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2 – Getting started–The OPTION menu
TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio 33
The OPTION menu
The OPTION menu allows you to set various sys-
tem-wide options affecting the operation of the 788.
There are four sub-menus here:
GLOBAL options,
affecting the whole of the unit,
MIXER parameters
which affect the mixer, RECORDER parameters
which affect the recording part of the 788, and the
USER WORD settings. The USER WORD
settings are described in “Setting and editing preset
words” on page 27, and are not described again here.
Global options
As the name suggests, these options affect the whole
operation of the unit.
Key sense time Some of the keys on the unit
have two different functions, spending on whether
they are pressed and released in a short space of time,
or whether they are pressed and held down for a
longer period.
The pitch control is a good example of this. If the
PITCH/SSA key is pressed and released briefly, the
pitch control is turned on. If it is pressed and held for
the time set here, a screen appears allowing you to
make the settings for the pitch and the slow speed
audition functions.
The setting for the key sense time is from 0.3 to 2.0
seconds, in 0.1 second steps.
Meter peak hold time The meters shown on
the home display (“The “home” display” on page 26)
and other pages can be configured to hold the peak
value .
This parameter can take the following values:
OFF,
where the meters do not hold the peak value at all,
ON; the peak meters hold the value for a second or
so and then drop back, or
KEEP, where the peak
value is always shown on screen until this value is
changed.
Use the cursor keys to highlight the parameter, and
the dial to change it
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The
KEEP
setting is useful if you want a permanent
record of the highest value, but you cannot keep your eyes
on the meters during the whole take or rehearsal.
Meter release time The meter “drop-back” time
can be configured to be from
0ms to 100ms in
10ms steps using the cursor keys to highlight the
parameter, and the dial to change it.
Note that the meters are always peak meters, and the
rise time is fixed.
Mixer settings
Only one setting is currently implemented, as
described here.
Fader settings This parameter allows the setting
of the relationship between the physical and the
internal faders when scenes are recalled, etc. The
details are given in “Internal and physical faders” on
page 45.
Recorder settings
Two settings, related to each other, connected to the
recorder operations of the 788, may be made from
this submenu.
These are the pre-roll and post-roll times concerned
with auto punch operations. Pre-roll refers to the
time difference between the point where playback
starts before a punch operation and the punch point.
Post-roll refers to the time after the punch-out point
that the recorder keeps playing after a punch-out (or
rehearsal). See “Auto punch operations” on page 55
for full details.
Both of these fields are set in the same way, by high-
lighting the field and using the dial to set the value.
The minimum time for both the pre-roll and post-roll
is
1.0 seconds and the maximum time is 9.9
seconds. The values are changed in 0.1 second steps.
USER WORD
Described in the section on entering and editing titles
(“Setting and editing preset words” on page 27).