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TASCAM 2488 User’s Guide
9 – General preferences
There are four sets of general preferences that you
can make in order to customize the 2488 to your
working style. Access all of these through the PREFERENCES menu.
Global preferences
These all affect the overall operation of the 2488
Key sense time Some of the keys on the unit
have two different functions, spending on whether
they are pressed and released in a short space of time,
or whether they are pressed and held down for a
longer period.
The pitch control is a good example of this. If the
PITCH/SSA key is pressed and released briefly, the
pitch control is turned on. If it is pressed and held for
the time set here, a screen appears allowing you to
make the settings for the pitch and the slow speed
audition functions.
The setting for the key sense time is from 0.3 to 2.0
seconds, in 0.1 second steps.
Meter peak hold time The meters shown on
the home display and other pages can be configured
to hold the peak value.
This parameter can take the following values: OFF ,
where the meters do not hold the peak value at all,
ON ; the peak meters hold the value for a second or so
and then drop back, or KEEP , where the peak value is
always shown on screen until this value is changed.
You can also use
SHIFT + HOME to clear these held
peak values.
Use the cursor keys to highlight the parameter, and
the wheel to change it
TIP
\ The KEEP setting is useful if you want a permanent
record of the highest value, but you cannot keep your
eyes on the meters during the whole take or rehearsal.
Meter release time The meter “drop-back”
time can be configured to be from 3 0ms to 100ms in
10ms steps using the cursor keys to highlight the
parameter, and the dial to change it.
Note that the meters are always peak meters, and the
rise time is fixed.
Shift key behavior The SHIFT key can be used
in one of three ways, as set by this parameter: AUTO
SAFE , in which the SHIFT key can be pressed and
released, and remain active for about a second; and
UNLOCK , in which the key is non-latching; that is, you
must press and hold the SHIFT key while pressing
the other key to be shifted. The HOLD setting latches
the SHIFT key on until another key is pressed.
Mixer preferences
As the name says, these affect mixer items: Fader matching The option affects the way in
which the physical and the virtual faders interact (see
“Faders” on page 24). There are three options here:
• REAL : if the internal fader level is changed using a
scene change or a MIDI Control Change, this is
ignored. The actual physical fader is the only way
in which the fader level is set.
• JUMP : the internal fader level jumps to the level set
by the physical fader as soon as the physical fader
is moved. Since this can result in sudden changes
in volume, resulting in possible damage to hearing
and monitoring equipment, this option should be
used with caution.