Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 49)

TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio
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5 – Recorder operations
This section deals with the recorder section of the
788; including the playback and recording operations
you can carry out.
If you have not already read these sections:
• 2, “Getting started”
• 3, “Before recording”
• 4, “Mixer”
we strongly recommend that you do so now. Without
a knowledge of the information contained in these
sections, it may be difficult for you to understand
some of the concepts presented in this section.
Basic transport controls
These controls have some similarity to the controls
that you might find on a tape recorder.
However, there are one or two important differences
of which you should be aware, due to the nature of
the 788.
• There are some functions that you cannot access by
a single key-press, but which need a combination
of keys to be pressed in order to make them work.
• The “fast forward” and “rewind” keys do not work
in quite the same way that a tape recorder’s wind
keys. Since location can be almost instant, there is
no wind time required. The way in which these
keys work is explained later in this section (“Fast
forward and rewind” on page 51).
• There is no “pause” key. Since the start and stop
are virtually instant, there is no need for such a
control.
• In the jog mode, which is accessed through the
STOP and PLAY keys, the wind keys have a special
function (see “Jog positioning” on page 50).
Playback
To play back recorded material from the current play-
back position:
1 Press the PLAY key.
The green PLAY indicator lights while play-
back is taking place.
2 Stop playback with the STOP key.
NOTE
It is not possible to start playback in some of the menu
screens. Exit the menu system before starting playback.
If the PLAY indicator does not light steadily, but flashes, the
788 is waiting for external synchronization, or is otherwise
prevented from entering playback. Check all the synchroni-
zation settings, etc. (see the section on “Synchronization”
on page 94) for details of how to view and change these
settings).
If you do not hear anything when the tracks are being
played back, it may be because:
• nothing has been recorded on the tracks. The
HOME screen (“The “home” display” on page 26)
provides eight channel meters. If a channel’s REC
READY is off, the meter shows the level of the
track’s recorded contents (if REC READY is on, the
level of the input signal is shown).
• the tracks are not routed to the monitoring system.
Either use the track cue to route the track replay to
the cue system (“Monitoring the recorded sounds
(TRACK CUE)” on page 39), making sure that the
MONITOR CUE indicator is lit (“Monitoring” on
page 38), or assign tracks to channels (“Track-to-
channel assignments” on page 37) and adjusting
the faders, with the
STEREO MONITOR indicator
lit.