Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 81)

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9 – Effects
The 788 includes two high-end digital internal effects
units, which can be used in a variety of ways to
enhance your recording project. Since all effect pro-
cessing is carried out in the digital domain, there is
no loss of quality caused by conversion to and from
the digital domain.
The two effects units ( EFFECT 1 and EFFECT 2 ) can
be set up in a number of different ways, according to
the current recording task:
EFFECT 1 This effects unit can be used as a multi-
effect processor, incorporating five effects in one
chain and inserted into the signal path of input sig-
nals. This is particularly useful when recording
source material such as electric instruments.
Alternatively, it can be placed into the mixer’s effects
loop, as a single stereo effect processor (for example
in the mixdown stage of a project).
EFFECT 2 This effects unit can inserted in input
channels as up to eight dynamics processors, or be
placed at the stereo output as a stereo dynamics pro-
cessor.
Finally, like EFFECT 1 , you can choose to use it as a
single stereo effect processor, placed in the aux loop.
The reason for the different modes is that you will
probably require different types of effect at different
times.
• For instance, if you are recording many channels
simultaneously using microphones, you may want
to use compressors on many channels at once.
• When you come to overdub an electric guitar solo,
you may want to use the multi-effects unit to give
the guitar sound some life, without having to go
through the trouble of micing up an amplifier.
• At mixdown, it’s quite likely that you’ll want to
add a selective amount of the same effect to a num-
ber of tracks at the same time.
• Again, at mixdown you may want to engage a com-
pressor on the final output. Digital distortion is a
particularly unpleasant sound, and putting a com-
pressor in front of the outputs is one way to avoid it
(another way is simply to keep the levels at a rea-
sonable volume, of course!).
Setting up EFFECT 1
Using EFFECT 1 as a multi-effect processor
1 Assign a source to the mixer channel which
will be using
EFFECT 1 as a multi-effect pro-
cessor, as described in “Assigning sources to
mixer channels.” on page 36.
2 Press and hold down the EFFECT 1 key. The
indicator flashes, as does the indicator of the
current assignment.
3 While holding down the EFFECT 1 key, press
the SELECT key of the channel(s) to use the
effector. The indicator(s) of the channel(s)
flash along with the
EFFECT 1 indicator.
4 Press the SELECT key of the channel again to
change between pre-EQ and post-EQ insert
(i.e. the effect settings are made on the
unequalized or the equalized channel signal).
The POST indicator flashes when post-EQ is
selected, and is not lit when pre-EQ is selected.
After this operation when the keys are
released, the input indicator, together with the
SELECT indicator(s) of the channel(s), the
EFFECT indicator and (optionally) the POST
indicator will all be lit.
5 Choose a multi-effect processor type. See
“Selecting the type of effect” on page 84.
NOTE
assignment
If you have previously made a stereo link between two
input channels, or if you are using EFFECT 1 with chan-
nels 7 and 8, only the odd-numbered channel of the pair
will be routed through the processor (except in the case of
the double exciter, where each channel will be routed
through the processor). The output from the multi-effect
processor is always stereo.