Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 20)

2 – Getting started–Power-on
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TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio
Power-on
When the power is turned on, the display shows the
power-up screen. All the front panel indicators light
briefly.
The disks are then scanned, and the 788 performs
internal self checks.
You will probably be able to hear the sound of the
disks as the startup progresses. Depending on the
number of disks connected to the 788, this may take a
little time.
After the check is complete, the 788 loads the song
you were last working on.
NOTE
When you first purchase the 788, a demonstration song
(“Liquor Store”) is already recorded on it. See the “Brief
Guide” for details of how to load this song.
The song is recorded in 24-bit resolution and is protected.
If you want to edit this song, or change parts of it, you must
unprotect it, or make an unprotected copy of it first.
When the “home” screen (“The “home” display” on
page 26) is shown, you can start to use the 788.
NOTE
There may be some noise output through the monitoring
system while the 788 is turned on. For this reason, we
strongly suggest that you follow the power-on order
described previously (i.e. turn on the 788 before the moni-
toring system. If the monitoring system is already turned on
when you need to turn on the 788, make sure the monitor-
ing system volume is turned down before you turn on the
788.
Remember that you must always turn off the 788 “prop-
erly”, that is, using the method described in “Shutting down
the 788” on page 19.
Do not simply press the power switch to turn off the 788—
there is a risk of possible loss of your recording if you do
this.
About the demonstration song
We suggest that you use this song “Liquor Store” to
experiment with some of the features of the 788.
However, before you start editing and experimenting
with the song, you may want to make a copy (if only
for comparison purposes), even though the 788
includes a sophisticated undo function. Use the song
copy function described in “Copying songs” on
page 29.
A few notes about this manual
When we refer to a control or a connector on the 788,
the name of the control, as printed on the front panel,
is written like this: the
RECORD key (front panel
controls are called “keys”). We refer to the cursor
keys as §, ¶, Ó and Á or sometimes as
UP ,
DOWN , LEFT or RIGHT .
When we refer to a control or connector on another
unit, it is written like this: the sequencer’s MIDI
OUT connector.
On-screen messages are written like this: Go .
Always take note of the notes and tips if things aren’t
working quite the way you might expect—they may
contain information that you need to make things
work properly.
Do take note of warnings and cautions—these con-
tain information which advises you of possible dam-
age to you and the equipment!
NOTE
Notes like this are useful additional information which
explain features and other matters, etc. that affect the
working of the 788.
TIP
may help you to get the best out of your 788.
Tips like this provide additional information to help you use
the 788 to its best advantage.