Overdubbing - Tascam 688 Midistudio Owner's Manual

Step-By-Step Operations Guide: Overdubbing
Overdubbing is recording new tracks while listening to
previously recorded tracks with the CUE MONITOR sec-
tion.
In this quick tutorial. we're going to continue using the
factory' preset Scene settings as our basis.
RQute the source to Track 2
1. SCENE: On the numbered CHANNEL keys, prB6S
"0"
then "2". This should make "SCENE 02" appear in the
assign display and the scene number will blink. Then
press RECALL. The ASSIGN MAIN Scr"n should look
like this:
OoI..... NCL. ,
J
J .. :I • , • • 10
,.,..."""
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
-
- _. a
c::J
a a
c::J c::J CJ c::J 0 c::J
02
-
...
,
..........
- , CJ c::J
0
a
c::J c::J
a
c::J 0 0
""'·0 0 0 0 CJ 0 0 0 CJ 0
- , 0 0 CJ CJ CJ 0 CJ CJ
a
0
-
· ' 0 0 CJ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
"",.-
_T
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
_
..
foftl·D 0
a
Cl 0 0 CJ CJ 0 · 0
, t .) .. $ • , • I '0
This shows that all channels are assigned to Group 2.
Make sure the PAN control of any channel you wish to
record is in the center, or to the right. You do not need to
repatch the microphone or Instrument you used in the
first exercise. if you're using the same source for the
overdub.
Set the output level
This is the same procedure
as
in recording the first track..
3. Press RECORD FUNCTION switch 112. The red LED
above the key will start to flash. Make sure all other
RECORD FUNCTION switch are OFF.
NOTE: If you want to record different sources for the
overdub, set their levels as YQU did In Steps 5 and 9 on
the previous page.
4. Play the instrument or speak intQ the microphone, to
check that the TRK/GRP
2
meter reads in the middle,
averaging around "0 dB", and the channel's OL indicator
is only occasionally flashing. If necessary, lower the
MASTER 1/l-21R fader.
Set tbe monitor level
Monitoring is what makes overdubbing different from
tracking. You need tQ set the levels of the first track and
your live instrument in the cue monitor, without disturb-
ing the settings that control how much goes to the tape
recorder. (See p.
e,
"The three steps tQ multitrack".)
5. Check to see that the MONITOR MODE INSERT light is
OFF. Make sure CUE MONITOR is the only switch
pressed in the MONITOR section. (For details of how
INSERT and MIX affect the CUE MONITOR, s" page
43.)
6.
While playing your instrument. slowty Increase the
CUE MONITOR LEVEL
'2
control for "0 dB" on the
MONITOR meters.
7. If you haven't already, put on the headphones and in-
crea.se the MASTER monitor rotary control tQ
a
com-
fortable li3tening level.
8.
Press PLA
V
and increase tt1e CUE MONITOR LEVEL .1
contrQI to hear the playback of track 1 in. your
headphones, along with your live instrument.
9. AdJust the CUE MONITOR LEVEL or PAN 11 and 112
until you hear the balance you want in your head-
phones.
10. Pre.. RTZ to rewind the
tape
to the start position.
Put the recorder Into record mode
11. While holding RECORD,
press
PLAY. The RECORD
FUNCTION, RECORD, and PLAY lights will all go on
solid, and you are now recording on track two. Perform
your first overdub.
12. Press STOP, tt1en ·RTZ. The 688 will rewind the tape
to the start position.
Wlten to the oyerdyb
13. Press the RECORD FUNCTION
switch '2,
&0
you can't
accidentally erase what you've just recorded. Its LED
will go out.
14. Press PLAY. You will hear the pl<tyback of both track
, and 2. You can re-adjuat the CUE MONITOR LEVEL
and PAN cQntrols to get a 8tereo monitor mix Qf the
fi rst two tracks.
Perfonning overdubs 3 to 8
Tracks
3
thru
8
can be recorded using almQst the Identical
procedure aa above. The differences are:
• Different preset scenes (03 thru 08)
• Different RECORD FUNCTION switches
• Use MASTER fader 3-4, 5-6 or 7-8 to set the record
levels
• Use
cue
MONITOR LEVEUPAN controls 2-8 to set the
monitor levels
You can connect new sources to any empty MIC or UNE
jacka as long as you use the factory preset scenes 03-09
for the each assign all channels to one group like the
presets 01 and 02. '
To
record
on more thin
QDe
track
limultaDtoysly,
you
will probably have to create YQur own acen.. following
the procedure on pages
23·26.
But to help you get
started, here are two shortcuts:
Factory Sc:ene 10 assigns one MIC jack to each
track
(Ch.
1 to GRP 1, Ch. 6 to GRP 5 etc.). Just patch the mic Into
the same channel as the track you want to record. You
can record eight mic sources, each on a separate track.
Uslng~Scene
11. which assigns every input to
1111
eight
Groups lit once, you can record on any odd lind even track
using the PAN controls for assignment.