Tascam 2488 Portastudio - Effects Driving Me Nuts

[ccxxprod]

Just got a used Tascam 2488 Portastudio. Trying to apply effects is driving me nuts. I hate the manual that came with it.

Here's what's been done and what I'm trying to do:

Recorded all tracks for guitar, bass, drums, and vocals for a song. The guitar, bass, and drums were all recorded using their individual effects (through the amps and keyboards) and are fine.

It's the vocals I need help with. I originally recorded the main lead vocal using a cool Single Effect. Well, that's when I found out that using a Single Effect applies it to ALL the tracks and that I can't apply different Single Effects to different tracks. What I want to do is apply a Single Effect to the main vocal track and a different Single Effect to a different vocal track (for the song chorus/bridge) while leaving the guitar, bass, and drum tracks alone.

I've done some research and have read about bouncing a Single Effect to a different track so that the effect is just on that track but I can't find anywhere that explains exactly HOW to do this. People say "just bounce the track, blah, blah....) but don't explain HOW to do it.

So, here are my questions:

Is it true that I can have different Single Effects on different tracks using this "bounce track" method?

If so, HOW do I do it? HOW do I do it after the vocals have already been recorded?

Or should it be done, somehow, before the vocals are recorded so that the effect is burned on the track and will remain on the track even after recording the vocal over the top of it?

If anyone can explain this or give me a web link that really goes into this, I can then concentrate on recording instead of driving myself insane over these effects!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Manslick]

You have to do a bounce to apply a single effect to a track. This is in the manual on pg 49 of the 2488 MK1.

The secret is this. Any up fader will be part of the bounce. So the only up fader is the source track, the vocal. The destination track is armed for recording. You can monitor the bounce if you want but I find it a bore to end all bores. Set your levels and effects first then bounce while you drink a beer or play a vid.

In essence a bounce is exactly like recording a live take except what you’re recording is already recorded. You’re simply re-recording to another track and applying an effect along the way.

 

[ccxxprod]

Manslick,

Thank you for the reply. I think I understand now what needs to be done and will give it a try!