2488 v1.00 error and status messages
If you are using a 2488 with the version 1.00 operating system (as shown when you power up the unit), use the left column to look up the error message, and then use the number (No.) in the center column to cross-reference this message to the version 1.01 messages in the table in the Reference Manual. The right column presents the version 1.01 equivalent for reference purposes,
Cannot duplicate to same track. Press [EXIT/NO] Cannot erase. This is a blank CD. Press [ENT/YES] Cannot export. It's too big. Please change a export file. Press [ENT/YES] Cannot finalize This is a blank CD. Press [ENT/YES] Cannot import. It's too big. Please change a import file. Press [ENT/YES] Cannot insert this position. Please change a insert point. Press [ENT/YES] CD has track. You can select one song. Press [ENT/YES] Digital input is selected. Cannot continue this function. Press [ENT/YES]
Illegal Fs rate is detected. Please check your system. Press [ENT/YES] Invalid CD. Please check this media. Press [ENT/YES] LAST REC point is not exist. Please select IN - OUT. Press [EXIT/NO] Locate marks are empty. Please try [INSERT MARK] Press [EXIT/NO] Locate marks are full. Please try [DELETE MARK] Press [EXIT/NO] MTC slave mode is selected. Cannot continue this function. Press [ENT/YES] MTR is moving. Please stop MTR before doing this function. Press [EXIT/NO] No armed track. Please select record tracks. Press [EXIT/NO] No DISK space. Please try [DELETE UNUSED] function. Press [EXIT/NO] No file for import. Are you sure ? [YES] / [NO]
Invalid Fs rate detected. Check your system set-up. Press [EXIT]. Wrong type of CD. Check the disc.
Cant duplicate to the same track as the source. Press [EXIT]. Disc is already blank. Cant erase it. Press [EXIT]. File too big to export. Choose another file for export. Press [EXIT]. Disc is blank. Cant finalize this disc. Press [EXIT]. File too big to import. Choose another file for import. Press [EXIT]. Cant insert at this position. Choose another insert point. Press [EXIT]. Track already written to disc so only 1 song can be written. Press [EXIT]. Digital input is selected. Cannot do this operation now. Press [EXIT].
Press [EXIT]. No LAST REC point. Use IN-OUT instead. Press [EXIT]. No locate markers have been set. Use INSERT MARK. Press [EXIT]. Too many locate markers. Use DELETE MARK to delete some markers. Press [EXIT]. MTC slave mode selected. Cannot do this operation now. Press [EXIT]. Cannot do this when not stopped. Stop the transport. Press [EXIT]. No tracks have been armed. Arm at least one track. Press [EXIT]. No free hard disk space. Use DELETE UNUSED to make space. Press [EXIT].
No file for import has been found. Change CD [YES], else press [NO].
TASCAM 2488 v1.00 Error and status messages 1
No select any MIDI player. Please try [MENU-MIDI] function. Press [ENT/YES] Non liner audio is detected. Please check your system. Press [ENT/YES] Not detect Digital input. Please check your system. Press [ENT/YES] Not enough disk space. Please try [DELETE UNUSED] function. Press [ENT/YES] Not enough room on CD for burn. Please replace CD. [YES] / [NO] Not enough work space on disk. Escape function. Press [EXIT/NO] Not found master track. Please try [PRE-MASTERING] Press [EXIT/NO] Not found a import file. Please try [USB OPEN] function. Press [ENT/YES] Poor Memory. Please try [DELETE UNUSED] function. Press [EXIT/NO] Repeat mode is selected. Cannot continue this function. Press [ENT/YES]
No MIDI player selected. Use MIDI PLAYER to select. Press [EXIT]. Non-linear audio detected. Check your system set-up. Press [EXIT]. Cannot find digital input. Check your system set-up. Press [EXIT]. Not enough free disk space. Use DELETE UNUSED to make space. Press [EXIT].

Song is protected. Please try SONG menu. Press [EXIT/NO] SSA mode is selected. Cannot continue this function. Press [ENT/YES] Too many songs. Cannot continue this function. Press [ENTER/YES] Too many songs. Please try [SONG ERASE] function. Press [EXIT/NO] Too many takes. Cannot continue to record.
Protected song. Unprotect with SONG PROTECT Press [EXIT]. SSA mode is selected. Cannot do this operation now. Press [EXIT]. Too many songs to continue with this operation. Press [ENTER]. Too many songs. Use SONG ERASE to delete songs you dont need. Press [EXIT]. Too many takes. Cant continue recording. Press [EXIT]. Master track is too short. Use PRE-MASTERING to correct it. Press [EXIT]. Time between IN and OUT is too short. Re-set the points. Press [EXIT]. Track is too short. Choose and set another OUT point. Press [EXIT].
Not enough room on CD for burn. Use another CD [YES], or cancel [NO]. Not enough room on hard disk for this operation. Press [EXIT]. No master track found. Use PRE-MASTERING to create one. Press [EXIT]. Import file not found. Use USB OPEN to import file. Press [EXIT]. Not enough free memory. Use DELETE UNUSED to free memory. Press [EXIT]. Repeat mode is selected. Cannot do this operation now. Press [EXIT].
Press [EXIT/NO] Too short master track. Please try [PRE-MASTERING] Press [EXIT/NO] Too short IN-OUT marker. Please try [SET IN/OUT]. Press [EXIT/NO] Too short track length. Please try [SET OUT]. Press [EXIT/NO]
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Manual conventions

In this manual, we use the following conventions:
We use the term soft switch or button to describe
an on/off control on the display. Also note the difference between disc and disk. When we refer to a disc, we are refer to a CD-R, CD-RW or pre-recorded audio CD. A disk, on the other hand, refers to the 2488MKIIs internal hard disk drive, or that of a connected computer. We use the term key to describe a push-button control on the 2488MKIIs surface.
Controls and indicators on the 2488MKII are written
like this: HOME. Inputs and controls of other equipment are written like this: AUX IN. Messages shown on the display are written like this: Are you sure. ? If a preset indicator (i.e. one which cannot change) is shown, it is written like this: TEMPO.
Precautions and notes for placement and use
The 2488MKII may be used in most areas, but to maintain top performance, and prolong operating life, observe the following notes, precautions and environmental conditions:
Relative humidity should be 30 to 80 percent. As the unit may become hot during operation, always
leave sufficient space above the unit for ventilation. Do not install this unit in a confined space such as a bookcase, and do not put anything on top of the unit. Avoid installing this unit on top of any heat-generating electrical device such as a power amplifier. Make sure that the unit is mounted in a level position for correct operation.
Avoid exposing it to extremes of temperature and
humidity and avoid mechanical shocks and vibration.
Keep the unit away from strong magnetic fields (TV
sets, computer monitors, large electric motors, etc.). The nominal temperature should be between 5C and 35C (41F and 95F).
Handling of compact discs
The 2488MKII has been designed for the playback of CD-DA (standard audio) format discs.
Keep discs away from direct sunlight, and places of
high heat and humidity. If left in such places, warping could result. Do not use any record spray, anti-static solutions, benzene, paint thinner or other chemical agents to clean CDs as they could damage the delicate playing surface. It may cause CDs to become unplayable. Discs should be returned to their cases after use to avoid dirt as well as serious scratches that could cause the laser pickup to skip. Do not affix any labels or stickers to the label side of the disc and do not use any protective coating spray. Do not insert discs that have adhesive remaining from tape or stickers that have been removed. If they are inserted into the player, they could stick to the internal mechanism, requiring removal by a technician. Do not use cracked discs. Only use circular compact discs. Avoid using non-circular promotional, etc. discs.

Assigning the multi-effect
The multi-effect is assigned in the same way as the mic effects: press and hold the MULTI key and press the input or channel SELECT key. Any input or channel assigned when the MULTI key is first pressed flashes. Unassigning the multi-effect follows the same procedure: press and hold the MULTI key, and press the flashing SELECT key.
The multi-effect can be freely assigned to mono inputs or channels or to linked or stereo input or channels.

Editing the multi-effect

You can edit the parameters of the selected multi-effect. The editable parameters depend on the effect type. Press the MULTI key to open the MULTI EFFECT screen where you can edit the parameters. At the bottom of the screen, each of the effects in the multi-effect is shown with an abbreviation. These effects are connected in a chain in the order displayed. This order cannot be changed. Use the / cursor keys to select the effect you want to edit. The editable effect parameters are shown in the upper part of the screen.
You can use an external expression pedal to control a single (non-selectable) parameter for each of the 4th stage effects (flanger, phaser, chorus, exciter, pitch, tremolo, vibrato, wah). Set PEDAL to ON to make pedal control possible.
Using the multi-effect library
1 From the MULTI EFFECT parameter screen, press YES/ENTER: 3 Use the JOG/DATA dial (or / cursor keys) to select the multi-effect setting that you want to use from the list. 4 Press the YES/ENTER. The setting that you select becomes the multi-effect for the current input/channel and its parameters appear on the MULTI EFFECT screen.
Pressing the NO/EXIT key returns to the MULTI EFFECT screen without saving.
2 Use the / cursor keys to select either the PRESET memory banks, the USER memory banks, or SAVE the current setting. The left side of the PRESET memory banks provides a description of the effect (GRUNGE , CLEAN FUNK , etc.). The library list shows the preset names (left) and the two main effects used (right).
Saving multi-effect settings
You can save an edited setting as a user setting in the library. 1 When the MULTI EFFECT screen is visible, press the YES/ENTER key to open the MULTI EFFECT LIBRARY screen. 2 Use the / cursor keys to select SAVE. 3 Use the JOG/DATA dial (or the / cursor keys) to select a setting slot to store the new setting. 4 Rename the setting if you want (see Titling on page 15).
5 Press the YES/ENTER key to save the setting and return to the MULTI EFFECT screen.
This overwrites any existing setting in that slot.
Press the NO/EXIT key to return to the MULTI EFFECT screen without saving.
The right column of the list shows the basic effect types (DIST-FLG, etc.) used in each setting so they will always be clear regardless of the setting names.

When you load another song or shutdown the 2488MKII, the work done on the current song is automatically saved. However, power failures, accidentally unplugging power cords and other accidents that cause a loss of power may cause recent song data to be lost. For this reason, we encourage you to save your work frequently, especially after important recording, editing or other work.
Reverting to the previously saved version of a song
If you have saved a song and you want to return to the version of the song at the time it was last saved: 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen. Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item, and then press the YES/ENTER key. 2 At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to highlight the REVERT option. Press YES/ENTER. 3 The 2488MKII asks if you are sure. Press YES/ ENTER if you want to throw away all changes since the last save operation, otherwise press NO/EXIT.
You will lose all recordings and edits made since the last save, and they will disappear from the undo list. This revert operation is not undoable. Be sure that the work you have done since the last save operation is really work that you do not want to keep before reverting to a previous version.

Erasing a song

To free up space on a disk partition, and delete a song or songs, you should perform the following operations: 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen. Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item, and then press the YES/ENTER key. 2 At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to highlight the ERASE option. Press YES/ENTER.
This operation cannot be undone. Erasing songs is a permanent operation. Always think carefully before you erase a song or songs.
This menu can erase only the songs stored on the currently-selected partition. If you want to erase a song or songs from another partition, you must select it first. If you have selected all the songs on a partition for erasure, a new song will automatically be created after all the existing songs have been erased.
3 Select the song or songs to be erased using the dial to highlight the songs and the INSERT key to place a check mark beside them. If you select a song for erasure by accident, use the DELETE key to deselect it. 4 Press YES/ENTER to erase the selected song(s). 5 The 2488MKII asks you if you are sure. Press YES/ ENTER if you really are sure that you want to erase these songs.

This operation completely erases unused audio data in the song and cannot be undone. You can back up the song to CD-R or a personal computer, before performing this cleanup operation. If you change your mind later on, you can restore this backed up version.
Unused audio data in virtual tracks that are not assigned to physical tracks can also be deleted (see Virtual tracks on page 66).

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Protecting a song
You can protect a song to prevent accidental changes. When a song is protected, recording is not possible (the track REC keys are disabled), it cannot be edited using the track editing functions, and it cannot be erased, etc. using the SONG menu. It is also impossible to set or edit mark poits except the IN and OUT points for repeat operations, or to permanently reassign virtual tracks. Virtual tracks can be assigned for audition purposes, but not permanently saved. In operations which show a list of available songs (for instance, loading a song), any protected songs have a small padlock icon beside the song title. Only the currently-loaded song can be protected or unprotected at any one time (though, of course, songs stored on the disk can be stored as protected or unprotected). 1 Press the MENU key to open the MENU screen. Use the cursor keys to select the SONG item, and then press the YES/ENTER key. 2 At the SONG menu, use the cursor keys to highlight the PROTECT option. Press YES/ENTER. 3 Use the dial to set the protection ON or OFF, and press YES/ENTER to confirm the setting.

Transport controls

Most of the 2488MKII controls work the same as a normal tape recorder, but there are a few important differences, as outlined below.
Setting the playback position
The 2488MKII provides you with a number of ways to set the position from which playback starts when you press the PLAY key. Some of these are described in the section on location operations. The ways of setting the playback point which involve the transport keys are described here.

Return to zero (RTZ)

During playback or recording, or when the transport is stopped, if you press the REW key while holding the STOP key, the playback position returns to the head of the song (the position defined as the ABS zero point). During playback or recording, playback or recording stops first. 1 Press and hold down STOP. 2 Press REW. Playback/Recording stops and the playback position returns to the zero point.

Auto punch operations

Punch operations allow you to start and stop recording at predefined points, and these can be automated, as described here. When auto punch recording begins, playback starts at pre-roll point some time before recording is due to start, the punch-in point is reached, and recording starts. When the punch-out point is reached, recording stops, and playback continues until the post-roll point. In addition, when you perform an auto punch recording, during the pre-roll period, you hear what has previously been recorded, together with the signal source; during the punch recording itself, you hear the signal source alone; and for the post-roll period, you hear the previously recorded material and the signal source together. The 2488MKII allows all of this to happen in rehearsal mode as well as in an actual recording mode. The rehearsal mode allows you to simulate the punch recording, both to practise the actual take, and also to check punch points before recording actually begins. You can also use the repeat function together with the auto punch operations, allowing you to make repeated rehearsals of a punch section, as well as repeated takes of the same section (multi-takes) or when you are recording, repeated recordings can be used as multi-takes. With multi-take recording, you can choose the best recording after recording many takes, one after the other.

Setting the punch points

The 2488MKII provides three different punch settings. 1 With at least one track armed (the REC indicator flashing), and playback stopped, press the AUTO PUNCH key: LAST REC This option sets the start and end points of the last recording (or recording rehearsal) as the punch in and punch out points. IN - OUT This uses the IN and OUT points as the punchin and the punch-out points. The first of these points will be used as the punch-in point, and the second as the punchout point, even if the OUT point is before the IN point. LAST TAKE LOAD This option appears after auto punch recording if no other recording, track editing, virtual track assignment or undo/redo operation has occurred. It allows you to select the takes from this punch session, in the same way as described later in this section. In addition, you can reselect the previously recorded take without conducting a new recording. 2 Select one of the three options, explained below, using the dial or cursor keys to move the cursor, and the YES/ENTER key to confirm the selection ( NO/EXIT exits this screen without making any settings). 3 When the selection has been made, the AUTO PUNCH indicator lights, and the home display shows AUTO.

recorded material is added to the monitored signal. The RECORD indicator goes out. Playback continues to the post-roll point and stops. If the REPEAT indicator is lit, the punch recording will continue to repeat (up to 99 times) until you press STOP, allowing you to select from a list of multi-takes (see Checking the take below). The time between repeat takes is about one second. You cannot change this time.
monitored signal on the armed track(s) is muted. The RECORD indicator lights steadily.

Checking the take

After auto punch recording is complete, the TAKE LIST screen shown below appears. You can make an instant check of the take by following the procedure below. When the take is complete, a screen similar to the following appears:
The screen above shows three takes and the original track. Use the dial to highlight a take from the list, including
the original track before the punch was started.
Press PLAY to check the highlighted take by playing it
back (starting at the pre-roll point, and continuing to the post-roll point). If you are happy with the take, you can move to the next stage below (After finishing the punch below). If you want to record another take, press and hold RECORD, and press PLAY.
After finishing the punch
When you have finished the auto punch recording: 1 Use the dial to highlight the take which you feel is the best (or if none of them was any good, select ORIGINAL, which is the unchanged version). 2 Press YES/ENTER to select the selected take (or the original version). A pop-up display asks you if you are sure that you want to use the take. 3 Press YES/ENTER if you are sure, but if you change your mind to select another take, press NO/EXIT.
You must select one of the takes or the original to exit auto punch mode.
The recording between the punch-in and punch-out points is now replaced by the selection. The AUTO PUNCH indicator goes out.

If you change your mind

Different harmony arrangements for backing vocals Lead vocal attempts Bass line played on different instruments Saxophone takes Rhythm guitar experiments with different effect settings Different takes of lead guitar line
To assign a virtual track to a physical track: 1 Press the shifted VIRT TRK key.
When you create a new song, virtual tracks 124 are initially assigned to physical tracks 124.
2 Use the track SELECT keys or the ( and keys) to select the physical track for assigning a virtual track. The inverted number at the bottom of the screen shows the selected physical track. Repeated pressing of the stereo channel SELECT keys (13/14 through 23/24) changes between the odd and even numbered channels of that pair.
3 Use the dial to choose which virtual track will be assigned to the physical track and become active. When the VIRTUAL TRACK ASSIGN screen is open, by pressing the MENU ( TITLE) key in SHIFT mode, you can give the highlighted virtual track a name (see Titling on page 15). The virtual track selected in procedure 3 is assigned to the physical track. Press NO/EXIT to exit the track assignment screen without actually making the assignment.
Choose the best takes from these virtual tracks and assign them to physical tracks.
Drums Left Drums Right Lead Guitar Rhythm Guitar Saxophone Bass line Lead vocals Backing vocals
4 Press YES/ENTER to make the assignment.
Track 1: Track 2: Track 3: Track 4: Track 5: Track 6: Track 7: Track 8:

Assigned playback tracks

Tracks 9 through 24 use other virtual tracks (not shown here for clarity)
During step 4 above, if you press the PLAY key instead of the YES/ENTER key, the assignment completes, the home screen opens and playback starts. You cannot assign the same virtual track to multiple physical tracks.
Tracks 9 through 24 use other virtual tracks (not shown here for clarity). Here, we pick the best takes from the virtual tracks and assign them to our playback tracks. Virtual tracks are mono tracks. You need to assign one virtual track to each track of a stereo pair.
If you have not worked with a system using virtual tracks before, you may find it a little confusing. Some ideas to bear in mind:
If you are recording a difficult part, you do not have to
re-record over the top of almost, but not quite perfect takes. Keep these for later, just in case you never get a better take. Simply assign a different virtual track when you record the next take. For example, suppose you have recorded the drum part and three takes of the bass line. You can assign the three

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virtual tracks that contain the bass takes to three physical tracks and then use the faders and MUTE/SOLO keys to listen to each of them in turn (for simplicity, these illustrations show only the first eight tracks). Alternatively, if you want to assemble a track for the whole song, you could assign the three different takes of the part to three different active tracks and use the track editing functions to copy and paste the good parts of each track to make a perfect whole. Then use the two non-perfect tracks with other virtual tracks for new parts. In this case, you can also reassign the physical tracks of unused virtual tracks to other virtual tracks.

3 Insert a blank CD-R/CD-RW disc, and press the YES/ENTER key. The LIVE WRITER screen opens and shows a list of CD track times calculated from the marks inserted in the current song.
With this function, the disc is automatically finalized and you cannot add further tracks to the CD after it has been made.
To make a CD from the currently loaded song using the Live Writer function: 1 Insert marks into a song with a recorded master track at the points where the CD track splits are to occur. Track lengths must be at least 4 seconds, so there must be at least 4 seconds between marks. You can insert up to 98 marks (allowing up to 99 tracks). 2 With the 2488MKII stopped, select LIVE WRITER from the AUDIO CD menu, and press the YES/ENTER key. The disc tray opens.
4 Press the YES/ENTER key unless there is a problem with this list. A confirmation message appears. 5 Press the YES/ENTER key again to start making the CD. When the CD is complete, the tray automatically opens, and a message appears asking if you want to make another copy of the CD. 6 If you do want to make another copy, insert a blank CD-R/CD-RW disc and press the YES/ENTER key. If you do not want to make another CD, press the NO/EXIT key.

Playing CDs

If an audio CD (either finalized or unfinalized) is inserted into the 2488MKIIs CD-RW drive, the 2488MKII can play it back. The sound is output through the MONITOR and PHONES jacks. The only control over the sound from the 2488MKII is through the MONITOR control knob. All other mixer controls are disabled. 1 Make sure the 2488MKII is in normal mode (not master check or pre-mastering mode). On the AUDIO CD menu, move the cursor to CD PLAYER and press YES/ENTER. The 2488MKII transport controls are used to control playback of the CD, as explained here: PLAY starts playback from the current playback position. When searching for a CD track, the PLAY indicator flashes. STOP stops playback at the current position REW and F FWD select CD tracks when stopped. JOG/DATA dail selects CD tracks when stopped. All other playback functions are disabled
While this screen is displayed (the CD Player function is active), the eject button on the CD-RW drive is disabled. To eject the CD, press EXIT to exit the CD player function, and the CD is then ejected.
The screen shows: Whether the disc is finalized or not The number of tracks and the total running time of the disc. CD track lists and CD track times The current CD track (indicated by an arrow) The stereo meters also show the level of the audio recorded on the disc

Reformatting the entire hard disk
You can change the size of the TASCAM partitions when you reformat the hard disk. All partitions are created with the same size, which may be 4, 8, 16 or 32 gigabytes*. A maximum of four partitions may be allocated. Note that it is possible to allocate four smaller partitions, and therefore leave part of the hard disk space unused. TASCAM native partitions cannot be accessed from a host computer using USB. The FAT partition size is always fixed at 8GB. * A gigabyte is defined here as 1024 megabytes. A gigabyte holds just under four hours worth of 16-bit mono audio. 1 With the transport stopped, press MENU key. The MENU screen appears. 2 Highlight DISK and press YES/ENTER. Then the DISK menu appears. 3 Highlight FORMAT and press YES/ENTER. 6 Press YES/ENTER to continue with the format, and NO/EXIT to stop the process.
While the format operation is taking place, the HD indicator lights and you cannot perform any operations. Make sure that you do not turn off the 2488MKII during the format operation. If the 2488MKII is turned off during formatting, you may not be able to restart the unit afterwards.
7 When the format operation is complete, a new blank song is automatically created on each partition.
The hard disk size is shown at the top of the screen, and the partition size is shown below this. Use the dial to change the partition size.
5 Press YES/ENTER to continue with the format operation. Press NO/EXIT to halt the operation. If you continue with the format, a pop-up message appears to ask you once again whether you are really sure you want to format the disk.
Reformatting TASCAM partitions
In addition to formatting the entire hard disk as described above, you can also format individual TASCAM partitions.

CAUTION CAUTION

When you perform this operation, all data on the selected partition is destroyed. This operation cannot be undone. Before performing this operation, make sure that all songs and data that you want to keep are backed up, either to disc or to a personal computer (see Backup and restoration on page 83).
While the format operation is taking place, the HD indicator lights and you cannot perform any operations. Make sure that you do not turn off the 2488MKII during the format operation.

Remember that there is no absolute time information contained in this MIDI Clock data. Any external devices synchronized to the 2488MKII which need timing information should either be synchronized using MTC, or have their own tempo maps.
SOURCE can be INTERNAL (the 2488MKII acts as the
master unit) or EXTERNAL (the 2488MKII takes its synchronization from another unit). FRAME TYPE refers to the format of the MTC sent and received by the 2488MKII. This can be either 24 (film), 25 (EBU TV), 29D (29 fps drop-frame, used with NTSC color), 29ND (29fps non-drop, also used with NTSC color), or 30 (NTSTC monochrome and often used for audio-only work) OFFSET allows you to select the offset of the 2488MKII relative to the incoming time code (outgoing time code is always the same as the absolute position). For example, your song always starts at the all zeroes position, but if you are dubbing it onto video at 30 minutes into the video, you should have an offset of 30 minutes set here. GENERATOR can be OFF, MTC or CLOCK. OFF and MTC explain themselves. See below for an explanation of the CLOCK setting.
Timecode (including MTC) does not include any information about bars and beats or tempo. MIDI Clock does not contain any information about the absolute time at which events take place.

SMF playback

The Standard MIDI File (SMF) format is used to exchange MIDI song data between sequencers, including sequencer software, and other MIDI devices. Follow the procedures explained in USB import (SMF files) on page 79 to transfer an SMF file from a connected computer to the 2488MKIIs FAT partition and then load it from the FAT partition to the SMF player. To open the SMF PLAYER screen, highlight SMF PLAYER from the SYNC/MIDI menu and press the YES/ENTER key.
On this screen, you can set the SPEED and PLAYER ON/OFF items. The SPEED parameter is a percentage of the original tempo.
The SPEED item setting allows the speed of the entire
piece to be adjusted including any tempo changes included as part of the SMF. If the PLAYER item is ON, you can use the 2488MKII's SMF playback function to control external MIDI devices. If you connect the audio outputs of those devices to the 2488MKII's audio inputs, you can then record those externally-generated MIDI tracks. The LENGTH item on the screen shows the number of bars in the SMF. The numbers 116 in the lower part correspond to MIDI channels, with those used by the SMF shown in inverse.
When the SMF player is ON, you cannot use the FREE metronome mode or a tempo map.

Audio performance

Sampling frequency: Bit depth (resolution): Crossfade time: Number of tracks Frequency response at min.)
Noise level (inputs with 150 terminator, INPUTS A to H STEREO/EFFECT SEND: <90 dBV MONITOR <82 dBu (trim at min.) faders at nominal, 20kLPF+A curve) Dynamic range Crosstalk Faders at nominal, INPUTS A to H STEREO/EFFECT SEND/MONITOR: >96 dB 20kLPF+A curve Faders at nominal, INPUTS A to H STEREO/EFFECT SEND/MONITOR: >80 dB @ 1 kHz (trim at minimum, 20kLPF+A curve 1 input at max)

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Total Harmonic Distortion Inputs at Max, 20kLPF INPUTS A to H STEREO/EFFECT SEND/MONITOR: < 0.01% (trim at min.)
Physical specifications, etc.
Dimensions (w x d x h) Weight Power requirements Power consumption 545 x 355 x 145 (mm), 21.5 x 14 x 5.7 (in.) 8 kg (17.6 lbs) USA/Canada U.K./Europe Australia 41 W 120 VAC, 60 Hz 230 VAC, 50 Hz 240 VAC, 50 Hz

Dimensional drawing

545 mm (21.5")

94 (3.7")

145 (5.7")

113 (4.5")

355 mm (14")

Appendix

MIDI Control/Program change message
The following are the MIDI Control Change messages accepted by the 2488MKII to control different settings. When used with an external sequencer, this provides a certain degree of automation for mixing, etc.
Mixer Control Change parameters
The Bank Select controller is used with channel 15 to choose which group of eight channels or inputs are affected. It is therefore necessary to send a MIDI message of BE 00 XX (where XX selects the group of eight channels or inputs) before sending the Control Change messages on the appropriate MIDI channel. Bank 0: Mixer channels 1 though 8 Bank 1: Mixer channels 9 through 16 Bank 2: Mixer channels 17 through 24 Bank 3: Inputs A through H Once the group has been selected, use MIDI channels 1 through 8 to control the mixer channels or inputs or MIDI channel 16 for the stereo master or send master).
MIDI channel Control Change Number 17 Parameter Internal Level Pan Attenuation Low Freq Low Gain
18 Mixer/Input channel Values 0 - 127 (0= dB, 100 = 0 dB, 127 = +6 dB) 1 = L63, 64 = Center, 127 = R8 = 42, 36, 30, 24, 18, 12, 6, 0, +6 (dB)

16 STEREO/MASTER

= 32, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1.0k, 1.1k, 1.2k, 1.3k, 1.4k, 1.5k, 1.6k (Hz) = 12 to +12 (dB) = 32, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1.0k, 1.1k, 1.2k, 1.3k, 1.4k, 1.5k, 1.6k, 1.7k, 1.8k, 1.9k, 2.0k, 2.2k, 2.4k, 2.6k, 2.8k, 3.0k, 3.2k, 3.4k, 3.6k, 3.8k, 4.0k, 4.5k, 5.0k, 5.5k, 6.0k, 6.5k, 7.0k, 7.5k, 8.0k, 9.0k, 10k, 11k, 12k, 13k, 14k, 15k, 16k, 17k, 18k (Hz) = 12 to +12 (dB) 0 - 6 = 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 63 = 1.7k, 1.8k, 1.9k, 2.0k, 2.2k, 2.4k, 2.6k, 2.8k, 3.0k, 3.2k, 3.4k, 3.6k, 3.8k, 4.0k, 4.5k, 5.0k, 5.5k, 6.0k, 6.5k, 7.0k, 7.5k, 8.0k, 9.0k, 10k, 11k, 12k, 13k, 14k, 15k, 16k, 17k, 18k (Hz) = 12 to +12 (dB) (MASTER LEVEL) (MASTER LEVEL) (MASTER LEVEL) (0= dB, 100 = 0 dB, 127 = +6 dB) (0= dB, 100 = 0 dB, 127 = +6 dB) 0, 1 = OFF, ON 0, 1 ,2 = OFF, PRE, POST 0, 1, 2 = OFF, PRE, POST 0, 1, 2 = OFF, PRE, POST 0, 1 = N, R

: 28 February :2004

MIDI Implementation Chart Transmitted
1-16 x x x ********** ********** O x O O O O a O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O ********** O Ob Oc Oa Oa O O x O x O

Version : 1.0 Remarks

Recognized
1-16 1-16 Mode 3 x O x O O O O d x x O O O O x x x x O O O x O 0127c O Oe x x x x x x O x O
Bank Select Modulation Portamento time Data entry Volume Panpot Expression Hold 1 Portamento Sostenuto Soft Reverb program Chorus program Reverb send Chorus send
a. On SMF playback b. When generator is set to output MTC c. When generator is set to output clock d. When MIDI remote control is selected e. When source is set to external f. MMC as master or slave RP Ver 1.00 (T, R) : MIDI Full Timecode is T when generator is MTC, and R when SOURCE is external.
MODE 1: OMNI ON, POLY MODE 2: OMNI ON, MONO O:Yes MODE 3: OMNI OFF, POLY MODE 4: OMNI OFF, MONO x: No

108 TASCAM

MMC Bit map commands
Bit-map array of MMC commands

Byte Bit7 Bit6 (40H)

c(06) RECORD STROBE (0D) MMC RESET (14) (1B) 0 (26) (2D) (34) (3B) 0 (46) SEARCH (4D) ADD (54) DEFERRED VARI, PLAY (5B)

Bit5 (20H)

(05) REWIND

Bit4 (10H)

(04) FAST FORWARD (0B) CHASE

Bit3 (08H)

(03) DEFERRED PLAY (0A) EJECT (11) (18) (1F) (23) (2A) (31) (38) (3F) (43) UPDATE (4A) GENERATOR COMMAND (51) EVENT (58)

Bit2 (04H)

(02) PLAY (09) PAUSE (10) (17) (1E) (22) (29) (30) (37) (3E) (42) READ (49) ASSIGN SYS, MAS (50) PROCEDURE (57)

Bit1 (02H)

(01) STOP (08) RECORD PAUSE (0F) (16) (1D) (21) (28) (2F) (36) (3D) (41) MASKED WRITE (48) STEP (4F) DROP FRADJUST (56)

Bit0 (01H)

(00) reserved (07) RECORD EXIT (0E) (15) (1C) (20) (27) (2E) (35) (3C) (40) WRITE (47) SHUTTLE (4E) SUBTRACT (55) REC STROBE VARIABLE (60) (67) (6E) (75) (7C) WAIT
c2 c3 c4 c5 c6 c7 c8 c9 c10
(0C) COMMAND ERROR RESET (13) (12) (1A) 0 (25) (2C) (33) (3A) 0 (45) VARIABLE PLAY (4C) MOVE (53) COMMAND SEGMENT (5A) 0
(19) (24) (2B) (32) (39) 0 (44) LOCATE (4B) MTC COMMAND (52) GROUP (59)

c15 c16 c17 c18 c19

(66) (6D) (74) (7B) 0

(65) (6C) (73) (7A) 0

(64) (6B) (72) (79) 0
(63) (6A) (71) (78) (7F) RESUME

(62) (69) (70) (77) (7E)

(61) (68) (6F) (76) (7D)
Bit-map array of Response/Information field
r(06) GENERATOR TIMECODE (0D) GP5 (14) (1B) 0 (26) Short GENERATOR TIMECODE (2D) Short GP5
(05) LOCK DEVIATION (0C) GP4 (13) (1A) 0 (25) Short LOCK DEVIATION
(04) ACTUAL OFFSET (0B) GP3 (12) (19) 0
(03) REQUESTED OFFSET (0A) GP2 (11) (18) (1F)
(02) SELECTED MASTER CODE (09) GP1 (10) (17) (1E) (22) Short SELECTED MASTER CODE (29) Short GP1
(01) SELECTED TIMECODE (08) GP0/LOCATE POINT (0F) GP7 (16) (1D) (21) Short SELECTED TIMECODE (28) Short GP0 LOCATE POINT (2F) Short GP7 (36) (3D)

(00) reserved

(07) MTC INPUT (0E) GP6 (15) (1C) (20) reserved

r2 r3 r4 r5

(24) (23) Short ACTUAL Short OFFSET REQUESTED OFFSET (2B) Short GP3 (2A) Short GP2

(2C) Short GP4

(27) Short MTC INPUT (2E) Short GP6 (35) (3C)

r7 r8 r9 r10

(34) (3B) 0 (46) SELECTED TIMECODE SOURCE (4D) RECORD STATUS
(33) (3A) 0 (45) TIME STANDARD (4C) RECORD MODE

(32) (39) 0

(31) (38) (3F)
(30) (37) (3E) (42) RESPONSE ERROR (49) VELOCITY TALLY (50) GLOBAL MONITOR (57) LIFTER DEFEAT (5E) MTC COMMAND TALLY (62) TRACK MUTE (69) (70) (77) (7E)
(44) (43) COMMAND COMMAND ERROR LEVEL ERROR (4B) FAST MODE (4A) STOP MODE
(41) (40) UPDATE RATE SIGNATURE
(54) (53) (52) STEP LENGTH TRACK INPUT TRACK SYNC MONITOR MONITOR (5B) GENERATOR COMMAND TALLY 0 (5A) (59) CHASE MODE RESOLVED PLAY MODE 0 0
(51) RECORD MONITOR (58) CONTROL DISABLE (5F) MTC SETUP
(48) MOTION CONTROL TALLY (4F) TRACK RECORD READY (56) FIXED SPEED
(47) SELECTED TIMECODE USER BITS (4E) TRACK RECORD STATUS (55) PLAY SPEED REFERENCE (5C) GENERATOR SETUP (60) PROCEDURE RESPONSE (67) (6E) (75) (7C) WAIT
(5D) GENERATOR USER BITS (61) EVENT RESPONSE (68) (6F) (76) (7D)
(65) FAILURE (6C) (73) (7A) 0

r16 r17 r18 r19

(6D) (74) (7B) 0
(64) RESPONSE SEGMENT (6B) (72) (79) 0
(63) VITC INSERT ENABLE (6A) (71) (78) (7F) RESUME

110 TASCAM

Warning and status messages
The following is a list of warning messages that may be displayed by the 2488MKII, together with a note of their possible cause, and the actions you can take when they occur. In the messages, keys to be pressed are enclosed in brackets ([YES/ENTER] or [NO/EXIT]) and menu items are written in uppercase/capital letters (DELETE UNUSED).

No. Message

Cannot do this when not stopped. Stop the transport. Press [EXIT]. Cannot find digital input. Check your system set-up. Press [EXIT]. Cant duplicate to the same track as the source. Press [EXIT] Digital input is selected. Cannot do this operation now. Press [EXIT]. Disc is already blank. Cant erase it. Press [EXIT]. Disc is blank. Cant finalize this disc. Press [EXIT]. File too big to import. Choose another file for import. Press [EXIT]. File too big to export. Choose another file for export. Press [EXIT].

Meaning

Action
The hard disk is being accessed for playback Press NO/EXIT, stop the transport and retry or recording, so the selected action cannot the operation. be performed.
Digital audio input mode has been selected, Press NO/EXIT and check the digital connecbut the 2488MKII cannot detect a valid digital tion. If the connection is good, it is possible audio input. that the signal is the wrong type. The 2488MKII expects a signal in S/PDIF (IEC60958 Consumer use) format at 44.1 kHz. It cannot accept compressed audio formats, etc. When editing tracks, you have selected the Press NO/EXIT and select a different source or same track as both source and destination for a destination track as appropriate. duplicate operation.