Tascam 488 Question

[Benreturns]

Ive had my Tascam 488 for ages now and am pretty proficient on it. One thing that hsa just occured to me - can i record stereo to a single track?

For instance now i record 2 drum tracks from my sampler with the left output from the sampler going to track 7 line-in on the 488 and the right out put going ot track 8. I then pan hard left and right respectivley. This gets all the stereo imaging of hi-hats/claps or whatever which are floating about all over the spectrum, but it reduces my tracks somewhat (and i dont like bouncing). I just wondered perhaps if using the stereo inputs (the ones where my outboard effects return to at the moment) i could get a stereo track on one channel. So i could pan track 8 center and still have all my stereo sounds pinging around my speakers.

Im guessing no, but worth a try! Any experts?

[goldtopchas]

Sorry, the only way to go stereo is to use 2 of your tracks as you mentioned.
One thing I do to save tracks though is to play the bass guitar line along with the drum track in stereo. That way I've only used 2 tracks but still have my drums in stereo too. Of course once you do that ,you can't adjust volume or EQ separately, and you need to be well rehearsed.

[A Reel Person]

However, you could center-pan your two stereo sources and record them to MONO on one track.

[Benreturns]

... but wouldnt the 1 mono track still not let me have for instance a different high hat in each ear. I dont mind how it gets there. For example this drum track had a couple of bits where the crash symbol is hit then using delay -it 'bounces out' in each ear alternativley. Could i get that one one track?

[A Reel Person]

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