Tascam 488 PORTASTUDIO Owner's Manual page 24

Playback level
Review
Record level
7. Press PLAY and, while listening to the tape play, use the channel
faders to set each track's relative level for the desired balance.
The channel 1 fader is being fed with track 1, the channel 2 fader
with track 2, the channel 3 fader with track 3, and so on.
8. Adjust the PAN controls to set each track's left-to'-right position for
the desired stereo image. You may also want to use the EQ
controls to adjust the individual tracks for the desired tonality.
(For using effects, see page 33.)
9. When the signal balance, level, and tonality sound right, rewind
the tape, and press PLAY again to check the result.
10. Rewind the Multitrack tape again. Put a blank tape in the mixdown
deck and let it play for 10 to 15 seconds, then stop it and reset the
mixdown deck's counter to zero.
11. Press PLAY on the 488.
12. Put the mixdown deck into its "Record Ready" mode, and adjust
its input level controls for the desired record level.
13. Rewind the multitrack tape to the beginning of the recording.
14. Put the mixdown deck into Record mode then press PLAY on the
488.
15. When the recording is done, stop both machines, rewind the
mixdown tape and listen to it.
If the mixdown tape does not sound right, make the necessary
corrections and re-do from the beginning.
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