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2488neo

D01044520A

OWNER'S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for 2488neo

Page 1: ...2488neo D01044520A OWNER S MANUAL...

Page 2: ...s 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 However...

Page 3: ...r 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 fo...

Page 4: ...ct 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...

Page 5: ...n 20 Transport section 21 Transport keys 21 Mixdown and Mastering 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 Sett...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...97 Key sense time 97 Meter peak hold mode 97 Meter release time 97 Shift key behavior 97 Mixer preferences 97 Fader matching 97 Digital input channel selection 98 Recorder preferences 98 User words 98...

Page 8: ...right 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 usin...

Page 9: ...chapter explains how to reformat the entire internal hard disk or specific partitions 10 File import export page 81 This chapter explains file import and export Audio data files can be imported and e...

Page 10: ...lfunction 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 2488neo If it sticks to the turn table you will nee...

Page 11: ...ly be playable on the 2488neo This is in no way a limitation of the 2488neo itself but of the difference between the different types of media and the methods used to read them There are precautions th...

Page 12: ...o 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 circumsta...

Page 13: ...ition 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 accesse...

Page 14: ...ifferent 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...

Page 15: ...ide 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 ke...

Page 16: ...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 k...

Page 17: ...k 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 function...

Page 18: ...age 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...

Page 19: ...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 TR...

Page 20: ...t 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 chann...

Page 21: ...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 unt...

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 oper...

Page 23: ...then be used as a pair of channel inputs see Digital input assignment on page 29 DIGITAL OUT jack 66 Outputs the stereo bus signal as an S PDIF format digi tal audio signal MONITOR OUT L R jacks 77 Ou...

Page 24: ...ong that was worked on and you may need to follow these instructions to create a new song Nor mally though this will not be needed 1 Press the MENU key and the MENU screen appears Use the cursor keys...

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 MET...

Page 26: ...djust 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 le...

Page 27: ...ing 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...

Page 28: ...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 cho...

Page 29: ...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...

Page 30: ...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...

Page 31: ...ote that the frequencies are set in discrete steps it is not possible to set the center frequencies to intermediate val ues In addition you can adjust the Q the width of the effect in the center band...

Page 32: ...l 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 sen...

Page 33: ...g the entire mix and dur ing mixdown 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...

Page 34: ...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...

Page 35: ...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 pro...

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...

Page 37: ...ocedures 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...

Page 38: ...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 fade...

Page 39: ...ess 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...

Page 40: ...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 103 for details about editing the parameters...

Page 41: ...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 se...

Page 42: ...e 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...

Page 43: ...the 2488neo 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...

Page 44: ...TER 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...

Page 45: ...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...

Page 46: ...on 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...

Page 47: ...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...

Page 48: ...ng 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 ap...

Page 49: ...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 pres...

Page 50: ...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 t...

Page 51: ...ey 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 number...

Page 52: ...t 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 zoo...

Page 53: ...l 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...

Page 54: ...r 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 Fram...

Page 55: ...ed 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 d...

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 98 but you must exit the auto punch mode first by pressing the AUTO PUNCH key...

Page 57: ...OAD 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 th...

Page 58: ...nce destination track see Sub mixer on page 35 Bouncing tracks Like many multitrack recorders the 2488neo allows you to bounce a collection of recorded tracks to a smaller number of tracks This allows...

Page 59: ...y 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...

Page 60: ...rack In this operation the FROM point is set within the section to be copied When this sec tion is pasted this FROM point is relocated to the destina tion TO point This function is useful when you nee...

Page 61: ...is the only option available to you here Times This is the number of times that the selected sec tion is inserted end to end in the destination track or tracks You can set this value from 1 to 99 Pres...

Page 62: ...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...

Page 63: ...hich 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...

Page 64: ...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 o...

Page 65: ...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...

Page 66: ...assign them to our playback tracks Virtual tracks are mono tracks You need to assign one vir tual track to each track of a stereo pair To assign a virtual track to a physical track 1 Press the shifted...

Page 67: ...ks 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 t...

Page 68: ...ich 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 t...

Page 69: ...they will not light during mixdown even if the REC key is pressed During mixdown mode transport control is possible with the following limitations Playback and fast forward will stop at the OUT point...

Page 70: ...re disabled Jog varispeed SSA repeat etc are disabled T I P When playing the master track the playback signal is output from not only the MONITOR and PHONES jacks but also from the STEREO and DIGITAL...

Page 71: ...de in mastering mode overwrites the existing master track if there is one When you stop recording the unit automatically returns to master check mode NOTE If you stop a recording a master track is cre...

Page 72: ...ion ratios 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 0 1 32 0 1 1 KNEE Select from the following curves at the point where the compressor takes effect The higher...

Page 73: ...sor screen Settings the EQ The parameters and setting ranges of the mastering 3 band EQ are the same as for the channel EQ The low band L and high band H are shelving type bands that have GAIN and FRQ...

Page 74: ...e 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 wan...

Page 75: ...kdisc can be recorded to a list of songs on the current partition that have recorded master tracks appears on the screen See Selecting the active partition on page 13 for how to change the partition N...

Page 76: ...E 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 Th...

Page 77: ...have been recorded continuously for example a live perfor mance recorded without break the 2488neo allows you to split a single song into several CD tracks In this kind of situation the Live Writer fu...

Page 78: ...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 unfinalize...

Page 79: ...nnot 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 a...

Page 80: ...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...

Page 81: ...omputer screen remove the USB cable If a message appears on the computer screen telling you that it is not safe to disconnect the 2488neo exit all pro grams on the computer that may be accessing files...

Page 82: ...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...

Page 83: ...e 2488neo and the computer see Closing the USB connection on page 81 Follow the procedures below to load a file from the FAT partition to the 2488neo s SMF player 4 With the transport stopped press ME...

Page 84: ...racks 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 c...

Page 85: ...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...

Page 86: ...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...

Page 87: ...en 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 ma...

Page 88: ...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...

Page 89: ...lenames 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 Ma...

Page 90: ...see Closing the USB connection on page 81 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 p...

Page 91: ...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 93 REC PLA...

Page 92: ...he 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 F...

Page 93: ...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 tur...

Page 94: ...ave 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 an...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...rough its MIDI IN and external MIDI devices or another 2488neo can remotely control the 2488neo s recorder MMC Device ID Sets the MMC device ID Select 1 to 127 or ALL MMC commands are sent and receive...

Page 97: ...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 1...

Page 98: ...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 s...

Page 99: ...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 2488neo S...

Page 100: ...100 TASCAM 2488neo 14 Specifications etc Level diagram...

Page 101: ...ut 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 P...

Page 102: ...rim 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...

Page 103: ...high and very low frequencies R B HipHop Good for R B and hip hop this puts strong compression on high frequencies and adds punch to low frequencies Comp x 3 Flat Flat setting Single band compressor...

Page 104: ...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...

Page 105: ...where more than one effect may be selected the same NRPN may produce a different out come depending on the selected effect NOTE All values etc listed in these tables are in decimal notation Example e...

Page 106: ...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...

Page 107: ...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 an...

Page 108: ...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 col umn of this table...

Page 109: ...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...

Page 110: ...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...

Page 111: ...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 m...

Page 112: ...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...

Page 113: ...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...

Page 114: ...d 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...

Page 115: ...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 CO...

Page 116: ...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...

Page 117: ...dy 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 E...

Page 118: ...mport 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...

Page 119: ...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 wh...

Page 120: ...oo 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...

Page 121: ...arks 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 fo...

Page 122: ...just the reverb sound Is the effect send switch set to PRE The effect will be applied if the effect send switch is set to PRE regardless of the fader position Press the SEND key to open the EFFECT SE...

Page 123: ...top panel the SHUT DOWN pop up opens Press the YES ENTER key to execute the shutdown When COMPLETE Please POWER OFF appears turn the power OFF 16 Is it possible to export multiple tracks to WAV files...

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