Tascam 2488neo User Manual

The 

MUTE

 keys for each channel also serve as solo keys 

(see “Soloing and toggle” on page 37).

When a channel’s 

MUTE

 key is pressed (when soloing is 

not active), the orange indicator lights, and the sound from 
that channel is not sent to the stereo bus. The channel’s 
recording source is also muted.

Like the ordinary channels, the stereo bus has three-band 
equalization, with sweepable center frequencies, and vari-
able Q for the midrange.

To access this;

SELECT

EQ

the EQ parameters for the stereo bus. See “EQ” on 
page 31 for information about setting methods, etc.

The stereo bus may be thought of as a special permanently-
linked pair of channels. The output from this bus can be 
monitored as the STEREO selection (see “Monitoring” on 
page 36) and is also as the source for mastering and rendering 
the final mix (see “Mastering and CD recorder” on page 69).

Moreover, the stereo bus also has EQ and dynamics, so 
they can be applied to monitoring the entire mix and dur-
ing mixdown.

Adjacent track channels and input channels can be linked. 
By linking channels, the parameters of 2 channels (usually 
the left and right channels of a stereo pair) can be con-
trolled simultaneously.

A linked pair can be formed with an odd-numbered chan-
nel and the even-numbered channel immediately to its 
right. For example, channel 1 can be linked with channel 2, 
and channel 5 can be linked with channel 6.

To create a link, press and hold the 

SELECT

 key (or the 

INPUT

 key) of one of the channels that you want to link 

and then press the 

SELECT

 key (or the 

INPUT

 key) of the 

other channel.

To cancel the link, follow the same procedures. Press and 
hold the 

SELECT

 key (or the 

INPUT

 key) of one of the 

channels and then press the 

SELECT

 key (or the 

INPUT

 

key) of the other channel.

When track channels are linked, the following parameters 
can be controlled simultaneously:

Faders (the left fader of the linked pair controls the 

• 

levels for both channels)
EQ

• 

Digital pad/gain

• 

Effect send levels and pre/post selection

• 

When input channels are linked, the following parameters 
can be controlled simultaneously.

Internal fader values

• 

EQ

• 

Digital pad/gain

• 

Effect send levels and pre/post selection

•