The first of these points will be used as the punch in point and the second as the punch out point even if the OUT point is before the IN point LAST TAKE LOAD This option appears after auto punch recording if no other recording track editing virtual track assignment or undo redo operation has occurred It allows you to select the takes from this punch session in the same way as described later in this section In addition you can reselect the previously recorded take without conducting a new recording Setting the punch points TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Recording the punch When you are happy with the rehearsed punch material you record the punch in the following way 1 Press the RHSL key so that the indicator goes out 2 Press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key The display shows TAKE Playback starts at the pre roll point Both the input source and previously recorded material can be monitored When playback reaches the punch in point the monitored signal on the armed track s is muted The RECORD indicator lights steadily When playback reaches the punch out point the recorded material is
82. ach song includes recorded audio data and a playlist playback procedures for audio data track and mark point information and settings for the mixer effects MIDI tempo and pitch control This information is never shared between different songs Each partition can contain a maximum of 250 songs and each song can be given a name You must select a song by creating a new song or loading an existing song before you can do any work with the 2488MKII Save the song when you finish working See First steps in recording song management on page 44 for more details NOTE When you change the active partition see Selecting the active partition on page 13 the most recently used song in the newly active partition is loaded Screen Menu screen You make many of the settings for this unit from the menu screen With the transport stopped press the MENU key to display the MENU screen Use the cursor keys or the JOG DATA dial to select the desired menu and then press the YES ENTER key NOTE Some keys including the transport keys do not func tion when the MENU screen is shown Home screen This screen shows the main information related to record ing Press the HOME key to display the home screen which shows track levels current song position song name remaining recordable time minutes and other information TASCAM 2488MKII 1 2 Setting up and basic knowledge Navigation To navigate insi
83. acks Vtrack Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen CLEAN OUT CLONE TRACK This copies a track or pair of tracks to another track or pair of tracks The IN and OUT points do not have any meaning here There are two values that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 24 or a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc or the MASTER stereo track Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to which the source track is cloned What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 24 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 or MASTER you can only select track pairs 1 2 3 4 etc here Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen If you try to select the same track as a destination that you have selected as the source when you press the YES ENTER key a pop up message will appear Redo the operation with a different set of tracks SILENCE This function is equivalent to recording silence between the IN and OUT points on the chosen track or tracks OUT OUT IN IN No material is added or deleted and the length of the result is therefore the same as that of the original There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 8 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc
84. ackwards and forwards through the recording you can hear the recorded sound at slow speed either backward or forward depending on the direction you are turning the dial NOTE The 2488MKII can locate a position with an accuracy of 1 10 frame The length of 1 frame depends on the frame rate 24 30 frames per second At this speed 1 10 frame accuracy is equivalent to 1 300 second 1 240 second accuracy 1 Position the playback point to the rough position where you want the final point to be 2 Press and hold the STOP key and press the PLAY key The transport enters JOG mode and the JOG indicator lights The display shows a view of the waveform of the currently selected track at the current playback position 3 Press the SELECT key of the track that you want to view pressing the SELECT key of any of the stereo tracks 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 alter nates between viewing the odd and even numbered tracks The display changes to the waveform of that track 4 Use the and cursor keys to zoom out and in respectively horizontally In other words pressing the key will increase the amount of space on the screen taken by a certain amount of time and pressing the key will make the same amount of time take less space on the screen The three zoom levels available are x 1 x 2 allow ing approximately single frame accuracy in adjust ment and x 32 allowing approximately an accura cy of about
85. added to the monitored signal The RECORD indicator goes out Playback continues to the post roll point and stops If the REPEAT indicator is lit the punch recording will continue to repeat up to 99 times until you press STOP allowing you to select from a list of multi takes see Checking the take below The time between repeat takes is about one second You cannot change this time Like recording an auto punch operation is undoable It is shown in the HISTORY list on the UNDO REDO screen UNDO and REDO on page 64 In addition as we mentioned earlier the third choice when you press the AUTO PUNCH key LAST TAKE LOAD allows you to select any of the multi takes from the last punch session However if you have recorded anything else performed an undo or redo operation or made any track editing opera tions the LAST TAKE LOAD option is not available when you press the AUTO PUNCH key NOTE Even if you undo the recording that has overwritten the list of multi takes the multi take list will not be available to you after the undo If you change your mind After finishing the punch When you have finished the auto punch recording 1 Use the dial to highlight the take which you feel is the best or if none of them was any good select ORIGINAL which is the unchanged version 2 Press YES ENTER to select the selected take or the original version A pop up display asks you if you are
86. age 83 TASCAM 2488MKII See Use with a personal computer on page 8 for condi tions regarding the connection of a computer The 2488MKII can import and export the following file types WAV files When the 2488MKII imports a WAV file the file is first stored on the FAT partition before you import it to a virtual track Imported files must have a sampling frequency of 44 1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 or 24 bits Note that if you are importing a 16 bit audio file for use in a 24 bit song you will only enjoy 16 bits of resolution in the imported audio the 2488MKII cannot magically recreate the extra eight bits And if you import a 24 bit audio file into a 16 bit song the bottom eight bits will be truncated SMF When the 2488MKII imports an SMF file the file is first passed through the FAT partition before being imported into a song The 2488MKII outputs MIDI messages based on the SMF USB mode To transfer files and back up and restore data between the 2488MKII and a computer connect them with a USB cable and open the 2488MKII s USB mode When these opera tions are finished close the USB connection and discon nect the USB cable Closing the USB connection 1 Close the USB connection from the computer Windows 2000 or Windows XP A PC card and arrow icon appears in the system tray normally at the bottom right of the screen Left click this icon to open a pop up bar To close the connection between the 2488MKI
87. an be set Select the MIDI channel MIDI Ch 10 is usually reserved for drums and percussion and the Note and Velocity used for the Accent the first note of each bar and Normal beats Use e the CLICK key to turn the metronome on indicator lights orange and off indicator goes off The indicator lights orange while waiting and while the click is output flashes red to mark the start of a bar and green for other beats 12 Tempo and MIDI Use the CLICK key above the transport keys to turn metro nome output ON and OFF When ON it operates according to the selected metronome mode In FREE mode A click is output according to the tempo and time signature set on the FREE METRONOME screen The CLICK indi cator flashes red on the first beat accent of each bar and flashes green on the other beats FREE METRONOME screen 1 Press and hold the CLICK key to open the FREE METRONOME screen Using the metronome TASCAM 2488MKII 12 Tempo and MIDI Time signature setting You must set the time signature setting for a song to dis play bars and beats accurately during playback Music in the 4 4 time signature is common worldwide but music in triple meter e g 3 4 duple meter e g 2 4 and odd meters e g 5 4 are also frequent Time signatures may even change in the middle of a piece of music The 2488MKII can display bars and beats for all of these types of music The setting procedures are explained
88. an choose from mono track pairs 1 2 11 12 for stereo track 13 14 23 24 afor physical track pair TASCAM 2488MKII 10 File import export You can also import Standard MIDI Files through the USB connection For full details on how to use SMF files see SMF playback on page 90 1 With the transport stopped connect the 2488MKII and a computer by USB see Opening the USB connection on page 77 2 Drag and drop SMF from your computer s disk to the SMF folder on the 2488MKII FAT partition You can drag and drop multiple files 3 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 77 Follow the procedures below to load a file from the FAT partition to the 2488MKII s SMF player 4 With the transport stopped press MENU The MENU screen appears 5 Select the SYNC MIDI and press YES ENTER The SYNC MIDI menu screen appears 6 When SMF PLAYER appears in inverse press the YES ENTER key to open the SMF PLAYER screen 7 Use the cursors to select LOAD then press YES ENTER 8 Move the cursors to the file you want to load and press YES ENTER NOTE Note that there is no SMF export function the 2488MKII cannot create or edit MIDI sequences USB import SMF files 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 10 File import export USB export virtual tracks This is basically the reverse of the import procedure First select a virtual track and then export its contents to the
89. and unequalized signals With the SHIFT indicator lit press YES ENTER to turn it on and NO EXIT to turn it off you can also use the cursor Each of the 24 channels provides the following facilities Digital pad gain 3 band parametric EQ Effect sends Phase reversal switch Pan pots A physical fader which may be overridden by an internal virtual fader A mute key Solo facilities Like the 24 track channels the eight inputs are provided with phase digital pad gain EQ effect sends etc They are not provided with physical faders but the output from these extra channels can be adjusted on screen Although these settings can be made at any time they are only effective when the inputs have been assigned to the sub mixer See Sub mixer on page 35 for details Track channels and input channels TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer There is one stereo loop send using the internal effects in addition two effect sends using the external EFFECT SENDS jacks for each channel Please see Single effect on page 42 for details about the use of the internal single effect Press the channel s SELECT key followed by the SEND key this order can be reversed For each effect send there is a soft switch at the left side of the screen Use the dial to set this switch either OFF or POST post fader or PRE pre fader T I P Pre fader means that the channel
90. annel and track channel signals can be sent to the single effect Channel signal send levels and pre post selection are set on the EFFECT SEND screen see Effect send on page 32 The return from this effect is sent to the stereo bus or to the bounce sub mix Making a bounce mix on page 58 Press the SINGLE EFFECT key It lights and the screen changes to the SINGLE EFFECT screen Press the YES ENTER key to enter the library screen to recall a preset effect or a user effect or to save the current parameters Use the cursor keys to select the PRESET choices the USER settings or to SAVE the current parameters Scroll up and down through the list that appears and press YES ENTER to confirm your choice Single effect TASCAM 2488MKII 6 Effects This is not really an effect but uses one of the effect keys Press the shifted MULTI key to bring up the TUNER screen The tuner is used with the signal from input H reserved for guitars and basses It cannot be used with any other input When a note is played the 2488MKII tuner displays the note closest to that note and the bars under the name show whether the actual note is more sharp the bars to the right of the center are highlighted or flat the bars to the left of the center are highlighted than the true value When the larger center bar alone is highlighted the instru ment is tuned to the displayed note You can set the reference A to a value other
91. ass line Copy and paste drum loop Basic drum loop Start song Lead vocal 3rd take and then re record the guitar bridge After this though if you wanted to restore the vocal tracks which we d recorded you would not be able to The new recording would replace everything above the line All the previous items are now erased Retake of guitar solo bridge section Guitar solo Piano second part Piano Scratch vocal take Bass line Copy and paste drum loop Basic drum loop Start song All the later actions are permanently erased An undo redo example TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Up to now we have described the 2488MKII as a 24 track recorder because it can playback up to 24 tracks simultane ously In fact however each song may contain up to 250 tracks which we call virtual tracks Up to 24 of these virtual tracks may be assigned to playback tracks 1 24 which are called physical tracks The 24 virtual tracks assigned to these physical tracks are available for recording and playback Throughout this User s Guide when we use the expression track we are referring to a virtual track that is assigned to a physical track Use the virtual tracks to record multiple takes of lead vocals improvised solos and other parts and then select the best takes afterwards After recording a take you can assign a different virtual track to the same physical track to record another take on the same physical
92. ated to various func tions and many allow direct access to related screens Some of these keys however do not have dedicated screens for editing Please see the related section for each function for details Channel section page 20 Sub mixer section page 18 Stereo bus section page 18 Mixdown section page 21 Effects section page 18 Utility section page 19 Routing section page 22 Locate section page 20 1 TASCAM 2488MKII 2 Setting up and basic knowledge Many keys have two functions the first is written in normal white type and the second is written under this in white on a green background To access these second shifted functions 1 Press the SHIFT key so that the indicator lights 2 Press the key whose second function you want to use The SHIFT indicator goes out NOTE As the 2488MKII is shipped from the factory if you press the SHIFT key and do not press another key within a second or so the SHIFT indicator goes out This prevents you from accessing unwanted functions by accident If you hold down the SHIFT key while you are looking for the next key it will stay on You can change this behavior so that the SHIFT key becomes a non latching key that is you have to press and hold it while you are pressing the other key or a latching key that stays on until the other key is pressed See Shift key behavior on page 92 for details of how to make
93. ator lights and you cannot perform any operations Make sure that you do not turn off the 2488MKII dur ing the format operation If the 2488MKII is turned off during formatting you may not be able to restart the unit afterwards 7 When the format operation is complete a new blank song is automatically created on each partition 9 Reformatting TASCAM 2488MKII 9 Reformatting Reformatting TASCAM partitions In addition to formatting the entire hard disk as described above you can also format individual TASCAM partitions CAUTION When you perform this operation all data on the selected partition is destroyed This operation cannot be undone Before performing this operation make sure that all songs and data that you want to keep are backed up either to disc or to a personal computer see Backup and restoration on page 83 1 With the transport stopped from the DISK menu highlight REFORM and press YES ENTER 2 Use the dial to select the partition to be reformat ted Press YES ENTER A pop up message appears 3 Ask yourself once more if you want to format the parti tion and erase all the data on it Press YES ENTER to continue with the format operation Press NO EXIT to halt the operation CAUTION While the format operation is taking place the HD in dicator lights and you cannot perform any operations Make sure that you do not turn off the 2488MKII dur ing the format operation 4 When
94. available currently is shown 5 Use the dial to select the partition to which the selection will be copied and press YES ENTER 6 The 2488MKII asks you if you are sure that you want to make the copy Press YES ENTER to contin ue with the operation and NO EXIT to cancel CAUTION Copying a song may take some time Be patient while the song is being copied and take care not to power down the 2488MKII in the middle of a copy operation NOTE If you copy a song to the partition where it was origi nally stored it will be copied with the same title so the list will contain two songs with the same title If you want two copies of the same song on one parti tion you should rename one of the copies immedi ately after the copy operation has been carried out When you make the selection for copying only those songs in the currently selected partition are listed If you need to back up from many different partitions you must select each partition in turn and then select the songs on the selected partition In addition to audio data in the track and the playlist songs may also contain unused audio data With the 2488MKII audio data is not erased when a track is overwritten but remains on the hard disk Audio data that has been completely overwritten is unused The procedure below explains how to erase unused audio data As the illustration shows if old audio data is not complete ly overwritten by ne
95. back mixer effect control 13 General preferences page 92 This chapter explains the preference settings and how to adjust them according to your project conditions 14 Specifications etc page 94 This section includes electrical and mechanical specifica tions and block and level diagrams Appendix page 98 This part provides additional information including details of MIDI messages used to control this unit and a list of warning messages About this User s Manual Manual conventions In this manual we use the following conventions Controls and indicators on the 2488MKII are written like this HOME Inputs and controls of other equipment are written like this AUX IN Messages shown on the display are written like this Are you sure If a preset indicator i e one which cannot change is shown it is written like this TEMPO We use the term soft switch or button to describe an on off control on the display Also note the differ ence between disc and disk When we refer to a disc we are refer to a CD R CD RW or pre recorded audio CD A disk on the other hand refers to the 2488MKII s internal hard disk drive or that of a connected computer We use the term key to describe a push button control on the 2488MKII s surface 10 TASCAM 2488MKII 1 Introductions Precautions and notes for placement and use The 2488MKII may b
96. be at least four seconds long Press NO EXIT and re set the OUT point to at least four seconds after the zero point 34 Wrong type of CD Check the disc Press EXIT The wrong type of CD for the operation has been loaded in the drive This could be because A non writable CD has been selected for writing An attempt has been made to finalize an already finalized disc An attempt has been made to erase a non CD RW disc A disc which is not a backup disc has been loaded for a restore operation Press NO EXIT and replace the disc with the correct type of disc for the operation Appendix 11 TASCAM 2488MKII No Message Meaning Action 35 No CD divide markers have been set Use INSERT MARK Press EXIT There are no marks set for the LIVE WRITER to divide the song into CD tracks Marks can be set when the transport is stopped during playback and even during recording by simply pressing the INSERT key When using the LIVE WRITER the maxi mum number of usable marks is 98 and the interval between these marks must be at least 4 seconds 36 Track is too short Insert and trim marker to correct it Press EXIT An interval between the marks to be used by the LIVE WRITER to divide the song into CD tracks is less than 4 seconds long With the transport stopped press the TRIM key and use the JOG DATA dial to adjust the positions of the marks so that all intervals between them are more than 4 secon
97. be recording once a track has been armed in auto punch the track arming status cannot be changed 19 Non linear audio detected Check your system set up Press EXIT Digital audio input mode has been selected but the 2488MKII has detected the wrong data format for the incoming digital audio to be used Press NO EXIT and check the digital audio source The 2488MKII expects a signal in S PDIF IEC60958 Consumer use format at 44 1 kHz It cannot accept compressed audio formats etc 20 Not enough free disk space Use DELETE UNUSED to make space Press EXIT Copying a song has failed because there is not enough space on the selected or target partition Press NO EXIT and use one of the SONG menu operations such as DELETE UNUSED or ERASE to free up some space on the partition where there is not enough space these opera tions cannot be undone 21 Not enough free memory Use DELETE UNUSED to free memory Press EXIT Sometimes after repeated operations the inter nal memory of the 2488MKII becomes used and recording etc is not possible Press NO EXIT Use the DELETE UNUSED menu item from the SONG menu As well as deleting the unused song data this action will also free up memory so recording can continue Remember that this operation cannot be undone 22 Not enough room on CD for burn Use another CD YES or cancel NO Too much data has been selected to fit onto the CD that is curre
98. ber of tracks This allows you to record more than 24 tracks but once bounced onto a track or pair of tracks the original tracks cannot be separated again With the 2488MKII any track or tracks other than the bounce destination track can be a source track Therefore when bouncing to a stereo track the remaining 22 tracks can be used as recording sources Likewise a mono bounce track can use the other 23 tracks as sources In bounce mode the recording source track signals pass from the mixer channels through the sub mix bus to the bounce track While you are performing a bounce operation you cannot use the sub mixer facility Sub mixer on page 35 About track editing One of the most useful features of a disk based recorder such as the 2488MKII is the ability to edit material easily When working with a stereo tape recorder in the past the usual editing method involved a white pencil a razor blade and sticky splicing tape This was not an easy process and was very difficult to undo if there were any mistakes The 2488MKII allows you to edit songs copying and moving material from one part of a song to another This editing is known as non destructive editing meaning that the operation does not actually destroy data and you can undo mistaken editing operations easily If you have ever used a word processor on a computer you will probably find most of the 2488MKII s editing opera tions pretty simple If you have
99. ber that there is no absolute time information contained in this MIDI Clock data Any external devic es synchronized to the 2488MKII which need timing information should either be synchronized using MTC or have their own tempo maps 2 Use the cursor keys to move the cursor around the screen and use the JOG DATA dial to set the values 3 To add a time signature change place the cursor on the time signature line that is after the location where you want to add a time signature change and press the INSERT key To erase a time signature change select the line you want to remove with the cursor and press the DELETE key 4 Press the YES ENTER key when you are finished making settings 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 12 Tempo and MIDI The Standard MIDI File SMF format is used to exchange MIDI song data between sequencers including sequencer software and other MIDI devices Follow the procedures explained in USB import SMF files on page 79 to transfer an SMF file from a connected computer to the 2488MKII s FAT partition and then load it from the FAT partition to the SMF player To open the SMF PLAYER screen highlight SMF PLAYER from the SYNC MIDI menu and press the YES ENTER key On this screen you can set the SPEED and PLAYER ON OFF items The SPEED parameter is a percentage of the original tempo The SPEED item setting allows the speed of the entire piece to be adjusted including any tempo changes included as
100. bled during CD writing CAUTION DO NOT TURN OFF the 2488MKII while this writing operation is taking place You will almost certainly spoil the disc and may corrupt the song data Do not press the eject button below the disc tray while a disc is being written Doing so may cause the disc writing procedure to fail 6 To check the recorded disc use the CD PLAYER option described below Creating an audio CD using TAO TASCAM 2488MKII 8 Mastering and CD recorder When recording multiple CD tracks at once you can set the order in which the tracks are recorded Once a CD has been made in this way no further tracks can be added as the CD is automatically finalized at the end of the operation 1 Insert a blank CD R CD RW disc in the CD RW drive before starting the following procedures 2 With the 2488MKII stopped in a normal mode not master check or pre mastering mode choose CD WRITER from the AUDIO CD menu and press the YES ENTER key The 2488MKII checks the disc After verifying that the disc is recordable a list of the pre mastered songs on the current partition appears on screen NOTE If a song has been recorded but has not been mastered it will not appear in the list If you have a song in another partition which you want to add to the list in the current partition you should copy it from the old partition to the current partition see Copying songs on page 46 3 Use the dial to scrol
101. check mode where you can play back and check the master track Press the MASTER key again to return to the home screen Recording the master track 8 Mastering and CD recorder 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 8 Mastering and CD recorder After creating a master track or sometimes before if the recording started too early or ended too late you can trim the unwanted time You cannot trim the master track itself during playback but since the master track and its source tracks 1 24 use the same timings by trimming the source tracks the mas ter track is also trimmed Follow these procedures to trim the tracks 1 Confirm that the 2488MKII is in a normal mode not master check or pre mastering mode 2 Move the playback position to the point that you want to trim either the start or the end of the master track 3 Set the IN and OUT points at the beginning IN and end OUT of the audio that you want to trim If you want to trim the start of the master track set the IN point at 00 00 00 00 and the OUT point where you want to start the master track If you want to trim the end of the master track set the IN point where you want to end the master track and the OUT point at or after the pre mastering OUT point 4 Use the Track Edit CUT function to cut all tracks between the IN and the OUT point Be sure to select ALL as the Src Trk value see CUT on page 62 5 Play back the master track as describ
102. ck on a disc you must finalize it to make it playable on ordinary CD players Before finalizing you can check the recorded CD tracks using the 2488MKII s CD PLAYER function The CD RW drive must contain an unfinalized disc before you start the process 1 Make sure the 2488MKII is in normal mode not master check or pre mastering mode On the AUDIO CD menu move the cursor to FINALIZE and press YES ENTER 2 A pop up screen asks if you are sure Press YES ENTER to continue NO EXIT to stop the finalize process If you continue the CD session is closed and the finalizing material Table of Contents or TOC is written to the disc NOTE You cannot add CD tracks to a finalized disc You can only finalize a disc once and you cannot unfi nalize a disc During finalizing the CD RW drive s eject button cannot be used TASCAM 2488MKII 8 Mastering and CD recorder 10 Use the and keys to move the cursor to the gaps between the songs on the CD 11 Use the dial to set the time in seconds between songs from 0 0 seconds no gap through 9 9 seconds in 0 1 second steps NOTE When you come to play back the disc on a CD player the start of the gap will appear as Index 0 on the track following the gap and the start of the track will appear as Index 1 Because the gap counts as a part of the track the total length of the track and gap together cannot exceed 80 minutes 12 When all the gaps have been set
103. d below is changed from the factory setting when a scene is recalled the recalled internal fader values and the physical fader posi tions may not match For this reason audio levels may change suddenly after recalling a scene Remember to turn down the output volume when recalling scenes to avoid sudden changes in volume In the factory fader matching setting the internal fader values always match physical fader positions NOTE If the fader matching setting is changed from the factory setting the following cases may also cause the internal fader values and physical fader values not to match If a different song is recalled If external MIDI fader control is used If a physical fader position is changed while the unit s power is OFF Fader matching If the fader matching mode is not changed from its factory settings then the physical fader positions will always show the actual fader levels internal fader values when you use the 2488MKII In this setting however fader data is not recalled with scenes TASCAM 2488MKII 5 Mixer If the fader matching setting is changed from the factory setting REAL to JUMP or CATCH as described below then fader data will be recalled together with scenes Immediately after recall though the physical fader posi tions may not match the internal fader values and the initial effect of a moving a physical fader then depends on the fader matching mode
104. d in much the same way as a CD R disc but the last track or tracks recorded can be erased before the disc has been finalized and the space on the disc can be re used for other recordings The packaging of CD RW discs will include the logo one of the following logos High Speed However you should note that an audio CD created using a CD RW disc may not play back satisfactorily on every audio CD player It will naturally be playable on the 2488MKII This is in no way a limitation of the 2488MKII itself but of the difference between the different types of media and the methods used to read them There are precautions that you should take when handling CD R and CD RW discs Avoid touching the recording non label side of a disc on which you will be recording Recording on a disc requires a cleaner surface than playing back and fingerprints grease etc can cause errors in the recording process CD R and CD RW discs are sensitive to the effects of heat and ultraviolet rays It is important that they are not stored in a location where direct sunlight will fall on them and which is away from sources of heat such as radiators or heat generating electrical devices Always store CD R and CD RW discs in their cases to avoid dirt and dust accumulating on their surfaces When labeling CD R and CD RW discs always use a soft oil based felt tipped pen to write the information Never use a ball point or hard tipped pen as
105. d processors you can undo your mistakes the 2488MKII remembers up to the last 999 operations you perform in each song What is more you can undo your undo operations redo The operations that you can undo are The different track editing functions described in this section Recording operations including track bounce Auto punch operations Mastering operations Import of WAV files In addition all these operations are stored as part of the song on the disk even when you turn the machine off the history of all the previous operations is stored ready for next time What this means is that you can finish your work for the day come back in the morning with fresh ears and decide that maybe you did not want that overdub after all With the 2488MKII this is no problem TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Here s an extremely simplified example that extremely unlikely that you d work this way but it shows the prin ciples involved Lead vocal 2nd take Lead vocal correction Lead vocal Retake of guitar solo bridge section Guitar solo Piano second part Piano Scratch vocal take Bass line Copy and paste drum loop Basic drum loop Start song Lead vocal 3rd take This is the history of a recording session so far Suppose that you decide that items 11 and 12 in the list are not need ed in other words the first take 9 with its correction 10 have been overwritten by 11 and 12 but you feel
106. de the 2488MKII screens use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor YES ENTER key To do an action to enter a sub menu or to answer yes to a question We will often refer to this as just the YES ENTER key NO EXIT key To do the opposite of confirming that is to leave a screen without performing an action to go up a menu level or to answer no to a question We will often refer to this as just the NO EXIT key Changing values Use the JOG DATA dial we ll just call it the dial to increase or decrease values shown on the screen Titling With the SHIFT indicator lit press the TITLE key to set or edit the title of one of these objects A pop up appears allowing you to edit the title Use the left and right cursor keys to move around inside the title and the dial to select a character at the cursor position Use the INSERT and DELETE keys to insert and delete characters at the cursor position You can also use the up and down cursor keys as shift keys allowing you to select between CAPS uppercase CAPITAL LETTERS small lowercase small letters NUM numbers WORD you can use the dial to select from a range of preset words VERSE CHORUS etc The preset words can be edited to meet your needs as described in User words on page 93 Some general notes on using the 2488MKII Direct access screens The keys listed below are keys dedic
107. dea to read one of the many excellent introductory books on audio and recording NOTE Even if no mic effects are assigned you can still edit the parameters on each channel You must assign the mic effects in order to use them Editing mic effects TASCAM 2488MKII 1 6 Effects The multi effect is assigned in the same way as the mic effects press and hold the MULTI key and press the input or channel SELECT key Any input or channel assigned when the MULTI key is first pressed flashes Unassigning the multi effect follows the same procedure press and hold the MULTI key and press the flashing SELECT key NOTE The multi effect can be freely assigned to mono inputs or channels or to linked or stereo input or channels Assigning the multi effect On the 2488MKII a multi effect is a chain of effects which can be used together as one insert effect for processing a guitar sound for example A multi effect is made available together with the four mic effect setting Selecting the multi effect for use is done in the same way as selecting the four mic effects see Editing mic effects page 40 Multi effect 1 From the MULTI EFFECT parameter screen press YES ENTER 2 Use the cursor keys to select either the PRESET memory banks the USER memory banks or SAVE the current setting The left side of the PRESET memory banks provides a description of the effect GRUNGE CLEAN FUNK etc The library list
108. des with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped Do not expose this apparatus to drips or splashes Do not place any objects filled with liquids such as vases on the apparatus Do not install this apparatus in a confined space such as a book case or similar unit The apparatus draws nominal non operating power from the AC outlet
109. don t need Press EXIT There are too many songs stored on the current partition the limit is 250 songs on one partition for a new song to be created or a song that has been backed up to be restored Press NO EXIT Back up any songs you want to keep and then use the ERASE menu item from the SONG menu to erase unwanted songs or songs you have backed up before proceeding with the creation or restoration of a song deleting songs cannot be undone Alternatively use DISK gt SELECT to select another partition 31 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 NO EXIT stop recording select the desired take from the list Press ENTER and press AUTO PUNCH again selecting a mode other than LAST TAKE LOAD Takes recorded before this cannot be restored so the first selection should be made carefully 32 Track already written to disc so only 1 song can be written Press EXIT Because at least one track is already present on the disc it is not possible to burn more than one track at once To burn several tracks at one time Disc At Once you must start with a blank disc Press NO EXIT and replace the disc if necessary 33 Track is too short Choose and set another OUT point Press EXIT The distance between the zero point and the OUT point is too short for mastering A CD track must
110. ds You can also use the INSERT key to set new marks at appropriate positions The maxi mum number of usable marks is 98 when using the LIVE WRITER 37 Time between TO and FROM is too short Re set the points Press EXIT The time between the FROM and TO points is too short when using the COPY FROM gt TO function for track editing so the function cannot be executed Set the time between the FROM and TO points to 0 5 seconds or more The FROM and TO points can be set by pressing their respective keys while holding down the LOCATE key 38 SMF player is selected Cannot do this operation now Pres EXIT This function is inoperative when using the SMF PLAYER Open the SMF PLAYER screen MENU gt SYNC MIDI gt SMF PLAYER and set the PLAYER item to OFF 39 No free metronome mode selected Use METRONOME to select Pres EXIT The metronome function is not set to FREE mode Open the METRONOME screen MENU gt SYNC MIDI gt METRONOME and set the MODE to FREE Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 11 TEAC CORPORATION Phone 81 422 52 5082 www tascam com 3 7 3 Nakacho Musashino shi Tokyo 180 8550 Japan TEAC AMERICA INC Phone 1 323 726 0303 www tascam com 7733 Telegraph Road Montebello California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD Phone 1905 890 8008 Facsimile 1905 890 9888 www tascam com 5939 Wallace Street Mississauga Ontario L4Z 1Z8 Canada TEAC MEXICO S A De C V Phone 52 5
111. e bounce destination no audio signal is sent to the STEREO OUTPUT or the MONITOR OUTPUT 3 Adjust the source tracks levels EQ and pan posi tions etc for the bounce mix Press the MUTE keys or lower the faders on tracks that you do not want to bounce NOTE When you monitor the bounce you are monitoring the bounce destination If any EQ etc is applied to the destination track s this is added to the signal you are monitoring You may therefore want to make sure that the EQ is turned off on the destination tracks 4 While watching the level meter of the bounce destination track on the home screen use the SUB fader to adjust the final recording level the sub mix bus output level becomes the bounce mix recording level NOTE While bouncing the bounce destination track fader and STEREO fader affect the monitoring volume but they do not affect the recording level 5 When the bounce is done press the BOUNCE key again to return to ordinary recording mode T I P If you press the sub mixer section SELECT key to open the SUB MIXER screen you can confirm that REC is selected as the sub mix bus assignment destination By assigning input channels A H to the sub mixer during track bounce input signals can also be sent to the bounce destination track see Sub mixer on page 35 Bouncing tracks Like many multitrack recorders the 2488MKII allows you to bounce a collection of recorded tracks to a smaller num
112. e 2488MKII comes with many standard useful phrases but if you are playing a style of music not catered for by these words you can use this preference screen to add your own words up to 12 characters long for example BANJO SOLO Select the word to be edited and then press TITLE shifted MENU to edit it as described in Titling on page 15 Press YES ENTER when you have finished editing the word catch the internal level the physical level changes at that point This ensures that there are no sudden leaps in volume due to a difference between the physical fader and the internal setting NOTE Note that the setting made for this option will apply to the current song and any songs loaded afterwards until the setting is changed Digital input channel selection Use the DIGITAL INPUT item to assign the digital input to a pair of input channels A B C D E F G H Select OFF if you are not using the digital input Press the YES ENTER key to confirm the setting This assignment is not made until the YES ENTER key is pressed with the digital source connected and is not stored as part of the song information The 2488MKII can accept digital audio from 44 1 kHz sources TASCAM 2488MKII for Bounce 2 2 2 Pan Level Level Output Select Mic Multi EFFECT SENDS 2 SEND1 EFF STEREO DIGITAL OUT Level Metronome SUBMIX Level Level Level Pan Pan Pan Output
113. e MONITOR OUTPUT jack on the rear panel See Monitoring on page 36 for details u MONITOR LEVEL knob Adjusts the level of the output signal i MONITOR SOURCE MONO key indicator Pressing this key cycles through the monitor sources The indicator lights next to the selected monitor source STEREO SUB MIX TO EFF LOOP EFF SEND 1 2 Pressing this key with the SHIFT indicator lit selects mono monitoring the monitor source indicator flash es Press the unshifted MONITOR SOURCE MONO key again to return to stereo monitoring o MUTE key This key mutes and unmutes the MONITOR OUT signal without affecting the headphone output p RECORD SOURCE MONITOR key This key selects whether the input source signal is monitored before or after it has passed through the track mixer see Record source monitoring on page 36 LCD display section a LCD display The display shows various information and setting screens for the operation of the 2488MKII s Contrast adjustment knob This knob adjusts the display contrast Access indicator section d MIDI indicator This indicator lights when MIDI messages are received the MIDI IN jack f HD indicator This indicator lights when data is being read from or written to the internal hard disk Utility section These keys are used to access specific utility screens g SCENE NULL key Opens the SCENE LIBRARY screen see Scene memories on page 37 With the S
114. e current 2488MKII settings actual levels and fader positions may not match see Fader matching on page 37 Track mixer section Sub mixer section These controls are for the sub mixer w SELECT key Press this key to open the SUB MIXER screen This key is also used to assign inputs A H to the sub mixer and to assign the sub mixer to the stereo bus e MUTE SOLO key This key functions in the same way for the sub mixer as the track channel MUTE SOLO keys do for channels see Mute on page 33 When the SOLO indicator is lit this key functions as a SOLO key and shows that the sub mixer is soloed when flashing see Soloing and toggle on page 37 r SUB fader This fader adjusts the output level of the sub mix bus Stereo Bus section t SELECT DYNAMICS key Press this key to open the STEREO screen Use this screen to match internal fader levels with physical fader positions and to make direct output settings see Stereo fader on page 34 and Direct output on page 35 Press this key with the SHIFT indicator lit to open the STEREO DYNAMICS screen see Stereo dynamics on page 34 y STEREO fader This fader adjusts the output level of the stereo bus and hence the overall level of the mix when mastering TASCAM 2488MKII 1 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII Monitor Section These controls adjust the output signal sent to the PHONES output jack on the front panel and th
115. e message 1 Make sure the 2488MKII is in normal mode not master check or pre mastering mode On the AUDIO CD menu move the cursor to CD WRITER and press YES ENTER The 2488MKII checks the disc After verifying that the disc is recordable a list of the pre mastered songs on the current partition appears NOTE If a song has been recorded but has not been mastered it will not appear in the list If you want to change partitions see Selecting the active partition on page 13 2 Use the JOG DATA dial to select the song whose master track you want to write to the CD and press the YES ENTER key 3 Choose at this point whether you want to finalize the disc If you finalize the disc at this stage you will not be able to add any more CD tracks to it T I P If you do not finalize the disc at this stage you can finalize it later in a separate operation 4 Press YES ENTER to continue and NO EXIT if you want to choose a different song 5 You are asked if you are sure that you want to record the song Press YES ENTER to proceed with the recording CD writing begins Two seconds of silence are automatically added to the end of each track recorded to disc NOTE A pop up message appears if there is not enough space on the disc to write a CD track In this case you can adjust the length of the master track see Trim ming the master on page 70 or use a different disc All other 2488MKII functions are disa
116. e used in most areas but to maintain top performance and prolong operating life observe the following notes precautions and environmental conditions Avoid exposing it to extremes of temperature and humidity and avoid mechanical shocks and vibration Keep the unit away from strong magnetic fields TV sets computer monitors large electric motors etc The nominal temperature should be between 5 C and 35 C 41 F and 95 F Relative humidity should be 30 to 80 percent As the unit may become hot during operation always leave sufficient space above the unit for ventilation Do not install this unit in a confined space such as a book case and do not put anything on top of the unit Avoid installing this unit on top of any heat generating electrical device such as a power amplifier Make sure that the unit is mounted in a level position for correct operation Beware of condensation If the unit or a compact disc is moved from a cold to a warm place or used after a sudden temperature change there is a danger of condensation vapor in the air could condense on the internal mechanism making correct oper ation impossible To prevent this or if this occurs let the player sit for one or two hours at the new room temperature before using Never use a stabilizer or printable discs Using commercially available CD stabilizers or printable recordable discs with this player will damage
117. ed above The start and end should now be as you want them Trimming the master Copying the master track You can use the CLONE TRACK editing function to copy the master track to another track see CLONE TRACK on page 63 Checking the master To check the recorded master track use the master check mode After finishing the pre mastering press the MASTER key to enter master check mode and open the MASTER CHECK screen The MASTER CHECK screen shows the song title and the total time All monitoring is now from the STEREO selection only The master track playback sound is not affected by fader movements or other mixer operations includ ing new assignments No faders or other mixer controls including assignment have any effect The only possible control of the monitor volume is through the MONITOR LEVEL controls The transport controls work in the following way PLAY plays back from the current position to the end of the master track REW and F FWD keys rewind and fast forward as normal but the speed does not appear on the screen Press the STOP key to stop playback Recording is disabled All location functions are disabled Jog varispeed SSA repeat etc are disabled T I P While playing back the master track it is output from the STEREO and DIGITAL OUTPUT jacks as well as from the MONITOR and PHONES jacks Therefore during pre mastering or master checking you can record the stereo mix signal to an ext
118. efore recording actually begins You can also use the repeat function together with the auto punch operations allowing you to make repeated rehears als of a punch section as well as repeated takes of the same section multi takes or when you are recording repeated recordings can be used as multi takes With multi take recording you can choose the best recording after record ing many takes one after the other On a tape recorder repeating a section there is a delay while the tape rewinds The instant rewind of a disk recorder can give you no time to prepare your fingers take a breath etc ready for the next take The 2488MKII allows you to set a time between reaching the OUT point and starting to replay from the IN point again from 0 seconds to 9 9 seconds 1 Press and hold the REPEAT key so that a pop up screen appears 2 Use the dial to set the interval Pressing YES ENTER returns to the home screen Setting the repeat interval You can repeat playback between the IN and OUT points by pressing the REPEAT key so that the indicator lights Repeat recording is handled using the auto punch facility see Auto punch operations on page 55 Repeat 6 When you change a value the values on the top line will start to blink and will continue to blink for a few seconds 7 Press YES ENTER while the values are blinking to set the value or PLAY to start immediate play back at that value Also if you do not pre
119. el 0 127 0 dB 100 0 dB 127 6 dB MASTER LEVEL 24 EFFECT1 Level 0 127 0 dB 100 0 dB 127 6 dB MASTER LEVEL 25 EFFECT2 Level 0 127 0 dB 100 0 dB 127 6 dB MASTER LEVEL 80 EQ SW 0 1 OFF ON 81 LOOP Effect Pos 0 1 2 OFF PRE POST 82 EFFECT1 Pos 0 1 2 OFF PRE POST 83 EFFECT2 Pos 0 1 2 OFF PRE POST 84 Phase 0 1 N R The following are the MIDI Control Change messages accepted by the 2488MKII to control different settings When used with an external sequencer this provides a certain degree of automation for mixing etc MIDI Control Program change message Appendix Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII Effect parameter change MIDI messages Use the following MIDI channels to send messages to the 2488MKII effects see Effects on page 39 Channels 1 through 8 are used for mic effects The Bank Select controller is used with channel 14 to choose which group of eight channels or inputs is affected Bank 0 Mixer channels 1 though 8 Bank 1 Mixer channels 9 through 16 Bank 2 Mixer channels 17 through 24 Bank 3 Inputs A through H Channel 9 is used to control the stereo dynamics processor effect Channel 10 is used to control the single effect Channel 11 is used to control the multi effect The way in which the effects are controlled is by the use of NRPN non Registered Parameters Controller 98 is used for the L
120. en recording or playing back 1 Make sure that the mark you want to edit is shown on the home display and that playback is stopped 2 Press the TRIM key The display shows TRIM and a view of the waveform of the currently selected track at the active mark 3 Press the SELECT key of the track that you want to view The display changes to the waveform of that track Although the active mark applies to all tracks if you have a track selected with nothing or little recorded on it at that point it will be impossible to see or hear anything using this function 4 Use the and keys to zoom out and in respec tively horizontally That is pressing the key will increase the amount of space on the screen taken by a certain amount of time and pressing the key will make the same amount of time take less space on the screen The three zoom levels available are x 1 x 2 at about single frame accuracy and x 32 at about 10 sub frame accuracy shown below the time display 5 Use the and keys to adjust the vertical scale the way that the volume of the sound is shown The zoom levels here are x 1 x 2 x 4 x 8 x 16 and x 32 Pressing the key increases the verti cal scaling of the display and pressing the key decreases the scale NOTE If you cannot see any waveforms when you first enter this display press the key to zoom the volume so that you can see the quiet passages 6 Use the JOG DATA dial to move the
121. er Values 1 Noise suppressor NSP 00 00 Threshold 0 100 84 0 83 4 82 8 82 2 81 6 81 0 80 4 79 8 79 2 78 6 78 0 77 4 76 8 76 2 75 6 75 0 74 4 73 8 73 2 72 6 72 0 71 4 70 8 70 2 69 6 69 0 68 4 67 8 67 2 66 6 66 0 65 4 64 8 64 2 63 6 63 0 62 4 61 8 61 2 60 6 60 0 59 4 58 8 58 2 57 6 57 0 56 4 55 8 55 2 54 6 54 0 53 4 52 8 52 2 51 6 51 0 50 4 49 8 49 2 48 6 48 0 47 4 46 8 46 2 45 6 45 0 44 4 43 8 43 2 42 6 42 0 41 4 40 8 40 2 39 6 39 0 38 4 37 8 37 2 36 6 36 0 35 4 34 8 34 2 33 6 33 0 32 4 31 8 31 2 30 6 30 0 29 4 28 8 28 2 27 6 27 0 26 4 25 8 25 2 24 6 24 0 dB 00 01 Suppress 0 100 0 100 00 02 Attack 0 100 0 100 00 08 Release 0 100 0 100 00 04 Switch 0 1 Off On Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 10 Effect chain Effect NRPN Parameter Values 2 Distortion DST 00 05 Distortion 0 100 0 100 00 06 Tone 0 100 0 100 00 07 Level 0 100 0 100 00 08 reserved 00 09 Switch 0 1 Off On Overdrive OD 00 05 Drive 0 100 0
122. ere you can switch between normal pitch control and SSA and make related settings see Varispeed opera tions on page 68 TASCAM 2488MKII 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII PHONES jack Connect stereo headphones here to listen to the moni tor output PUNCH jack Connect a TASCAM RC 30P or other foot pedal to control punch in and punch out EXPRESSION jack Connect a BOSS EV 5 or other foot volume pedal to control internal effect parameters see Editing the multi effect on page 41 1 2 3 GUITAR INPUT H jack This is a guitar input jack for input H Connect a guitar or bass with a high impedance pickup Disc tray For CD R and CD RW discs Eject button Use to open and close the disc tray Do not press this button when the drive is in operation 4 5 6 Front panel 1 23 4 5 6 Routing section I QUICK ROUTING MAP key Use to recall and save routing assignment settings see Saving and loading assignments on page 30 Press this key with the SHIFT indicator lit to open the ROUTING MAP screen where you can see the status of input channel assignments see Checking assing ments on page 30 Other keys O SHIFT key indicator The shift function is operative when the indicator is lit Use the GLOBAL screen of the PREFERENCE menu to select the functionality of the SHIFT key see Shift key behavior on page 92 P CLICK key indicator Turns the metronome
123. erial which followed the OUT point now moved to follow the IN point Material which was between the IN and OUT points is deleted The result is therefore shorter than the original There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 24 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 etc all of the tracks 1 24 or all the virtual tracks ALL Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen This function opens up a silent gap between the IN and OUT points on the chosen track or tracks OUT IN OUT IN The source and destination are the same and after the operation the track is split at the IN point with the mate rial which followed the IN point now moved to follow the OUT point The result is therefore longer than the original There is only one value that you can change Src Trk Select an individual track 1 through 24 a pair of tracks 1 2 3 4 etc all of the tracks 1 24 or all the virtual tracks ALL Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen OPEN This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points and moves it to the chosen track or tracks inserting it as new material starting at the TO point OUT IN TO OUT IN TO After the operation the selected section of the source between the IN and OUT points is replaced by silence The insert operation adds the selected section as
124. ernal recording device cassette digital recorder MD etc Exiting master check mode Press the MASTER key to exit master checking and return to the home screen TASCAM 2488MKII 1 8 Mastering and CD recorder Creating an audio CD You can create an audio CD by using the 2488MKII CD RW drive to burn the master track to a CD R CD RW disc Three audio CD creation methods are available Track At Once TAO burns CD tracks one at a time while Disc At Once DAO burns multiple master tracks as CD tracks at one time Furthermore the 2488MKII has a Live Writer function that uses marks to burn one master track as mul tiple CD tracks Remember that whichever method you use to record your CDs you can record a maximum of 99 tracks on one CD the minimum length of a track is four seconds and the maximum track length you can record from the 2488MKII is 80 minutes NOTE Only one of the above methods can be used in record ing a single disc For example a disc that has tracks that were recorded using TAO can have another CD track added using TAO but recording with DAO or Live Writer is not possible DAO and Live Writer recording is only possible on a blank disc Before starting this operation you must make sure that there is a recordable disc inserted in the CD RW drive If there is no recordable disc that is a CD R or CD RW disc that has not been finalized the 2488MKII shows an appropriat
125. es 105 Preset mic effects 106 Preset stereo dynamics effects 106 Preset Multi effects 106 Preset single effects 107 MIDI Implementation chart 108 MMC Bit map commands 109 Bit map array of MMC commands 109 Bit map array of Response Information field 110 Warning and status messages 111 Contents TASCAM 2488MKII TASCAM 2488MKII Thank you for purchasing the 24 track TASCAM 2488MKII Digital Portastudio With this all in one digital multitrack recorder you can record mix and master audio on an 80GB hard disk and make audio and backup CDs with the internal CD RW drive Before connecting and using the unit please read this User s Guide carefully before operating the unit After you have finished reading this manual please keep it in a safe place for future reference Main features of the 2488MKII 80GB hard disk Easy song management using multiple partitions 24 track digital recorder Records uncompressed audio at a sampling frequency of 44 1 kHz at 16 or 24 bit resolution Simultaneously records up to 8 tracks and plays back up to 24 tracks for mixing Stores up to 250 virtual tracks in each song Mixer with 24 playback track channels and 8 input channels 4 XLR mic inputs with phantom power High impedance input
126. ey 15 NO EXIT key 15 Changing values 15 Titling 15 SHIFT key 16 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII 17 Top panel 17 Input channel section 17 Effects section 18 Track mixer section 18 Sub mixer section 18 Stereo Bus section 18 Monitor Section 19 LCD display section 19 Access indicator section 19 Utility section 19 Screen operation section 19 Channel section 20 Locate section 20 Mark Title section 20 Transport section 21 Transport keys 21 Mixdown section
127. ey Press this key to open the EQ screen of the currently selected channel input channel track channel or stereo bus See Digital pad gain EQ on page 31 and Stereo EQ on page 33 b SEND key Press this key to open the EFFECT SEND screen of the currently selected channel input channel or track chan nel See Effect send on page 32 n FADER PAN key Press this key to open the FADER PAN screen of the currently selected channel input channel or track chan nel See Fader pan on page 32 m SOLO key indicator Press this key to enter solo mode When solo mode is ON the indicator lights and the MUTE SOLO keys in the row to the left function as SOLO keys see Soloing and toggle on page 37 Mark Title section Use these keys to set erase and adjust marks up to 999 per song edit titles and add and remove check marks See Mark functions on page 51 for details DELETE key Press this key to erase the mark just before the current transport playback position Use this key for other functions including erasing letters during title editing de selecting list entries and erasing entries on the TEMPO MAP and TIME SIGNATURE screens TRIM key Press this key to open the TRIM screen to edit at the mark position just before the current transport play back position INSERT key Press this key to create a mark at the transport play back position Use this key for other functi
128. f the pre mastered material is the OUT point Before starting the pre mastering process make sure that if you are using the sub mixer it is assigned to the stereo bus The modes related to pre mastering include the pre mastering mode for recording the master track and the master check mode for checking the recorded master track Press the MASTER key to cycle through normal pre mastering and master check modes 1 Set the OUT point at the end of the material that you intend to pre master 2 Press the MASTER key to enter pre mastering mode PreMastering appears at the upper left of the home screen If any REC indicators are on they are turned off and they cannot be turned on again while pre mastering is being carried out While pre mastering transport controls work in the usual way except that Playback and fast forward will stop at the OUT point and the playback position cannot move past this point Auto punch operations are disabled Jog and trim are disabled Pitch control and SSA are disabled Direct location and repeat playback are disabled Recording is carried out as explained below To record the master track press and hold the RECORD key and then press the PLAY key Both the PLAY and the RECORD indicators light Recording always starts regardless of the current position at 00 00 00 00 The mastering records the effects of all mixer settings and effect setti
129. fect send on page 32 The parameters of the effects may be edited and stored in libraries allowing the same effect setting to be used on multiple tracks or used in different parts of the same project These library effects are also available for use in other songs even on difference disk partitions Whether or not the parameters are stored in a library entry effect assignments and parameters are always stored as part of a song NOTE The 2488MKII and the original 2488 use different library data formats that are not compatible You cannot transfer effect setting between the two differ ent types of unit Settings insert effect modes There are 2 insert effect modes MIC X4 mode 4 mic effects and the multi effect can be used in this mode MIC X8 mode 8 mic effects can be used in this mode T I P You can check which mode you are in at any time by pressing the MULTI key or MICX4 key If only the key that you press flashes the current mode is MIC X4 mode If both the MULTI and MICX4 keys flash then the current mode is MIC X8 mode To change the current mode press the MULTI and MICX4 keys simultaneously After selecting the insert effect mode assign it to an input or track channel see Assigning mic effects on page 39 and Assigning the multi effect on page 41 CAUTION When you change from MIC X4 mode to MIC X8 mode the multi effect assignment is cancelled but the mic effect assignments are kept Whe
130. for the pitch and the slow speed audition functions The setting for the key sense time is from 0 3 to 2 0 seconds in 0 1 second steps The factory setting is 0 5 seconds Meter peak hold mode The meters shown on the home screen and other pages can be configured to hold the peak value This parameter can take the following values OFF where the meters do not hold the peak value at all ON the peak meters hold the value for a second or so and then drop back or KEEP where the peak value is always shown on screen until this value is changed You can also press the HOME key when the SHIFT indicator is lit Use the cursor keys to highlight the parameter and the dial to change it T I P The KEEP setting is useful if you want a permanent record of the highest value but you cannot keep your eyes on the meters during the whole take or rehearsal Meter release time The meter drop back time can be configured to be from 30 ms to 100 ms in 10 ms steps using the cursor keys to highlight the parameter and the dial to change it Note that the meters are always peak meters and the rise time is fixed Shift key behavior The SHIFT key can be used in one of three ways as set by this parameter AUTO SAFE This is the factory setting The SHIFT key functions for a few seconds after it is pressed It becomes inactive after you press another key or when the shift indicator light goes out HOLD The SHIFT key rema
131. form this direct location when playing back or recording 2 If the home display is not shown press the HOME key 3 There is an underline cursor at the top of the screen If the top left of the screen does not show BAR that is it shows MTC or ABS move the cursor under the left field and turn the dial clockwise until BAR is shown 4 Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to either of the following bars 3 digits or beats 2 digits The tempo value cannot be altered here it is set by the tempo map Bar Beat 5 Use the dial to increase or decrease the number over the cursor in the illustration the cursor is under the bars value If you increase the beats value past the maximum number of beats on a bar at that point in the tempo map the number will wrap round that is the bars value will increase by one and the beats value will be set to 01 For the first two modes ABS and MTC the way to locate directly is as follows 1 Make sure the transport is stopped You cannot perform this direct location when playing back or recording 2 If the home display is not shown press the HOME key There is an underline cursor at the top of the screen If the top left of the screen does not show ABS or MTC that is it shows BAR move the cursor to under BAR and turn the dial counterclockwise until ABS or MTC is showing 3 Use the left and right cursor keys to move
132. from 1 through 24 Input H is special on the 2488MKII it is duplicated at the front of the 2488MKII with an input for electric guitars and basses active guitars and basses should use a 1 4 LINE jack at the rear of the unit Only use this front input jack for passive electric guitars and basses and do not plug these instruments into any other jacks Making the first recording 1 Plug the guitar into the GUITAR H input on the front of the 2488MKII Then plug a pair of head phones into the PHONES jack on the front panel 2 Play the guitar and adjust the level using TRIM control H so that when you play a loud note the OL indicator above the INPUT H key lights very briefly Then turn the TRIM counterclockwise a little to set the appropriate level If you want to tune the guitar using the 2488MKII see Tuner on page 43 3 Press and hold the INPUT H key so that it starts to flash While holding it down press the SELECT key of channel 1 Now both these keys will flash Now release both keys They will both be lit This means that input H is now assigned to track 1 4 Press the REC key of track 1 It starts to flash 5 Set both fader 1 and the STEREO fader to the 0 position 6 Confirm that the MONITOR SOURCE is set to STEREO and use the MONITOR LEVEL knob to adjust the monitor level You can also monitor in mono see Monitoring on page 36 7 After pressing the INPUT H key press the EQ key and adjust
133. ful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures a Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna b Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver c Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected d Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment For U S A IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS TASCAM 2488MKII 1 Read these instructions 2 Keep these instructions 3 Heed all warnings 4 Follow all instructions 5 Do not use this apparatus near water 6 Clean only with dry cloth 7 Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions 8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two bla
134. g effects and scene memories are included in the new song If you select OFF the mixer settings are initialized when you create the new song 5 Use the dial and the cursor keys to give the song a name up to 12 characters in length see Titling on page 15 Press YES ENTER when you are done The display shows the home screen These functions are not completely recorder related but they do have play important roles in the recorder operation These are all accessed through the SONG menu from the main menu Press MENU navigate to SONG and press YES ENTER First steps in recording song management 7 Recorder TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Erasing a song To free up space on a disk partition and delete a song or songs you should perform the following operations 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the ERASE option Press YES ENTER 3 Select the song or songs to be erased using the dial to highlight the songs and the INSERT key to place a check mark beside them If you select a song for erasure by accident use the DELETE key to deselect it 4 Press YES ENTER to erase the selected song s 5 The 2488MKII asks you if you are sure Press YES ENTER if you really are sure that you want to erase these songs CAUTION This operation cannot be undone Erasing
135. g the USB connection on page 77 TASCAM 2488MKII 1 10 File import export Importing from CD mono WAV files The 2488MKII can only read mono WAV format files from the top level directory root of a data disc with no other files on the disc Files in subdirectories cannot be imported When these files are imported they are copied to virtual tracks which must then be assigned to physical tracks to be used 1 Insert the disc containing the files into the CD RW drive 2 With the transport stopped press the MENU key to open the MENU screen 3 When WAVE IN OUT appears in inverse press the YES ENTER key to open the WAVE IN OUT menu 4 Select CD IMPORT and press YES ENTER 5 Use the dial or the cursors to select the wave file to be imported and press YES ENTER 6 Select the destination virtual track for WAV file import and press the YES ENTER key A confirma tion message appears 7 Press the YES ENTER key again to copy the WAV file to the virtual track To cancel file import press the NO EXIT key instead of the YES ENTER key Exporting master tracks You can export one or more master tracks to a computer The master tracks must all reside on the same TASCAM partition Master tracks are converted to stereo WAV files and sent to the FAT partition from where they can be copied to the computer Regardless of the master track bit depth the exported stereo WAV file is 16 bit 1 With the transport st
136. gh disk space on the current partition Press NO EXIT and delete a song SONG gt DELETE to free up space on the partition note that this cannot be undone 8 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 NO EXIT use the USB OPEN function to manage the files move or delete unwanted ones on the FAT partition from a computer and retry Alternatively if there is no wanted data on the FAT partition use the 2488MKII to reformat the FAT partition all data on the FAT partition is irrecoverably lost The maximum file size is 4 GB The following is a list of warning messages that may be displayed by the 2488MKII 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 brack ets YES ENTER or NO EXIT and menu items are written in uppercase capital letters DELETE UNUSED Warning and status messages Appendix TASCAM 2488MKII 111 No Message Meaning Action 9 Import file not found Use USB OPEN to import file Press EXIT The file selected backup file WAV file for import or SMF is not available Press NO EXIT use the USB OPEN function to transfer the appropriate file to the FAT parti tion and then try importing again 10 Invalid Fs rate detect ed Check
137. gs stored on the disk can be stored as protected or unprotected 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the PROTECT option Press YES ENTER 3 Use the dial to set the protection ON or OFF and press YES ENTER to confirm the setting Last Recording Position LRP This is an extremely useful feature that allows you to return instantly to the point where recording last started You can use this in any of the following situations these are examples you may think of others for yourself after you interrupt a bad take halfway through the recording and want to return instantly to the same posi tion to retake when you want to playback from the start of a take immediately after recording it when you are recording a number of different tracks in turn all to start from the same point after a take you may want to set the point where the take started as a reference location mark To return to the position where recording last started from stop play or record 1 Press and hold down the STOP key 2 Press F FWD Playback recording stops and the playback position returns to the point where recording last started TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder To position the playback point precisely you can jog the playback position using the dial As you move b
138. hat the discs are identical from the same manufacturer Even if two discs from different manu facturers have the same stated capacity you may not be able to use them in the same backup operation CAUTION Never turn off the 2488MKII s power when data is being written to disc If the power is turned off in the middle of a backup the loaded disc may become unusable and song data could be damaged Do not press the disc tray eject button when data is being written to disc as this may cause the operation to fail Backup 11 Backup and restoration TASCAM 2488MKII 11 Backup and restoration By using a USB cable to connect the 2488MKII and a per sonal computer it is possible to back up songs and restore them to and from the computer s disk drive Song data that has been backed up this way is not audio data and therefore cannot be played back on a computer It is also possible to use the USB connection to import and export audio files See File import export on page 77 for details The 2488MKII and USB data transfer is carried out at USB 2 0 speeds if your computer uses the older 1 1 USB stan dard it will still work just slower Consult your computer documentation for details NOTE We recommend that you always use a cable designed for USB 2 0 operations to ensure accurate and fast data transfer See Use with a personal computer on page 8 for condi tions regarding the connection of a computer
139. he destination The length of the copy destination track does not change This operation has the three following parameters Src Trk This selects the source track from which the section is copied Choose 1 through 24 to select an indi vidual track Choose 1 2 3 4 etc to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 24 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track to which the selec tion is copied Selection options here depend on what you have selected for the Src Trk If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 24 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here 1 2 3 4 etc If you have selected all tracks 1 24 then 1 24 is the only option available here Times This is the number of times that the selected section is pasted into the destination track or tracks You can set this value from 1 to 99 NOTE The COPY PASTE operation pastes the material after the TO point continuously without gaps while COPY FROM TO maintains the amount of time between the FROM point and TO point when audio is pasted Moreover only this function appears in the Undo list as COPY PASTE After setting the parameters press the YES ENTER key to perform the operation or the NO EXIT key to leave this screen TASCAM 2488MKII 1 7 Recorder COPY INSERT This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points copies it
140. he appropriate input key below the TRIM controls the key flashes and then pressing the appropriate channel SELECT key s which will also flash It is also possible to reverse the order press and hold a channel s SELECT key and press the appropriate input key This shows an instrument guitar or bass plugged into input H being assigned to channel 1 Assignment to a stereo track Tracks 13 24 form six stereo tracks 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 with each stereo track being controlled by a single fader Stereo tracks are always recorded as a pair Recording on only one channel of the pair is impossible When assigning a linked input channel pair to a stereo track each input is assigned to a separate track Example assignment of inputs A and B to tracks 13 and 14 A 13 B 14 When assigning a single input channel to a stereo track the same input is assigned to both tracks Example assignment of input A to tracks 13 and 14 A 13 14 After a single input channel has been assigned to a stereo track if a separate input channel is assigned to the same stereo track the new channel is assigned to the second track of the pair resulting in each channel being assigned to a separate track Example Input A is assigned to tracks 13 and 14 A 13 14 then input C is assigned to the same pair of tracks A 13 C 14 NOTE By pressing multiple SELECT keys while pressing and holding the INPUT key a single
141. he power during formatting This may lead to the loss of recorded data and or not be ing able to restart the 2488MKII Reformatting the entire hard disk You can change the size of the TASCAM partitions when you reformat the hard disk All partitions are created with the same size which may be 4 8 16 or 32 gigabytes A maximum of four partitions may be allocated Note that it is possible to allocate four smaller partitions and therefore leave part of the hard disk space unused TASCAM native partitions cannot be accessed from a host computer using USB The FAT partition size is always fixed at 8GB A gigabyte is defined here as 1024 megabytes A gigabyte holds just under four hours worth of 16 bit mono audio 1 With the transport stopped press MENU key The MENU screen appears 2 Highlight DISK and press YES ENTER Then the DISK menu appears 3 Highlight FORMAT and press YES ENTER The hard disk size is shown at the top of the screen and the partition size is shown below this 4 Use the dial to change the partition size 5 Press YES ENTER to continue with the format oper ation Press NO EXIT to halt the operation If you continue with the format a pop up message appears to ask you once again whether you are real ly sure you want to format the disk 6 Press YES ENTER to continue with the format and NO EXIT to stop the process CAUTION While the format operation is taking place the HD in dic
142. ing purposes To assign an input channel to a track channel or the sub mixer see Inputs and assignments on page 29 and Sub mixer on page 35 To assign effects to an input see Assigning mic effects on page 39 and Assigning the multi effect on page 41 To link inputs next to each other see Linking chan nels on page 33 4 OL indicators These provide warnings about overloaded input levels If a channel s OL indicator turns red turn its TRIM knob counterclockwise to reduce the channel s gain 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII 1 TASCAM 2488MKII 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII Effects section These 3 keys access effect functions See 6 Effects on page 39 for details 5 MULTI TUNER key Press this key to open the MULTI EFFECT screen To assign the multi effect to an input or mixer channel press and hold down this key and then press the INPUT or SELECT key of the desired channel Press this key and the MICX4 key at the same time to change the active insert effect Press this key with the SHIFT indicator lit to open the TUNER screen Press it again to close the TUNER screen 6 MICX4 key Press this key to open the MIC EFFECT screen To assign a mic effect to an input or mixer channel press and hold down this key and then press the INPUT or SELECT key of the desired channel Press this key and the MULTI TUNER key together to change the active
143. ins active after you press it until you press another key or press the SHIFT key again UNLOCK The SHIFT key is active only when you press and hold it down as you press another key Mixer preferences Fader matching The option affects the way in which the physical and the internal faders interact see Fader matching on page 37 There are three options here REAL if the internal fader level is changed using a scene change or a MIDI Control Change this is ignored The actual physical fader is the only way in which the fader level is set JUMP the internal fader level jumps to the level set by the physical fader as soon as the physical fader is moved Since this can result in sudden changes in vol ume resulting in possible damage to hearing and moni toring equipment this option should be used with cau tion CATCH the fader level remains the same initially However if you then move the physical fader so that the physical level becomes the internal level the faders 13 General preferences TASCAM 2488MKII 13 General preferences These preferences affect the recorder operation There are only two parameters here used to change the pre roll and post roll times of the auto punch operation see Auto punch operations on page 55 Recorder preferences User words When titling songs marks virtual tracks effect settings and other items you can use preset words or phrases Th
144. ions all deal with songs on the currently selected partition If the song you want is on another partition you must select another disk partition as the active partition before proceeding see Selecting the active partition on page 13 A disc that you make in this way is not an audio CD you cannot play it on a CD player and it can be read only by a 2488MKII NOTE Observe the usual precautions when working with recordable media handle discs by their edges avoid getting fingerprints or grease on the recording sur face and keep them clean Also avoid using hard pens or pencils or oil based markers to label the discs 1 Insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc in the disc drive 2 With the transport stopped press the MENU key and select DATA BACKUP then press YSE ENTER The DATA BACKUP menu appears 3 Select CD BACKUP and press YSE ENTER 5 Select your song using the dial or the cursors and press YES ENTER A pop up message appears tell ing you how many discs will be needed to back up the song 6 Press YES ENTER again A pop up message tells you the progress of the backup operation A backup may span more than one disc 7 When the backup is complete or if the first disc is full the disc drive tray opens Remove the disc label it and store it in a safe place 8 Continue the process if more discs are needed until the backup is complete NOTE If you are backing up to more than one disc you must ensure t
145. ixer Soloing and toggle If you press the SOLO key to the upper right of the STEREO fader the indicator lights and solo mode acti vates In solo mode the track channel MUTE SOLO keys function as SOLO keys allowing you to monitor just the track channel signals of your choice The MUTE SOLO keys of any soloed channels flash while being soloed Muted channels cannot be soloed or unmuted while solo mode is active When soloing channels the solo is in place mean ing that faders pan controls EQ etc affect the soloed sound and channels other than those with their SOLO keys pressed are muted Scene memories The 2488MKII can store and recall up to 100 scene memo ries Each memory stores all the digital parameters for Input assignment EQ settings Effect settings and assignment assignment and param eters for both internal effects units Effect send and loop levels Pan pots Digital pad gain Fader settings including the STEREO fader Sub mixer settings NOTE Monitor settings and TRIM control settings are not stored as part of a scene Scene recall Follow these procedures to recall a scene 1 Press the SCENE key to open the SCENE LIBRARY screen 2 Use the cursor key to select LOAD 3 Select the scene that you want to recall 4 Press the YES ENTER key to recall the scene Internal faders and physical faders If the fader matching mode describe
146. l through the list of songs and when you highlight a song that you wish to add to the final CD press the INSERT key A check mark appears by the title of every selected song There is no need to worry about the final running order of the CD at this stage 4 If you have made a mistake in adding a song to the list you can remove it by highlighting the title and pressing the DELETE key 5 When you have added all the songs to the list that you want to record on the CD press YES ENTER NOTE If you have only selected one song the procedure from now is as if you had highlighted the song and pressed YES ENTER as described above Read that section and ignore the remainder of this section The screen changes to the song order screen if you want to return to the song selection screen press NO EXIT 6 Use the dial to scroll through the list of songs 7 When a song title is highlighted use the and keys to move it up and down in the list As the song is moved up and down in the list it remains highlighted Select further songs for rearrangement using the dial 8 Repeat procedures 6 and 7 as necessary 9 When you have completed the running order press YES ENTER The screen changes to the gap setting screen This allows you to set the gap between tracks on the CD press NO EXIT to return to the song order screen Creating an audio CD using DAO Finalizing the disc When you have recorded the last CD tra
147. le the customer is unable to realize a benefit for some reason or secondary damages loss of recorded data etc during the use of this unit NOTE Misuse or malfunction of the device may result in loss of recorded data We recommend that you back up important data on a computer hard disk CD R CD RW or other storage media Supplied accessories In addition to this manual the 2488MKII has been packed with the following AC power cable 1 Warranty card 1 Contact your TASCAM supplier if any of these items are missing NOTE We recommend that you keep the original box and packing materials for transportation of this unit Close the disc tray during transportation Use with a personal computer To import and export files and back up data connect the 2488MKII to a personal computer using a USB connec tion Data transmission occurs at high speed if the computer connection and cable are USB 2 0 compatible Transmission occurs at a slower speed with equipment that is only USB 1 1 compatible Please see your computer s documentation for more information We recommend using a cable designed for USB 2 0 to assure accurate and fast transmission of data This unit can be connected to computers using one of the following operating systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows XP Apple Mac OS 9 2 Mac
148. m to physical tracks TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder virtual tracks that contain the bass takes to three physi cal tracks and then use the faders and MUTE SOLO keys to listen to each of them in turn for simplicity these illustrations show only the first eight tracks Virtual tracks drums Virtual tracks different takes of the bass line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The three best bass takes Drums Then pick the one that fits best and you can re use the other two unused virtual tracks with new virtual tracks keep the alternative takes for the future if you change your mind later on Virtual tracks drums Virtual tracks different takes of the bass line the best one has now been selected for use and the other two are unused 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The best bass take Drums Alternatively if you want to assemble a track for the whole song you could assign the three different takes of the part to three different active tracks and use the track editing functions to copy and paste the good parts of each track to make a perfect whole Then use the two non perfect tracks with other virtual tracks for new parts In this case you can also reassign the physical tracks of unused virtual tracks to other virtual tracks NOTE Of course virtual tracks take up disk space even when you are not using them If you really do not need a virtual track you should clean it out to save disk space see CLEAN OU
149. n you change from MIC X8 mode to MIC X 4 mode all the mic effect assignments are cancelled MIC X 4 Select four mic effects and the multi effect by pressing the MICX4 EFFECT key If the eight mic effects setting has previously been selected the mic effect assign ments already made are unassigned MIC X 8 Select eight mic effects by using the MULTI and MICX4 keys MICX8 located above the channels Press and hold one of these keys and then press the other one If the four mic effects multi effect setting is already selected the multi effect is unassigned and the four mic effect assignments are left in place To unlink these two keys press and hold them together again Mic effects Assigning input channels and track channels is similar to the way that channels are assigned to inputs In other words pressing and holding the MICX4 key whether four or eight mic effects are selected and press ing a channel INPUT or SELECT key assigns the mic effect to that channel Unassigning works the same way If all available mic effects are being used attempting to assign one to another input channel or track channel has no effect You must free up unassign effects on some inputs or channels to allow new ones to be assigned A stereo track channel pair 13 14 through 23 24 counts as two channels In other words in MICX8 mode mic effects can be assigned to up to four stereo channels equivalent to eight mono channels As
150. never used a computer the 2488MKII s editing operations are nothing to be scared about just read through this section to see how it all works TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder The track editing functions available on the 2488MKII are COPY PASTE COPY FROM TO COPY INSERT MOVE PASTE MOVE INSERT OPEN CUT SILENCE CLONE TRACK CLEAN OUT See the sections below for details of how to use these functions T I P These operations can be undone see UNDO and REDO on page 64 For example even if you have erased an entire track you can easily restore it Although you cannot use virtual tracks as sources for copy and move operations you can assign a virtual track tempo rarily to a physical track for track editing operations and then reassign it when you are finished see Virtual tracks on page 66 Track editing functions Entering the edit mode 1 Make sure that the 2488MKII is stopped not play ing back or recording 2 Press the EDIT TRK key below the monitor controls 3 Use the dial to highlight the track editing function you will be using and press the YES ENTER key 4 Select the appropriate values as described below 5 Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to exit without performing the operation IN OUT TO and FROM The IN OUT TO and FROM points are used for editing operations the IN and OUT points are also used f
151. nge 1 5 6 38 7 10 11 64 65 66 67 80 81 91 93 O a O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O d x x O O O O x x x x O O O x Bank Select a Modulation Portamento time Data entry Volume Panpot Expression Hold 1 Portamento Sostenuto Soft Reverb program Chorus program Reverb send Chorus send Prog Change True O O 0 127c System Exclusive O O f Common MTC Quarter Frame Song Pos Song Sel Tune Ob Oc Oa Oa Oe x x x System Clock Real Time Commands O c O x x Aux Local ON OFF Messages All Notes OFF Active Sense Reset x O x O x O x O a On SMF playback b When generator is set to output MTC c When generator is set to output clock d When MIDI remote control is selected e When source is set to external f MMC as master or slave RP Ver 1 00 T R MIDI Full Timecode is T when generator is MTC and R when SOURCE is external MODE 1 OMNI ON POLY MODE 2 OMNI ON MONO O Yes MODE 3 OMNI OFF POLY MODE 4 OMNI OFF MONO x No MIDI Implementation chart Appendix 10 TASCAM 2488MKII 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 RESET 0C COMMAND ERROR RESET 0B CHASE 0A
152. nges Tempo synchronization and other MIDI related menu opera tions are accessed through the MENU s SYNC MIDI menu Metronome The metronome is an important tool to keep you in time while you play The 2488MKII s metronome can be a MIDI note output to an external tone generator or it can be an audio click 1 With the transport stopped from the SYNC MIDI screen select METRONOME and press YES ENTER You can select the following metronome modes FREE When the CLICK key is ON a click will sound during both recording and playback accord ing to the tempo and time signature set on the FREE METRONOME screen see Using the met ronome below REC When the CLICK key is ON a click will sound during recording according to the tempo and time signature set on the TEMPO MAP screen or according to the selected SMF see Tempo map on page 88 REC amp PLAY When the CLICK key is ON a click will sound during recording and during playback according to the tempo and time signature set on the TEMPO MAP screen or according to the select ed SMF see Tempo map on page 88 2 Select whether the OUTPUT is an internal audio click INTERNAL or a MIDI note sent from the MIDI OUT terminal MIDI If set to INTERNAL the 2488MKII generates an internal audio click The internal click is output from the MONITOR OUT and PHONES jacks The level can be set between 0 and 127 4 If MIDI is chosen the following parameters c
153. ngs etc If you stop the recording before the OUT point is reached the master recording ends there and the length of the mas ter track is from the 00 00 00 00 point to the point where you stopped the recording NOTE The minimum length for a CD track is four seconds Be sure that all master tracks are at least this long The maximum length for a CD track recorded from the 2488MKII is 80 minutes Master tracks made with the 2488MKII should not exceed this length During the mastering operation all channel operations EQ send fader pan can be carried out either from the 2488MKII s controls or by means of MIDI commands T I P While you are recording the master synchronization and the sub mixer can be used to add synchronized MIDI sound sources to the stereo master mix You can set and edit effect parameters and recall effects from the effect libraries in pre mastering mode It is also possible for you to make assignments while mas tering and recall scene memories After recording the master track you can play back the master track to check it When you have mastered the recording you can either re master the recording simply press and hold the RECORD key and press the PLAY key again Therefore you can record the master track several times and then use UNDO to choose one of the earlier recordings Or proceed to the master check operation Exiting pre mastering mode Press the MASTER key once to enter the master
154. nsmitted on channel 16 The Program Change message may be from 0 to 99 Appendix 10 TASCAM 2488MKII Program Change Name shown on display Effect component 0 VOCAL COMP Compressor CMP 1 DE ESSER De esser DSR 2 VOCAL EXC Exciter EXC 3 VOCAL NSP Noise Suppressor NSP Preset mic effects Preset stereo dynamics effects Program Change Name shown on display Effect component 0 COMPRESSOR Compressor CMP 1 EXPANDER Expander EXP The first 32 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 multi effects start with 1 a noise suppressor followed by either 2 distortion overdrive or clean compres sion then 3 an amp simulator or acoustic guitar simulator 4 another effect and finally by 5 a delay setting The effects in 4 are abbreviated as follows FLG Flanger PHA Phaser CHO Chorus EXC Exciter PIT Pitch shifter TRM Tremolo VIB Vibrato WAH Wah Program Change Name shown on display Main components 0 DIST FLANGER DIST FLG 1 DIST PHASER DIST PHA 2 DIST CHORUS DIST CHO 3 DIST EXCITER DIST EXC 4 DIST PITCH DIST PIT 5 DIST TREMOLO DIST TRM 6 DIST VIBRATO DIST VIB 7 DIST WAH DIST WAH 8 OD FLANGER OD FLG 9 OD PHASER OD PHA 10 OD CHORUS OD CHO 11 OD EXCITER OD EXC Program Change Name shown on display Main
155. ntly loaded Press YES ENTER to change the CD for another one or NO EXIT to cancel the current operation Use a higher capacity disc when burning a master track or exporting data or one of the same capacity as the current disc when backing up 23 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 NO EXIT and create space by deleting songs etc SONG gt ERASE backing them up if necessary this operation cannot be undone You can free up space on a partition other than the current partition use the DISK gt SELECT function in order to create space for the image 24 Protected song Unprotect with SONG PROTECT Press EXIT Recording track editing recording titling etc cannot be carried out when the current song has been protected Press NO EXIT and use the PROTECT menu item from the SONG menu to remove the protection from the song before proceeding 25 Repeat mode is selected Cannot do this operation now Press EXIT Because repeat mode is selected the following functions cannot take place locate operation track editing undo redo auto punch quick routing all menu operations and shutdown Press NO EXIT and cancel the repeat mode REPEAT key before proceeding with the operation that produced this message 26 SSA mode is selected Cannot do this operation now Press EXIT
156. o source map or such as a standard MIDI file SMF See Tempo and MIDI on page 87 for details of these In the first two of these modes you can locate to sub frame accuracy There are ten sub frames in a frame and the length of a frame depends on the frame rate set up in the sync operations but is between 1 30 and 1 24 of a second In the last mode you can locate to beat accuracy Direct location i Direct location ii TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Auto punch operations Punch operations allow you to start and stop record ing at predefined points and these can be automated as described here When auto punch recording begins playback starts at pre roll point some time before recording is due to start the punch in point is reached and recording starts When the punch out point is reached recording stops and play back continues until the post roll point In addition when you perform an auto punch recording during the pre roll period you hear what has previously been recorded together with the signal source during the punch recording itself you hear the signal source alone and for the post roll period you hear the previously record ed material and the signal source together The 2488MKII allows all of this to happen in rehearsal mode as well as in an actual recording mode The rehearsal mode allows you to simulate the punch recording both to practise the actual take and also to check punch points b
157. ons including insert ing letters during title editing selecting list entries and adding entries on the TEMPO MAP and TIME SIGNATURE screens TASCAM 2488MKII 1 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII Mixdown section Y BOUNCE key Turns bounce mode ON and OFF U MASTER key Use this key during mastering to select the pre master ing mode or master check mode see Pre mastering on page 69 and Checking the master on page 70 Transport keys In addition to the ordinary operation of individual keys pushing these keys in combination allows a variety of addi tional operations see Transport controls on page 47 Q RECORD key indicator Press this key and the PLAY key together when the transport is stopped to start recording Press this key during playback to start recording at any point If the RHSL indicator is lit however recording will not actually occur W PLAY key indicator Press this key when the transport is stopped to start playback Press this key and the RECORD key together when the transport is stopped to drop into recording Press this key during recording to drop out of record ing but continue playback Press this key while holding down the STOP key to enter jog mode E STOP key Press this key during playback or recording to stop the transport Hold down this key and press the F FWD key to jump to the last recording start position and stop there Hold down this key and press
158. oosting EQ we recom mend that you lower the gain to prevent digital clipping Use this to add volume to a quiet instrument or to remove excess volume from a loud one When a channel s EQ screen is shown simply pressing the SELECT key of another channel will show the EQ screen for that channel EQ Set the three band equalization for each channel using the same screen as the digital pad gain see above On the 2488MKII channels you can adjust the gain the amount that the signal is cut and boosted by 12 dB and the frequency high or low affected by the equalization in three bands The frequencies are in Hz Low L 32 1 6k Mid M 32 18k High H 1 7k 18k Note that the frequencies are set in discrete steps it is not possible to set the center frequencies to intermediate values In addition you can adjust the Q the width of the effect in the center band from 0 25 to 16 T I P Q is defined as the center frequency of the equaliza tion band divided by the bandwidth A high Q value provides narrow filtering As you adjust the equalization the graph at the bottom of the screen changes to provide an idea of how the equaliza tion affects the signals T I P With the SHIFT indicator lit press the EQ key to restore all channel EQ parameters to their initial settings There is also an on off soft switch provided at the upper left of the screen to allow A B comparison of the equal ized
159. opped press the MENU key to open the MENU screen 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select WAVE IN OUT and press the YES ENTER key to open the WAVE IN OUT menu 3 When MASTER EXPORT is highlighted press the YES ENTER key to view a list of songs with record ed master track 4 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select a master track for export and press the INSERT key to put a check mark by the master track You can convert many master tracks into stereo WAV files and send them to the FAT parti tion at the same time by checking all the master tracks that you want to export Use the DELETE key to remove a check mark 5 Press the YES ENTER key A confirmation screen appears 6 Press the YES ENTER key again to convert the master track into a stereo WAV file and send it to the FAT partition When the operation is completed the home screen appears To cancel transfer to the FAT partition press the NO EXIT key instead of the YES ENTER key 7 With the transport stopped connect the 2488MKII and the computer using USB see Opening the USB connection on page 77 8 Use the computer to copy the WAV file s from the 2488MKII to the computer 9 Disconnect the 2488MKII and the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 77 TASCAM 2488MKII 10 File import export Exporting to CD virtual tracks You can convert virtual tracks to WAV files and export them to a C
160. or the previously described auto punch and repeat functions See IN OUT TO and FROM points on page 50 for how to set and trim adjust these points The IN point is the start of the section to be edited at the beginning of track editing The OUT point is the end of the section to be edited at the beginning of track editing The TO point is the destination for many editing opera tions including copy and paste copy and insert move and paste and move and insert In COPY FROM TO editing the FROM point is a point set within the section to be copied See COPY FROM TO on page 60 for details NOTE If the interval between IN and OUT points is less than 0 5 seconds the popup screen does not appear and you cannot use COPY MOVE or other editing func tions Increase the interval between IN and OUT points to more than 0 5 seconds to use these functions 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder COPY PASTE This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points copies it and places it at the TO point on the chosen track or tracks The original source is left unchanged OUT IN TO OUT IN TO The copy operation overwrites anything which is already recorded at the destination The destination is the same length as it was before the operation You can copy the section more than once in one operation You can change the following values Src Trk This sets the source track or
161. orted in time order not the order of the mark point names or numbers Locating using the list To locate using the mark list 1 Press the LOCATE key 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select the desired mark 3 Press the YES ENTER key The playback position jumps to the selected mark Titling using the list 1 Press the LOCATE key The MARK LIST screen appears 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select the mark whose title you want to edit 3 Press the shifted TITLE key 4 Give a title to the mark using the procedure described in Titling on page 15 5 When you press YES ENTER to confirm the name the screen returns to the list Two marks can have the same title though it may be confusing but they cannot have the same time value It is not possible to rename the IN OUT TO or FROM marks because they have special functions Erasing marks using the list 1 Press the LOCATE key The MARK LIST screen appears 2 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select the mark to erase 3 Press the DELETE key to erase the selected mark Using the mark list TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder As well as the ABS and MTC timings just described it is possible to locate to a musical time when the display shows bars measures and beats and the 2488MKII is synchronized to a tempo map 1 Make sure the transport is stopped You cannot per
162. recording electric guitars and basses etc you can listen through speakers When you are recording using a microphone this may cause acoustic feedback so you should use headphones at this time Most sound professionals recommend that you do not use headphones for monitoring all the time even though they are very convenient and useful in some circumstances Using the included power cord connect this unit to a power outlet ensuring that it is the correct voltage for the unit Connect the MONITOR OUT jacks on the rear panel to your amplifier s AUX inputs or any inputs except those designed for a record turntable You will probably need a pair of 1 4 to RCA cables for this NOTE The 2488MKII outputs balanced signals from the mon itor outputs If you have an amplifier with balanced inputs use balanced cables rather than unbalanced cables here Plug a standard pair of headphones into the 1 4 PHONES jack at the front left of the 2488MKII Plug in and turn on the 2488MKII The power switch is on the rear by the power cord The display shows the following startup screen and the HD hard disk indicator light blinks After about 20 seconds the 2488MKII will be ready and the HD hard disk indicator stops flashing Adjust the display so that it is comfortable for you to read using the contrast control 2 Setting up and basic knowledge TASCAM 2488MKII 1 2 Setting up and basic knowledge Basic knowledge
163. rotective coating spray Do not insert discs that have adhesive remaining from tape or stickers that have been removed If they are inserted into the player they could stick to the internal mechanism requiring removal by a technician Do not use cracked discs Only use circular compact discs Avoid using non circu lar promotional etc discs TASCAM 2488MKII 11 1 Introductions About finalizing Although audio data may be written on a CD R or CD RW disc a standard CD player will not be able to read the data i e play back the audio until a final TOC has been writ ten at the start of the disc TOC Table of contents Information of recorded data which contains titles starting and ending addresses and etc The process of writing this table of contents is known as finalizing Once this has been done no further data can be written to the disc See Finalizing the disc on page 72 for details In the case of a CD RW disc which has been finalized the whole of the disc may be erased or the disc may be refreshed and the disc re used About CD R and CD RW discs CD R discs can be recorded once only Once they have been used for recording they cannot be erased or re recorded However if space is available on the disc additional material can be recorded The packaging of CD R discs will include one of the following logos By contrast a CD RW disc can be use
164. s Undo recordings You can also use a suitable foot switch for example the TASCAM RC 30P connected to the PUNCH jack on the front to drop into record mode When a track is armed and playback is taking place pressing the foot switch will change from playback mode to record mode When recording pressing the foot switch will drop out of record mode into playback mode Hands free recording TASCAM 2488MKII 1 7 Recorder Active marks If the song play position passes a mark during playback the mark s title appears on the screen The mark whose title is shown on the screen is called the active mark This active mark can be accessed easily for titling deletion and editing as explained below Giving a title to the active mark You can give a title to the active mark while playing back or recording or while the playback is stopped 1 When the active mark s current title is displayed this will be Mark XXX when the mark is first set press the shifted TITLE key The pop up screen appears on the display and you can edit the title as described in Titling on page 15 2 When you press YES ENTER after editing the name the new name replaces the old mark name T I P You can use the words here to enter mark titles quick ly see User Words on page 93 Deleting the active mark You can delete the active mark while playback is stopped but you cannot delete it while playing back or recording
165. s which will be played back These tracks are always in pairs 4 Use the dial to change the speed between 50 60 70 80 90 and 100 the displayed values are approximate If playback is being carried out while this is done you will be able to hear the change NOTE The above steps can be carried out while playback is stopped or in operation but cannot be carried out during recording It is also possible to start playback while adjusting the speed but not to start recording at that time 5 Press the PITCH SSA key to return to the home screen and once again to turn off the SSA mode To use the SSA When the speed change value has been set in the way described above simply press the PITCH SSA key briefly to turn the indicator on and to change the speed but without changing the screen display Press the PITCH SSA key briefly once again to turn off the speed change SSA Slow Speed Audition You can play back and record at speeds which are greater or less than the original 6 to allow for differences in tuning etc It is also possible to play back a selected pair of tracks at the same pitch but slower than the original the SSA Slow Speed Audition feature This allows you to rehearse tricky lead lines etc at a slower speed and can be combined with repeat playback Repeat on page 55 for easy rehearsals NOTE The monitoring status of the tracks played back using the pitch varispeed or SAA features i
166. s exactly the same as for normal playback That is if they have been assigned to a channel the volume etc is controlled by the channel fader and controls Varispeed operations pitch and SSA TASCAM 2488MKII Mixdown is the mixing of the audio from every track in a recording into a stereo pair On the 2488MKII writing this mix down signal to a master stereo recorder is called mastering You can make an audio CD using the CD R CD RW recorder built into the 2488MKII However before mastering burning a CD the stereo mix must first be recorded to an internal stereo master track You can also send your mixdown signal directly to the STEREO OUTPUT jacks to record your song on an attached MD DAT cassette or other recording device In this case you do not need to conduct pre mastering NOTE These operations all deal with songs on the currently selected partition If the song you want is on another partition you must select that disk partition as the active partition before proceeding see Selecting the active partition on page 13 The procedures for burning a CD using the internal CD R CD RW recorder after recording the stereo mix to an inter nal stereo master track are explained below Pre mastering As previously mentioned before burning a CD the stereo mix signal must first be recorded to an internal master track The start of the pre mastered material is always the 00 00 00 00 point and the end o
167. s finalized or not The number of tracks and the total running time of the disc CD track lists and CD track times The current CD track indicated by an arrow The stereo meters also show the level of the audio recorded on the disc The 2488MKII transport controls are used to control play back of the CD as explained here PLAY starts playback from the current playback posi tion When searching for a CD track the PLAY indica tor flashes STOP stops playback at the current position REW and F FWD select CD tracks when stopped JOG DATA dail selects CD tracks when stopped All other playback functions are disabled NOTE While this screen is displayed the CD Player func tion is active the eject button on the CD RW drive is disabled To eject the CD press EXIT to exit the CD player function and the CD is then ejected Playing CDs TASCAM 2488MKII As noted in the section on Basic Knowledge page 13 the 2488MKII hard disk is divided into a FAT 32 partition for audio file exchange and multiple TASCAM partitions You can reformat the entire hard disk or individual partitions CAUTION Reformatting erases all the data on the disk or parti tion and it cannot be undone Back up all the songs and data that you want to save using CD R CD RW discs or a computer s hard drive before starting this operation see Backup and restoration on page 83 Do not turn off t
168. s for guitar 3 band EQ and numerous internal effects for use on every track and input channel Internal CD RW drive for burning discs Mic effects and multi effect for guitar that can be used as insert effects single effect that can be used in an effect loop MIDI Time Code and MIDI Clock synchronization possible Exchange WAV and SMF files with personal computers About Copyright and Liability This product is designed to help you record and reproduce sound works to which you own the copyright or where you have obtained permission from the copyright holder or the rightful licensor Unless you own the copyright or have obtained the appropriate permission from the copyright holder or the rightful licensor your unauthorized record ing reproduction or distribution thereof may result in severe criminal penalties under copyright laws and inter national copyright treaties If you are uncertain about your rights contact your legal advisor Under no circumstances will TEAC Corporation be responsible for the consequenc es of any illegal copying performed using the 2488MKII Windows Windows XP and Windows 2000 are trade marks of Microsoft Corporation Macintosh Mac OS and Mac OS X are trademarks of Apple Computer All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders TASCAM shall bear no liability if a user should experience indirect damages for examp
169. s has three band equalization with sweepable center frequencies and vari able Q for the midrange To access this 1 Press the SELECT key 2 Press the EQ key 3 Use the cursor keys and dial to select and adjust the EQ parameters for the stereo bus See EQ on page 31 for information about setting methods etc Stereo EQ The stereo bus may be thought of as a special permanently linked pair of channels The output from this bus can be monitored as the STEREO selection see Monitoring on page 36 and is also as the source for mastering and rendering the final mix see Mastering and CD recorder on page 69 At the final mastering stage it is possible to add equaliza tion and dynamics to the stereo bus Stereo bus functions Adjacent track channels and input channels can be linked By linking channels the parameters of 2 channels usually the left and right channels of a stereo pair can be controlled simultaneously A linked pair can be formed with an odd numbered chan nel and the even numbered channel immediately to its right For example channel 1 can be linked with channel 2 and channel 5 can be linked with channel 6 To create a link press and hold the SELECT key or the INPUT key of one of the channels that you want to link and then press the SELECT key or the INPUT key of the other channel To cancel the link follow the same procedures Press and hold the SELECT key or the INPUT key of
170. s or forwards a little NOTE These points cannot be edited when repeat mode is ON the REPEAT indicator is lit Follow these procedures to trim make small adjustments to the positions of the IN OUT TO and FROM points 1 Press the key IN OUT TO or FROM for the point you want to trim to locate to that point 2 Press and hold the STOP key and press the PLAY key The JOG indicator lights The display shows a view of the waveform of the currently selected track at the IN OUT TO or FROM point depending on which was pressed 3 Press the SELECT key of the track that you want to view The display changes to the wave form of that track 4 Follow the instructions in Jog positioning on page 48 for zooming and moving the current jog position 5 After setting the exact position press and hold the LOCATE key and then press the key IN OUT TO or FROM you want to reset The display returns to the home screen Press NO EXIT to return to the home screen with out setting the points remember that YES ENTER does not set these points TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder This process is sometimes referred to as trimming This is a similar process to the jog positioning of the playback point see Jog positioning on page 48 except that in this operation the final position is stored as the position of the active mark You can edit the active mark when playback is stopped You cannot edit the active mark wh
171. se this key to execute functions to enter a deeper menu layer and to answer YES to questions c NO EXIT key Use this key to prevent execution of a function to return to the previous menu layer and to answer NO to questions 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 3 Names and functions of the 2488MKII Locate section Use these keys to set and locate the edit points See page 50 for details LOCATE SET key Press this key by itself to open the MARK LIST screen that shows mark points Press and hold this key and press the IN OUT FROM or TO key to set the point represented by that key as the current playback position IN key Press this key while holding down the LOCATE SET key to set the IN point as the current transport play back position Press this key by itself to jump to the IN point OUT key Press this key while holding down the LOCATE SET key to set OUT point as the current transport playback position Press this key by itself to jump to the OUT point FROM key Press this key while holding down the LOCATE SET key to set set the FROM point as the current transport playback position Press this key by itself to jump to the FROM point TO key Press this key while holding down the LOCATE SET key to set the the TO point as current transport play back position Press this key by itself to jump to the TO point Channel section Opens screens for setting mixer channel functions v EQ k
172. selected use MIDI channels 1 through 8 to control the mixer channels or inputs or MIDI channel 16 for the stereo master or send master Mixer Control Change parameters MIDI channel 1 8 16 Mixer Input channel STEREO MASTER Control Change Number Parameter Values 7 Internal Level 0 127 0 dB 100 0 dB 127 6 dB 10 Pan 1 L63 64 Center 127 R63 11 Attenuation 0 8 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 0 6 dB 16 Low Freq 0 31 32 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 300 350 400 450 500 600 700 800 850 900 950 1 0k 1 1k 1 2k 1 3k 1 4k 1 5k 1 6k Hz 17 Low Gain 0 24 12 to 12 dB 18 Mid Freq 0 63 32 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 300 350 400 450 500 600 700 800 850 900 950 1 0k 1 1k 1 2k 1 3k 1 4k 1 5k 1 6k 1 7k 1 8k 1 9k 2 0k 2 2k 2 4k 2 6k 2 8k 3 0k 3 2k 3 4k 3 6k 3 8k 4 0k 4 5k 5 0k 5 5k 6 0k 6 5k 7 0k 7 5k 8 0k 9 0k 10k 11k 12k 13k 14k 15k 16k 17k 18k Hz 19 Mid Gain 0 24 12 to 12 dB 20 Mid Q 0 6 0 25 0 5 1 2 4 8 16 21 High Freq 32 63 1 7k 1 8k 1 9k 2 0k 2 2k 2 4k 2 6k 2 8k 3 0k 3 2k 3 4k 3 6k 3 8k 4 0k 4 5k 5 0k 5 5k 6 0k 6 5k 7 0k 7 5k 8 0k 9 0k 10k 11k 12k 13k 14k 15k 16k 17k 18k Hz 22 High Gain 0 24 12 to 12 dB 23 LOOP Effect Lev
173. shed recording press the track 2 REC key and the light goes out Congratulations By now you should be familiar with the basic concepts of the 2488MKII how the inputs and channels work together how the mixer controls are accessed and operated how recording and playback take place and a little about the location and effect facilities provided by the 2488MKII Lead line TASCAM 2488MKII The 2488MKII mixer is equipped with 8 inputs A H 24 playback tracks and 2 effect returns for a total of 34 chan nels 4 of the 8 inputs A D have combined MIC LINE inputs that can accept both XLR jacks and standard 1 4 TRS jacks These can also supply 48 V phantom power Inputs E H are standard balanced 1 4 jack MIC LINE inputs WARNING Never connect microphones to inputs A through D or disconnect microphones from these inputs with phan tom power turned on Never use unbalanced dynamic microphones with microphone inputs A through D with phantom power turned on If you are in any doubt consult your local audio expert Always turn this switch OFF when connecting devices that do not need 48 V external power to the XLR jacks An unbalanced mirror of H with an impedance suitable for electric guitars and basses is provided at the front of the unit It is possible to record up to eight tracks at one time with the inputs being freely assignable to the tracks Assigning inputs is carried out by pressing and holding t
174. shows the preset names left and the two main effects used right 3 Use the JOG DATA dial or cursor keys to select the multi effect setting that you want to use from the list 4 Press the YES ENTER The setting that you select becomes the multi effect for the current input channel and its parameters appear on the MULTI EFFECT screen Pressing the NO EXIT key returns to the MULTI EFFECT screen without saving Using the multi effect library You can edit the parameters of the selected multi effect The editable parameters depend on the effect type Press the MULTI key to open the MULTI EFFECT screen where you can edit the parameters At the bottom of the screen each of the effects in the multi effect is shown with an abbreviation These effects are connected in a chain in the order displayed This order cannot be changed Use the cursor keys to select the effect you want to edit The editable effect parameters are shown in the upper part of the screen NOTE You can use an external expression pedal to control a single non selectable parameter for each of the 4th stage effects flanger phaser chorus exciter pitch tremolo vibrato wah Set PEDAL to ON to make pedal control possible Editing the multi effect TASCAM 2488MKII 6 Effects Saving multi effect settings You can save an edited setting as a user setting in the library 1 When the MULTI EFFECT screen is visible press the YES E
175. signing mic effects 6 Effects 0 TASCAM 2488MKII 6 Effects 1 When the MICX4 key is pressed regardless of whether eight or four mic effects have been select ed and the SELECT key of the input or track is pressed the MIC EFFECT screen is shown 2 Press the SELECT or INPUT key for the track or input channel to assign the mic effect to it The MIC EFFECT screen for that channel appears 3 Press the YES ENTER key MIC EFFECT LIBRARY screen appears 4 Use the left and right keys to select either the preset PRESET library the user library USER or save SAVE the current setting The basic types of mic effects available are Vocal compressor CMP De esser DSR Vocal exciter EXC Noise suppressor NSP 5 Use the dial to select the effect to load or when saving the slot in which to save 6 Press YES ENTER to load or save the effect The selected settings are recalled as mic effect settings for the current channel and the MIC EFFECT screen shows the parameters Pressing NO EXIT cancels the load and returns the settings to the previous parameters Selecting mic effects The parameters to be edited for the effects differ according to the type of effect selected See Appendix on page 98 for details about editing the parameters of different types of effects T I P If you are unsure of the operation of a compressor or any of the effects described here it is a good i
176. single effect useful at mixdown This chapter explains these effects and how to use them in detail 7 Recorder page 44 The 2488MKII s 24 track recorder has numerous advanced functions including mark points auto punch recording including rehearsal functions undo redo and virtual tracks This chapter explains these recorder functions in detail and how to use them 8 Mastering and CD recorder page 69 This chapter explains the procedures for creating a stereo master track after recording and the procedures for making audio CDs using the internal CD recorder It also covers other CD recorder functions 9 Reformatting page 75 This chapter explains how to reformat the entire internal hard disk or specific partitions 10 File import export page 77 This chapter explains file import and export Audio data files can be imported and exported between this unit s internal hard disk and a connected personal computer or between the internal hard disk and a CD R CD RW disc SMF files can also be imported 11 Backup and restoration page 83 This chapter explains backup and restoration of song data This unit can back up and save song data to CD R CD RW discs and connected computers The data in these files can later be restored to this unit for further use 12 Tempo and MIDI page 87 This chapter explains the unit s tempo management functions tempo map metronome and MIDI functions synchronization SMF play
177. ss any keys or turn the dial for a few seconds the values stop blinking and the new time value that has been set becomes the current playback position If you press the NO EXIT key or the STOP key while the values are blinking the time value will be reset to the previous value before you started to edit it TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Rehearsing the punch Although you do not have to use the rehearsal feature see Rehearsing recording on page 50 with the auto punch it s probably a good idea to rehearse most punch recordings a few times before making a take 1 With the AUTO PUNCH indicator lit and a track armed press the RHSL rehearsal key The indicator lights 2 Press and hold down the RECORD key and press the PLAY key The display shows TAKE Playback starts at the pre roll point Both the input source and previously recorded material can be monitored When playback reaches the punch in point the monitored signal on the armed track s is muted The RECORD indicator flashes to show that it is a rehearsal When playback reaches the punch out point the recorded material is added to the monitored signal The RECORD indicator goes out Playback continues to the post roll point and stops If you press the REPEAT key before the rehearsal so that the indicator is lit as well as the AUTO PUNCH and RHSL indicators the rehearsal process will repeat until you press the STOP key There is abou
178. t a second s interval between the post roll and the restarting of the rehearsal at the pre roll point You cannot change this interval When the punch points have been set you can press the PLAY key The home display shows CHECK and the playback starts at the pre roll point It continues to the post roll point If the punch positions are not what you want you can press the AUTO PUNCH key to turn off the punch mode and reset the punch points as described above Set the pre roll and post roll time on the RECORDER screen of the PREFERENCE menu see Recorder prefer ences on page 93 but you must exit the auto punch mode first by pressing the AUTO PUNCH key so that the indi cator goes out If you the punch points and pre and post roll times are what you want you should proceed to the rehearsal stage as described below Checking the punch points The 2488MKII provides three different punch settings 1 With at least one track armed the REC indicator flashing and playback stopped press the AUTO PUNCH key 2 Select one of the three options explained below using the dial or cursor keys to move the cursor and the YES ENTER key to confirm the selection NO EXIT exits this screen with out making any settings 3 When the selection has been made the AUTO PUNCH indicator lights and the home display shows AUTO NOTE It is not strictly necessary to have a track armed when you first press the A
179. that the original take 9 with its correction 10 has more energy so you want to retrieve it 1 Press the UNDO key 2 Use the dial to scroll down to the step to which you want to go back here it s 10 3 Press YES ENTER All steps up to the selected step are now undone Now you have the track back again If you press the UNDO key you ll see that there s a check mark beside 10 this shows that this is the undo mark Lead vocal 2nd take Lead vocal correction Lead vocal Retake of guitar solo bridge section Guitar solo Piano second part Piano Scratch vocal take Bass line Copy and paste drum loop Basic drum loop Start song Lead vocal 3rd take The actions above this undo line are undone Notice that we can still see items 11 and 12 This is because we can still redo them if we decide that the first vocal take 9 and 10 was not so great after all To redo them is just as simple as undoing them press the UNDO key highlight the step to which you want to return and press YES ENTER Items above the undo line are visible and you can redo them until you perform another action after the undo oper ation For instance if you decided that you wanted to have another go at repairing the lead guitar bridge You could undo all items up to item 7 Lead vocal 2nd take Lead vocal correction Lead vocal Retake of guitar solo bridge section Guitar solo Piano second part Piano Scratch vocal take B
180. the REW key to jump to the beginning of the song Hold down this key and press the PLAY key to enter jog mode Press this key when in jog mode to exit jog mode R F FWD key Press this key to skip to the next mark Press and hold this key to fast forward until you release the key Press this key while holding down the STOP key to jump to the last recording start position and stop there T REW key Press this key to skip to the previous mark Press and hold this key to rewind until you release the key Press this key while holding down the STOP key to jump to the beginning of the song Transport section This section has keys for auto punch recording repeat pitch control SSA and other functions and a jog mode indicator light AUTO PUNCH key indicator Press this key to turn the auto punch mode ON and OFF see Auto punch operations on page 55 amp RHSL key indicator Press this key to turn the rehearsal mode ON and OFF Rehearsal is possible in auto punch mode as well as in normal recording REPEAT key indicator Press this key to turn the repeat mode ON and OFF If you press and hold this button the REPEAT INTERVAL screen opens where you can set this value see Repeat on page 55 JOG indicator Lights when jog mode is active PITCH SSA key indicator Press this key to turn the varispeed function ON and OFF The indicator lights when ON Hold down the key to open the PITCH SSA screen wh
181. the cursor to any of the following fields hours h minutes m seconds s frames s or sub frames no indication on the display though the value is shown Hours Minutes Seconds Frames Sub Frames 4 Use the dial to increase or decrease the number over the cursor in the illustration here the cursor is under the hours value If you increase a value past the maximum for example if you try to increase the seconds value over 59 the number will wrap round that is the minutes value will increase by one and the seconds value will be set to 00 5 When you change a value the values on the top line will start to blink and will continue to blink for a few seconds 6 Press YES ENTER while the values are blinking to set the value or PLAY to start immediate play back at that value Also if you do not press any keys or turn the dial for a few seconds the values stop blinking and the new time value that has been set becomes the current playback position If you press the NO EXIT key or the STOP key while the values are blinking the time value will be reset to the previous value before you started to edit it Direct location In this method you use the cursor keys and the dial to locate to a specified position There are three modes in which the time can be shown on the home screen ABS the absolute time MTC MIDI Time Code and BAR The BAR time display is based on an inter nal temp
182. the format operation is complete a new blank song is automatically created on the partition Reformatting the FAT partition If you run out of free space on the FAT partition use the following procedures to delete all the data on it and refor mat it CAUTION Do not attempt to format the FAT partition using a com puter Use only this procedure to perform the operation Note that it is not possible to erase individual files from the FAT partition using the 2488MKII alone To do that you must connect the 2488MKII to a computer and treat the FAT partition as a computer hard disk 1 With the transport stopped from the DISK menu highlight FAT REFORM and press YES ENTER 2 A pop up message appears 3 Ask yourself once more if you want to erase all the data on the FAT partition Press YES ENTER to continue with the operation when a pop up appears or press NO EXIT to halt the operation 4 When you reformat the FAT partition four direc tories folders named WAVE SMF BACKUP and UTILITY are automatically created These folders are used for audio files Standard MIDI Files SMF and backup data and system utilities respectively CAUTION When you perform this operation all existing data on the FAT partition is destroyed This operation cannot be undone Before performing this operation make sure that all data on the FAT that you want to keep are backed up to a personal computer see Backup and restoration on p
183. the mecha nism and cause it to malfunction CAUTION Never use a disc that has had a stabilizer mounted to it The residual adhesive may cause the disc to stick to the turntable of the 2488MKll If it sticks to the turn table you will need a technician to get it out Handling of compact discs The 2488MKII has been designed for the playback of CD DA standard audio format discs Always place the compact discs in the trays with their label facing upward To remove a disc from its case press down on the center of the disc holder then lift the disc out holding it care fully by the edges Avoid getting fingerprints on the signal side the non label side Grime and dust may cause skipping so keep discs clean and store them in their cases when not being played To clean the signal side of a disc wipe gently with a soft dry cloth from the center towards the outside edge Keep discs away from direct sunlight and places of high heat and humidity If left in such places warping could result Do not use any record spray anti static solutions benzene paint thinner or other chemical agents to clean CDs as they could damage the delicate playing surface It may cause CDs to become unplayable Discs should be returned to their cases after use to avoid dirt as well as serious scratches that could cause the laser pickup to skip Do not affix any labels or stickers to the label side of the disc and do not use any p
184. the operation 14 No free hard disk space Use DELETE UNUSED to make space Press EXIT The hard disk is full and the current operation has failed because it needs hard disk space Press NO EXIT and use one of the SONG menu operations such as DELETE UNUSED or ERASE to free up some space these opera tions cannot be undone 15 No LAST REC point Use IN OUT instead Press EXIT Can t use the last recording point for auto punch operations as no recording has been done yet Press NO EXIT and set the IN and OUT points as the punch positions Use the RHSL key to refine these points if necessary by rehearsing takes without recording 16 No locate markers have been set Use INSERT MARK Press EXIT Because there are no mark points currently set a location command cannot be performed Press NO EXIT and use the INSERT key from the home screen to add some mark points at the appropriate positions 17 No master track found Use PRE MASTERING to create one Press EXIT There is no master track available for making an audio CD Press NO EXIT then use the RE MASTERING function to create the master track Appendix 11 TASCAM 2488MKII No Message Meaning Action 18 No tracks have been armed Arm at least one track Press EXIT Before an auto punch operation you must have at least one armed track Press NO EXIT and press the REC key of at least one track on which you will
185. the song file backup has 2 parts both parts must be placed in the BACKUP folder of the FAT parti tion for the song to be restored 3 Close the USB connection and disconnect the 2488MKII from the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 77 4 Press the MENU key From the DATA BACKUP menu select USB RESTORE At the bottom of the screen the restore source par tition FAT and the restore destination partition TASCAM partition and the amounts of unused space on the destination partition are shown 5 Use the dial to select the backup file from which to restore the song and then press YES ENTER 6 A pop up message giving the song name appears Press YES ENTER to restore the song NO EXIT to abort the operation The HD indicator flashes as the song is copied from the FAT partition to the TASCAM partition 7 When the copy is finished the song is automatically loaded and becomes your current working song You can then use the song management features to load another song if you want First steps in recording song management on page 44 Restoring TASCAM 2488MKII The 2488MKII has tempo control functions that include a tempo map and a metronome Furthermore it supports many MIDI functions including synchronization with external devices through MTC and MIDI Clock SMF playback MMC remote control and control over the 2488MKII s mixer effect parameters through program changes and control cha
186. ties through an external amplifier speakers combination as well as headphones The level for these two monitoring systems is set using the MONITOR LEVEL control This monitoring level is affected by the level from the STEREO fader but does not affect the level of the stereo bus Monitoring Mute the monitor output by pressing the monitor section MUTE key so that indicator lights The headphone output is not muted This function is convenient when you want to silence the monitor speaker output temporarily because for example you want to listen with headphones for a moment or the phone rings Monitor muting Using the 2488MKII you can apply input channel EQ and insert effects as you record the input channel signal recording source The sound that you hear on your head phones or monitoring speakers though will ordinarily also have track mixer EQ and insert effects applied This allows you to listen to the signal as it will sound during future playback that is with track mixer EQ and insert effects applied while you are recording However there may be times when you want to hear the signal that you are actually recording to the hard disk the recording source If you turn the recording source monitor function ON track mixer EQ and insert effects are not applied to the record ing source during recording This allows you to listen to the sound of just the input channel EQ and insert effects Moreover to make it easy to moni
187. tion on location operations The ways of setting the playback point which involve the transport keys are described here Return to zero RTZ During playback or recording or when the transport is stopped if you press the REW key while holding the STOP key the playback position returns to the head of the song the position defined as the ABS zero point During play back or recording playback or recording stops first 1 Press and hold down STOP 2 Press REW Playback Recording stops and the play back position returns to the zero point Transport controls Most of the 2488MKII controls work the same as a normal tape recorder but there are a few important differences as outlined below Protecting a song You can protect a song to prevent accidental changes When a song is protected recording is not possible the track REC keys are disabled it cannot be edited using the track editing functions and it cannot be erased etc using the SONG menu It is also impossible to set or edit mark poits except the IN and OUT points for repeat operations or to permanently reassign virtual tracks Virtual tracks can be assigned for audition purposes but not permanently saved In operations which show a list of available songs for instance loading a song any protected songs have a small padlock icon beside the song title Only the currently loaded song can be protected or unpro tected at any one time though of course son
188. tion takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points and moves it to the chosen track or tracks starting at the TO point OUT IN TO OUT IN TO After the operation the selected section of the source between the IN and OUT points is replaced by silence This operation overwrites anything which is already recorded at the destination The destination is therefore the same length as it was before the operation You can change the following values Src Trk This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is taken Choose 1 through 24 to select an indi vidual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 24 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to which the selected section is moved What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 24 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 24 then 1 24 is the only option available to you here Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen MOVE PASTE TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder CUT In this operation the audio material after the OUT point is moved forward to the IN point OUT IN IN The source and destination are the same and after the operation the mat
189. tor the recording source you can always use the track mixer pan pots and faders to change the stereo position and volume as needed this will not affect the recorded signal NOTE Even when the recording source monitoring function is ON track mixer EQ and insert effects are applied to the playback signals of already recorded tracks To use this function just press the RECORDING SOURCE MONITOR key The indicator lights when recording source monitoring is in operation Record source monitoring As well as the stereo bus it is possible to monitor the sub mixer see Sub mixer on page 35 the effect loop and the two effect sends one in each channel which are all shown by indicators as well as turning off the monitoring when no indicator is lit Monitoring the loop and effect sends is useful when you want to check the exact mix as created by the effect sends of the signals being sent to the effects Use the MONITOR SELECT key to cycle through the selections Monitor selection Typically monitoring is carried out in stereo echoing the stereo bus However there may be times when you want to check what the mix sounds like in mono When you want to monitor in mono press the MONITOR SOURCE MONO key while the SHIFT indicator is lit While the monitoring is in mono the appropriate monitor selection indicator flashes Use the MONITOR SOURCE key to turn off mono monitoring Mono monitoring TASCAM 2488MKII 5 M
190. track By repeating this process you can use multiple virtual tracks to hold different takes and select the take or takes that you want afterwards Here we pick the best takes from the virtual tracks and assign them to our playback tracks Track 1 Drums Left Track 2 Drums Right Track 3 Lead Guitar Track 4 Rhythm Guitar Track 5 Saxophone Track 7 Lead vocals Track 6 Bass line Track 8 Backing vocals Assigned playback tracks Different harmony arrangements for backing vocals Lead vocal attempts Bass line played on different instruments Saxophone takes Rhythm guitar experiments with different effect settings Different takes of lead guitar line Virtual tracks Tracks 9 through 24 use other virtual tracks not shown here for clarity Tracks 9 through 24 use other virtual tracks not shown here for clarity Here we pick the best takes from the virtual tracks and assign them to our playback tracks Virtual tracks are mono tracks You need to assign one virtual track to each track of a stereo pair To assign a virtual track to a physical track 1 Press the shifted VIRT TRK key NOTE When you create a new song virtual tracks 1 24 are initially assigned to physical tracks 1 24 2 Use the track SELECT keys or the and keys to select the physical track for assigning a virtual track The inverted number at the bottom of the screen shows the selected physical track
191. tracks from which the section is copied Choose 1 through 24 to select an individual track Choose 1 2 3 4 5 6 etc to select a pair of tracks Choose 1 24 to select all tracks Dst Trk This sets the destination track or tracks to which the selected section is pasted What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track If you have selected a single track you can select tracks 1 through 24 here If you have selected a pair of tracks for instance 1 2 you can only select track pairs here If you have selected all tracks 1 24 then 1 24 is the only option available to you here Times This is the number of times that the selected section is pasted into the destination track or tracks You can set this value from 1 to 99 Press YES ENTER to perform the operation or NO EXIT to leave this screen COPY FROM TO This function copies the audio material from between the IN and OUT points on the copy source track and pastes it to the copy destination track In this operation the FROM point is set within the section to be copied When this section is pasted this FROM point is relocated to the desti nation TO point This function is useful when you need to align a specific moment in a section rather than the begin ning or end of the section to a specific time OUT FROM IN TO OUT IN TO The copy source does not change after this operation This operation overwrites anything that is recorded at t
192. u Maximum input level 6 dBu 1 4 TRS Input impedance 8 k Input level 43 dBu MIC to 4 dBu LINE Nominal input level 4 dBu Maximum input level 20 dBu MIC LINE inputs E to H 1 4 TRS connectors input H also has a GUITAR front panel unbalanced 1 4 Input impedance 4 k Input level 43 dBu MIC to 4 dBu LINE Nominal input level 4 dBu Maximum input level 20 dBu Input H GUITAR Input impedance 1 M Input level 55 dBu to 8 dBu Normal input level 8 dBu Maximum input level 8 dBu STEREO L R outputs 2 x unbalanced RCA jacks Output impedance 100 Nominal output level 10 dBV Maximum output level 6 dBV EFFECT SENDS 1 and 2 1 x unbalanced 1 4 jack per send Output impedance 100 Nominal output level 10 dBV Maximum output level 6 dBV MONITOR L R outputs 2 x TRS balanced TRS 1 4 jacks Output impedance 100 Nominal output level 2 dBu Maximum output level 14 dBu PHONES Stereo 1 4 jack Maximum output level 55 mW 55 mW into 30 DIGITAL input RCA jack Data format IEC60958 consumer use S PDIF DIGITAL output RCA jack Data format IEC60958 consumer use S PDIF Audio performance Sampling frequency 44 1 kHz Bit depth resolution 16 bit 24 bit user selectable per song Crossfade time 10 ms Number of tracks 24 8 may be recorded simultaneously Frequency response INPUTS A to H STEREO MONITOR EFFECT SEND 20 Hz 20 kHz 1
193. w audio data it will not be erased New guitar solo over the old Old guitar solo will be deleted New guitar solo over the old Old guitar solo will not be deleted New guitar solo over the old Old guitar solo will not be deleted Unused audio data in virtual tracks that are not assigned to physical tracks can also be deleted see Virtual tracks on page 66 Use the following procedure to delete unused audio data and open more space on the hard disk This operation cannot be undone 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item and then press the YES ENTER key 2 At the SONG menu use the cursor keys to high light the DELETE UNUSED option Press YES ENTER 3 The 2488MKII asks you if you are sure If you want to delete all the unused portions of the song press YES ENTER If you have second thoughts press NO EXIT CAUTION This operation completely erases unused audio data in the song and cannot be undone You can back up the song to CD R or a personal computer before perform ing this cleanup operation If you change your mind later on you can restore this backed up version Erasing unneeded audio data from songs TASCAM 2488MKII 7 Recorder Setting the playback position The 2488MKII provides you with a number of ways to set the position from which playback starts when you press the PLAY key Some of these are described in the sec
194. ween 20 0 and 250 0 beats per minute 2 Use the cursor keys to navigate around the screen and the dial to change values 3 Use the INSERT key to add a new line tempo change to the map and the DELETE key to delete lines Setting the tempo 2 Set the tempo with the TEMPO item between 20 and 250 BPM 3 Set the time signature with the TIME SIG item NOTE The FREE METRONOME screen does not appear if the metronome mode is set to anything other than FREE or if the SMF player is ON see SMF playback on page 90 In REC mode or REC amp PLAY mode During recording in REC mode or during recording or playback in REC amp PLAY mode a click is output accord ing to the tempo and time signature set on the TEMPO MAP screen or based on an SMF During click output the CLICK indicator flashes red on the first beat accent of each bar and flashes green on the other beats When there is no click output the CLICK indicator lights orange TASCAM 2488MKII 12 Tempo and MIDI MIDI synchronization The 2488MKII can synchronize to external MIDI Time Code MTC or can generate MTC in order to synchronize other MIDI devices Other devices may be sequencers or DAWs which are enabled for MTC In addition it is capable of generating MIDI Clock commands which are typically used by drum and rhythm machines as well as by some sequencers With the transport stopped from the SYNC MIDI menu select the SYNC option and press YES
195. with its POWER switch in the off position The apparatus should be located close enough to the AC outlet so that you can easily grasp the power cord plug at any time An apparatus with Class I construction shall be connected to an AC outlet with a protective grounding connection Batteries battery pack or batteries installed should not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine fire or the like TASCAM 2488MKII This product has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations title 21 CFR chapter 1 subchapter J based on the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 and is classified as a class 1 laser product There is no hazardous invis ible laser radiation during operation because invisible laser radiation emitted inside of this product is com pletely confined in the protective housings The label required in this regulation is shown at 1 Optical pickup Type SF W37S Manufacturer SANYO Laser output 1 5 mW Read 74 mW White Wavelength 783 nm CAUTION DO NOT REMOVE THE PROTECTIVE HOUSING USING A SCREWDRIVER USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE IF THIS PRODUCT DEVELOPS TROUBLE CONTACT YOUR NEAREST QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL AND DO NOT USE THE PRODUCT IN ITS DAMAGED STATE Safety Information 1
196. y pressing their REC keys Their indicators start to flash 2 Start playing back a song by pressing the PLAY key The PLAY indicator will light 3 Press the RECORD key The RECORD indicator will light and the REC indicators of the armed tracks will also light To end recording press either the STOP key or the PLAY key punch out NOTE At least one track must be armed before you start to record It is not possible to enter a record ready mode and press the REC keys of tracks to start recording Recording You can record after selecting the partition and the song To start recording from the stopped state 1 At least one track should be armed press the REC key s of the track s on which recording is to take place The REC keys s start to flash Since tracks 13 to 24 are stereo tracks they are always recorded simultaneously as paired tracks 2 Press and hold down the RECORD key 3 Press the PLAY key Both the PLAY green and RECORD red indicators light and the flashing REC indicator s light steadily 4 Stop recording by pressing the STOP key NOTE When a track is recording or is armed to record the track REC key is lit or flashing its track number appears in inverse on the home screen as shown in the illustration Skipping to marks If you briefly press and release the F FWD key the trans port skips to the next mark If you briefly press and release the REW key the transport skips to the
197. your system set up Press EXIT Digital audio input mode has been selected but the 2488MKII has detected the wrong sampling frequency Fs for the incoming digital audio to be used Press NO EXIT and check the digital audio source The output should be 44 1 kHz note that some players output 48 kHz A unit with varispeed pitch control may have varispeed turned on altering the sampling frequency from 44 1 kHz 11 Master track is too short Use PRE MASTERING to correct it Press EXIT The master track is too short and therefore cannot be checked Press NO EXIT re set the OUT point to at least four seconds after the zero point then use the PRE MASTERING function for checking 12 MTC slave mode selected Cannot do this operation now Press EXIT Since the unit is currently slaved to external MIDI timecode the selected operation cannot take place Operations not possible in MTC slave mode include pitch control and SSA repeat playback auto punch operations jog and trim as well as audio CD playback and digital audio input Press NO EXIT and use the menu system SYNC MIDI gt SYNC to select INTERNAL sync 13 No file for import has been found Change CD YES else press NO No WAV file for import has been discovered on the loaded CD Press YES ENTER to change the disc use an ISO9660 formatted disc which contains audio data with 44 1 kHz sampling frequency in WAV format or NO to cancel

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