Teac 788 User Manual

TASCAM 788 — Additions and corrections

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Since the printing of the manual for the 788, it has been found necessary to make a number of
small corrections to the manual. This sheet summarizes these corrections.

We strongly suggest that you keep this sheet with the original documentation for reference, and if
necessary, amend the relevant parts of the original manual.

We apologize sincerely for any inconvenience this may cause.

Section and page
number

“Copying songs” on page 29

Note to “Formatting a disk”
on page 32

“Assigning sources to mixer
channels.” on page 36

“SSA (Slow Speed Audition)”
on page 59

“Direct location (ii)” on
page 61 (step 5).

“Using EFFECT 1 as a single
stereo effect processor in the
effect loop” on page 82

“Send levels, etc.” on
page 83 (note)

“CHORUS” on page 89 (FB
DELAY)

“Synchronization master/
slave setting on the 788” on
page 96

From the manual… Replace with or insert… Explanation

1 When all the songs to be copied

have been marked, press the
ENTER key. A list of all the
currently-available drives

and

partitions is shown.

2 Use the dial to select the drive

or partition to which the selec­tion will be copied and press
ENTER.

Disks in the list are identified by their
SCSI ID numbers (from 0 through 6; ID
7 is reserved for the788’s internal con­troller). If the disks are divided into parti­tions, the partitions are listed as

Part1, Part2

To assign an input source (INPUTs A

D, the AUX INPUTS, the

through

TRACKs, the STEREO mix

recorded
or the

SUB MIX) to a mixer channel:

—

If you increase the “beats” value past
the maximum number of beats on a
bar at that point in the tempo map,
the number will “wrap round”; that
is, the “bars” value will increase by
one, and the “beats” value will be set

0.

to

NOTE

You can reverse this order of making the
settings (press and hold the
and then press the

The pan controls change to a centered
mono pan.

When two channels are unlinked, the
stereo pan control changes back to
mono pan controls, which are panned
hard left (odd-numbered channels) and
hard right (even-numbered channels).

The time between the original and the
delayed signal

—

, etc.

SEND

EFFECT 1

key,

key).

1 When all the songs to be copied

have been marked, press the
ENTER key. A list of all the
currently-available disks
partitions is shown.

2 Use the dial to select the disk

or partition to which the selec­tion will be copied and press
ENTER.

Disks in the list are identified by their
SCSI ID numbers (from 0 through 6; ID
7 is reserved for the788’s internal
controller).

To assign an input source (

D, the AUX INPUTS, the

through

TRACKs, or the STEREO

recorded
mix to a mixer channel:

NOTE

NOTE

It is not possible to record while the SSA
mode is active.

If you increase the “beats” value past
the maximum number of beats on a
bar at that point in the tempo map,
the number will “wrap round”; that
is, the “bars” value will increase by
one, and the “beats” value will be set
to 01.

NOTE

You can reverse this order of making the
settings (press and hold the

1

key, and then press the

The pan controls change to a stereo
pan control.

When two channels are unlinked, the
stereo pan control changes back to
mono pan controls, which retain the ste­reo pan settings.

The time between repeats.—

NOTE

The jog and repeat functions are dis­abled when the 788 is in timecode slave
mode.

INPUTs A

EFFECT

SEND

The 788 shows the
disks, rather than the
drives, connected to the
unit.

and

Partitions are only listed
after a disk has been
formatted and appear
when a disk or partition
is to be selected.

The
be assigned to a mixer
channel, but can be
assigned to the stereo
outputs.

—

There is no beat 0 in a
bar—counting therefore
starts at 01.

—

key).

—

—

SUB MIX

cannot

TASCAM 788 — Additions and corrections

Section and page
number

“MIDI Timecode offset (788
as slave only)” on page 97

“MIDI Timecode offset (788
as slave only)” on page 97

“Recording the sync track” on
page 98 (step 7)

“Error messages, etc.”
on page 121 (

SYNC SELECTED

EXT

“Error messages, etc.”
on page 122
(

INVALID CD!

REPLACE CD

“Error messages, etc.” on
page 122—

ON DISK FOR
IMAGE FILE
NOT ENOUGH
SPACE ON DISK

)

NO SPACE

and

From the manual… Replace with or insert… Explanation

—

For example, if the MIDI timecode master
starts the timecode playback at
00:57:00:00, and the actual piece starts at
01:00:00:00, you might want to enter an
offset of 3 minutes
starts, the ABS time on the 788 display

01:00:00:00

shows
time display” on page 26).

Press EXIT/NO to save the sync
track. If you press ENTER/YES at
this point, you will re-arm the sync
track and you will have to record it
again.

(ACTION)

trol the 788, or set the 788 to internal sync
and try again.

)

You are attempting to record a song or
songs to CD, but the CD is finalized and
cannot be used for recording single tracks
(or has already been used for recording
and cannot be used for recording a song
list).

(ACTION)

or copy them to another partition or disk,
and then erase them.
Alternatively, copy the song you are trying
to record to another disk or partition with
more available space and try again.

, so that when the piece

(see “The

Use the sync master to con-

Erase any unwanted songs,

NOTE

Because of the time needed to lock to
incoming MTC, allow at least 5 seconds
of silence at the start of a song when
using external sync.

For example, if the MIDI timecode master
starts the timecode playback at
00:57:00:00, and the actual piece starts at
01:00:00:00, you might want to enter an
offset of 1 hour
starts, the ABS time on the 788 display
shows
time display” on page 26).

Press ENTER/YES to return to the
home screen. Pressing EXIT/NO
returns you to step 3 of this process.

Set the 788 to internal sync and try again. —

You are attempting to record a song or
songs to CD, but the CD is finalized and
cannot be used for recording single tracks
or a song list

Alternatively, shut down the 788, connect
an additional external disk and try again.

, so that when the piece

00:00:00:00

.

(see “The

—

—

—

The 788 checks all con­nected disks for avail­able space before
displaying these mes­sages if there is insuffi­cient space.

“Error messages, etc.” on
page 122 (

BUSY

“Error messages, etc.” on
page 122 (

ERROR

“MIDI Implementation Chart”
on page 124 (Note 3)

READ

)

RECORD

)

This message may appear if:
The 788 playback suddenly stops without
warning
A track is being played back erratically, or
out of time with the other tracks
There may be a noticeable drop in sound
quality as well.

Record timing, etc. suffers, or the 788 sud­denly stops recording without warning.

*3 MMC RP Version

1.00(T,R), MTC Quarter
Frame Message;

This message may appear if the disk can­not be accessed during playback.

This message may appear if the disk can­not be accessed during recording.

*3 MMC RP Version

1.00(T,R), MTC Full
Time Code Message;

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—

—

Also note that in the Brief Guide, it is mentioned that “two balanced XLR to unbalanced 1/4-inch
jack adaptors for use when recording using balanced sound sources” are provided with your 788.
In fact, these adaptors provide balanced XLR to balanced 1/4 inch TRS jack facilities.

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