Document Outline

• 1 − Introductions
  • Supplied accessories
  • Use with a personal computer
  • About this User's Guide
  • Manual conventions
  • Precautions and notes for placement and use
    • Handling of compact discs
    • Beware of condensation
    • Never use a stabilizer or printable discs
  • About CD-R and CD-RW discs
  • About finalizing
• 2 − Setting up and basic knowledge
  • Setting up the 2488MKII
    • Shutdown
  • Basic knowledge
    • Hard disk and partitions
    • Selecting the active partition
    • Songs
    • Screen
      • Menu screen
      • Home screen
      • Direct access screens
    • Some general notes on using the 2488MKII
      • Navigation
      • YES/ENTER key
      • NO/EXIT key
      • Changing values
      • Titling
    • SHIFT key
• 3 − Names and functions of the 2488MKII
  • Top panel
    • Input channel section
    • Effects section
    • Track mixer section
    • Sub mixer section
    • Stereo Bus section
    • Monitor Section
    • LCD display section
    • Access indicator section
    • Utility section
    • Screen operation section
    • Channel section
    • Locate section
    • Mark/Title section
    • Transport section
    • Transport keys
    • Mixdown section
    • Routing section
    • Other keys
  • Front panel
  • Rear panel
• 4 − Recording
  • Setting up your first song
    • New song
    • Setting the tempo
    • Making the first recording
    • Recording the guitar
    • Lead line
• 5 − Mixer
  • Inputs and assignments
    • Assignment to a stereo track
    • Digital input assignment
    • Checking assignments
    • Breaking assignments
    • Saving and loading assignments (QUICK ROUTING)
  • Channel functions
    • Track channels and input channels
    • EQ
      • Digital pad/gain
      • EQ
    • Effect send
    • Fader/pan
      • Phase
      • Pan
      • Faders
    • Mute
    • Linking channels
  • Stereo bus functions
    • Stereo EQ
    • Stereo dynamics
    • Stereo fader
    • Direct output
  • Sub mixer
  • Monitoring
    • Monitor selection
    • Mono monitoring
    • Record source monitoring
    • Monitor muting
    • Soloing and toggle
  • Scene memories
    • Scene recall
      • Internal faders and physical faders
      • Fader matching
      • Matching the physical faders with internal fader values
    • Saving scenes
• 6 − Effects
  • Settings insert effect modes
  • Mic effects
    • Assigning mic effects
    • Selecting mic effects
    • Editing mic effects
  • Multi-effect
    • Assigning the multi-effect
    • Editing the multi-effect
    • Using the multi-effect library
    • Saving multi-effect settings
  • Single effect
    • Saving single effects
    • Tuner
• 7 − Recorder
  • First steps in recording (song management)
    • Creating a song
    • Loading a song
    • Saving a song
    • Reverting to the previously saved version of a song
    • Erasing a song
    • Copying songs
    • Erasing unneeded audio data from songs
    • Protecting a song
  • Transport controls
    • Setting the playback position
    • Return to zero (RTZ)
    • Last Recording Position (LRP)
    • Jog positioning
    • Fast forward and rewind
    • Skipping to marks
  • Recording
    • PUNCH recording
    • Hands-free recording
    • Undo recordings
    • Rehearsing recording
  • IN, OUT, TO and FROM points
    • Setting the IN, OUT, TO and FROM points
    • Locating to the points
    • Editing the IN, OUT, TO and FROM points
  • Mark functions
    • Inserting marks
    • Active marks
      • Giving a title to the active mark
      • Deleting the active mark
    • Editing the active mark
    • Skip between marks
    • Using the mark list
      • Locating using the list
      • Titling using the list
      • Erasing marks using the list
  • Direct location
    • Direct location (i)
    • Direct location (ii)
  • Repeat
    • Setting the repeat interval
  • Auto punch operations
    • Setting the punch points
    • Checking the punch points
    • Rehearsing the punch
    • Recording the punch
    • Checking the take
    • After finishing the punch
    • If you change your mind
  • Bouncing tracks
    • Making a bounce mix
  • About track editing
    • IN, OUT, TO and FROM
    • Entering the edit mode
    • Track editing functions
    • COPY PASTE
    • COPY FROM TO
    • COPY INSERT
    • MOVE PASTE
    • MOVE INSERT
    • OPEN
    • CUT
    • SILENCE
    • CLONE TRACK
    • CLEAN OUT
  • UNDO and REDO
    • Undoing and redoing actions
    • An undo/redo example
  • Virtual tracks
  • Varispeed operations (pitch and SSA)
    • Pitch
    • SSA (Slow Speed Audition)
• 8 − Mastering and CD recorder
  • Pre-mastering
    • Recording the master track
  • Checking the master
    • Exiting master check mode
  • Creating an audio CD
    • Creating an audio CD using TAO
    • Finalizing the disc
    • Creating an audio CD using DAO
    • Creating an audio CD using Live Writer
  • Playing CDs
  • CD-RW erase
  • CD EJECT
• 9 − Reformatting
  • Reformatting the entire hard disk
  • Reformatting TASCAM partitions
  • Reformatting the FAT partition
• 10 − File import/export
  • USB mode
  • Opening the USB connection
    • Closing the USB connection
  • USB import (mono WAV files)
  • USB import (stereo WAV files)
  • USB import (SMF files)
  • USB export (virtual tracks)
  • Exporting master tracks
  • Importing from CD (mono WAV files)
  • Exporting to CD (virtual tracks)
• 11 − Backup and restoration
  • Backup
  • Restoring from CD
  • Using USB for backup and restore
    • Backing up
    • Restoring
• 12 − Tempo and MIDI
  • Metronome
    • Using the metronome
      • In FREE mode
      • In REC mode or REC&PLAY mode
  • Tempo map
    • Setting the tempo
    • Time signature setting
  • MIDI synchronization
    • MIDI clock
  • SMF playback
  • MIDI remote control
    • MMC MODE
    • MMC Device ID
    • REMOTE CONTROL
• 13 − General preferences
  • Global preferences
    • Key sense time
    • Meter peak hold mode
    • Meter release time
    • Shift key behavior
  • Mixer preferences
    • Fader matching
    • Digital input channel selection
  • Recorder preferences
  • User words
• 14 − Specifications, etc.
  • Block diagram
  • Level diagram
  • Specifications
    • Audio connections
    • Audio performance
    • Physical specifications, etc.
  • Dimensional drawing
• 15 − Appendix
  • Library of mastering compressor presets
  • MIDI Control/Program change message
    • Mixer Control Change parameters
    • Effect parameter change MIDI messages
    • Mic effects
    • Stereo dynamics processor
    • Single effect
    • Multi effect
    • MIDI Program Change messages
    • Preset mic effects
    • Preset stereo dynamics effects
    • Preset Multi effects
    • Preset single effects
  • MIDI Implementation chart
  • MMC Bit map commands
    • Bit-map array of MMC commands
    • Bit-map array of Response/Information field
  • Warning and status messages
• 16 − FAQ