Before Recording; Quick Setup; Recording - Tascam 788 Owner's Manual

3 – Before recording
We have already looked at how to connect instru-
ments to the 788 ("Connecting other equipment to
your 788" on page 22). Now we look at how the sig-
nals are passed from the input connectors on the back
of the 788 to the recording tracks.
This process is known as assigning. There are two
ways to assign signals to channels on the 788: the

Quick Setup

The quick setup allows the selection of one of three
predefined assignment patterns, together with default
EQ and send settings, for use when recording or mix-
ing down, etc.
1 Press the
QUICK SETUP
screen.
2 Use the dial to select
or
functions are explained in "Routing and scene
libraries" on page 91).

RECORDING

The setting sets up the following
assignment:
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key beside the display
,
(the library
Quick Setup, described immediately below, and the
manual assignment method ("Assignment on the
788" on page 36).
The theory of this patchbay is explained in "Assign-
ment" on page 13. Consult this for an explanation of
the principles, if you are unsure of how this feature of
the 788 works.
3 Press . The current selection is shown
ENTER
on screen using the assign map (see below,
"Viewing assignments" on page 37).
4 Return to the home screen by pressing the
HOME/ESC key ("The "home" display" on
page 26).
After the setup has been loaded from the Quick Setup
menu, it is possible to 'fine-tune" the assignment to
the exact requirements ("Assignment on the 788" on
page 36).
The inputs from through
A
nels 1 through 4 , and the AUX INPUTS
to channels and and the
5 6
This is a good point to start recording the basic tracks
in a project, allowing six simultaneous external
sources to be recorded.
are assigned to chan-
D
are assigned
channel.
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