Tascam Digital Portastudio 788 Operational Tutorial Manual

							TA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  Troubleshooting
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Section VIITroubleshooting  
The 788 doesn ’t play when I hit PLAY.
Press
If time is rolling, y ou’re probably in a quiet part of 
the song.  Go to a section of the song where some
audio has been recorded.
If 
when y ou press PLA Y, that 
means it is w aiting for MIDI 
Time Code to start.  Press 
MENU, select                , 
and choose        .  The first 
parameter is              .  If 
that is set to      , change it 
to      .
When
pitch wavers and the sound cuts in and out.  
              –OR-  
The
Chances 
selected for the two machines, or the machines 
might be running too fast or too slow .
To
select                , and choose        .  Mak e sure 
the frame r ate is the same on both y our master 
machine, and your 788.  If you are only 
experiencing minor v ariation over time and y our 
frame r ate is a v ariation of 30 or 29.97, pa y 
particular attention to the drop and non-drop status 
of the frame rates.
If 
from each other , check the same screen for MT C 
offsets that don’t belong.  (If the tr acks were 
recorded with an offset, the offset must be 
maintained through the entire project.  Otherwise 
you ’ll probably w ant to set the MT C offset to 
00:00:00:00.
Another
are not locked with time code, but instead are reacting 
to each other with MIDI Machine Control.  Mak e sure 
you ha ve MIDI Time Code enabled; y ou may want to 
disable MIDI Machine Control.  T o turn off MIDI 
Machine Control, press MENU, select               , and 
choose             .  Under the       tab , choose   
to be      .  
Make sure that the SYNC SRC isset to INT .  If it is set to EXT ,the 788 will wait for time codeto follow.  Waiting for time code isindicated b y a flashing PLA Y LED. 
						

							Tips & TricksTA SCAM 788 Oper ational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  
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TIPS AND TRICKS
Section VIII
Tips & Tricks
are using the EFFECT 1 as an insert processor , the
first aux send doesnt feed anything.  You may want
to bring the send out of the 788 so y ou can process
it with an external effect processor.
You
EFFECT SEND .  So, connect y our effect processor to
the MONITOR OUTPUT , and listen to y our mix from
the STEREO OUTPUT .  If youve got a mix down deck
attached there, listen from the output of the mix down
deck.  While this means you wont be able to use the 
MONITOR LEVEL control on the surface of the 788, it 
does offer a w ay to solv e the problem in a pinch.
Teaching Tool - SSA: Slow Speed Audition
This
people often o verlook little things lik e this.  The SSA
feature can pla y back a stereo pair of tr acks at slower
speeds without changing the pitch.  The v ariable 
speeds are 85%, 65%, or 50% of the original tempo .
The
track of a song y ou wanted to learn, then use S SA to
slow it down so y ou can learn it better .  For y ears, 
musicians used the tape speed control on our cassette
based P ortastudios for this v ery function.  However,
the 788 can process this so that the pitch is not 
changed.
The
as the original, but it should giv e you plent y of clarit y
so that you can mak e out the part.
Sound Creation - Speed Games
In
digital synthesiz ers, the most con vincing sound effects
were made by recording sounds, then applying filters
and listening to the sound forw ards and backwards 
at different speeds.  
Try
scrubbing them at slow speeds.  Heck, try it with the 
Slow Speed A udition too, perhaps it can add a 
mechanical qualit y to it. Or, slow the pitch w ay down
then add the S SA feature to it after that!  If y ou find 
something you really like, record it on an external 
recorder.  Then, record it back on the 788 at normal
speed so y ou have that wild sound y ou can use in
your project!
Whether
sounds for y our drum loops or simply trying to create
a unique sound effect, these effects can be the highlight 
of your project!
Guitar Processing - 0 Hz Flanging
The
has a few set -ups that use a flanger .  If you set the flanging
RATE to 0 Hz, y ou can use the DEPTH control to create a
phase angle t ype of sound.  The more y ou increase the 
DEPTH, the more the phased sound increases.  The location
of the sweeping sound of the flanger is constant at 0 Hz, 
and seems to always recall the same position, thus 
guar anteeing y ou the same sound each time.  
Try 
example of this sound.  Y ou can experiment with the 
settings there.  You can switch the effect on and off to giv e 
you a better idea of the sound compared to the original.
Guitar Processing - Pitch Shift as Chorus
Another 
shifter .  While most people think of the pitch shifter for
creating interv als between the original tone and a 
synthesized tone (such as creating a perfect fifth), it can
also be used to create a different t ype of chorus sound.
Chorus
sound, and combining it with the original tone that w avers
in pitch ev er so slightly .  This generally thickens up the 
sound.  The pitch control can be used to create a similar
effect, by combining the original with a cop y that is just 
slightly out of pitch.
Try
in action.  All y ou need to do is adjust the FINE control
out to about 10, and y oull be in business.  Typically, 
moving up works a little better than mo ving down in pitch.
Signal Routing - Getting Effect Send External
While
back of the unit, the EFFECT SEND does not.  If y ou
This section was assembled b y the crew of Engineers and
Product Specialists that work ed on the 788.  During the 
course of beta-testing, programming effect patches, and
recording demos into the 788, wev e come up with a
short list of neat tricks.  Some of these functions were 
designed in, some were just a good strok e of luck.  Either 
way, these are y ours to benefit from.  
You
through this section.  These are not primary recording
techniques, but r ather ways to really stretch the capabilities
of the 788.
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