Tascam 788 - Manual (Page 62)

6 – Location operations–Location marks
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TASCAM 788 Digital PortaStudio
Location marks
As mentioned earlier, the 788 allows you to set up to
999 location marks in each song. These location
marks are stored in slots which may either be empty,
or filled with a location point value. As each mark is entered, its slot is filled (from 1
through 999). If a mark is deleted, the slot it occupied
becomes available for another mark to be entered,
Location marks are handled in the following way:
Entering location marks
Location marks can be entered when playing back or
recording, in jog mode, or when the transport is
stopped. They cannot be entered when fast forward
or rewind is taking place.
There are two ways of entering location marks:
1 Press and hold the SHIFT key and press the
LOCATE key.
or
1 Press the MARK/CHAR INSERT ( MOVE ) key.
2 When a mark has been entered, the location
value is entered into the next available slot, and
the number of this slot (now the number of the
mark) is shown on the screen on the right,
below the time line.
Active location marks
When you have entered location marks, as playback
progresses, and the playback point passes the points
at which the marks are located, the marks’ titles are displayed on the screen. The location mark which is
shown on screen is referred to as the active mark.
This active mark can be accessed easily for titling,
deletion and editing, as explained below.
Giving a title to the active location mark
You can give a title to the active location mark while
playing back or recording, or while the playback is
stopped.
1 When the active mark’s current title is dis-
played (this will be
Mark xxx when the
mark is first set), press and hold down the
SHIFT key and press the MENU/TITLE key.
The pop-up screen appears on the display, and
you can edit the title as described in “Entering
and editing titles” on page 26.
2 When you press ENTER after editing the name,
the new name replaces the old mark name.
TIP
You can use the USER WORDs here (see “USER WORD”
on page 33) to enter mark titles quickly.
Deleting the active location mark
You can delete the active location mark while play-
back is stopped, but you cannot delete it while play-
ing back or recording (a message,
TRANSPORT
MOVING , appears briefly if you try).
1 To delete the active mark, press the MARK/
CHAR DELETE ( SILENCE ) key. You do not
have to confirm the deletion, but the word
Clear ! appears briefly on the display.
2 When the active mark has been deleted, the
mark immediately before the active mark (if
there is one) becomes the active mark, and its
title is shown on screen.
NOTE
You cannot undo a mark deletion.