How To Record Many Sources Onto A Single Track; How To Record Multiple Tracks Simultaneously - Tascam 488 Portastudio Owner's Manual

How to record many sourc es onto a single track
In the first example w e rec orded one microphone
onto one track at a time. How ever, if you w ant to
record more than one source onto a track at
once, set the ASSIGN and PA N controls of eac h
channel to the sam e setting, for example:
These mixer c hannels are
being sent to Group 1, for
recording on either Trac k
1 or Trac k 5.
In this example, press RECORD FUNCTION 1 to
record on track 1 all instruments plugged into
inputs 1-4.

How to record multiple tracks simultaneously

If you w ant to record more than one track at a
time, you simply dec ide w hich instruments you
w ant to record on w hich tracks, and use the
channel ASSIGN and PA N controls to send them
there:
This mixer c hannel is being
sent to Group 1, for rec ord¬
ing on either Trac k 1 or Trac k
5.
-As desired
Restrictions: The 488's mixer section only has 4
output groups, so 4 tracks is the maximum
number that c an be recorded at one time. Also,
two tracks that share the sam e group cannot be
recorded simultaneously. For example, you cant
record on track 4 and track 8 at the sam e time.
Monitoring is done by pressing the MONITOR
sw itches corresponding to the GROUPs you are
recording (plus CUE if you need to hear tape
tracks or MIDI virtual tracks).
Recording is the same procedure as for one
track, except that you put multiple tracks into
REC REA DY mode. In the example above, press
RECORD FUNCTION 1 and 4 to record on track s 1
and 4 simultaneously.
This m ix er c hannel is being
sent t o Group 4, for rec ord ¬
ing on eit her T r a c k 4 or T r a c k
8.