Tascam 2488neo User Manual

Y

 

BOUNCE key 

Turns bounce mode ON and OFF.

U

 

MIXDOWN/MASTERING key 

Use to record the master track (see “Mastering and CD 
Recorder” on page 69).

In addition to the ordinary operation of individual keys, 
pushing these keys in combination allows a variety of addi-
tional operations (see 

Q

 

RECORD key/indicator 

Press this key and the 

PLAY

 key together when the 

transport is stopped, to start recording. Press this key 
during playback to start recording at any point.

 

If the 

RHSL

 indicator is lit, however, recording will not 

actually occur.

W

 

PLAY key/indicator 

Press this key when the transport is stopped to start 
playback. Press this key and the 

RECORD

 key together 

when the transport is stopped to drop into recording. 
Press this key during recording to drop out of record-
ing, but continue playback.

 

Press this key while holding down the 

STOP

 key to 

enter jog mode.

E

 

STOP key 

Press this key during playback or recording to stop 
the transport.

 

Hold down this key and press the 

F FWD

 key to jump 

to the last recording start position and stop there.

 

Hold down this key and press the 

REW

 key to jump to 

the beginning of the song.

 

Hold down this key and press the 

PLAY

 key to enter jog mode.

 

Press this key when in jog mode to exit jog mode.

R

 

F FWD key 

Press this key to skip to the next mark. Press and hold 
this key to fast forward until you release the key.

 

Press this key while holding down the 

STOP

 key to 

jump to the last recording start position and stop there.

T

 

REW key 

Press this key to skip to the previous mark. Press and 
hold this key to rewind until you release the key.

 

Press this key while holding down the 

STOP

 key to 

jump to the beginning of the song.

This section has keys for auto punch recording, repeat, 
pitch control/SSA and other functions, and a jog mode 
indicator light.

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AUTO PUNCH key/indicator 

Press this key to turn the auto punch mode ON and 
OFF (see “Auto punch operations” on page 55).

&

 

RHSL key/indicator 

Press this key to turn the rehearsal mode ON and OFF. 
Rehearsal is possible in auto punch mode as well as in 
normal recording.

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REPEAT key/indicator 

Press this key to turn the repeat mode ON and OFF.

 

If you press and hold this button, the REPEAT 
INTERVAL screen opens where you can set this value 
(see “Repeat” on page 55).

(

 

JOG indicator 

Lights when jog mode is active.

)

 

PITCH/SSA key/indicator 

Press this key to turn the varispeed function ON and 
OFF. The indicator lights when ON.

 

Hold down the key to open the PITCH/SSA screen, 
where you can switch between normal pitch control and 
SSA and make related settings (see “Varispeed opera-
tions” on page 68).