Tascam 788 User Manual

TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  

QuickStart - First Session

The term "bouncing tracks" means recording a mix of 
several other tracks.  For instance, you can play back 
6 tracks of drums, bass and guitar from the recorder, 
mix them to a stereo pair, and record that on the 
remaining two tracks.  At that point, you can play back 
just the stereo pair on 2 tracks and use the other 6 
tracks for other instruments.

To do this, you need to have your tracks assigned to 
the main mixer area of the 788.  (The tracks cannot
be playing through the TRACK CUE area.)  If you 
haven't assigned them to the main mixer already, do 
so by pressing TRACK + SELECT to assign the tracks 
to the channels you want to play back.  Remember, 
you also need to keep a track available for the bounce.  
(Two tracks must be available if you want to record in 
stereo.) 

Assign the stereo output to the tracks that you want
to bounce down to by holding down STEREO and 
pressing SELECT for channels 7 and 8.  The LEDs will
confirm this routing.  This will record the stereo mix to 
tracks 7 and 8.  This will include not only the tracks, 
but also any assigned effects and extra inputs in the 
input submixer.

The next task is to make sure 
you are only listening to the 
audio that you are recording.  
Push SELECT in the MONITOR 
section until none of the LEDs 
associated with it are lit.  The 
only LED that should remain lit 
is the CUE LED.

scan the song to find a particular part, pressing REW or 
F FWD will play all 8 tracks forwards and backwards to 
help you find the proper location.

Once you've set your IN, OUT 
and TO locate points, push 
SHIFT + COPY TO.  The screen
will ask which track you want
to pull your audio from, which 
track it is going to, and how many times you want to 
copy the part.  The tracks can be edited on individual 
track level, stereo pair, or across all 8 tracks
simultaneously.  Use the arrow keys to move between 
the various parameters, and the JOG/DATA wheel to 
change the settings.  Press ENTER to accept the 
settings.

the arrow keys to select the 
parameter you want to 
change, and use the 
JOG/DATA wheel to change 
the value.

If you want to change the 
type of effect and recall
another preset, press ENTER while you are in the

effect screen.  The display 
will show you the library of
effects available.  Use the 
CURSOR keys and JOG/DATA
wheel to select effects from 
either the PRESET or USER 
tabs and press ENTER.

The three most commonly used edit functions have
buttons accessible right on the front panel of the
788.  We'll do a basic COPY function here, so you get
the idea.

The editing functions on the 788 use the IN, OUT and
TO locate points.  For copying, the IN and OUT points
need to be placed around the area you want to copy.
The TO point will show where you want the new part
to start at.

Set the locate points by playing to the part you want
to have the locate point at, and press SHIFT with the
locate point you wish to set.  (IN, OUT or TO.)

If you want to view the 
waveform of the audio when
you are setting the locate
points for the edit, press 
STOP + PLAY.  The waveform 
screen will come up.  If the 
waveform is too small on the 
screen, you can press the up and down arrow keys to 
increase the height of the waveform, and the left and 
right arrows to increase the zoom for the width of the 
waveform.  You can use the JOG/DATA wheel to scrub 
the selected track.  

When you're scrubbing audio, you will only hear the 
one track you have selected.  To select a different track 
to scrub, press SELECT for that track.  If you need to 

IN

OUT

TO

COPY AUDIO

P 17

P 12

The CUE light
is the only LED
that you want
on when you
are bouncing
tracks.