TEAC 2488neo 2488neo Owner's Manual - Page 58

7 − Recorder Bouncing tracks Like many multitrack recorders, the 2488neo allows you to "bounce" a collection of recorded tracks to a smaller number of tracks. This allows you to record more than 24 tracks (but once bounced onto a track or pair of tracks, the original tracks cannot be separated again). With the 2488neo, any track or tracks other than the bounce destination track can be a source track. Therefore, when bouncing to a stereo track, the remaining 22 tracks can be used as recording sources. Likewise, a mono bounce track can use the other 23 tracks as sources. Making a bounce mix 1 Press the BOUNCE key. The key lights, and BOUNCE MODEappears on the home screen. 2 Select the destination. Press the REC keys for a single track (mono bounce), or two tracks (or a stereo track) for a stereo bounce. NOTE In bounce mode, until you press the REC key for the bounce destination, no audio signal is sent to the STEREO OUTPUT or the MONITOR OUTPUT. 3 Adjust the source tracks' levels, EQ and pan positions, etc. for the bounce mix. Press the MUTE keys (or lower the faders) on tracks that you do not want to bounce. NOTE When you monitor the bounce, you are monitoring the bounce destination. If any EQ etc. is applied to the destination track(s), this is added to the signal you are monitoring. You may therefore want to make sure that the EQ is turned off on the destination tracks. In bounce mode, the recording source track signals pass from the mixer channels, through the sub mix bus, to the bounce track. While you are performing a bounce operation, you cannot use the sub mixer facility ("Sub mixer" on page 35). 4 While watching the level meter of the bounce destination track on the home screen, use the SUB fader to adjust the final recording level (the sub mix bus output level becomes the bounce mix recording level). NOTE While bouncing, the bounce destination track fader and STEREO fader affect the monitoring volume, but they do not affect the recording level. 5 When the bounce is done, press the BOUNCE key again to return to ordinary recording mode. TIP If you press the sub mixer section SELECT key to open the SUB MIXER screen, you can confirm that REC is selected as the sub mix bus assignment destination. By assigning input channels (A-H) to the sub mixer during track bounce, input signals can also be sent to the bounce destination track (see "Sub mixer" on page 35). About track editing One of the most useful features of a disk-based recorder such as the 2488neo is the ability to edit material easily. When working with a stereo tape recorder in the past, the usual editing method involved a white pencil, a razor blade and sticky splicing tape. This was not an easy process, and was very difficult to undo if there were any mistakes. The 2488neo allows you to edit songs, copying and moving material from one part of a song to another. This editing is known as non-destructive editing, meaning that the operation does not actually destroy data, and you can undo mistaken editing operations easily. If you have ever used a word-processor on a computer, you will probably find most of the 2488neo's editing operations pretty simple. If you have never used a computer, the 2488neo's editing operations are nothing to be scared about-just read through this section to see how it all works. 58 TASCAM 2488neo