Tascam 488 PORTASTUDIO, Owner'S Manual

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Step-By-Step Operations Guide
Let's try the 488 mixer
Before connections
Input connections
Powering on
Headphone connection
Routing
inputs
Panning
To learn how the mixer works, first you need to plug a signal source
into one of the ten 1/4" jacks located at upper top of the 488, in your
easy reach.
As an example, we'll use a microphone as the source.
• Turn all the TRIM controls all the way to the left/LINE position.
• Turn all the other level and EQ controls to their center "0" position;
bring all the faders down; and set all the switches to OFF or to
their Up position.
1. Have in hand a dynamic microphone and a set of stereo
headphones.
2. Plug the 1/4" plug on your microphone cable into the leftmost
MIC/LINE IN Jack for channel 1.
3. Turn the 488 on. (The POWER switch is located on the back,
beside the power cable.)
4. Plug your headphones into the front PHONES jack, so you can
hear the input signal going to the mixer section of the 488.
5. Set the channel 11NPUT ASSIGN switch to the left/MIX position.
6. Turn the channel 1 PAN control all the way to the left/ODD
position.