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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 key ..................................................15

NO/EXIT key ......................................................15

Changing values ................................................15
Titling .................................................................15

SHIFT key .........................................................16

3 − Names and functions of

the 2488MKII............. 17

Top panel.................................................17

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 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 ..................................................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

Summary of Contents for 2488MKII

Page 1: ...2488MK Digital Portastudio D00951210A OWNER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ly 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 harmful interference to radio communications H...

Page 3: ...ipod 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...

Page 4: ...uct 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 RADIATIO...

Page 5: ...hannel section 20 Locate section 20 Mark Title section 20 Transport section 21 Transport keys 21 Mixdown section 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 ...

Page 6: ...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 5...

Page 7: ... Global preferences 92 Key sense time 92 Meter peak hold mode 92 Meter release time 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 Append...

Page 8: ...ht 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 r...

Page 9: ...age 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 restora...

Page 10: ...alfunction 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 lab...

Page 11: ...urally 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 pla...

Page 12: ...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 d...

Page 13: ...on 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 ...

Page 14: ...fferent 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 parti...

Page 15: ...ound 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 ...

Page 16: ...y 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 th...

Page 17: ...h 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 o...

Page 18: ... 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 th...

Page 19: ... g SCENE NULL key Opens the SCENE LIBRARY screen see Scene memories on page 37 With the SHIFT 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 ...

Page 20: ...l 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 pag...

Page 21: ...e 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 pr...

Page 22: ...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 cli...

Page 23: ...sed as a pair of channel inputs see Digital input assignment on page 29 DIGITAL OUT jack Outputs the stereo bus signal as an S PDIF 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 ...

Page 24: ... 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 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...

Page 25: ... 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 œ 100 TIME SIG œ 2 4 3 Press the HOME key to return to the home screen Setting the tempo ...

Page 26: ...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...

Page 27: ...rding 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...

Page 28: ...d 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 eff...

Page 29: ...o 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...

Page 30: ...y 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 Ó Á cursor keys to change between viewing channels 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 th...

Page 31: ...8k 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 th...

Page 32: ... 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...

Page 33: ...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 channe...

Page 34: ... 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 Ó Á cursor keys to select preset setting PRESET or the user setting USER The PRESET category contains factory preset settings while USER can be used to save and recall custom...

Page 35: ...o 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 ste...

Page 36: ... 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 monitor 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 so...

Page 37: ...dures 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 described below is changed from the factory setting when a scene is recalled the ª recalled internal fader values and the physical fa...

Page 38: ...alues With the SHIFT indicator lit press the SCENE NULL key to open the FADER NULL screen ª This screen shows the current physical fader positions The Ó 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 ...

Page 39: ...rent 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 When you change from MIC X8 mode to MIC X 4 mode a...

Page 40: ...ct 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 acco...

Page 41: ...es a description of the effect GRUNGE CLEAN FUNK etc The library list 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...

Page 42: ...e Ó Á 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 i...

Page 43: ...d 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 othe...

Page 44: ...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 sel...

Page 45: ...se 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 a...

Page 46: ...ction 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 r...

Page 47: ...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 songs stored on the disk can be stored as protected or unprotected 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU scr...

Page 48: ...essing the Ó 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 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 show...

Page 49: ...n 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 preceding mark See Mark functions on page 51 for more about...

Page 50: ...ly 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 W...

Page 51: ...ng 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...

Page 52: ... 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...

Page 53: ... 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 ...

Page 54: ...sor keys to move 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 i...

Page 55: ...ated 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...

Page 56: ...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 2488MKI...

Page 57: ... 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 go...

Page 58: ...ce 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 number 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...

Page 59: ... 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 for 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...

Page 60: ... 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 operat...

Page 61: ...4 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 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 st...

Page 62: ...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 new ma...

Page 63: ... 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 th...

Page 64: ...r 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 word processors you can undo your mist...

Page 65: ...ke 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...

Page 66: ...sign 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 Ó and Á keys to select the physical track for assigning...

Page 67: ...cks 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 perf...

Page 68: ...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 ...

Page 69: ...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 PL...

Page 70: ...r 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...

Page 71: ... 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 ...

Page 72: ...cted 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...

Page 73: ... 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...

Page 74: ...NTER 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 MO...

Page 75: ...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 ...

Page 76: ...he 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...

Page 77: ... 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...

Page 78: ... 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 Ope...

Page 79: ...he 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 ...

Page 80: ...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...

Page 81: ...e 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 stopped 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 ...

Page 82: ...a 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 selec...

Page 83: ...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...

Page 84: ...e 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 o...

Page 85: ...enames 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 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 CL...

Page 86: ...ter 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...

Page 87: ...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 OUTPUTis 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 th...

Page 88: ...ill 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 cu...

Page 89: ...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 St...

Page 90: ... 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 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 y...

Page 91: ...rough 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 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 wh...

Page 92: ...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 o...

Page 93: ... 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 after...

Page 94: ... 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 ...

Page 95: ...TASCAM 2488MKII 95 14 Specifications etc Level diagram ...

Page 96: ...ut impedance 100 Ω 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 Ω Nominal output level 2 dBu Maximum output level 14 dBu PHONES Stereo 1 4 jack Maximum output level 55 mW 55 mW into 30 Ω DIGITAL input RCA jack Data format IEC60958 consumer use S PDIF DIGITAL output RCA jack Data format IEC60958 consumer use S PDIF Au...

Page 97: ...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 ...

Page 98: ... 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...

Page 99: ...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...

Page 100: ...6 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 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 5...

Page 101: ... 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 0...

Page 102: ...rs 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 Parameter 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 7...

Page 103: ... 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 si...

Page 104: ...0 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 50 100 50 0 50 00 17 Mix Level 0 100 0 100 00 18 reserved 00 19 Switch 0 1 Off On Tremolo...

Page 105: ...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 chann...

Page 106: ...lows 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 ...

Page 107: ...rb 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 ...

Page 108: ...old 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 s...

Page 109: ...A 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 ...

Page 110: ...0 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 TRACK INPUT MONITOR 52 TRACK SYNC MONITOR 51 RECORD MONITOR 50 GLOBAL MONITOR 4F TRACK RECORD READY 4E T...

Page 111: ...eady 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 WA...

Page 112: ...D playback and digital audio input Press NO EXIT and use the menu system SYNC MIDI 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 the opera...

Page 113: ...cel NO Too much data has been selected to fit onto the CD that is currently 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 har...

Page 114: ...e proceeding with the creation or restoration of a song deleting songs cannot be undone Alternatively use DISK 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 s...

Page 115: ...re than 4 seconds 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 TO function for track editing so the function cannot be executed Set the time between the F...

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