1 - Introductory concepts-Assignment
Multi-take punch-ins on the 788
Similar to the concept of ?virtual tracks?, and also to you stop the punch procedure. All the successive
the editing procedure above, is the idea of multi-take takes of this phrase are stored on disk, and you can
punches.audition them all, and pick the best one to insert into
the track.
The 788 allows you to repeat a punch-in section,
playing or singing the same phrase many times until
Instant location on the 788
With a tape recorder, you must always wait a certain looped, the start can follow immediately after the end
amount of time before moving from one part of a section. This can be a little unnerving for musicians
song to another. This is because it takes time for tape brought up on tape systems, and so the 788 allows
to be wound or rewound (even with the fast DTRS or you to set the period between the end and the start,
DAT systems, moving between the start and end of a simulating a tape rewind time.
repeated section takes a definite amount of time).You can set many location marks throughout a 788
However, a disk-based system like the 788 does not song, allowing you to jump instantly around even the
need to rewind, and therefore if a section is being longest pieces of music.
Recording technique
Remember, the 788 is a tool which helps you create Above all else, we encourage you to learn to listen
recordings. Although it has many features which will critically to your recordings?this will enable you to
assist you in making high quality recordings easily, make the most from your equipment and add to your
the use of a 788 (or indeed, of any piece of equip-ultimate enjoyment.
ment) does not in and of itself guarantee a perfect
recording.
Assignment
When recording signals on a multitrack system, the In a conventional system, to change (say) a micro-
outputs of the signal sources (microphones, instru-phone signal from input channel 1 of the mixer to
ments, effect returns or previously-recorded multi-input channel 4, it is either (in a small setup) neces-
track tape tracks) must be plugged into the sary to unplug the microphone from the mixer and
appropriate channels of the mixing console and reconnect or (in larger setups) to use a patchbay,
assigned or routed to the appropriate destination.where all the inputs and outputs are permanently
When recording the first tracks, the destination will connected at the rear of a ?patch panel? and links are
usually be the track or tracks of the multitrack made using patch cords on the front. Digital patch-
recorder on which the signal will be recorded.bays are also available for the connection of digital
signals.
In the mixdown phase of a project, the destination
will usually be the stereo pair to which the tracks will
be mixed (usually on another recorder).
The 788 internal patchbay
With the 788, no external patchbay is necessary. The the facilities available when using the assignment
unit incorporates its own digital patchbay with many patchbay of the 788.
advanced features. The techniques of actually mak-The illustration here tries to show that although the
ing the assignments in this internal patchbay are
explained in more detail in ?Assignment on the 788? sound sources may be connected to the same inputs
on page 36. This section provides a brief overview of of the 788 throughout a session, the signals from
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