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Summary of Contents for Tascam US-122
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HOW TO ����������� An Introduction to Multitrack Recording from...
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It assumes you have no prior ex- perience with recording. We know what it’s like because TASCAM has introduced hundreds of thousands of people to the world of multitrack recording over the last thirty years.
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(represented by the notes in track 1 of the drawing below). This is called laying the basic track. Because the TASCAM recorders we’re talking about here are multi- tracks, not just stereo recorders, you can now rewind to the beginning,...
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788: a high-quality 8-track digital Portastudio with a digital mixer and effects (see page 9) ó Computer interfaces such as our US-122, US-224, US-428 and software that turn your personalcomputerintoacomplete multitrackmusicproduction system (see pages 9 and 11). We’ll explain the advantages of each of these products, but the“right...
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Is the world of cassette tape more your style, or are you somewhere in the middle? As we noted, each of the TASCAM products mentioned is covered in the colored boxes on the right-hand pages of this booklet. For more infor- mation visit www.tascam.com or ask...
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(and in some cases a faster tape speed), the sound quality is very good even though it’s not digital. On these TASCAM Portastudios, you can record up to four separate tracks or channels on a cassette tape. What are the differences...
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4 plus up to 16 started. Or, you could get a Pocket- “virtual” tracks studio 5: TASCAM’s stand-alone Number of mixer music workstation for people who channels: 2 inputs, want to express musical ideas, but 4 faders can’t do everything themselves.
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Pocketstudio the power of an 8-track recorder, since the rhythm section is handled internally via these MIDI “virtual tracks,”leaving the four digi- tal audio tracks open to record live vocals, guitars, or anything you want. For example, the Pocketstudio lets you select a background style (like“hard rock,”“jazz,”or“country”) that’s not a specific song.
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TASCAM has established the Pocketstudio Network so you can get together with other musicians to write and record over the Internet.
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Extras: two effects processors, mixer automation, MIDI sync, internal tempo map/ metronome TASCAM invented the Portastudio many years ago,and has brought the mixer/multitracker into the digital era with the 788. The faders and transport controls work the same way they do on a cassette Portastudio.
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MIDI sequencing and digital audio multitracking in a personal computer. That’s where the next category of TASCAM gear comes in. comes in. US-224 USB audio and MIDI interface for Ô...
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Getting your music into and out of a computer with the US-224, US-428 and US-122. Number of tracks: 8-24 depending on your computer Number of inputs: 2 to 4 Recording medium: computer hard drive, back-up by CD-R or DVD-R Mixdown to: computer...
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CASSETTE DECK OR CD BURNER Steinberg’s Cubasis, a basic digital audio workstation/sequencer program that ships free with the TASCAM US-122, US-224 and US-428. Note the“virtual” mixer that can be mapped to US-224 Some computers come with a tiny speaker for playing back computer- generated tones, others might even have a microphone, but they’re usu-...
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400 MB. Luckily, large hard drives are cheap now.You can get fast drives with 80 gigabytes or more for TASCAM US-122 When you get to the US-122, the majority of our“six components” are now living inside your com- puter.The US-122 provides analog to digital conversion, inputs includ- ing mic preamps and monitoring.
It features two XLR-based, phantom- powered mic inputs. As one of the only small computer interfaces with analog inserts, you can use the US-122 to place hard- ware devices (compressors, etc.) into the recording signal chain.Two line- level inputs on balanced W" TRS jacks...
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