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Building creative networks
via your computer.
The Pocketstudio’s mixdown for-
mat is MP3, a compressed data fi le
used to send audio over the Internet.
If you have a computer with a USB
port, you’ll be able to post your fi n-
ished songs on a web site or email
them to friends, collaborators and
publishing companies. TASCAM has
established the
Pocketstudio Network
so you can get together with other
musicians to write and record over
the Internet.
Taking it beyond the box.
As you grow as a songwriter
and musician, you’ll fi nd there are
more things you can do to stretch
the capabilities of the Pocketstudio.
You’ll want to control the specifi c
notes played in a chord, or custom-
ize a drum fi ll. No problem—the
Pocketstudio can import detailed
arrangements in the “Standard
MIDI File” (SMF) format. SMFs can be
downloaded from the Internet, or
written from scratch in most MIDI
sequencers.
The next step.
Eventually, you’ll run into other
musicians who want to work with
you, in real time. The Pocketstudio
will still be great as a writing tool,
but with only two inputs “live” for
recording at a time you’re limited to
overdubbing most parts.
The time has come to look at the
next step in your musical and tech-
nical development. What tools will
you need? Perhaps you need some-
thing more elaborate than the units
we’ve described so far. This depends
on how you write and perform, and
what you fi nd inspiring:
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If you have some keyboard
skills and are turning into a
composer with ideas for every
part of an arrangement,
you’ll probably be happiest
with a computer-based digital
audio workstation.
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If you’re a musician or singer
whose best ideas spring from
the moment, or if you’re just
turned off by computers, you’ll
be happiest with a top-quality
multitrack recorder/mixer.
Let’s look at that next.
The Pocketstudio has 100 built-in preset
backing arrangements, selectable by
category (in this case, “Rock 1”) and style
(“60s Hrock”, an abbreviation of “1960s
hard rock”). You can change the tempo
and key of each arrangement, and make
them your own.
Ctgry: Rock 1
Style: 60sHrock
Tempo:
= 100
Arnge: Preset
788
Ô
8-channel digital mixer with 7.5 gigabyte-
built-in hard disk for nearly two hours of
8-track recording
Ô
8 track, 24-bit or 16-bit linear recording
with 250 virtual tracks per song, 999 levels
of undo/redo and more
Ô
Non-destructive editing (copy, paste,
insert, move, cut, clone track, more)
Ô
Two advanced internal effects proces-
sors with compression, reverb, distortion,
chorus and much more
Ô
Four
W
" mic/line inputs with 4th input
switchable to Guitar Level with processing
Ô
Two
W
" AUX outputs
Ô
RCA stereo aux inputs, stereo outputs and
monitor outputs
Ô
W
" headphone output
Ô
MIDI in and out
Ô
SCSI port for connection to external hard
disk or…
Ô
Optional CD-RW
788
rewriteable CD
recorder for stereo mixdown to CD and
data backup
US
-122
Ô
USB audio/MIDI
computer interfacing
Ô
Mac® and Windows®
compatible
Ô
Two XLR-fed phantom-powered mic inputs
with inserts
Ô
Two line level inputs (switchable to guitar
level)
Ô
16 channels of MIDI I/O
Ô
Adjustable zero-latency direct monitoring
Ô
Two line outputs with level control
Ô
Headphone output with level control
Ô
Self-powered via USB: perfect for both
studio and location recording
Ô
Includes ASIO, WDM, GSIF and Apple Core
Audio (OS X) drivers
Ô
Includes audio recording/MIDI sequencing
software
Ô
Includes GigaStudio
24
sampling
workstation software
Ô
Compact and rugged steel construction
128
instruments
100
song styles
including
including
Harpsicord
GlamRock
Marimba
LatinRock
Church_Org
Motown
Steel Guitar DrumNbass
Fretless
House
Cello
Grunge
SlowString
FastBeBop
Trumpet
Ska
SopranoSax
Western
Bassoon
HighTec
Sitar
Bluegrass
SteelDrums
HipHop
Gunshot
Reggae1