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Mixer Functions

TASCAM 788 Operational Tutorial  •  8/2000 Edition  

8) When you're ready to bounce the tracks, press
   PLAY+RECORD.  Keep in mind that if you make a
   mistake in the mixdown, you can punch in on the
   mixdown.  For example, if you forget to bring down
   the level of a loud vocal passage, you can rewind 
   back just before that passage, press record, and 
   make the change.  You don't need to start over.

Since scenes can be recalled in the 788, the level of the
physical fader on the 788 may not match the level the 
fader is being processed at.  
This is also true if a sequencer 
is used to automate the mixer 
levels of the 788.  The FADER 
MATCHING preference chooses 
from a number of different 
behavior patterns to deal with 
this situation:

       - This overrides the scene fader level, and makes
the physical fader level the processed level at all times.
The positive side is you always know the processed level
of the fader.  The bad news is you can't recall any levels
or utilize any MIDI level automation with this setting.

       - This setting will have the processed fader level
automatically go to the physical level when the physical
fader is moved.  While this makes the levels react faster
to your commands, it can mean some large jumps in
volume if the fader is all the way at the top, and the
processed level is at the bottom.

         - Catch will not change the processed fader 
level until the physical fader matches the processed
fader level.  This is the most elegant, since the levels
won't jump all over the place when you bump a fader.
This allows you to make smoother adjustments to the
levels mid-mix.  However, if you are not aware of the 
processed fader levels, you might take a little while 
finding them.

Bouncing tracks is the process of taking previously
recorded tracks on the recorder and mixing them down 
to a stereo or mono mix.  This process allows you to
add more tracks to the song by freeing up the individual
tracks from the other parts.

Since the 788 has 250 virtual tracks per song, you don't
have to give up the original tracks when you're bouncing
down.  The original tracks can be kept in the virtual track 
screen, in case you want to submix them again later,
change a part, or even take one part out all together.

To bounce tracks down in the 788, the stereo output 
needs to be fed to a channel or channels.  You might 
think this would cause a feedback loop.  However, the 
channel's output will automatically become un-assigned 
from the stereo buss when the stereo buss is assigned 
to the channel's input.  

While bouncing tracks, you'll probably want to monitor 
the return from the recorder to make sure the level 
isn't overloading the track level.  The place to do that is 
the TRACK CUE section.  The other tracks should be
playing through the main mixer, so make sure that the
levels for the other tracks are down so the only tracks
you're hearing in the TRACK CUE mix are the tracks 
you're recording.

To bounce the tracks:

1) Assign the source tracks to the mixer section.

2) Assign any other inputs you want bounced with the
   tracks (ie drum machine, external effect unit, etc.) 
   to the input sub mixer.

3) Assign the stereo output to the target recording 
   tracks (press and hold STEREO, press SELECT on the 
   target track(s), then release STEREO).

4) Arm the target tracks by pressing REC READY.

5) Press CUE in the monitor section, to monitor the
   return from the recorder.

6) Turn off any other sources by pressing SELECT in 
   the monitor section until none of the associated 
   LEDs light up.  (This makes sure you are listening
   only to the return from the multitrack, and that the
   levels you are hearing are exactly what is being 
   recorded.

7) Play the music, and set up your mix.  The track 
   levels on the recorder should indicate the level of the
   input coming to the track.  Make sure the level does
   not overload the track