Tascam 788 User Manual

TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  

Recording & Editing Functions

(Editing will be covered later in this section.)  You 
can also use them to keep original tracks that were
used to create submixes, which allows you to alter
the submix balance later on, or even add or 
subtract parts from those mixes.  Other common 
uses for virtual tracks include storing maintaining 
count-ins on a separate track, click tracks, or even 
spoken cues.  

The Virtual Track assignments are handled through 
the              screen, which is accessible by pressing 
the TRACK button.  (The TRACK button is located in 
the INPUT SOURCE area in 
the upper left of the 788 
surface.)  Tracks can be 
selected with the left and 
right arrow keys, or by 
pressing SELECT on that 
track.  (Pressing SELECT for 
track 7/8 will flip back and
forth between track 7 and track 8.)  The JOG/DATA 
wheel or UP and DOWN CURSOR keys can be used to 
scroll down the list of tracks.  To accept the virtual 
track for that channel, press ENTER/YES.

With 250 virtual tracks at your disposal, you may want 
to give them more descriptive names than "Track001".  
You can give them names up to 12 characters long to 
help you remember which track had what audio on it.  
To name a track, press TRACK to get to the   
screen, scroll to the track you want to name, then 
press SHIFT and MENU/TITLE.

All of the editing is non-destructive with 999 levels of 
undo that are saved to disk.  This means you have 
lots of opportunity to experiment with different 
versions without fear of losing anything.

                      copies the audio between the IN and
       OUT locate points and pastes it over any pre-
       existing audio starting at the TO locate point.

All of the editing functions will use the IN, OUT and TO 
locate points for reference on edits.  For instance, if you
are copying a background vocal track to another chorus,
you would place the IN and OUT locate points around 
the part to be copied, then place the TO locate point 
where you want the part to go.

When you select the edit function, there will be a prompt
for which tracks the edit should apply to.  You can edit
on a single track, stereo pair, or all 8 tracks at a time.  It
is also possible to edit across tracks.  For instance, you 
can copy from one track to another.  

It is also important to understand that some edit functions 
keep the time line of the song intact, while other functions 
(called "ripple" functions) affect the audio beyond the edit 
point.  Below, we have an example of a COPY>PASTE 
(standard) edit and a COPY>INSERT (ripple) edit.

IN

OUT

TO

COPY AUDIO

ORIGINAL 

TRACK

IN

OUT

TO

STANDARD

EDIT

COPY>PASTE overwrites existing audio at the TO 
point, and does not affect any audio after the copy.

IN

OUT

TO

COPY>PASTE

IN

OUT

TO

IN

OUT

TO

COPY>PASTE

RIPPLE

EDIT

COPY>INSERT moves the audio after the TO 
point down the exact length of the insert.

IN

OUT

TO

COPY>INSERT