Track Controls; Displays - Tascam 488 Portastudio Owner's Manual

31. PITCH CONTROL dial: Provides a plus or
minus 12% variation to the tape speed in
both record and play modes. Turn the dial to
the left to lower the speed, or to the right to
increase the speed. Set the dial to the center
"0" position for the tape to run at the
standard 9.5 cm/sec.
This can sometimes be used to save parts
that are a little out-of-tune, or to create
sound effects such as flanging. Note that if
you record with the dial at its maximum or
minimum settings, you will NOT have the
ability to make further adjustment in that
direction upon playback.
CAUTION: The PITCH CONTROL dial affects
the record speed also. Check to make sure
that the dial is at its center "0" position
unless you are
intentionally.
32. REMOTE PUNCH IN/OUT jack: For conne¬
ction to the optional RC-30P remote
footsw itch.

Track Controls

33. RECORD FUNCTION switches 1-8: These
switches put the respective tracks into Rec
Ready, or directly into Record mode if the
master RECORD and the PLAY key have
already been pressed. The 488 has four
group outputs. This means up to four tracks
can be recorded at once. Only one of each
track pair can be selected at a time (1 or 5, 2
or 6,3 or 7, 4 or 8).
Each track's current mode is indicated by the
TRACK REC indicators in the level meter
window. See the next item, # 34.

Displays

34. TRACK REC indicators:
individual track's status as selected by the
RECORD FUNCTION switches (#33).
TRACK REC
indicator
Off
Blinking
On solid
42
using the function
They show the
Track
status
Safe
Record Stand¬
by
Record
35. TRACK level meters: They register Input to
the tracks (= "group mix") or Output from
them (= "tape signal"). Whether Input or
Output is being metered depends on both
the transport modes and the setting of the
RECORD FUNCTION switches (#33), as
shown in table below .
TRACK REC
indicator
Off (Safe)
Blinking
(Record Standby)
On solid (Record)
36. MONITOR level meters: They show the level
in the monitor mix selected by the MONITOR
sw itches (#20). The meters are "Pre" (before)
the rotary MASTER level control and this
control does not affect the meter readings.
37. Tape COUNTER:
counter displays the distance the tape has
moved from a zero reference point. Each
time you press the COUNTER RESET sw itch
(#39), a new zero reference point is
established. The counter display is also reset
to zero when the 488 is turned off or the
cassette is removed.
38. Other Indicators: They show whether or not
the following 5 functions are in use:
a)dbx- lights up when the DBX NR
switch (#24) is set to ON.
b) RHSL- blinks when the RHSL switch
(#45) is on and the function is
activated. Recording is not
possible unless this is OFF.
c) MEMO1 - lights up when a tape location is
loaded into the corresponding
memory register.
d) MEMO2 - lights up when a tape location
is loaded into the correspond¬
ing memory register.
e) REPEAT- lights up during Repeat Play.
Measured
Signal
Tape (Output from the
recorded tracks)
Group mix (Input to the
tracks: Record source)
Group mix (Input to the
tracks: Record source)
This 4-digit electronic