Tascam 488 Mixer MEGA Tutorial

A viewer contacted me becasue he was struggling to use his Tascam 488, so I thought I'd do a tutorial.

It is testament to the complexity of this mixer that the tutorial runs for nearly an hour!

Because it is so long, I've added chapters so you can easily jump to certain sections - these appear in the timeline at the bottom of the video, or scroll down to see a list of timestamps.

Here is the link to the video I made about compatibility of 4 track and 8 track cassettes;-
   • Are 8-track & 4-track cassettes compa...  
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
2:15 Simplest use case - 1 track per pass, matching channel & track numbers
3:30 Saturation of line level signals
4:12 Input assign switch - group mode vs Mix mode
7:00 Assign buttons
8:48 Sending one input to two Master Fader outputs
9:46 About the Record Function & Group buttons
10:20 Monitor buttons & Monitor Meter
12:16 Tape tracks access via mutually exclusive pairs
13:32 Tape knob - cue vs mix mode
14:45 About bouncing (ping-pong recording)
17:03 About the effects sends knob
18:15 Stereo inputs
18:30 Limitations of the effect send system
18:54 Placement of effects in the stereo field
20:30 Building up layers of effects during the recording process
21:12 Demo - Recording test tones (record amplifier calibration)
23:32 Recording tracks 1- 4 bypassing the mixer
27:21 Recording tracks 5-8 through the mixer
27:35 monitoring external cue signals via mixer channels 5-8
29:28 Marking faulty socket with red tape (my process)
30:49 Aside regarding record amplifier calibration
33:18 Track 8 will not record? check your sync switch!
32:24 Recording mismatched track & channel numbers (Ch2 to Tr3, etc)
36:40 summary of features demonstrated so far
37:35 Playing back a recording
38:01 limited compatibility of 4 track and 8 track cassettes
42:08 Intro to the section recording crappy noise boxes
44:35 Recording multiple signals to multiple tape tracks tape
46:01 Bouncing 3 or more tracks to 2 tracks to make a stereo pair
48:59 Bouncing 2 or more tracks to one track to make a mono blend
51:56 Recording multiple input signals to a single track
54:04 Applying reverb and delay to dry recordings using effect sends
57:43 Baking send effects to tape
58:41 Conclusion