Tascam 2488neo User Manual

PHONES jack 

11

Connect stereo headphones here to listen to the moni-
tor output.

PUNCH jack 

21

Connect a TASCAM RC-30P or other foot pedal to 
control punch in and punch out.

EXPRESSION jack 

31

Connect a BOSS EV-5 or other foot volume pedal to 
control internal effect parameters (see “Editing the 
multi-effect” on page 41).

GUITAR INPUT (H) jack 

41

This is a guitar input jack for input 

H

. 

Connect a guitar (or bass) with a high impedance pickup.

Disc tray 

51

For CD-R and CD-RW discs.

Eject button 

61

Use to open and close the disc tray. 
Do not press this button when the drive is in operation.

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5

6

I

 

QUICK ROUTING (MAP) key 

Use to recall and save routing assignment settings (see 
“Saving and loading assignments” on page 30).

 

Press this key with the 

SHIFT

 indicator lit to open the 

ROUTING MAP screen where you can see the status 
of input channel assignments (see “Checking assing-
ments” on page 30).

O

 

SHIFT key/indicator 

The shift function is operative when the indicator is lit.

 

Use the GLOBAL screen of the PREFERENCE menu 
to select the functionality of the 

SHIFT

 key (see “Shift 

key behavior” on page 97).

P

 

CLICK key/indicator 

Turns the metronome click output ON and OFF. When 
ON, the unit will provide a click according to the 
METRONOME screen setting (see “Metronome” on 
page 91).

 

Press and hold this key to open the FREE 
METRONOME screen.

A

 

SHUT DOWN key 

Turns the 2488neo unit off.

 

If you hold the 

SHUT DOWN

 key for 2 or 3 seconds, 

a pop-up screen appears to confirm that you want to 
shut down.

 

Always use this key to shut down the unit. This unit 
has an internal hard disk, and it is necessary to save the 
song data on the hard disk before turning the power off.

 

For this reason, always use this key to conduct shut 
down when you want to turn the unit off (see “Shut 
down” on page 13).