Tascam 388 Studio 8 - Recording; Overdubbing

RECORDING
1. Make sure that REC FUNCTION switch
number 1 ¡s down with its LED blinking. All
other REC FUNCTION switches should be
in the up position. Their LEDs wül be off.
2. Whiie piaying your instrument or speaking
into the microphone, make any EQ adjustments
you feel are necessary. Refer to "Work Methods"
for more ¡nformation on EQ.
3. When your instrument or volee sounds the
way you'd like, press REC and PLAY buttons
in the recorder's transport section. The REC
FUNCTION LED will stay on continuous-
ly and the red LED above the REC button
will be on.
4. Play your instrument or, if using a micro-
phone, slowly count to nineteen using oniy the
odd numbers, pausing for a fuII count between
each number. You will need these pauses for the
upooming overdubbing.
5. When finished, press the RTZ button in
the transport section. Since RESET has been
pressed, in step 6 of setup, the tape will return
to the zero position (00:00) and stop.
6. Press the number 1 REC FUNCTION
switch, turning it off (up). Its LED will go out.
7. Press PLAY and listen to your track. Re-
adjust MONITOR/PHONES level if necessary.
You've completad your first track. If you're
not satisfied with the results, repeat the process.
If your results are satisfactory, it's time to move
on to overdubbing.
RECORDING
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OVERDUBBING
You will use the same setup as you did for
recording your basic track with the following
changas:
1. Connect the new source, instrument or
microphone to the appropriate channel 1 input.
You can continua to use channel 1 because the
channel's ASSIGN switches make it possible to
route any channel's signal to any track of the
recordar.
2. Make sure ASSIGN switch 1—2 is still
down (on) in channel 1. Adjust channel 1's
PAN fully right, clockwise.
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