Korg Musical Instrument D888 User Manual

Owner’s Manual

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Printing conventions in this

manual

Handling of the internal hard disk

Do not apply physical shock to this device. In particu-

lar, you must never move this device or apply physi-

cal shock while the power is turned on. This can cause

part or all of the data on disk to be lost, or may dam-

age the hard disk or interior components.

Faders, knobs, and keys on the panel

In this manual, “faders,” “knobs,” and “buttons” refer to

controls on the panel. The names shown on the panel are

printed in boldface in the manual.

Examples: MASTER fader, TRIM knob, REC/PLAY

button

When this device is moved to a location where the

temperature is radically different, water droplets may

condense on the hard disk. If the device is used in this

condition, it may malfunction, so please allow several

hours to pass before operating the device.

Items in the LCD screen

Do not turn the power on and off repeatedly. This may

damage the D888.

This manual uses “bold” type to indicate parameters

and values shown in the LCD screen.

Examples: “Repeat”, “T1”, “60”

This device begins to access the hard disk immedi-

ately after the power is turned on.

Steps 1) 2) 3) ...

Never turn off the power while the HDD access indi-

cator is lit or blinking. Doing so can cause all or part of

the data on hard disk to be lost, or may cause malfunc-

tions such as hard disk damage.

Steps in a procedure are indicated as 1) 2) 3) ...

(→p.■■)

This indicates a reference page within this manual.

If the hard disk has been damaged due to incorrect

operation, power failure, or accidental interruption

of the power supply, a fee may be charged for

replacement even if this device is still within its

warranty period.

These symbols respectively indicate points of caution or

notes of advice.

LCD screens

The parameter values shown in the LCD screens printed

in this manual are explanatory examples, and may not

necessarily match the displays that appear on your

D888.

Data handling

Incorrect operation or malfunction may cause the contents of

memory to be lost, so we recommend that you save impor-

tant data on a CD or other media. Please be aware that Korg

will accept no responsibility for any damages which may re-

sult from loss of data.

Also, when digitally recording copyrighted audio material

from a DAT or CD etc., you must obtain permission for use.

Please be aware that Korg will accept no responsibility for

any copyright violations which may occur through your use

of this product.

This professional device is intended only for use

with works for which you yourself own the copy-

right, for which you have received permission from

the copyright holder to publicly perform, record,

broadcast, sell, and duplicate, or in connection with

activities which constitute “fair use” under copy-

right law. If you are not the copyright holder, have

not received permission from the copyright holder,

or have not engaged in fair use of the works, you

may be violating copyright law, and may be liable

for damages and penalties. If you are unsure about

your rights to a work, please consult a copyright

attorney. KORG TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY

FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT COMMITTED

THROUGH USE OF KORG PRODUCTS.

* Company names, product names, and names of for-

mats etc. are the trademarks or registered trademarks

of their respective owners.

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Table of Contents

I n troductio n ....................................6

Operation.................................... 20

I n cluded items..................................................6

L e vel Meter scree n ....................................... 20

B e fore using the D 8 88 f or the first tim e ...........6

Power on/ standby/ off .....................................6

C o nnection ex a m ple.........................................7

1. D is p l a y c ontent a nd settings....................... 20

1-1. Peak H o ld settin g .............................. 20

1-2. L e vel meter position .......................... 20

1-3. Switching the counter displ a y ............ 20

1-4. Other I n dic a t ors................................ 20

M a i n fe a t ures ................................................8

P a rts and their function ..................................9

T o p panel ........................................................9

R e ar panel.....................................................12

Song a nd L o c a t ion....................................... 21

1.Song .......................................................... 21

1-1. C r eating a new son g ......................... 21

1-2. Selecting a n ex i sting song ................. 21

1-3. R e naming a son g .............................. 21

1-4. C o ntrolling a song ............................ 21

Screens a nd operations................................13

2. L o c a t ion .................................................... 22

B a s ic operation ............................14

2-1. M o ving the loc a t ion .......................... 22

Using the counter to move.......................... 22

Using the FF and REW buttons to move ... 22

Moving to the beginning/ end

1: S etup a nd l istening to the demo song .......14

1-1. C h ecking a nd c onnections ......................14

Connecting your monitoring equipment....... 14

of the song ..................................................... 22

Using marks to move................................... 22

1-2. T u rn the D 8 88 on ...................................14

1-3. L i sten to the demo song ..........................15

Mixer.......................................................... 24

1. M ixer inputs .............................................. 24

Listening to the demo song again from the

beginning............................................................ 15

1-1. C o nnecting a ud i o sources.................. 24

Keyboard or line output device ................. 24

Guitar or bass................................................ 24

Mi c .................................................................. 24

2: R e cordin g ................................................15

2-1. C r eating a new song ..............................15

2-2. C o nnecting your input devic e ..................16

2-3. St a rt recording .......................................16

1-2. A d justing the input level.................... 24

1-3. A d justing the monitor level................ 24

3: P l a y ba c k .................................................16

3-1. L i stening to the pl a y ba c k ........................16

3-2. A d justing the pl a y ba c k soun d .................16

2. M ixer outputs ............................................ 24

2-1. When M S T / M O N is selected.............. 24

2-2. When I N D IVIDUAL is s e l e cted ............ 25

3. A d justing the mixer ................................... 25

4: Overdubbing ...........................................17

4-1. C o nnecting your input devic e ..................17

4-2. St a rt recording .......................................17

4-3. L i stening to the song...............................17

3-1. A d justing the volume ........................ 25

Adjusting the volume level

of each channel ............................................. 25

Ad j u sting the overall volume level ........... 25

3-2. A d justing the p a n ............................. 25

3-3. E Q (E q ua l izer)................................... 25

3-4. M uting a ch a nnel.............................. 25

5: M ixdown a nd mastering ..........................18

5-1. Adjusting the tone and volume

of ea c h tr a c k..........................................18

4. M e tronome................................................ 25

R e cording (b a s ic)......................................... 26

5-2. St a rt recording .......................................18

5-3. L i sten to your song .................................18

5-4. Saving your song ...................................19

1. V irtu a l t r a c k s ............................................. 26

1-1. Selecting virtu a l t r a c ks ...................... 26

1-2. T r a c k displ a y .................................... 26

6: S tructure..................................................19

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2. T y pes of recording .....................................26

2-1. R e cording ch a nnel tracks...................27

2-2. Overdub recordin g ............................27

2-3. B o unce recording ..............................27

2-4. R e cording the m a s ter tr a c k ................28

5. C o nnecting to a computer .......................... 41

5-1. U SB mode ........................................ 42

5-2. F il e s you c a n use............................... 42

6. S ynchroniz a t ion via MIDI ........................... 43

6-1. M IDI c o nnections............................... 43

6-2. M IDI m essages used by the D 8 88 ...... 43

6-3. M IDI synchroniz a t ion settings ............ 43

R e cording (a d v a n c ed ).................................. 29

1. R e -recording ..............................................29

7. U p grad i ng the syste m ................................ 43

7-1. D o wnloading the operating system.... 43

7-2. U p dating the system ......................... 43

1-1. Punch-in Recording

(R e -recording a specific a rea ).............29

Manual punch-in/ out ..................................2 9

Auto punch-in/ out.......................................2 9

1-2. R e peat recording...............................30

2. R e cording-rel a t ed functions ........................31

2-1. R e hearsal f unctio n .............................31

A p pendices ..................................44

T r oubleshooting...........................................44

Power does not turn on.................................. 44

Nothing a ppears i n the displ a y ...................... 44

V e rtic a l l ines a re visible in the displ a y ............ 44

No sound ...................................................... 44

C a n ’t record .................................................. 44

2-2. A uto input.........................................31

Automatically switching between

recording and playback ...............................3 1

T u rning auto input on/ off ..........................3 1

Pl a y ba c k .................................................... 32

1. T y pes of playback......................................32

1-1. Pl a y ing the ch a nnel tracks .................32

1-2. Pl a y ing a m a s ter tr a c k.......................32

1-3. R e peat p l a y ba c k ...............................32

The input or recorded sound is noisy

or distorted............................................... 44

E f fects do not a pp l y ....................................... 44

M e tronome.................................................... 44

A button does not function when pressed........ 45

MIDI .............................................................. 45

Audio file s ..................................................... 45

USB ............................................................... 45

E f fects......................................................... 33

1. U sing a n e f fect...........................................33

2. E f fect progr a m s a nd parameters.................33

3. S a v ing effect settings..................................34

E d itin g ........................................................ 35

V a r i ous mess a ges........................................45

Confirmation messages..........................................46

Serious error messages...........................................46

1. S ong editing ..............................................35

1-1. R e l o a d i ng a song ..............................35

1-2. D e l e ting a song .................................35

1-3. C o pying a son g .................................35

1-4. Saving a song ...................................36

1-5. Protecting a song ..............................36

File d etails...................................................47

T h e structure of the D 8 88 ’s h a rd drive ............ 47

WAV files that can be used on the D888 .............47

Song file det a i l s ............................................. 48

Settings common to all songs................................48

Settings stored independently for each song......48

2. T r a c k editin g ..............................................37

2-1. C o py a track (C o py) ..........................37

2-2. E r ase a track (E r ase)..........................38

2-3. E x ch a ng i ng tr a c ks (Sw a p )..................38

Bl o ck di a gram.............................................48

D e mo Song .................................................48

S p ecific a t ions ..............................................49

I n dex ..........................................................50

MIDI im p l e mentation ch a rt ...........................51

2-4. Selecting a master track file

(M a s ter) ............................................39

2-5. Selecting a channel track file

(VT r a c k) ............................................39

2-6. D e l e ting tr a c k d a t a (D e l e te)................40

Other ......................................................... 40

1. A d justing the contr a s t.................................40

2. U sing a foot switch.....................................40

3. U n do and R e do..........................................41

4. F o rmatting the drive ...................................41

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Korg D888 Digital Recording Studio.

To take full advantage of the D888’s functions, and to enjoy trouble-free use,

please read this manual carefully and use this product only as directed. Keep this

manual in a safe place for future reference.

Included items

Make sure that the following included items are present.

• Owner’s Manual (this document)

• Power cable

Before using the D888 for the ﬁrst time

Important

Please observe the following points when using the D888.

Power on/ standby/ off

The D888 is a precision instrument, similar to a personal computer, equipped

with an internal hard disk drive. When turning the power on and off, follow the

procedures shown below to protect your D888, your data, and your other equip-

ment.

Before you turn on the power, make sure that the power cable is firmly plugged into the D888

and into an AC outlet.

● Power-on

1) Lower the D888’s monitor LEVEL knob to the

“0” position. Set the volume controls of your external equip-

ment to their lowest position.

2) Turn on the power of external input devices such as key-

boards that are sending audio to the D888.

3) If the main power switch (POWER ON) located on the rear

panel of the D888 is off, turn it on.

The STANDBY LED will light. The D888 is now in the

“standby” mode.

A certain amount of time will be required from when you turn on the

main power until the STANDBY LED lights.

4) Press the power (ON) button located on the top panel to turn

The opening screen (D888)

the D888 on.

The opening screen will appear in the display, and then the

Level Meter screen will appear.

If the USB cable is connected to your computer when you turn on the

power, the USB screen will appear and the D888 will enter USB mode

(→p.42).

When you turn the power on, the selected song will be the

same song that had been selected when the D888 was shut

down.

5) Now you can turn on your monitoring system (or any other

external device) that is receiving audio from the D888 .

If the power is turned off accidentally while the D888 is being used, the D888

itself or its internal hard disk drive may be damaged.

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● Shutdown

1) Lower the D888’s monitor LEVEL knob to the “0” position.

2) Turn off any devices connected to the D888’s outputs, such as your monitor

system.

3) Hold down the D888’s power (ON) button (for 2–3 seconds) and the

shutdown LCD screen appear.

If you press the ENTER/OK button, the current song will be saved

automatically, and the D888 will return to the standby mode. This

process is called “shutdown”.

If you press the EXIT/CANCEL button, you will return to the previ-

ous screen.

● Power -off

1) If you will not be using the D888 for an extended period of time, press the

main power switch (POWER ON) located on the rear panel of the D888 to

turn off the power.

2) Turn off any devices (such as keyboards) connected to the D888’s inputs.

When turning the power off, you must perform the shutdown process. Never turn off the main

power switch or disconnect the power cable before shutdown has been completed.

If you turn off the main power switch or disconnect the power cable before shutdown has been

completed, data or user settings will be lost, and the hard disk may be damaged.

The audio you record into the D888 and the mixer and effect settings you make are automati-

cally saved when you select a song or perform the shutdown process.

Connection example

This diagram shows typical connections when using the D888. Connect your

equipment as appropriate for your system.

Master recorder

Monitor speakers etc.

Computer

INPUT L/ R

(analog)

DIGITAL IN

(digital)

MONITOR

OUT

MASTER

OUT

S/ P DIF

OUT

MIDI device

MIDI IN (MTC)

USB

Mic

MIDI OUT

INPUT 1–8

Guitar *1

Effector *1

INPUT 1–8

Headphones

OUTPUT

to the AC outlet

PS-1

Pedal switch

Power supply connection

You must use the included

AC power cable

Keyboard

*1: You can directly input a guitar or bass that has active pickups, but if your instrument has passive pickups

(i.e., without a built-in preamp), you won’t obtain satisfactory volume and tone quality because of the

impedance mismatch. In this case, please route your instrument through a preamp or effect unit.

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Main features

♦ 8-track digital multi-track recorder

The D888 features 40-bit internal processing and allows you to simultaneously record up to eight

tracks of high-quality 16-bit 44.1 kHz uncompressed audio. Each track provides eight virtual

tracks. Each track (and virtual track) is recorded as a WAV ﬁle, so it can easily be shared with DAW

software and other recorders.

A master track ﬁle (stereo WAV) is created each time you record the master track, so you can mas-

ter your song repeatedly until you are satisﬁed, and choose the best version later.

♦ Eight analog input jacks offering your choice of TRS phone or +48V phantom-powered

XLR connectors

All of the D888’s analog inputs use high-performance balanced pre amps to take full advantage of

its high-quality full-digital audio processing.

The phone jack inputs are all TRS balanced types. Unbalanced input is also supported, allowing

you to directly connect a variety of audio sources.

The eight XLR input jacks provide +48V phantom power, allowing the easy use of both condenser

and dynamic mics.

♦ Analog-like operation

The mixer section is laid out in the familiar style of an analog mixer, providing eight channel strips

each offering input jacks, TRIM knob, EQ GAIN knobs, EFFECT knob, PAN knob, channel button,

and channel fader so that operation is quick and intuitive.

♦ Effects

The Effect section provides 40 -bit processing and 11 types of effects. The effect parameters can be

edited, and these edits can be saved as part of your song.

♦ Editing functions

Non-destructive digital editing allows you to perform various edits without impairing the high-

quality sound. In addition to punch-in/ out recording, the D888 also provides Undo and Redo

functions that let you listen to the “before” and “after” versions of any edit to assure you achieve

the results you desire. Track editing functions such as Copy and Swap are also provided.

You can register one hundred mark points per song, making it easy to move quickly to desired

locations in your song for editing.

♦ Internal hard disk drive

A high-capacity hard disk drive is built-in, providing approximately three hours of recording time

per GB (single track recording).

♦ High-speed USB 2.0 connection

The high-speed USB 2.0 connector makes it easy to exchange track (WAV) data with a computer.

♦ Rehearsal function

You can rehearse mixer operations and settings in exactly the same way as when recording but

without occupying hard disk space (i.e., without actually recording your operations).

♦ Flexible output switching

With the touch of a button, the individual outputs provided for each channel can be re-conﬁgured

to provide stereo Master outputs, stereo Monitor outputs, and individual outputs for channels 5-8.

♦ Metronome

The convenient metronome can be switched between the master + monitor outputs, or routed to

just the monitor output.

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Parts and their function

Top panel

11 12 13

1 INPUT 1, INPUT 2...INPUT 8 jacks

Mic or line sources (such as keyboards) may be connected to these input jacks.

Both XLR jacks and balanced 1/ 4" TRS phone jacks are provided.

You may also connect unbalanced phone plugs to the 1/ 4" jacks.

You can use either the TRS phone jack or the XLR jack for each INPUT 1–8, but the XLR jack

of an input will be unavailable if a plug is also connected to the corresponding TRS phone jack.

If you need to supply phantom power to any condenser mics, connect them to the XLR connectors.

Each XLR jack can provide +48V phantom power for condenser mics. Use the PHANTOM (18)

button

(→p .11) to t u rn on the phantom powe r.

TRS phone plug

XLR connector

2: HOT

1: GND

3: COLD

Balanced

Unbalanced

GND COLD HOT

GND HOT

Your equipment may be damaged if you connect or disconnect a condenser mic with PHANTOM button turned

on. You must turn phantom power off before connecting or disconnecting condenser mics.

You must turn off the PHANTOM button if you’re not using phantom power. If this is on when you connect a

device that does not use phantom power, you risk damaging that device.

2 TRIM knob, PEAK LED

These knobs adjust the input level of each channel.Adjust the TRIM knob so that the PEAK LED

does not light even during the loudest passages that you will be recording.

Hum or noise may occur if you leave the TRIM knob turned up on any input to which nothing is connected.

3 EQ GAIN knobs (HIGH, MID, LOW)

These knobs adjust the EQ gain of each channel. The center frequencies are 10 kHz, 2.5 kHz, and

100 Hz, and the range of boost/ cut is ±15 dB.

4 EFFECT knob

These knobs adjust the amount of signal being sent to the Effect processor from each channel.

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5 PAN knobs

These knobs adjust the pan (position in the stereo ﬁeld) of each channel.

6 CHANNEL buttons (1–8)

These buttons switch the status of each channel.

CH ON: Use these buttons to switch the channels between enabled and disabled (muted). The but-

ton will be lit (orange) for channels that are enabled.

BOUNCE: Use these buttons to switch the status of the channel when bounce recording. The

bounce-destination (the channel to be recorded) will blink red, and the bounce-sources (the play-

back channels) will be lit green.

REC/PLAY: Use these buttons to switch between recording and playback for each channel. (Red

for recording, green for playback.)

You can also use these buttons as the “1–8” buttons for numeric input (→p.21, 35).

7 Channel faders (1–8)

These adjust the volume that is sent from each channel to the master bus.

8 FOOT SWITCH jack

By connecting a foot switch (we recommend the separately sold KORG PS-1 pedal switch) you can

use it to punch-in/ out when performing manual punch recording (

→p .29 , 40).

9 CH ON button

When this button is on (lit orange), you can use the channel buttons to switch each channel

between enabled and disabled. You can also use this as a mute function.

10 BOUNCE button (0)

When this button is on, you can use the channel buttons to specify each channel as a bounce des-

tination (record) or bounce-source (playback).

You can also use this button as the “0” button for numeric input (→p.21, 35).

11 REC/ PLAY button

When this button is on (lit), you can use the channel buttons to switch each channel of the track

recorder between recording and playback. The track setting will alternate each time you press a

channel button. If the master track’s channel button is in Play mode all other tracks will auto-

matically be muted (silent), and if it is in Record mode all other tracks will automatically be in Play

mode.

12 MASTER fader

This adjusts the overall volume. When you’re recording the master track, this sets the recording

level.

When recording, you will normally leave the MASTER fader at 0 dB and adjust the channel faders so that the

output does not distort.

13 MASTER button (9)

As you repeatedly press this button, the master track will cycle between Record (lit red), Play (lit

green), and Off (dark).

You can also use this button as the “9” button for numeric input (→p.21, 35).

14 Transport buttons

Use the REC button

recorder operations such as playback and recording (

PLAY button

STOP button

REW button, and FF button to perform

p .21).

→

15 Monitor LEVEL knob

If the OUTPUT ASSIGN (19) button is set to “MST/MON” this knob will adjust the output vol-

ume of the MONITOR L jacks; if the button is set to “INDIVIDUAL” this knob will adjust the

volume of the OUTPUT jacks for mixer channels 1 and 2.

16 OUTPUT jacks

You can connect external devices to these jacks. The audio signals sent from these jacks will

depend on the setting of the OUTPUT ASSIGN (19). These are unbalanced outputs that accom-

modate 1/ 4" phone jacks.

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MST/ MON

The audio output of the MASTER L,R, MONITOR L,R, and mixer channels 5, 6, 7, and 8 will be

sent from the OUTPUT jacks.

INDIVIDUAL

The audio output of mixer channels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will be sent from the OUTPUT jacks.

17 PHONES jacks and level knobs

You can connect two sets of headphones here and use the respective knob to adjust the volume

level. These are 1/ 4" stereo phone jacks that carry the same audio as the MONITOR jacks.

18 PHANTOM button

The XLR jacks for INPUT 1–8 provide a +48V phantom power supply for use with condenser

mics. Pressing this button will toggle between the phantom power being on (button lit) or off (but-

ton dark). Always observe caution when using phantom power. In certain cases, you can mix con-

denser microphones and balanced dynamic microphones (usually those with a detachable cable

and an XLR connector) when using phantom power. Unbalanced dynamic microphones must

never be connected to the XLR inputs when phantom power is on. In most case, unbalanced

dynamic microphones are connected to the 1/ 4” inputs, avoiding this issue.

Phantom power will not be supplied to INPUT jacks to which a TRS phone plug is connected.

If a condenser mic is connected or disconnected while the PHANTOM button is on, damage to your equipment

may occur. For this reason, always turn the phantom power switch off before connecting or disconnecting a con-

denser mic.

If the PHANTOM button is on, you must never connect any device other than a condenser mic. Doing so may

damage your equipment.

19 OUTPUT ASSIGN button

This selects the audio signals that will be sent from the OUTPUT (16) jacks. Each time you press

this button, the setting will alternate between MST/MON (button lit) and INDIVIDUAL (button

dark) (→p .24).

20 Display

This shows the song name, recording or playback volume (level meters), time information (loca-

tions), and parameters.

21 ON button, STANDBY LED

This button turns the D888’s power on/ off. When the STANDBY LED is lit, you can press the ON

button to turn on the power.

When the D888 is operating, you can hold down the ON button to display the shutdown screen.

22 HDD LED

This will light when the hard drive is being accessed during recording, playback, or editing, etc.

Never power-off the D888 or subject it to vibration or physical shock while the HDD LED is lit or blinking.

23 EFFECT selector

This is used to select the program that the effect processor will use.

24 PARAMETER knob

This is used to adjust the parameter values of the selected effect.

27 28

25 EFFECT RTN knob

This adjusts the depth of the effect.

26 EFFECT ON button

Each time you press this button, the effect will alternate between on

(button lit) and off (button dark).

27 ENTER/ OK button, EXIT/ CANCEL button

Press the ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm or execute an operation

and proceed to the next screen. Press the EXIT/CANCEL button to

halt or cancel an operation and return to the previous screen.

These buttons are also used in response to messages that appear in the screen.

28 Cursor buttons

Use these buttons to perform operations in the screen, such as selecting parameters, moving

between screens, or editing values.

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29 USB button

Press this button to enter USB mode.

30 MENU button, METRONOME, button, LEVEL METER button, SELECT SONG button

Press one of these mode buttons to enter the edit menu, metronome settings, level meters, or song

select screen.

31 UNDO/ REDO button, LED

When this LED is lit, you can press this button to undo or redo the previous operation.

32 STORE button, EDIT button, √ JUMP button, JUMP ® button

Press the STORE button to register a song location as a “mark,” and press the EDIT button to

access the edit screen where you can view a list of marks and jump to a desired mark (or delete an

unwanted mark). You can press the √ JUMP button or JUMP ® button to sequentially step

through the stored marks before or after the current location.

33 REC/ PLAY MODE button, AUTO PUNCH, REHEARSAL, REPEAT LEDs

Use this button to specify the recording or playback mode. The corresponding LED will light to

indicate when auto punch recording is on, when rehearsal is on, or when repeat playback is on.

Rear panel

1 USB connector

You can use a USB cable to

connect the D888 to your

computer.

USB peripheral devices

such as external hard disks

and CD-R/RW drives can-

not be connected to the

D888.

If the USB cable is connected to your computer when you turn on the power, the USB

screen will appear and the D888 will enter USB mode (→p.42).

2 MIDI OUT connector

MIDI Time Code (MTC; 30 NDF) messages are transmitted from this connector. Use this when you

wish to synchronize an external device to the D888 via MIDI (

→p .43).

3 S/ P DIF OUT jack

This is an optical-type S/ P DIF format (IEC60958, EIAJ CP-1201) digital output jack (stereo).

Use an optical cable to connect this jack to the optical digital input of your CD-RW, MD or other

equipment.

This output provides the same audio information as the MASTER L/R jacks, but in a digital

format.

4 Main power switch (POWER ON)

This turns the main power on/ off.

When the Main power switch is turned on, the D888 will enter the standby mode.

In the standby mode, pressing the ON button will turn the D888 on. While the D888 is operating,

hold the ON button down to access the Power Off dialog box and select Yes to shutdown the

D888 and return to the standby mode. Then you can use the main power switch to turn the power

off completely.

To turn off the power, you must first press the ON button to perform the shutdown operation. Never turn off

the Main power switch or disconnect the power cable until shutdown has been completed.

If you turn off the Main power switch or disconnect the power cable before shutdown has been completed, data

and user settings may be lost, and the hard disk may be damaged.

5 AC connector

Connect the power supply cable (included) here.

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Screens and operations

1 Selecting a mode screen

Press a mode button (MENU METRONOME, LEVEL METER, etc.) to access the corresponding

screen in the display.

2 Selecting a parameter and editing its value

In screens that allow editing, you will mainly use the cursor buttons

ENTER/OK button, and

EXIT/CANCEL button to select a parameter and edit its value. However for some screens and

parameters, you can use the channel buttons and the BOUNCE and MASTER buttons to enter

numeric values. An indication of in the screen means that you can use the up/ down cursor but-

tons to select or make settings, and an indication of

means that you can use the left/ right cur-

sor buttons. The indication means that you can press the ENTER/OK button to proceed to the

⇒

next screen. To conﬁrm the settings you edited, press the ENTER/OK button to return to the pre-

ceding screen. Alternatively, you can press the EXIT/CANCEL button to discard any changes you

made, and return to the preceding screen with the existing settings unchanged.

Changing the Auto Input setting from “On” to “Off”

channel key

If the screen indicates ⇒

Finalizing the change (ENTER/OK) or discarding the change (EXIT/CANCEL)

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Basic operation

1: Setup and demo songs

Connect your monitor speakers or headphones, and turn on the power.

Before you start recording your own songs, take a minute to listen to the

demo song provided with the D888

2: Recording

Connect your keyboard, mic, guitar, or other instrument, and record your per-

formance on a channel track.

3: Playback

Play back your recorded performance, and apply EQ and effects.

4: Overdubbing

While listening to the performance you recorded in step 2, record additional

performances on other channel tracks.

5: Mixdown and mastering

Apply effects and EQ to the performances of all tracks to create the overall

balance you want.

Adjust the overall level and pan, and record your mix onto the master track.

6: Structure

Take a look at a simple block diagram that shows the audio signal ﬂow of the

D888’s recorder.

1: Setup and listening to the demo song

1-1. Checking and connections

Connecting your monitoring equipment

Monitor speaker etc.

1) Either connect your monitor system to the MONITOR L,R

jacks, or connect your headphones to the PHONES jack.

Headphones

2) Turn the monitor LEVEL knob to “0”. If you connected

headphones, turn the PHONE level knob all the way

toward the left.

If the OUTPUT ASSIGN button is dark (INDIVIDUAL), press the but-

ton to make it light (MST/MON).

1-2. Turn the D888 on

Connect the AC power cable (included), and turn on the power.

Be s u re to use the procedure described in p.6 “● Power-on”.

OUTPUT ASSIGN button

Use an independent AC outlet whenever possible. If a circuit breaker

should trip for some reason, any unsaved data will be lost and the internal hard drive may be

damaged.

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1-3. Listen to the demo song

When shipped from the factory, the D888 contains a pre-recorded

demo song.

1) Make sure that the display shows the demo song.

If something other than the demo song is shown, select the demo

song as described in p.21 “1-2. Selecting an existing song”.

2) Set the channel faders and the Master fader to “0”.

3) Press the PLAY button to begin playing the demo song.

4) Slowly turn the monitor LEVEL knob toward the right to adjust

the playback volume.

If you connected headphones, turn the PHONES level knob slowly

toward the right to adjust the volume.

5) When the demo song ends, press the STOP button to stop play-

back.

Listening to the demo song again from the beginning

1) Hold down the STOP button and press the REW button to return to the

beginning of the demo song.

2) Press the PLAY button to begin playing the demo song from the beginning.

2: Recording

Now let’s connect a two-channel (stereo) audio source such as a keyboard, and record it.

2-1. Creating a new song

Here’s how to create a new song for recording.

1) Press the SELECT SONG button to access the Select Song screen.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select New, and press the ENTER/OK

button.

The screen will ask “New Song: Are you sure?”

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to begin creating the new song.

4) When the song has been created, a song named “Song****” will be added

(**** will be a consecutive number starting with 1).

2, 3

5) Press the LEVEL METER button to return to the previous screen (Level

Meter).

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2-2. Connecting your input device

Next, we’ll connect the L and R outputs of

your keyboard to channels 1 and 2.

OUTPUT L

OUTPUT R

1) Connect output L of your keyboard

to INPUT 1, and output R to INPUT

2) Turn the TRIM knob to adjust the

level so that the PEAK LEDs light

when you play most strongly.

Peak LEDs

In the Level Meter screen, press the

EXIT/CANCEL button several times to switch the

level meters so that they show the inputs (IN), and

check the input level.

Input indication

2-3. Start recording

1) Press the REC/PLAY button (it will

light).

2) Press the channel buttons of tracks 1

and 2 several times to put these tracks

in record mode (lit red).

3) Gradually raise the faders of tracks 1

and 2, and check the volume of your

monitor speakers (or headphones).

4) Press the REC button to enter record-ready mode (the button will light).

5) Press the PLAY button to start recording. (The REC and PLAY buttons will light.)

6) Begin performing.

7) When you’re ﬁnished performing, press the STOP button to stop recording (the

button will go dark).

The D888’s recording level is set “pre-fader”; meaning the record levels are adjusted only by the

TRIM knobs. The channel faders only adjust the audio level to the master and monitor outputs.

After recording, the screen will indicate “Working...” while the Undo data is being created. This

process will require a correspondingly longer time for completion as the length of the song is longer.

3: Playback

3-1. Listening to the playback

1) Rewind back to where you started recording.

1, 3

You can return to the beginning of the song by holding down the STOP

button and pressing the REW button (→p .22 “2. Location”).

2) Press the PLAY button to begin playback (the button will light).

Since automatic switching between record/play is turned on (the factory setting), the tracks will automatically

be in Play mode even if you don’t change the track settings after recording (→p.31 “2-2. Auto input”).

3) Press the STOP button to stop playback (the PLAY button will go dark).

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3-2. Adjusting the playback sound

• Turning the three EQ GAIN knobs of channels 1 and 2 will adjust the tone.

• Turning the PAN knobs of channels 1 and 2 will adjust the stereo position

of each channel. In this example, channel 1 should be panned left, and

channel 2 panned right to preserve the stereo imaging of your keyboard.

PAN

4: Overdubbing

Here’s how you can record on track 3 using a microphone,

while listening to the playback of the previously-recorded

tracks 1 and 2.

4-1. Connecting your input device

Begin by plugging in your mic.

1) Depending on the mic you’re using, connect it to the

XLR jack or TRS phone jack of input 3.

Peak LED

If you’re using a condenser mic, turn on the PHAN-

TOM button after you’ve connected the mic.

2) Turn the TRIM knob to adjust the level so that the PEAK LED lights when you speak or sing

most strongly.

In the Level Meter screen, press the EXIT/CANCEL button several times to switch the level

meters so that they show the inputs (IN), and check the input level.

4-2. Start recording

1) Press the channel button of track 3

several times to put this track in

record mode (lit red).

2) Gradually raise the faders of tracks 1,

2, and 3, and check the volume of your

monitor speakers (or headphones).

3) Press the REC button to enter record-ready mode (the button blinking).

4) Press the PLAY button to start recording. (The REC and PLAY buttons will light.)

5) While you listen to the playback of tracks 1 and 2, begin performing.

6) When you’re ﬁnished performing, press the STOP button to stop recording (the REC and

PLAY buttons will go dark).

After recording, the screen will indicate “Working...” while the Undo data is being created. This process will require

a correspondingly longer time for completion as the length of the song is longer.

4-3. Listening to the song

Next we’ll check whether your performance was recorded correctly.

1) Go back to the place in the song where you started recording.

You can return to the beginning of the song by holding down the STOP

button and pressing the REW button (→p .22 “2. Location”).

2) Press the PLAY button to begin playback (the button will light).

1, 3

Since automatic switching between record/play is turned on (the factory setting), the

tracks will automatically be in Play mode even if you don’t change the track settings

after recording (→p.31 “2-2. Auto input”).

3) Press the STOP button to stop playback (the PLAY button will go dark).

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5: Mixdown and mastering

“Mixdown” is the process of adjusting effects, EQ, and pan for the audio recorded on each track to

create the overall balance you want, and recording this as stereo data.

The D888 provides a master track for mixdown. Here’s how to mix down the song you recorded.

5-1. Adjusting the tone and volume of each track

1) If the channel buttons of tracks 1, 2, and 3 are

not already in the play mode (lit green) press

them several times until they are.

2) Press the PLAY button, and adjust each track

while you listen to the playback.

• Turn the three EQ GAIN knobs of channels

1, 2, and 3 to adjust the tone.

• Turn the PAN knob of channels 1, 2, and 3 to

left or right to adjust the stereo position.

• If you want to apply an effect, press the

EFFECT ON button (it will light) and turn

the EFFECT RTN knob toward the right.

Use the EFFECT selector to select an effect

program.

• Turn the EFFECT knob of channels 1, 2, and 3 toward the right to adjust the

amount of effect for each channel (→p .33 “Effects”).

3) Use the faders of channels 1, 2, and 3 to adjust the volume balance between the

channels.

In the Level Meter screen, press the EXIT/CANCEL button several times to switch

the level meters to the channel indication (IN) so that you can watch the input levels.

4) Use the MASTER fader to adjust the volume of the master track.

5) When you’re satisﬁed with the settings, press the STOP button to stop playback.

(The button will go dark.)

5-2. Start recording

1) Press the MASTER button several times to choose Record mode (lit red)

2) Go back to the beginning of the song.

To move to the beginning of the song, hold down the STOP button and

press the REW button.

2, 5

3) Press the REC button to enter record-ready mode (button blinking).

4) Press the PLAY button to start recording. (The REC and PLAY buttons

will be lit.)

5) When you’re ﬁnished recording, press the STOP button to stop recording.

After recording, the screen will indicate “Working...” while the Undo data is being created.

This process will require a correspondingly longer time for completion as the length of the song

is longer.

5-3. Listen to your song

Next we’ll check whether the mixdown was recorded correctly.

1) Press the MASTER button several times to choose Play mode (lit green).

2) Move to the location at which you started recording.

You can return to the beginning of the song by holding down the STOP

button and pressing the REW button.

2, 4

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3) Press the PLAY button to begin playback (the button will light).

4) Press the STOP button to stop playback (the PLAY button will go dark).

5-4. Saving your song

On the D888, the song data that you have recorded or edited and the parameters

that you have set are automatically saved during the power-off operation when

you return the D888 to the standby mode. These settings are also saved when you

select a different song. This is called “auto-save”.

You can also save data manually (→p .36 “1-4. Saving a song”).

6: Structure

The following illustration is a simplified diagram showing the audio signal flow of the D888’s re-

corder and how the knobs and faders control the sound.

Use section “A” to adjust the recording level from each channel input to the channel tracks.

While recording, you can use section “B” to adjust the monitoring tone and volume.

You can also use section “B” to make adjustments when playing back the recorded performance.

Use section “C” to adjust the level that is recorded on the master track and sent from the output.

INPUT

Input

Ch 1

Trim

Ch Track

Recoder

INDIVIDUAL

OUT

Ch out

Ch Fader

Eff Send

PAN

Channel mixer

To Effect

EFFECT

Effect

Master Fader

MASTER Trk

Recorder

Master track

MONITOR OUT

MASTER OUT

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Operation

H.M.S.mS (time display)

__ “Hours”:“Minutes”:“Seconds”.“milliseconds”

__.__.__.

Level Meter screen

When you turn on the power, the display will show this Lev-

el Meter screen. You can also access this screen by pressing

the LEVEL METER button.

The current location is shown as an absolute time from

the beginning of the song.

* Maximum value is 5.59.59.999

H.M.S.F. (frame display)

In this screen you can also view the D888’s operating status

and settings.

__.__.__.__ “Hours”:“Minutes”:“Seconds”.“frames”

The current location is shown as an absolute time and

number of frames from the beginning of the song. Nor-

mally you will use this when synchronized with MTC.

The D888 uses the “30 non-drop” frame rate.

* Maximum value is 5.59.59.29F

1. Display content and settings

Counter

indication

Peak hold setting/indication

Free Time (remaining time display)

__.__.__.__ “Hours”:“Minutes”:“Seconds”.“milliseconds”

The remaining time available for recording on the D888

(the remaining space of the hard disk) is shown.

Song name

indication

1-4. Other Indicators

The Level Meter screen also shows other information to in-

form you of the D888’s status and settings.

Master track

level

Channel track

Level meter

insert position

level

You can press the ENTER/OK button to switch to the Location

screen (→p.22 “Using the counter to move”).

Auto input on indicator

Repeat indicator

Recorder status

1-1. Peak Hold setting

When you’re adjusting the audio input level or monitor level,

lengthening the level meter’s “Hold Time” can make it easier

to view the levels.

Protect indicator

o If the display shows the Level Meter screen, press the

cursor up/down buttons several times to set the “Hold

Time”.

The range is off (0), 4 seconds, 10 seconds, or forever (∞).

Record status Bounce destination

Pressing the LEVEL METER button will clear the hold indica-

tion.

Auto Input On indication

This is shown if Auto Input is turned on. There is no

indication if this is off (→p .31).

1-2. Level meter position

Recorder status

You can choose the position at which the channel track level

meters are inserted in the signal path.

A symbol in this area indicates the current status of the

recorder, such as Recording, Playing, or Stopped

(→p .21).

When recording on the channel tracks you’ll want to see the

input levels, and while recording on the master track or

viewing the monitor levels you’ll want to see the channel lev-

els.

Repeat indicator

This is shown if REC/PLAY MODE repeat is turned on.

The panel REPEAT LED will be lit in this case (→p .30,

32).

o When the display shows the Level Meter screen, you can

press the EXIT/CANCEL button repeatedly to cycle be-

tween input level and channel level metering.

Protect indicator

A padlock symbol is shown here if the current song is

protected. There is no indication if the song is not pro-

tected (→p .36).

The display will indicate IN (input) or CH (channel).

The master track level meter is always located after the master fad-

er (master out).

Record status

The track name below the level meter is highlighted for

tracks that are set to Record.

1-3. Switching the counter display

You can choose the units that are shown in the location coun-

ter (see below) of the Level Meter screen.

Bounce destination

A square frame is shown around the track name below

the level meter for tracks that are assigned as the

bounce-destination (→p .27).

o When the display shows the Level Meter screen, you can

press the left/right cursor buttons to switch the location

units.

The location is shown by the counter in upper left of the

screen, and you can switch between the following three

types of units.

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1-3. Renaming a song

Song and Location

You can rename the song that is currently selected.

A song name of up to sixteen characters can be assigned.

1) Press the SELECT SONG button to access the Select

Song screen.

1.Song

The song list appears as a directory display, and the

upper part of the page shows the current song.

1-1. Creating a new song

This operation allocates space on the hard drive for record-

ing. On the D888, this unit is called a “song”. You must create

a new “song” before you can start a new recording.

You can also refer to p .15 “2-1. Creating a new song”.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Rename” in

the Function area, and use the cursor up/down buttons

to select the song that you want to rename.

If you want to rename the current song, there’s no need

to select a song.

1) Press the SELECT SONG button to access the Select

Song screen.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Rename

screen.

The directory list appears, and the upper part of the

page shows the song that you can currently play or

record (this is called the “current song”).

Current song

Directory list

4) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select the position

of the character you wish to change, and use the cursor

up/down buttons to select the desired character.

Alternatively, you can use the channel buttons to

directly select numerals instead of using the cursor up/

down buttons.

2) Use the left/right cursor buttons to select “NEW” in the

FUNCTION area, and press the ENTER/OK button.

The screen will ask “New Song: Are you sure?”

3) Press the ENTER/OK button once again to begin creat-

ing a new song.

Press the MENU button to switch between uppercase

and lowercase characters.

Use the JUMP buttons to delete (DEL) or insert (INS)

characters.

The screen will indicate “New Song: Working ...”

4) When the process is complete, a song named

“Song*****” will be added. (***** is a consecutive

number starting at 1.)

5) To apply the changes you made, press the ENTER/OK

button to conﬁrm the edited name.

“Song *****” will be selected as the current song.

If you decide to discard the changes you made, press the

EXIT/CANCEL button.

You can use uppercase and lowercase alphabetical characters

A–Z and a–z, numerals 0–9, space, and the symbols shown

below.

1-2. Selecting an existing song

When loading a song, you can choose whether the mixer set-

tings and effect settings of the song will also be loaded as

well. (→p .48 “Song file details”).

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1) Press the SELECT SONG button to access the Select

Song screen.

The song list appears in the directory area, and the

upper part of the page shows the song that is currently

selected for recording or playback (the “current song”).

1-4. Controlling a song

Use the transport buttons to perform song control operations

such as recording and playback.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to choose “Select” in

the FUNCTION area, and use the cursor up/down but-

tons to select the desired song.

The current status of the song (e.g., playing or recording) is

shown in the Level Meter screen.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The selected song will be shown in the current song area,

and the screen will indicate “Resume Mix/...”

PLAY button

Starts playback. This button will be lit during playback,

and blinking during fast-forward or rewind.

REC button

Starts recording. You can’t record unless at least one

track is set to Record mode. When you press this button,

the D888 will be in record-ready mode (button blinking);

then press the PLAY button to start recording (button

lit).

4) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “ON” if you

want the mixer and effect settings to also be loaded, or

“OFF” if you don’t want these settings to be loaded.

Then press the ENTER/OK button.

The conditions for starting recording will depend on the REC/

PLAY MODE setting.

STOP button

You can’t choose “OFF” (i.e., “don’t load settings”) for a protect-

ed song.

Stops recording or playback.

You can hold down the STOP button and press the

REW button to move to the beginning of the song, or

hold down the STOP button and press the FF button to

move to the end of the song.

The screen will indicate “Select Song: Working...”

5) When the song has been loaded, the name of the

selected song will appear in the current song area.

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FF button

Fast-forwards the song.

The song will fast-forward as long as you continue hold-

ing down the FF button

REW button

Rewinds the song.

Moving to a point earlier in the song (rewind)

Press the REW button.

If you hold down the REW button during playback, you will

move toward the beginning of the song. Playback will

resume when you release the button.

If you hold down the REW button while stopped, you will

move toward the beginning of the song and will stop when

you release the button.

The song will rewind as long as you continue holding

down the REW button.

If you press the REW button during repeat playback, repeat play-

back will stop, and then the location will begin moving toward the

beginning of the song.

2. Location

On the D888, “location” means the position within the play-

Moving to the beginning/ end of the song

back data of a song.

The counter in the Level Meter screen indicates the present

location in the song, displayed in currently selected format

(→p .20 “ 1-3. S w i tching the counter display”).

This location shows you where you are in the song, and can

be also used to edit or move song data.

Moving to the beginning of the song

Hold down the STOP button and press the REW button to

move to the beginning of the song.

Moving to the end of the song

Hold down the STOP button and press the FF button to

move to the end of the song.

Location

0.00

0.05

3.00

2.50

1.35 1.45

Using marks to move

You can assign marks to desired locations, and move instant-

ly to the corresponding location.

You can store up to one hundred marks in each song.

These marks are listed in the Mark Edit screen, and you can

use them as locate points for track editing or when perform-

ing auto-punch recording.

Start playback

Start recording

Interrupt playback Resume playback End playback

End recording

Song

To change the location rapidly, you can register desired loca-

tions as “marks” and then select a desired mark to move in-

stantly to the corresponding location.

You can also use the JUMP buttons to move to a mark you’ve

stored.

The mark list in the Mark Edit screen also shows the “Last

Rec In” and “Last Rec Out” automatically to indicate the lo-

cations at which you most recently started and stopped re-

cording.

2-1. Moving the location

Using the counter to move

When you’re in the Level Meter screen, you can press the

ENTER/OK button to switch to the Location screen.

You can move to “Last Rec In” or “Last Rec Out” by selecting

them in the list, but you can’t delete these points or use the JUMP

buttons to move to them.

Use the cursor left/right buttons to select the digit of the lo-

cation that you want to change. Use the cursor up/down but-

tons to change the value. You can also use the channel

buttons to directly specify a value, or use the JUMP button

to change it.

Marks and location

Current location

Last Rec Out

Last Rec In

Move each time

you press

Move each time

you press

1.35^M1.45^M2.12^M

0.00

0.05^M

3.00

2.45^M2.50^M

0.45^M1.00^M

When you’ve specified the location to which you want to

move, press the ENTER/OK button to execute the move.

Start playback

End playback

End recording

Start recording

0.05^M, 0.45^M....2.50^M: marks that have been stored

Content of the list in the Mark Edit screen

Location at which recording was last started

(Last Rec In)

Location at which recording was last ended

(Last Rec Out)

First mark from the beginning of the song

Second mark from the beginning of the song

Third mark from the beginning of the song

Using the FF and REW buttons to move

Moving to a point later in the song (fast-forward)

Press the FF button.

If you hold down the FF button during playback, you will

move toward the end of the song. Playback will resume

when you release the button.

Last mark in the song

If you hold down the FF button while stopped, you will

move toward the end of the song and will stop when you re-

lease the button.

If you press the FF button during repeat playback, repeat play-

back will stop, and then the location will begin moving toward the

end of the song.

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Storing a mark

Deleting a mark

1) Move to the location that you want to store.

You can’t use the Undo function after deleting a mark.

Use the counter or the FF or REW buttons to move.

■ Deleting a single mark

2) Press the STORE button; a screen will ask you for con-

ﬁrmation.

1) Press the MARK EDIT button to access the Edit Mark

screen.

If you decide not to store the mark, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Delete

One,” and use the cursor up/down buttons to choose

the mark you want to delete.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The mark to be deleted will be selected, and the screen

will ask “Delete Mark: Are you sure?”

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to store the mark. The

mark will be stored immediately, and in several sec-

onds you will return to the previous screen.

To return to the previous screen immediately, you can

press the ENTER/OK button while this screen is shown.

4) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

When deletion is complete, the screen will indicate

“Delete One Mark: Completed”.

Mark numbers are automatically reassigned according to

their location, starting at the beginning of the song.

4) Verify that the mark was stored.

5) When you press the ENTER/OK button, you will move

to the mark that preceded the deleted mark, and return

to the Edit Mark screen.

Press the MARK EDIT button, and look for the newly

stored mark in the mark list of the Edit Mark screen. If

you’ve stored more than three marks, use the cursor up/

down buttons to scroll the list to ﬁnd the mark you

stored.

■ Deleting all marks

1) Press the MARK EDIT button to access the Edit Mark

screen.

You can also store a mark while the song is playing or record-

ing; simply perform steps 2) and following.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Delete All”.

Selecting and moving to a mark

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

1) Press the MARK EDIT button to access the Edit Mark

screen.

The screen will ask “Delete All Marks: Are you sure?”

4) To execute the Delete operation, use the cursor left/

right buttons to select “Yes” for the “Execute” ﬁeld,

and then press the ENTER/OK button once again.

When deletion is complete, the screen will indicate

“Delete All Marks: Completed”.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Recall,” and

use the cursor up/down buttons to select the desired

mark in the mark list.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to move to the location of

the mark.

5) When you press the ENTER/OK button, all marks will

be deleted and you will return to the Edit Mark screen.

Moving sequentially through the stored marks

Press the JUMP ® button to change the location to the next

mark, moving toward the end of the song.

You can’t delete “Last Rec In” and “Last Rec Out”.

Press the √ JUMP button to change the location to the pre-

ceding mark, moving toward the beginning of the song.

Current

location

Press once

JUMP

Song

Mark

Location

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1-3. Adjusting the monitor level

1) Switch the display to the Level Meter screen, and press

the EXIT/CANCEL button several times to choose the

channel display (CH).

Mixer

2) Set the channel fader to unity gain (0 dB).

1. Mixer inputs

The D888 has eight sets of analog input jacks. The audio from

the devices connected to these input jacks 1 through 8 are as-

signed to mixer channels 1 through 8, and can be recorded on

the corresponding tracks.

3) When there is input from your input device, the level

meter in the screen will move according to the input.

4) Adjust the channel fader so that the clip indicator “

”

does not appear in the level meter even when you play

most strongly.

• Gradually raise the MASTER fader and PHONES

level knob or monitor LEVEL knob until you can

hear the sound in your headphones or from the moni-

tor speakers connected to the MONITOR jacks.

1-1. Connecting audio sources

Keyboard or line output device

Connect keyboards and other line level signals to the TRS

phone jacks.

Clip indicator

In this case, the TRS phone jacks will take priority even if a

mic is connected to the corresponding XLR jacks.

Guitar or bass

Channel indicators

Connect your guitar or bass to the TRS phone jacks. The D888

does not have a dedicated guitar jack, so you may use any

channel.

2. Mixer outputs

A guitar or bass that has active pickups can be connected directly

to the D888’s inputs. However if your instrument has passive

pickups (i.e., without a built-in preamp), the impedance mismatch

will mean that you will not obtain a satisfactory input volume or

audio quality. In such cases, please route your instrument through

a preamp or effect unit.

The eight outputs of the D888 can be reconfigured using the

OUTPUT ASSIGN button.

Pressing this button will toggle between the MST/MON

(button lit) and INDIVIDUAL (button dark) output configu-

rations.

Mic

2-1. When MST/ MON is selected

Connect your mics to either the TRS phone jack or the XLR

jack, depending on the type of mic you’re using.

If you use the XLR jack, don’t use the TRS phone jack of the

same channel, since the XLR jack is unavailable if the TRS

phone jack is connected.

The output jacks will carry the audio signals of MASTER L,R,

MONITOR L,R, and mixer channels 5, 6, 7, and 8.

MASTER L,R

These jacks output the audio of the master bus. Use the MAS-

TER fader to adjust the level.

If you use phantom power, please be aware that it is supplied to all

eight channels.

MONITOR L,R

You may damage your mic or the D888 if you connect or discon-

nect a mic while phantom power is turned on.

These jacks output the audio of the master bus after the

MASTER fader. Use the monitor LEVEL knob to adjust the

final level.

1-2. Adjusting the input level

5, 6, 7, 8

On the D888, the input channels correspond to the channel

tracks. There are no routing settings to worry about; the au-

dio signals received at INPUT jacks 1, 2 ... 8 are sent to chan-

nel tracks 1, 2 ... 8 respectively.

These jacks output the audio of channel tracks 5, 6, 7, and 8

from a point immediately before the channel faders.

You can use these as AUX OUT jacks.

S/ P DIF OUT

1) Connect your input device.

This jack outputs the same audio signal as the MASTER L,R

jacks as a 44.1 kHz 16-bit digital signal.

Lower the MASTER fader, PHONES level knob, and

monitor LEVEL knobs before you connect your device

to the INPUT jacks.

PHONES 1, 2

These jacks output the same audio signal as the MONITOR

L,R jacks. Use the corresponding PHONES level knob to ad-

just the level.

2) Send the input signal to the mixer channel.

• Turn the CH ON button on, and set the channel but-

ton of each channel to on (lit orange).

• Turn the REC/PLAY button on, and set the channel

button of the channel to Record (lit red).

3) Adjust the input level.

Adjust the TRIM knob so that the PEAK LED does not

light when the input device is played at its maximum

volume.

When doing so, you can switch the display to the Level

Meter screen and press the EXIT/CANCEL button to

switch to the input display (IN) so that you can watch

the input level.

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3-3. EQ (Equalizer)

Each jack will carry the audio output of a single mixer chan-

nel of the same number - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

HIGH, MID, and LOW equalizer gain knobs are provided on

each channel to adjust the high, mid, and low-range gain. You

can boost or cut the gain of each band by +/ –15 dB. The center

frequencies are fixed at 10 kHz, 2.5 kHz, and 100 Hz.

The EQ applies to the playback, and to the master and chan-

nel output, but is not applied when recording individual

tracks (Refer to p .19 “6: Structure”).

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

These jacks output the audio of channel tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

7, and 8 from a point immediately before the channel faders.

You can use these as pre-outputs for the devices connected to

the D888

The output of channel tracks 1 and 2 can be adjusted by the

monitor LEVEL knob.

Applying EQ to the playback

1) Press the REC/PLAY button, and press the channel but-

ton of the channel whose EQ you want to adjust (the

button will light green).

If you want the output level of channel tracks 1 and 2 to match the

output of channel tracks 3 through 8, turn the monitor LEVEL

knob to “10” (all the way toward the right).

2) Press the PLAY button to play back the song.

S/ P DIF OUT

3) Use the HIGH, MID, and LOW knobs to adjust the

high, mid, and low-range gain.

This jack outputs the same audio signal as channel tracks 3

and 4 in the form of a 44.1 kHz 16-bit digital signal.

4) Press the LEVEL METER button, and use the level

meters to check the channel levels.

PHONES 1, 2

These jacks output the same audio signal as channel tracks 1

and 2. Use the corresponding PHONES level knob to adjust

the level.

If you boost or cut the EQ values by a large amount, you may

need to re-adjust the level balance between channels or the

overall level (Refer to “3-1. Adjusting the volume”).

3-4. Muting a channel

3. Adjusting the mixer

Use the mixer section to monitor the inputs, and to create a

listening mix by adjusting the volume, tone, and pan of the

playback.

You can turn the CH ON button on, and then use the chan-

nel buttons to mute (silence) individual channels.

1) Turn the CH ON button on.

Channel buttons of enabled channels will light orange.

For details on adjusting effects, refer to p.33 “Effects”.

If you’ve created a new song, all channels will be enabled.

2) Press the channel button of the channel you want to

mute; the sound will be muted and the button will go

dark.

3-1. Adjusting the volume

Adjusting the volume level of each channel

Use the channel faders to adjust the monitoring level of the

inputs or playback. Raise or lower the fader to adjust the vol-

ume.

4. Metronome

You can listen to a metronome while you record.

1) Switch the display to the Level Meter screen, and press

the EXIT/CANCEL button several times to select the

channel level display.

You can send the metronome from the master outputs and

the monitor outputs, but you can also choose to send the met-

ronome only from the monitor output if you don’t want it to

be heard from the master outputs (for example during a live

performance).

2) Use the channel faders to adjust the volume while you

watch the level meters, making sure to avoid clipping

the signal.

1) Press the METRONOME button to access the Metro-

nome screen.

The channel faders let you adjust the gain in a range of silence

(–∞) – unity gain (0 dB) – +6 dB.

2) When you press the ENTER/OK button, a check mark

will appear for the “Use Metronome” setting, and the

metronome will be turned on.

Adjusting the overall volume level

Use the MASTER fader to adjust the volume that is output

from the MASTER OUT jacks, the volume that is sent to the

MONITOR OUT jacks and the headphone jacks, and the

level that is recorded on the master track.

The metronome will switch between on and off each

time you press the ENTER/OK button.

3) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the parameter

you want to adjust, and the cursor left/right buttons to

select the value or setting.

1) Switch the display to the Level Meter screen, and press

the EXIT/CANCEL button several times to select the

channel level display.

If “Use Metronome” is on, the METRONOME button will

light and the metronome will start when you begin recording.

2) Use the MASTER fader to adjust the volume being

recorded on the master track while you watch the level

meters, making sure to avoid clipping the signal.

Use the monitor LEVEL knob to adjust the final volume that

is output from the MONITOR OUT jacks.

Use the PHONES level knobs to adjust the final volume that

is output from the headphone jacks.

Metronome parameters

Tempo

ꢀ = 40–240

0 (no strong beat), 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 beats

0–10

3-2. Adjusting the pan

Beat (time signature)

Volume

Use the PAN knob of each channel to adjust the pan (stereo

position).

Assign (output destination)

Mst&Mon (Master & Monitor), Monitor

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1-2. Track display

Recording (basic)

During regular recording, the D888 can record up to eight in-

dividual tracks. During mixdown, the D888 can record a sin-

gle stereo master track.

The virtual track you’ve selected for recording and playback

is shown as an indication of VT1–VT8 in the Virtual/ Wav

screen.

You can also select WAV files in the virtual track selection screen,

but if you select a WAV file (→p.39), you won’t be able to record

on the track that is adjacent to this track. If you want to record, be

sure to select VT1–VT8.

1. Virtual tracks

The D888 has eight channel tracks for each song, and each

channel track has eight virtual tracks.

When recording or playing, you can specify the virtual track

that will be used for recording or playback.

This means that by switching between virtual tracks, you can

record multiple performances and choose the best take after-

ward.

Since you can perform bounce-recording even after you’ve

recorded all eight channels, you can also re-record onto the

tracks you’ve freed-up by bouncing.

VT1...VT8: These are virtual tracks that can be recorded by

the D888. An

icon is shown for virtual tracks

that have already been recorded.

WavST?: This is shown when you first select a WAV file

instead of using a virtual track (→p .39).

SONG

Other:

If a WAV file is selected, approximately the first

eight characters of the file name are shown.

Track1 Track2

Track3

VT1

VT2

VT3

VT4

VT5

VT6

VT7

VT8

Track8

VT1

VT2

VT3

VT4

VT5

VT6

VT7

VT8

Master

Track

VT1

VT2

VT3

VT4

VT5

VT6

VT7

VT8

VT1

VT2

VT3

VT4

VT5

VT6

VT7

VT8

WAV

2. Types of recording

Stereo

There are several types of recording, such as channel track re-

cording, overdub recording, bounce recording, and master

track recording. By using these various methods appropri-

ately, you can combine large numbers of recorded tracks into

a stereo master track.

Channel track recording

Overdub recording

1-1. Selecting virtual tracks

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

Track1 : Rec

Track1 : Play

Track2 : Rec

Track2 : Play

Track3 : Rec

Track4 : Rec

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to choose “1. TRACK,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “V.Track”.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “1” to select

“1. TRACK” instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

Bounce recording (bouncing to channel tracks)

Track1 : Play

Track2 : Play

Track3 : Play

Track4 : Play

Track5 : Play

Track6 : Play

Track7 : Play

Track8 : Play

Track1(L) : Rec

Track2(R) : Rec

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Virtual/Wav

screen.

Master track recording (bouncing to the master track)

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the track

whose virtual track you want to change, and use the

cursor left/right buttons to select a virtual track.

Alternatively, you can press a channel button 1–8 to

select a virtual track instead of using the cursor up/

down buttons.

Track1(VST) : Play

MastrTrack L : Rec

(WAV;Stereo)

Track2(VST) : Play

MastrTrack L : Rec

Track3 : Play

Track4 : Play

Track5 : Play

Track6 : Play

Track7 : Play

Track8 : Play

5) When you change the virtual track, an “?” indication

will appear. Press the ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm

the change.

If you use the cursor up/down buttons (or a channel

button) to move to another track when the “?” indica-

tion is still shown, the change in virtual track will be dis-

carded.

It’s convenient to turn the Auto Input setting on (the default set-

ting) so that tracks assigned for recording will automatically play

back when the recorder is in Play mode (→p.31).

6) When you’ve conﬁrmed all of your changes and there

are no “?” indications shown in the Virtual/Wav

screen, press the EXIT/CANCEL button to return to the

Menu screen.

In addition to the types of recording described above, you

can also use punch recording to re-record a specified region

of an existing performance, loop recording, and also a track

copy function that is not actually a recording operation but

allows you to copy tracks in the same way as bounce record-

ing. (Refer to “Recording (advanced)”)

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After recording, the screen will indicate “Working...” while the

Undo data is being created. This process will require a correspond-

ingly longer time for completion as the length of the song is longer.

9) Stop recording.

When you’ve ﬁnished performing, press the STOP but-

ton. (The REC and PLAY buttons will go dark.) Return

to the location at which you began recording, and verify

that the performance was recorded correctly.

Procedure for completing a song

To create a song, you will start by recording the tracks for

each of the channels. You can record up to eight channels si-

multaneously, or you can record them one by one (overdub-

bing).

You can return to the location at which recording began by se-

lecting Last Rec In in the mark list of the Mark Edit screen.

2-2. Overdub recording

Here’s how to record additional performances on other tracks

while you listen to the previously-recorded performances.

If you use up all eight tracks, you can perform bounce record-

ing to free up some tracks and then record additional materi-

al on those tracks.

1) Connect an audio source to the channel on which you

want to record it (→p .24 “1-1. Connecting audio

sources”).

If you want to keep the original recordings that you bounced, you

can switch the virtual track for those channels and record on them

again without overwriting the original recordings.

2) Select the tracks for playback.

By repeatedly bounce-recording and overdubbing on up to

eight tracks in this way, you will finish recording your chan-

nel tracks.

Then you will create the final mixdown by recording it on the

master track in stereo.

Press the REC/PLAY button, and press the channel but-

tons to select Play mode (button lit green) for each track

that you want to hear.

3) Select a track for recording.

Press the appropriate channel button to select Record

mode (button lit red).

The master track is recorded as a stereo 16-bit 44.1 kHz WAV

file. This means that you can connect your computer and

write that file to digital media to create an audio CD or the

equivalent.

4) Record.

Refer to steps 4) through 9) in the preceding section “2-2.

Recording channel tracks”.

A new master track WAV file for this song is created every

time you mix down (i.e., every time you record the master

track), so you can create different mixes and choose the best

one later.

2-3. Bounce recording

The D888 can record a maximum of eight channels simulta-

neously, but you can use “bounce recording” to combine

these eight channels into two channels or one channel.

A master track WAV file is created in the song folder each time

you record, up to the available capacity of the hard disk drive.

However, the D888 is able to recognize only one hundred such

files.

While you listen to the playback of the bounced tracks, you

can continue overdubbing to built up a complex arrangement

as though you were using a 16-track or 32-track recorder.

The most recently recorded WAV file will be selected for the mas-

ter track. If you want to hear a master track WAV file that you re-

co r ded earlier, select the desired file as described in p.39 “2-4.

Selecting a master track file (Master)”.

To free up extra tracks for recording, you can bounce multi-

ple tracks down to two tracks (stereo) or to one track (mono).

You can also use an effect while bounce-recording (→p.33).

When bouncing to one track, you can choose any track. However

when bouncing to two tracks, you can only select a pair of adjacent

tracks (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, or 7-8).

2-1. Recording channel tracks

Here’s how to record channel tracks. You can record up to

eight channels simultaneously.

1) Create a new song (→p .21 “1-1. Creating a new song”).

Combining multiple tracks into two tracks (stereo)

If the bounce-destination already contains recorded data, it

will be overwritten and replaced by the newly recorded data;

i.e., you will lose the previously recorded data. If you want to

preserve the data on the tracks/ virtual tracks you will be

bouncing to, you can copy the data to a different set of virtual

tracks before you begin bounce recording. Alternatively, you

could copy the track data to a computer via USB as a safety

back up.

2) Connect an audio source to the channel on which you

want to record it (→p .24 “1-1. Connecting audio

sources”).

3) Put the channel to be recorded in Record mode.

• Turn the REC/PLAY button on, and set the appropri-

ate channel button to Record mode (lit red).

4) Adjust the input level.

Adjust the TRIM knob so that the PEAK LED does not

light when the audio input source is at its maximum vol-

ume.

1) Make sure that you’ve selected the desired virtual

track for each playback track you want to bounce.

When making this adjustment, you can switch the dis-

play to the Level Meter screen and press the EXIT/CAN-

CEL button to select the input display (IN) so that you

can view the levels.

If there are any tracks you don’t want to include,in the bounce

recording, lower their faders or press the CH ON button and

then press the corresponding channel buttons to mute (si-

lence) those tracks.

5) Adjust the monitor level (→p .24 “1-3. A d justing the

2) Press the BOUNCE button, and then press the two

channel buttons for an adjacent pair of tracks to spec-

ify the bounce-destination.

monitor level”).

6) Move the current location to the point at which you

want to start recording.

The channel buttons you selected as the bounce-desti-

nation will blink red.

You can move to the beginning of the song by holding

down the STOP button and pressing the REW button.

The bounce-destination can be a stereo set of tracks (1-2, 3-4,

5-6, or 7-8), and the two tracks will contain the L and R chan-

nels respectively.

7) Put the recorder in record-ready mode.

Press the REC button (it will blink).

You cannot select any combination of tracks other than 1-2,

3-4, 5-6, or 7-8. If you press any other combination of channel

buttons, the valid combination of channels for the button you

last pressed will be enabled.

8) Begin recording.

Press the PLAY button. (The REC and PLAY buttons will

light.)

Begin performing.

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If the bounce-destination already contains recorded data, it

will be overwritten and replaced by the newly recorded data;

i.e., you will lose the previously recorded data.

2-4. Recording the master track

When you’re finished recording, you can apply EQ and an ef-

fect to the playback to adjust the final overall balance, and

then create a master track.

3) Adjust the EQ and pan of each playback track.

Press the PLAY button to play back. Use the track 1–8

EQ GAIN knobs to adjust the tone, and the PAN knobs

to adjust the stereo position.

Each master track you create is preserved as a stereo WAV

file. The files will automatically be named MST0001.WAV,

MST0002.WAV, MST0003.WAV, and so on, in order of their

creation.

4) Adjust the playback and recording levels.

Use the channel faders to adjust the playback levels.

You can press the LEVEL METER button and watch the

channel level (CH) corresponding to each fader.

The WAV file that was most recently recorded in this way will al-

ways be selected for the master track, so if you want to hear the

WAV file of a master track you recorded earlier, you’ll need to use

the operation described on p.39 “Selecting a master track file”.

5) Use the MASTER fader to adjust the recording level.

When you’ve ﬁnished making adjustments, press the

STOP button.

A master track WAV file you create in this way can be selected for

a channel track and played back (→p.39).

6) Move the current location to the point at which you

want to start recording.

1) Make sure that you’ve selected the desired virtual

track for each playback track 1–8 you want to record to

the master track.

You can move to the beginning of the song by holding

down the STOP button and pressing the REW button.

2) Select the desired playback tracks.

Press the CH ON button, and press the channel button

for each track you don’t want to play, making the chan-

nel button go dark.

7) Put the recorder in record-ready mode.

Press the REC button (it will blink).

8) Begin recording.

Press the PLAY button. (The REC and PLAY buttons

will light.)

Playback will begin.

3) Press the MASTER button several times to make it

light red.

The channel buttons of the playback tracks will be

9) Stop recording.

green.

When playback ends, press the STOP button. (The REC

and PLAY buttons will go dark.) Return to the location

at which you began recording, and play back to verify

that recording occurred correctly.

4) Perform steps 4) and following of “2-3. Bounce record-

ing”.

You can also use the effect while you record the master track

(→p .33).

Combining multiple tracks into one track (monaural)

1) Make sure that you’ve selected the desired virtual

track for each playback track you want to bounce.

If there are any tracks you don’t want to include, lower their

faders or press the CH ON button and then press the corre-

sponding channel buttons to mute (silence) those tracks.

2) Press the BOUNCE button, and then press a channel

button to specify the bounce-destination.

The channel button you selected as the bounce-destina-

tion will blink red.

As the bounce-destination, you should select an unrecorded

channel track or an unrecorded virtual track of a track that’s

not playing back. If you select an already-recorded track or a

virtual track of that track, the existing data will be overwrit-

ten, so the data originally recorded in that channel track will

be lost.

3) Adjust the EQ of each playback track.

Press the PLAY button to play back. Use the track 1–8

EQ GAIN knobs to adjust the tone.

4) Perform steps 4) through 9) of the preceding section

“Combining multiple tracks into two tracks (stereo)”.

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8) Press the REC button at the location at which you want

to start re-recording. (The REC and PLAY buttons will

light.)

Recording (advanced)

Recording will begin (manual punch-in), allowing you

to re-record your performance.

1. Re-recording

9) Press the REC button or PLAY button at the location at

which you want to stop re-recording. (The REC button

will go dark.)

1-1. Punch-in Recording

(Re-recording a speciﬁc area)

Recording will end, and playback will resume (manual

punch-out).

If you made a mistake in a recorded performance, or are not

satisfied with a portion of the performance, you can use

“punch-in/ out” recording to fix just that portion without

having to record the entire part over again.

Punch-in/ out recording can be done manually or automati-

cally.

10) Press the STOP button to stop playback. (The PLAY

button will go dark.)

After you’ve ﬁnished recording, move the current loca-

tion to a point slightly earlier than where you began

recording, and play back to verify the recorded content.

Punch-in: Switches from the playback mode to the

record mode.

Punch-out: Switches from the record mode back to the

playback mode.

Using a foot switch for manual punch-in/ out

You can alternately punch-in or punch-out by pressing a foot

switch (we recommend the Korg PS-1 pedal switch). This is

convenient when your hands are occupied with playing your

instrument, or if you need to punch-in/ out from a distance.

After recording, the screen will indicate “Working...” while the

Undo data is being created. This process will require a correspond-

ingly longer time for completion as the length of the song is longer.

1) Connect your foot switch to the FOOT SWITCH jack.

Manual punch-in/ out

2) Set the polarity of the foot switch (→p .40).

Here’s how to punch-in and punch-out manually.

During playback, press the REC button or a foot switch (we

recommend the separately sold Korg PS-1 pedal switch) to

begin recording, and then press the REC button, PLAY but-

ton, or foot switch to stop recording.

3) Perform manual punch-in/out.

Proceed as described in “Manual punch-in/ out”. In

steps 8) and 9), you can press the foot switch to punch-in

and punch-out.

Auto punch-in/ out

You can’t punch-in again after punching-out.

Auto punch-in/ out recording is a function that automatical-

ly starts recording (punch-in) and stops recording (punch-

out) at the locations that you specify beforehand.

Manual punch-in/out recording

Punch-out

Punch-in

Auto punch-in/out recording

Playback

Recording

Playback

Punch-out

Punch-in

Stop recording

Start recording

Out

Post

Pre

Playback

Recording

Playback

1) Connect your audio source device to the channel that

you want to partially re-record (→p .24 “1-1. Connect-

ing audio sources”).

Start recording

Start playback

Stop recording

Stop playback

2) Select the tracks that you want to play back.

Press the REC/PLAY button, and press the channel but-

tons of the desired tracks to put them in Play mode (but-

ton lit green).

1) Perform steps 1) through 5) of “Manual punch-in/out,”

above.

2) Press the REC/PLAY MODE button to access the Rec/

Play Mode screen, use the cursor up/down buttons to

select “Auto-Punch,” and press the ENTER/OK button.

A check mark will be added to the Auto-Punch ﬁeld, and

the AUTO PUNCH LED will light.

If there is a track that you don’t want to play, press the CH

ON button and then press the channel button for that track

to mute it (the button will go dark).

3) Arm the track that you want to re-record.

Press the channel button of the track you want to re-

record, putting it in Record mode (button blinking red).

4) Adjust the input level.

Adjust the TRIM knob so that the PEAK LED does not

light even when the audio source device is played at its

loudest level.

At this time, you may ﬁnd it convenient to select the

Level Meter screen and press the EXIT/CANCEL button

to select the input display (IN) so that you can view the

levels.

3) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “In= ...”

(punch-in) or “Out=...” (punch-out), and press the

ENTER/OK button.

5) Adjust the monitor level (→p .24 “1-3. A d justing the

The display will show the point setting screen.

monitor level”).

4) Use the point setting screen to specify the locate

6) Move the location to a point slightly earlier than where

points.

you want to begin re-recording (→p .22).

Refer to “Setting the In, Out, Pre, and Post locate

points”.

7) Press the PLAY button to begin playback. (The PLAY

button will light.)

The song will play back, and you will hear the playback

tracks as well as the track you’re going to partially re-

record.

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5) Specify how playback will occur before and after the

recording.

2) Use the JUMP buttons to select the stored mark that

corresponds to the desired locate point.

You can use step 2) of “Using numeric input” to adjust

the value if desired.

Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “Pre=...” (the

location at which playback will start, before the begin-

ning of recording) or “Post=...” (the location at which

playback will end, after the end of recording), and

press the ENTER/OK button.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm your entry.

1-2. Repeat recording

The point setting screen will appear in the display.

If “Repeat” is turned on in the Rec/Play Mode screen when

you make auto punch-in/ out settings, the IN-OUT region

will be recorded repeatedly.

6) Use the point setting screen to specify the locate

points.

Refer to “Setting the In, Out, Pre, and Post locate

points”.

1) Make auto punch-in/out settings.

Refer to steps 1) through 6) of the preceding section

“Auto punch-in/ out”.

7) Press the LEVEL METER button to return to the Level

Meter screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “Repeat” and

press the ENTER/OK button.

8) Begin recording.

• When you press the REC button, you will move to the

locate point speciﬁed by “Pre=...” and enter record-

ready mode (REC button blinking).

A check mark will be added (the setting will be on), and

the REPEAT LED will light.

3) Specify the locate points for auto punch-in/out.

Refer to steps 7) through 11) of the preceding section

“Auto punch-in/ out”.

• When you press the PLAY button, playback will

begin. Recording will occur from the locate point spec-

iﬁed for “In=...” (The REC and PLAY buttons will

light.)

Auto punch-in/out, repeat recording

9) Stop recording.

Punch-out

Out

Punch-in

• Recording will stop when you reach the locate point

speciﬁed for “Out=...” and playback will resume. (The

REC button will go dark and the PLAY button will

light.)

Post

Pre

Playback

Recording

Playback

Start recording

Stop recording

• Playback will stop when you reach the locate point

speciﬁed for “Post=...”

Start repeating

Stop repeating

Setting the In, Out, Pre, and Post locate points

To set the locate points, you can enter them numerically in

the point setting screen, or you can store them beforehand as

marks (→p .22).

4) Start recording.

• When you press the REC button, you will move to the

locate point speciﬁed by “Pre=...” and enter record-

ready mode. (The REC button will blink.)

After selecting a mark, you can also make fine adjustments to its

value if desired.

• When you press the PLAY button, playback will

begin. Recording will occur from the locate point spec-

iﬁed by “In=...” (The REC and PLAY buttons will

light.)

If the locate point you specify does not meet the following condi-

tion, an error indication will appear, and the setting will not be ac-

cepted.

Pre ≤ In < Out < ≤ Post

• When you reach the locate point speciﬁed by

“Out=...” recording will end and playback will

resume. (The REC button will be dark and the PLAY

button will light.)

Using numeric input

1) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “In=...” (or

“Out=...”, “Pre=...”, “Post=...”), and press the ENTER/

OK button to access the point setting screen.

• When you reach the locate point speciﬁed by

“Post=...” playback will stop.

• Then you will move to the locate point speciﬁed by

“Pre=...” and the same operations will continue

repeating.

• When you are satisﬁed with the performance you re-

recorded, press the STOP button outside the recorded

region (IN-OUT) to stop repeating.

You can use the Undo/Redo function to compare and choose

between the most recent recording and the recording that pre-

cedes it.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select the desired

position, and use the cursor up/down buttons to select

a numeric value.

5) Listen to the recorded performance.

You can also use the channel buttons to enter numeric

values directly, instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

By pressing the STORE button at this time, you can

specify the current location as the point.

• Press the PLAY button to play back, and listen to the

recorded performance. If “Repeat” is on, playback

will occur from the IN (punch-in) location to the OUT

(punch-out) location.

3) When you’re ﬁnished entering the point, press the

ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm your entry.

Using marks

1) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “In=...” (or

“Out=...”, “Pre=...”, “Post=...”), and press the ENTER/

OK button to access the point setting screen.

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During recording (REC), you will hear the input signal

for that channel.

2. Recording-related functions

Channels set to Play mode (press the PLAY/REC but-

ton and then press a channel button to make it light

green)

While rewinding (REW), fast-forwarding (FF), or

stopped (STOP), you will not hear anything for that

channel.

2-1. Rehearsal function

The D888 provides a rehearsal function that lets you practice

with the mixer settings, LEDs, and display in the same state

as when actually recording.

This operation does not actually record anything, and will

not occupy space on the hard disk.

You can practice as many times as you like under the same

conditions as when actually recording, until you’re satisfied

with your playing.

During playback (PLAY) or recording (REC), you will

hear the playback of the track recorder for that channel.

When auto input is off

When you’re ready, simply turn off the rehearsal function to

record immediately with the same settings.

Channels set to Record mode (press the PLAY/REC

button and then press a channel button to make it light

red)

If you want to re-do a specific portion of a recording, it is conven-

ient to use the rehearsal function in conjunction with the “repeat

recording” function described in the preceding section.

You will always hear the input signal for that channel.

Channels set to Play mode (press the PLAY/REC but-

ton and then press a channel button to make it light

green)

While rewinding (REW), fast-forwarding (FF), or

stopped (STOP), you will not hear anything for that

channel.

Turning the rehearsal function on

1) Press the REC/PLAY mode button to access the Rec/

Play Mode screen, and use the cursor up/down buttons

and the cursor left/right buttons to select “Rehearsal”.

During playback (PLAY) or recording (REC), you will

hear the playback of the track recorder for that channel.

2) Press the ENTER/OK button.

A check mark will be added to the setting (it will be

turned on), and the REHEARSAL LED will light.

In this way, you can leave the Auto Input function turned on

so that channels assigned to Record mode will automatically

switch between recording you when record and playback at

other times.

This means that you won’t need to change the setting of the

channel buttons to hear the channels you’ve recorded.

If the Auto Input function is on, an icon is shown in the Level Me-

ter screen (→p.20).

If you want to practice on an instrument connected to the D888

while playing back previously-recorded tracks, you’ll need to turn

the Auto Input function off in order to hear the input signal.

Alternatively, you can leave the Auto Input function on, and turn

on the Rehearsal function (see the preceding section) so that you

can hear the input signal while you practice.

3) Proceed as described in “2-2. Channel track recording”

or “2-3. Overdub recording”.

As long as the REHEARSAL LED is lit, no new recording

will occur regardless of how many times you repeat this.

Turning the rehearsal function off

Turning auto input on/ off

1) Press the REC/PLAY mode button to access the Rec/

Play Mode screen, and use the cursor up/down buttons

and the cursor left/right buttons to select “Rehearsal”.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “4. Auto

input”.

2) Press the ENTER/OK button.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “4” to select

“4. Auto Input” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

The check mark will be cleared (the setting will be

turned off), and the REHEARSAL LED will go dark.

3) Record with the current settings.

3) Use the cursor left/right buttons to switch the setting

between “ON” and “OFF”.

If the setting you make differs from the current setting, a

“?” symbol will appear.

2-2. Auto input

Automatically switching between recording and

playback

This function automatically switches the mixer channel inputs

in tandem with the record/ playback state of the recorder.

Normally you will leave this on so that you can smoothly

transition between recording, playback, and overdubbing.

4) To conﬁrm the change you made, press the ENTER/OK

button.

When auto input is on

Channels set to Record mode (press the PLAY/REC

button and then press a channel button to make it light

red)

If you decide not to make the change, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button to revert to the original setting.

While rewinding (REW), fast-forwarding (FF), or

stopped (STOP), you will hear the input signal for that

channel.

During playback (PLAY), you will hear the playback of

the track recorder for that channel.

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1-3. Repeat playback

Playback

This function lets you play repeatedly over the IN–OUT re-

gion of the song. This is a convenient way to check the con-

tent of that region, or you can use this function in conjunction

with Auto Punch recording to record repeatedly (→p .30).

The D888 is able to play back eight tracks simultaneously. If

the Auto Input setting is on, channels that are set to Record

mode can be played simply by pressing the PLAY button,

without your having to switch the channel buttons between

Record and Play modes.

1) Press the REC/PLAY MODE button to access the REC/

PLAY MODE screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “Repeat”.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to add a check mark to

“Repeat”.

1. Types of playback

The REPEAT LED of the panel will light.

You can play back up to eight channel tracks simultaneously,

or play back the master track that contains the stereo data

you mastered.

4) Specify the region (IN–OUT) that you want to repeat.

5) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “In=...” and

press the ENTER/OK button to access the point setting

screen.

Even if there is no audio data, playback will continue until you

press the STOP button.

6) Use the point setting screen to specify the locate point.

Refer to “Setting the In, Out, Pre, and Post locate points”

(p .29).

1-1. Playing the channel tracks

You don’t need to specify the “Pre=...” or “Post=...” settings

when using the Repeat Playback function. These settings are used

only for Repeat Recording.

Before you continue, select the desired virtual track for each chan-

nel you want to play (→p.26 “1. Virtual tracks”).

1) Select the track(s) that you want to hear during play-

back.

7) Select the playback tracks.

Refer to “1-1. Playing the channel tracks,” earlier on this

page.

Press the CH ON button (it will light).

Press the channel buttons to select On (lit orange) for

the tracks that you want to play.

8) Perform repeat playback.

When you press the PLAY button, playback will begin

from the IN location and repeat over the IN–OUT

region.

Press the REC/PLAY button (it will light).

Press the channel buttons to select Play (lit green) for

the tracks that you want to hear during playback.

When using repeat playback, it may take approximately one sec-

ond to move from the OUT location to the IN location and contin-

ue playing.

2) Move to the location at which you want to begin play-

ing (→p .22).

3) Press the PLAY button to start playback. (The PLAY

button will light.)

9) Press the STOP button to stop playback. (The PLAY

button will go dark.)

4) Adjust the EQ or panning.

5) Apply an effect (→p .33).

6) Press the STOP button to stop playback. (The PLAY

button will go dark.)

You can use channel tracks to play back the data of virtual

tracks, or you can load a master track WAV file or a WAV file

loaded in USB mode (→p .39) into a channel track and play it

from there.

1-2. Playing a master track

The master track (WAV file) most recently recorded will be

selected. If you want to hear a master track that you recorded

earlier, proceed as described in p .39 “2-4. Selecting a master

track file (Master)” before you continue.

1) Press the master track MASTER button to select Play

mode (button lit green).

At this time, all channel tracks will automatically turn

off.

2) Move to the location at which you want to begin play-

ing (→p .22).

3) Press the PLAY button to begin playback. (The PLAY

button will light.)

4) Press the STOP button to stop playback. (The PLAY

button will go dark.)

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2. Effect programs and parame-

ters

Effects

The D888 provides eleven different effect types. The effect is

shared between the channel tracks, and you can use the EF-

FECT knob of each channel track to adjust the depth of the

effect.

Use the EFFECT RTN knob to adjust the overall amount of

effect for the entire song.

1. HALL REVERB

A hall-type reverb

Reverb time

0.1...10.0 sec

0.1...5.0 sec

2. ARENA REVERB

The reverberation of a fairly large hall.

You can edit the parameters of each effect, and the changes

you make will also be saved when you save the song.

Reverb time

Effect structure

3. CATHEDRAL REVERB

The distinctive reverberation of a cathedral.

Channel level

adjustment

Reverb time

Pan

adjustment

From the output of

each channel

To the master

track

4. CLUB REVERB

The reverberation of a mid-sized music club.

Reverb time

Effect return

Effect send

5. ROOM REVERB

A room-type reverb.

Reverb time

Effect selection +

parameters

6. STUDIO REVERB

A subtle reverb such as heard in a studio.

Reverb time

1. Using an effect

1) Press the EFFECT ON button.

7. GARAGE REVERB

A loose reverb such as heard in a garage.

2) Turn the EFFECT RTN knob all the way to the right.

Turning the EFFECT RTN knob toward the right will

increase the amount of sound processed by the effect,

and turning the knob toward the left will decrease this

amount.

Reverb time

8. ECHO

A conventional echo that continues repeating the sound

for a while.

3) Turn the EFFECT knob for each channel track to which

you want to apply the effect.

Delay time

0.1...4.0 sec

This adjusts the effect depth for each channel track. If the

EFFECT knob is turned all the way toward the left, there

will be no effect on that channel track (the sound will be

“dry”). Turning the knob toward the right will increase

the amount of effect for that channel track (making the

sound “wet”).

9. VOCAL ECHO

An echo with somewhat attenuated repeats, designed for

vocals.

Delay time

0.1...4.0 sec

10. TAPE ECHO

A soft-sounding tape-type echo.

4) Select the effect which you want to apply with the

selector.

Delay time

5) Turn the PARAMETER knob to hear how the effect

changes.

11. DEEP ECHO

An echo with strong repeats.

The actual parameter assigned to the PARAMETER

knob will depend on the effect program. (See the table at

right.)

Delay time

Adjust the amount sent from each

channel to the effect

Select an effect

Adjust the effect

Amount of effect

sound returned

to master

Effect on/off

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Checking the program

When you reload or select a song that uses an effect, you also

have the option of loading the effect parameter setting that

were saved with that song, regardless of the physical posi-

tion of the EFFECT selector, PARAMETER, and EFFECT

RTN knobs. In this case, you can use the Effect screen to

check the effect settings.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “3. EFFECT,”

and press the ENTER/OK button.

The Effect screen will appear.

In this state when you move the EFFECT selector or

PARAMETER knob, the screen will switch correspond-

ingly.

3) Press the EXIT/CANCEL button to return to the Menu

screen.

3. Saving effect settings

When you save a song that uses an effect, the current effect

settings will also be saved along with the song.

When you reload or select a song, you can choose whether

these settings will also be loaded. The effect settings consist

of the EFFECT program, and the positions of the PARAME-

TER knob and EFFECT RTN knob.

If you load these effect settings, they will apply regardless of

the physical position of the EFFECT selector and the PA-

RAMETER and EFFECT RTN knobs. However when you

move the selector or a knob, the setting will immediately

switch to the corresponding position.

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4) To execute the Delete Song operation, use the cursor

left/right buttons to select “Yes” for the “Execute” ﬁeld,

and then press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Delete Song: Working ...”, and

when deletion is complete, will indicate “Delete Song:

Completed”.

Editing

1. Song editing

If the song you’re attempting to delete is protected, you won’t

be able to delete it. In this case, check the “Ignore Protect:

ON” check box before you execute the Delete Song operation.

1-1. Reloading a song

This operation reloads the current song in the state in which

it was last saved. At this time you can choose whether the

mixer settings and effect settings saved with the song will

also be loaded (→p .48 “Song file details”).

5) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

If you delete the current song, the next song will be selected as the

current song.

The audio data you modified by recording, Track Copy, or Erase

operations will not return to its former state.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

1-3. Copying a song

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “2. SONG”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Reload”.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “2” to select

“2. SONG” instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

This operation copies (duplicates) the current song.

You can use this when you want to create a different mix or

arrangement of the same song.

1) Select the copy-source song.

2) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

3) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “2. SONG”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Copy”.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “2” to select

“2. SONG” instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

4) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Copy Song

screen.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Menu screen.

The display will indicate “Resume Mix/...”

4) Use the cursor left/right buttons to choose “ON” if you

want the mixer and effect settings to be loaded, or

“OFF” if you don’t want them to be loaded. Then press

the ENTER/OK button.

If this setting is “OFF” (i.e., “don’t load the mixer and effect

settings”) and the song you load is protected, these settings

will be loaded anyway, just as if this setting were “ON”.

The screen will indicate “Song Reload: Working...” for a

time, and then “Song Reload: Completed”.

5) If you want to rename the copy of the song, proceed as

described in “Naming the copied song” and then con-

tinue with step 6).

5) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

6) If you don’t need to rename the copy of the song (or if

you have already renamed it), use the cursor up/down

buttons to select “Execute”.

1-2. Deleting a song

This operation lets you delete an unwanted song.

1) Press the SELECT SONG button to access the Select

Song screen.

A list of songs will appear, with the top line of the page

showing the song that can currently be recorded or

played (the “current song”).

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Delete” in

the FUNCTION area, and use the cursor up/down but-

tons to select the song that you want to delete.

7) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The screen will ask “Copy Song: Are you sure?”

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The song to be deleted will appear in the current song

area, and the screen will ask “Delete Song: Are you

sure?”

8) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Copy Song: Working...”, and

then “Copy Song: Completed” when the copy is com-

pleted.

If you have not renamed the newly copied song, it will auto-

matically be given a name consisting of the copy-source name

ended by a serial number starting at 1.

9) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

The Undo data maintained within the song will not be copied.

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3) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Save Now: Working...”, and

when saving is complete, the indication will change to

“Save Now: Completed”.

Naming the copied song

You can assign a song name of up to sixteen characters.

1) To assign a new name to the copied song, use the cur-

sor up/down buttons to select “Song Name”.

4) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

2) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the renaming

screen.

The length of time taken by this operation until the Completed in-

dication appears will be proportionate to the length of the song.

3) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select the position

at which you want to change the character, and use the

cursor up/down buttons to choose a character.

Alternatively, you can use the channel buttons to enter

numerals directly instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

1-5. Protecting a song

You can protect a song so that it will not be accidentally over-

written or deleted.

If the song is protected (protect On), you won’t be able to

switch to Record by pressing the MASTER button or the

channel buttons when the REC/PLAY button is on. Nor will

you be able to rewrite any of the parameters of that song.

The song will automatically be saved when you protect it.

Follow the same procedure to defeat protection (i.e., to turn

protect off).

Press the MENU button to switch between uppercase

and lowercase characters.

Use the JUMP buttons to delete (DEL) or insert (INS)

characters.

You can change the protect setting only for the currently selected

song.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “2. SONG,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Protect”.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “2” to select

“2. SONG” instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

4) If you are satisﬁed with the name you edited, press the

ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm the change and return to

the Copy Song screen.

If you decide not to make the change, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button.

You can use uppercase characters A–Z, lowercase characters

a–z, numerals 0–9, space, and the following symbols.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Protect

screen.

If you decide not to change the Protect setting, press the

EXIT/CANCEL button to return to the Menu screen.

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If you want to edit the name after copying the song, perform

the Rename operation in “2: Song” (→p .21).

1-4. Saving a song

Since the D888 automatically saves song data and parame-

ters when you perform the shut-down operation or when

you select a song, it is not absolutely necessary for you to

save manually.

However if the power should be interrupted by a power fail-

ure or other accident, the data that has been recorded or ed-

ited since the most recent power-on (or since a song was last

selected) will be lost.

We recommend that you use this command to save the data

periodically after recording or editing for an extended peri-

od, or if you are using the D888 in an environment where the

power supply is unreliable.

4) If the song is not currently protected, the screen will

indicate “Protect→ON: Are you sure?” If the song is

currently protected, the screen will indicate “Pro-

tect→OFF: Are you sure?”

5) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Protect Song: Working...”, and

when the setting has been made, the indication will

change to “Protect Song: Completed”.

6) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

The song will also be saved automatically when you press the

USB button to enter USB mode.

A padlock symbol is displayed beside the song name for pro-

tected songs.

1) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “2. SONG,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Save

Now”.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “2” to select

“2. SONG” instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

2) Press the ENTER/OK button, and the screen will ask

“Save Now: Are you sure?”

If you decide not to save the song, press the EXIT/CAN-

CEL button to return to the Menu screen.

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Parameters

2. Track editing

SourceTrk (copy-source track)

In (start copying here)

T1...T8, T1&T2...T7&T8

any desired location

The D888 provides various track editing operations that let

you copy, delete, or exchange tracks.

In order to copy or delete tracks, you will need to store the

appropriate locate points beforehand.

Out (stop copying here)

any desired location, but In < Out

T1...T8, T1&T2...T7&T8

DestTrk (copy-destination track)

To (copy to this location in the destination)

any desired location

In some cases, it may be impossible to execute a track editing op-

eration if there is insufficient free space on the song drive. In this

case, you’ll need to delete unneeded tracks or songs to make the

necessary free space for executing the track editing operation.

Any track data in the destination will be overwritten.

This operation will take more time if the track is longer.

You must specify the same number of tracks for “SourceTrk” and

“DestTrk”.

2-1. Copy a track (Copy)

This command copies the specified region (IN–OUT) of track

data to another location (TO).

If you change your mind, you can use Undo to revert to the previ-

ous state of the data (→p.41).

Play back from the To location to verify that the operation was ex-

ecuted correctly.

You can copy data from one track, or from two tracks simul-

taneously.

Here are some ways in which you can use this command.

Setting the locate points

To set a locate point, you can either use numeric input in the

point setting screen, or store marks beforehand and use these

marks.

• Copy the ﬁrst verse of a song to create the second verse.

• Record a favorite phrase from a track, and copy it to a dif-

ferent track.

Select the virtual tracks of the copy-source (SourceTrk) and copy-desti-

nation (DestTrk) before you make settings for this Copy operation.

You can also select a mark and then edit its numerical value to ad-

just the location.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “1: Track,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Copy”.

Alternatively, you can press channel button “1” to select

“1: Track” directly instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

Using numeric input

1) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “In=...” (or

“Out=...”, “To=...”), and press the ENTER/OK button to

access the point setting screen.

2) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select the digit you

want to edit, and use the cursor up/down buttons to

select a numeric value.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Copy Track

screen.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Menu screen.

Alternatively, you can use the channel buttons to enter

numeric values directly, instead of using the cursor up/

down buttons.

By pressing the STORE button at this time, you can

specify the current location as the point.

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the parameter

that you want to change, and use the cursor up/down

buttons to select a setting.

5) For the In, Out, and To ﬁelds, press the ENTER/OK

button and specify a locate point.

3) When you’re ﬁnished entering the point, press the

ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm your entry.

Refer to the explanation of how to specify a locate point.

6) When you’ve ﬁnished making settings, use the cursor

up/down buttons to select “Execute” at the bottom of

the screen.

Using marks

1) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “In=...” (or

“Out=...”, “Post=...”), and press the ENTER/OK button

to access the point setting screen.

2) Use the JUMP buttons to select the stored mark that

corresponds to the desired locate point.

You can use step 2) of “Using numeric input” to adjust

the value if desired.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to conﬁrm your entry.

7) Press the ENTER/OK button. The display will ask

“Copy Track: Are you sure?”

If you decide to cancel, press the EXIT/CANCEL button

to return to the Copy Track screen.

8) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Copy Track: Working...”, and

when the operation is ﬁnished, will indicate “Copy

Track: Completed”.

9) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Copy

Track screen, and press the Menu button to return to

the Menu screen.

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If you change your mind, you can use Undo to revert to the previ-

ous state of the data (→p.41).

2-2. Erase a track (Erase)

This command erases track data from the specified region

(IN–OUT) of a track. The region will become blank.

This Erase Track command will not cause the data following

the OUT point to move.

Play back from the In location to verify that the operation was ex-

ecuted correctly.

• You can also erase the IN through OUT region of a pair of

two tracks.

2-3. Exchanging tracks (Swap)

This operation exchanges (swaps) track data between the

two channels you specify.

Before you make settings for this operation, check the virtual track

of the DestTrk track from which you will be erasing data.

Before you make swap settings for the tracks, you should verify

that the appropriate virtual track is selected for the swap source

(SourceTrk) and swap destination (DestTrk).

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “1: Track,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Erase”.

Alternatively, you can select “1. Track” by pressing

channel button “1” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “1: Track,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Swap”.

Alternatively, you can select “1. Track” by pressing

channel button “1” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Erase Track

screen.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Menu screen.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Swap Track

screen.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Menu screen.

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the parameter

you want to change, and use the cursor left/right but-

tons to select the value.

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the parameter

you want to change, and use the cursor left/right but-

tons to select the value.

5) To make the In and Out settings, press the ENTER/OK

button and specify the appropriate locate points.

For details, refer to the section on how to set locate

points.

5) When you’ve ﬁnished making settings, use the cursor

up/down buttons to select “Execute” in the bottom

line.

6) When you’ve ﬁnished making settings, use the cursor

up/down buttons to select “Execute” in the bottom

line.

6) Press the ENTER/OK button. The display will ask

“Swap Track: Are you sure?”

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Swap Track screen.

7) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Swap Track: Working...”, and

when the operation is completed, will indicate “Swap

Track: Completed”.

7) Press the ENTER/OK button. The display will ask

“Erase Track: Are you sure?”

8) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Swap

Track screen, and press the Menu button to return to

the Menu screen.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Erase Track screen.

Parameters

8) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Erase Track: Working...”, and

when the operation is completed, will indicate “Erase

Track: Completed”.

SourceTrk (swap source track)

T1...T8

DestTrk (swap destination track)

If you change your mind, you can use Undo to revert to the previ-

ous state of the data (→p.41).

9) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Erase

Track screen, and press the Menu button to return to

the Menu screen.

Play back the tracks you swapped to verify that the operation was

executed correctly.

Parameters

DestTrk (track to erase)

In (start erasing here)

Out (stop erasing here)

T1...T8, T1&T2...T7&T8

any desired location

any desired location, but In < Out

This operation will take longer in proportion to the length of the

track.

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Selecting a WAV ﬁle

2-4. Selecting a master track ﬁle

(Master)

The most recently created master track recording will be se-

lected as the current master track. However, you may also se-

lect and play master track recordings that you made earlier.

You can also select and play WAV files that you loaded into

the D888 using USB mode. However, you can only select

WAV files (44.1 kHz 16-bit, stereo only) that are in the same

folder as the current song.

You can’t record or edit a track for which you’ve selected a WAV

file. In order to record or edit, you must select a virtual track

(VT1–VT8).

To select a mono WAV file, it must be named using the automatic

D888 naming conventions (TRK01VT1.WAV,

TRK01VT2.WAV,... TRK08VT8.WAV) . These files can be re-

named by connecting the D888 to a computer via USB. Once they

are named in this way, the D888 will see them as virtual tracks.

Refer to p .26 “1-1. Selecting virtual tracks”

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

If you select a stereo WAV file, the file will be assigned to the ad-

jacent pair that includes the selected track (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8).

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “1: Track,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Master”.

Alternatively, you can select “1. Track” by pressing

channel button “1” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

You can’t use a file that is already selected for another track.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “1: Track,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select

“V.Track”.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Master Play

File screen.

Alternatively, you can select “1: Track” by pressing

channel button “1” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Menu screen.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Virtual/Wav

screen.

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select a WAV ﬁle.

5) Press the ENTER/OK button, and the display will ask

“Select Wav File: Are you sure?”

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the track to

which you want to assign the WAV ﬁle, and use the

cursor left/right buttons to select “WavST?”

Alternatively, you can select a track by pressing a chan-

nel button 1–8 instead of using the cursor up/down but-

tons.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Master Play File screen.

If you change the selection of a track for which a ﬁle is

already selected, a “?” symbol will appear when you

select the ﬁle name.

5) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Wave File

screen.

6) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Select Wav File: Working...”,

and then “Select Wav File: Completed” when the opera-

tion is completed.

6) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select a WAV ﬁle.

7) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

44.1 kHz 16-bit stereo WAV files are the only type of files you

can select. An error message will appear if you attempt to se-

lect a file of any other format. If an error message is dis-

played, press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Master

Play File screen.

7) Press the ENTER/OK button. The screen will ask

“Select Wav File: Are you sure?”

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Virtual/ Wav screen.

2-5. Selecting a channel track ﬁle

(VTrack)

Here’s how to select the file that is assigned to each channel

track.

8) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “Select Wav File: Working...”,

and then “Select Wav File: Completed” when the opera-

tion is completed.

You can select a virtual track (VT1–VT8), a master track

WAV file, or a WAV file that you loaded into the D888 using

USB mode. However, you can only select WAV files (44.1

kHz 16-bit) that are in the same folder as the current song.

Since the selected WAV file is stereo, tracks 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, or

7-8 will be the L and R channels respectively.

9) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Virtual/

Wav screen.

You can’t use a file that is already selected for the master track.

10) When all changes have been ﬁnalized and there are no

“?” symbols shown in the Virtual/Wav screen, press

the EXIT/CANCEL button (or the Menu button) to

return to the Menu screen.

Selecting a virtual track

Refer to p .26 “1-1. Selecting virtual tracks”.

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2-6. Deleting track data (Delete)

Other

You can use this operation to delete the data of virtual tracks

that are not currently selected for channel tracks 1 through 8,

and WAV files other the one that is currently selected for the

master track.

1. Adjusting the contrast

If you find the display difficult to read, you can adjust the

By deleting unwanted data you can increase the free space

(the remaining recordable time) on the hard drive.

contrast.

If you select master tracks for deletion, all WAV files not assigned

to the master track or to a channel track will be deleted.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “6. LCD Con-

trast”.

You can’t use Undo to reverse the result of this operation. Be care-

ful not to delete any important track data.

Alternatively, you can select “6: LCD Contrast” by

pressing channel button “6” instead of using the cursor

up/down buttons.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “1: Track,”

and use the cursor left/right buttons to select “Delete”.

Alternatively, you can select “1: Track” by pressing

channel button “1” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

3) Use the cursor left/right buttons to adjust the contrast

setting.

When you modify the setting, a “?” symbol will appear

after the value.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton; the “?” will disappear and you will revert to the pre-

vious contrast setting.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button to access the Delete

Unused V.Track screen.

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Menu screen.

4) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The “?” following the value will disappear, and the new

contrast setting will be applied.

4) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select the track or

master track whose unused virtual track data you want

to delete.

As an alternative to using the cursor up/down buttons,

you can press a channel button 1–8 or the MASTER

button to make your selection.

2. Using a foot switch

You can use a foot switch (we recommend the optional Korg

PS-1 pedal switch) to switch between punch-in and punch-

out when performing manual punch recording.

Connect your foot switch to the FOOT SW jack. You will

need to specify the correct polarity for the foot switch you’re

using.

5) Press the ENTER/OK button. The display will ask

“Delete Unused V.Track: Are you sure?”

If you change your mind, press the EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to return to the Delete Unused V.Track screen.

You don’t need to specify the polarity if you’re using a Korg PS-1

pedal switch.

Specifying the foot switch polarity

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “7. Foot

Switch,” and press the ENTER/OK button.

Alternatively, you can select “7: Foot Switch” by press-

ing channel button “7” instead of using the cursor up/

down buttons.

6) Press the ENTER/OK button once again.

The display will indicate “Delete Unused V.Track:

Working...” When the deletion is completed, you will

return to the Delete Unused V.Track screen.

If the track you selected only contains data for the currently-

used virtual track, an error message will appear. Press the

ENTER/OK button to return to the Delete Unused V.Track

screen.

3) Connect the foot switch you want to use to the FOOT

SW jack.

4) Use the cursor left/right buttons to specify the polarity.

7) When you’ve ﬁnished deleting unwanted track data,

press the EXIT/CANCEL button (or the Menu button)

to return to the Menu screen.

5) Specify the polarity that makes the “Check status” ON

indication appear when you press your foot switch.

6) To conﬁrm the change, press the ENTER/OK button.

You will return to the Menu screen.

If you decide not to change the setting, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button to maintain the existing setting.

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If you decide not to format the drive, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button to return to the Menu screen.

3. Undo and Redo

When the UNDO or REDO LED is lit, you can cancel the pre-

ceding operation or revert to the state prior to cancelling.

Undo and Redo let you revert only the single most recently

executed operation.

Undo and Redo are available for the following operations.

• Channel track recording (→p .27)

• Overdub recording (→p .27)

• Bounce recording (→p .27)

• Master track recording (→p .28)

• Track copy (→p .37)

4) To format the drive, use the cursor left/right buttons to

select “Yes” for the “Execute” ﬁeld, and then press the

ENTER/OK button once again.

The screen will indicate “HDD Format: Working...”, and

then “HDD Format: Completed” when formatting is

complete.

• Track erase (→p .38)

• Track swap (→p .38)

The undo and redo data is erased when you perform Song

Select or Reload (the UNDO and REDO LEDs will go dark).

You won’t be able to format the drive if the D888’s hard disk

contains even one protected song. In this case, check the “Ig-

nore Protect: ON” check box before you execute the HDD

Format operation.

Examples

• Copy a track

1) Copy a track (→p .37 “2-1. Copy a track (Copy)”).

2) The UNDO LED will light.

3) Press the UNDO/REDO button.

4) The UNDO LED will go dark, and the REDO LED will

light.

5) Press the ENTER/OK button to return to the Menu

screen.

5) The track copy operation will be cancelled.

In this way, Undo will cancel the preceding operation, but

you can use Redo to bring back the cancelled operation.

• Bring back the cancelled track copy operation

1) Make sure that the REDO LED is lit.

2) Press the UNDO/REDO button.

5. Connecting to a computer

You cannot connect USB peripheral devices such as an external

hard disk or CD-R/RW drive to the D888

3) The REDO LED will go dark and the UNDO LED will

light.

The D888 has a USB connector that lets you connect it direct-

ly to your computer so that you can save data from the D888’s

hard drive onto your computer or write data from your com-

puter to the D888’s hard drive.

4) The data will return to its state before you executed

Undo.

When you connect the D888 to your computer and enter USB

mode, you’ll be able to perform the following operations.

If you execute a new operation while the REDO LED is lit,

the REDO LED will go dark and the UNDO LED will light.

Undo will cancel the most recently performed operation, but

Redo will cancel the operation only if you executed Undo.

• Copy track data (WAV) to your computer.

• Copy WAV ﬁles from your computer to the D888

• Rename folders or ﬁles (some restrictions apply)

• Back up your data

• Update the system software

4. Formatting the drive

This operation will format the D888’s hard disk drive.

You should execute this operation if you want to erase all the

data stored on the drive, or if a “Drive error occurred” mes-

sage appears frequently.

• Use the D888 as an external drive for your computer

• Defrag the hard drive

The D888’s hard disk drive

Remember that all data on the drive will be erased when you

execute the Format operation, so please be sure that you’re

not erasing any data you need to keep. If necessary, you can

make a backup before you execute this operation. (→“5. Con-

necting to a computer,” below)

Sysdata

SONG0001

SONG0002

PCmade1.WAV

PCmade2.WAV

If the power is turned off accidentally while the drive is being for-

matted, it is possible that the D888 may stop operating correctly.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “8. HDD For-

mat”.

Alternatively, you can select “8. HDD Format” by press-

ing channel button “8” instead of using the cursor up/

down buttons.

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The screen will ask “HDD Format: All Data... Are you

sure?”

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If you are using Windows Me, “USB high capacity storage de-

vice” will be displayed as “USB disk”.

5-1. USB mode

If you power-on the D888 with it already connected to your com-

puter via a USB cable, it will enter USB mode immediately after

displaying the opening screen.

Macintosh users (Mac OS9.0.4 or later)

1) Use a USB cable to connect the D888 to your computer.

Connect the USB cable from your computer to the

D888’s USB connector. Make sure that the connector is

oriented correctly, and press it all the way in.

Windows users (Windows Me/ 2000 or later)

In order to use the D888 with Windows 98, you must install a

device driver. For details on obtaining and installing the device

driver, refer to the Korg website (http:/ / www.korg.com).

2) Press the USB button to access the USB screen.

Don’t disconnect the USB cable or turn your computer on/off

while this screen is shown.

The computer screen will differ depending on your system. The

screens shown here are for Windows XP.

3) A drive named “Unnamed” will appear on the desktop

of your computer.

1) Use a USB cable to connect the D888 to your computer.

Connect the USB cable from your computer to the

D888’s USB connector. Make sure that the connector is

oriented correctly, and press it all the way in.

When you connect the D888 to your computer for the first

time, a device driver will be installed.

4) Use your computer to save the data.

Before you make this connection, turn on your computer and

start up the operating system.

When you open the “Unnamed” drive that appeared in

step 3), you will see the contents of the D888’s internal

hard drive. Copy the desired data onto your computer.

You may also copy data from your computer back to the

D888’s internal hard drive.

2) Press the USB button to access the USB screen.

Don’t disconnect the USB cable or turn your computer on/off

while this screen is shown.

5) Drag the added drive into the trash.

When you want to disconnect the D888, either drag the

drive from the desktop into the trash, or select the “File”

menu command “Put Away”.

6) Press the USB button or disconnect the USB cable to

return to the previous screen.

If you leave the D888 connected to your computer via the

USB cable, the USB screen will appear when you power-on

the D888, and it will be in USB mode.

3) A drive named “Local disk (*:)” will appear on your

computer.

When you connect the D888 to your computer for the first

time, a device driver will be installed.

5-2. Files you can use

Your computer will recognize the D888’s drive as an exter-

nally attached drive named “Local disk (*:)” (or “Un-

named”).

This disk contains a folder named D888SONG. A folder for

each song will be created within this folder.

The song folder contains performance data files (WAV files)

and a song setting file.

Local disk / Unnamed (drive)

D888SONG (folder)

SONG0001 (folder) ... created for a new song

4) Use your computer to save the data.

When you open the “Local disk (*:)” drive that appeared

in step 3), you will see the contents of the PC drive area

within the D888’s internal hard drive.

Copy the desired data onto your computer. You may

also copy data from your computer back to the D888’s

internal hard drive.

SONG0001.SNG (song setting file)

TRK01VT1.WAV (WAV file for track 1)

TRK02VT1.WAV (WAV file for track 2)

Files created when you record

You can copy these folders and files to your computer to back

them up as needed.

5) Disconnect the D888 from your computer.

Left-click the (

) icon that is displayed in the right side

of your computer ’s taskbar.

WAV files that meet the D888’s file conditions can also be

copied from your computer, and you can use your computer

to rename folders and files.

From the menu that appears, left-click “Stop USB disk

drive (drive name)”. Verify that you see a message of

“Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device”.

For details on the file conditions and hierarchy that the D888

can recognize, refer to “File details” on page 47.

6) Press the USB button or disconnect the USB cable to

return to the previous screen.

If you leave the D888 connected to your computer via the

USB cable, the USB screen will appear when you power-on

the D888, and it will be in USB mode.

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6. Synchronization via MIDI

7. Upgrading the system

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and is

a world-wide standard used to exchange performance data

between electronic musical instruments and computers.

7-1. Downloading the operating

system

The most recent operating system can be downloaded from

the Korg website (http:/ / www.korg.com). For details on the

procedure, refer to the Korg website.

6-1. MIDI connections

Use only MIDI cables to transfer MIDI data. Connect these

cables between the MIDI connector of the D888 and the MIDI

connectors of the external MIDI device with which you want

to transfer data.

Preparations for updating the system

Use a USB cable to connect the D888 to your computer (refer

to p.42 “5-1. USB mode”), and copy the downloaded system

file to the root directory (or folder) of the KORG D888 hard

drive.

MIDI OUT connector

Transmits MIDI messages from the D888. Connect this to

the MIDI IN connector of the external device.

6-2. MIDI messages used by the D888

7-2. Updating the system

Since the D888 will transmit MTC (MIDI Time Code), it can

operate in synchronization with an external sequencer or re-

corder.

If the power is turned off accidentally while the system is be-

ing loaded, the D888 may stop operating correctly. If this oc-

curs, please contact Korg customer service.

The frame rate is 30 fps, and the MTC format is 30 NDF.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

The D888 can operate as the master, but not as a slave.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “System

Load”.

About the MIDI implementation chart

3) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The owner’s manual of each MIDI device includes a MIDI

implementation chart. This chart shows the types of MIDI

message that the device can transmit and receive. When us-

ing two MIDI devices together, compare their MIDI imple-

mentation charts to verify that the devices will be able to

communicate as you expect.

The screen will indicate “System Load: Are you sure?”

* A detailed explanation of the D888’s MIDI functionality can be

found in the separate MIDI implementation. Consult your local

Korg distributor for more information on MIDI Implementation.

If you decide not to load the system, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button to return to the Menu screen.

6-3. MIDI synchronization settings

4) To execute the Load System operation, use the cursor

left/right buttons to select “Yes” for the “Execute” ﬁeld,

and then press the ENTER/OK buttom once again.

The display will indicate “System Load: Working...”

and loading will begin.

Here’s how to select whether you will synchronize an exter-

nal MIDI device to the D888. If you’re not using synchroniza-

tion, choose the “OFF” setting to avoid malfunctions.

1) Press the MENU button to access the Menu screen.

5) When system load is complete, the display will indi-

cate “System will shut down. Press OK”.

2) Use the cursor up/down buttons to select “5. MIDI

Out”.

Alternatively, you can select “5. MIDI Out” by pressing

channel button “5” instead of using the cursor up/down

buttons.

3) Use the cursor left/right buttons to select “ON” or

“OFF”.

If you’ve changed the current setting, a “?” symbol is

shown.

6) Press the ENTER/OK button.

The D888 will shut down and enter standby mode (the

STANDBY LED will light).

7) Press the ON button to turn on the power.

The D888 will start up with the system you loaded.

If the update process fails, a message will appear. Take the ap-

propriate action for the message that appears (→p.45 “Vari-

o u s messages”).

4) To accept the change, press the ENTER/OK button to

conﬁrm it.

If you decide not to change the setting, press the EXIT/

CANCEL button to maintain the original setting.

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Appendices

Is there enough space on the drive?

Troubleshooting

→ Set the counter display to “FreeTime,” and check the

available recording time. (→p .20)

→ Increase the free space on the drive by deleting un-

wanted songs or songs you have already backed up.

(→p .35)

Power does not turn on

Is the REC/PLAY MODE appropriate? (→p .29)

Is the power cable connected to an outlet? (→p .6)

Is the rear panel POWER ON (power supply) switch

turned on? (→p .6)

The input or recorded sound is noisy or dis-

torted

Nothing appears in the display

Is the top panel on button lit? (→p .6, p .11)

Is the contrast adjusted correctly? (→p .40)

Is the TRIM knob set appropriately? The sound will be

distorted if the TRIM knob is set too high, and there will

be more noise if it is set too low.

→ Press the LEVEL METER button to access the Level

Meter screen.

To adjust the level optimally, press the EXIT/CANCEL

button to select the input level meter display, and use

the INPUT 1–INPUT 8 TRIM knobs to adjust the level

as high as possible without allowing the clip indicator

of the meter to light.

Vertical lines are visible in the display

Depending on the content of the display, vertical lines

may be visible in the display, but this is not a

malfunction.

→ If the screen is difficult to read, adjust the contrast

(→p .40).

Are you using effects?

→ Some effects add distortion or noise. Verify that there

is no distortion or noise when you are not using an ef-

fect.

If the effect output is distorted, make the following

adjustments.

→ Use the EFFECT knob of each channel track to lower

the effect level.

→ Use the EFFECT RTN knob to lower the effect return.

If the sound is distorting in the EQ, make the following

adjustments.

No sound

Is the power of the D888 or a connected device turned

off? (→p .7)

Is the MASTER fader, monitor LEVEL knob, or

PHONES level knobs set to low?

Is the each channel volume level set to low?

→ Adjust the EQ gain values (→p .25).

Can’t hear the playback

With the REC/PLAY button on, are the channel buttons

set to Play mode for the appropriate tracks? (→p .10)

With the CH ON button on, are the channel buttons

Effects do not apply

Is the EFFECT ON button on?

turned On? (→p .10)

Is the EFFECT knob of each channel set to “0” or near

“0”?

Input sound is inaudible or too soft

→ Raise the send level (EFFECT knob) of the channels for

which you want to use the effect.

Is the TRIM knob raised to an appropriate level?

Verify that audio is being input.

Is the EFFECT RTN knob set to “0” or near “0”?

→ Raise the effect return level (EFFECT RTN knob) that

is sent to the master track.

→ Press the LEVEL METER button to access the Level

Meter screen.

Press the EXIT/CANCEL button to select the input lev-

el meter display, and verify that an audio signal is be-

ing input (→p .16, p .20).

With the REC/PLAY button on, are the channel buttons

set to Record mode? (→p .10)

Metronome

Metronome does not sound

Are the monitor settings appropriate?

With the CH ON button on, are the channel buttons

Is the METRONOME button off (dark)?

turned On? (→p .10)

→ In the Metronome screen, add a check mark to “Use

Is the Auto Input setting turned on? (→p .20, p .31)

→ If Auto Input is turned on, you won’t hear the input

audio during playback.

Metronome”.

Is the “Volume” setting lowered in the Metronome

screen?

Is the recorder stopped?

→ Press the PLAY button to start playback. The metronome

Can’t record

will sound while the recorder is recording or playing.

Is the recording-destination track’s REC/PLAY button

set to REC?

Metronome is heard from the master outputs

In the Metronome screen, is the “Assign” setting

“MST&MON”?

Is the CH ON button turned on? (→p .10)

Is the song protect setting on? (→p .20, p .36)

→ Set the “Assign” setting to “MONITOR”.

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Various messages

A button does not function when pressed

Some buttons do not function while the recorder is

playing or recording.

The message dialog box will disappear when you press the

ENTER/OK button.

→ Stop the recorder, and then perform the operation.

Are you in a setting screen?

→ Press the ENTER/OK button or EXIT/CANCEL but-

ton to move to a different screen.

Canceled.

Execution was canceled due to a user operation.

Cannot execute.

This operation cannot currently be executed.

MIDI

Check Sum Error.

MIDI sequencer won’t synchronize/ MIDI control is

not possible

The system update has failed.

→ Try the update procedure once again from the

beginning. If this message still appears, please contact

your Korg distributor.

Are the MIDI cables connected correctly? (→p .12, p .43)

A MIDI cable may be broken.

Can’t synchronize via MTC

Completed.

Is the MTC setting turned off?

The operation has been completed successfully.

Are the synchronization settings of your MIDI sequencer

appropriate?

→ Refer to the owner’s manual of your MIDI sequencer.

Disk too busy.

This message will appear if repeated punch-in/ out

recording or track editing operations have fragmented

the data on the disk, slowing down access to the hard

drive.

Audio ﬁles

→ Connect the D888 to your computer in USB mode and

perform the Optimize command.

Can’t play back

In some cases, ultra-low frequencies played back in the studio may

cause “Disk too busy”. messages to appear. In this case, elimi-

nate the problem by relocating the D888 before you execute the

Check Drive operation.

Is the audio file format supported? (→p .47)

USB

Drive Error.

Computer does not recognize the D888

Is the USB cable connected correctly? (→p .12)

Is the D888 set to USB mode? (→p .42)

An error has occurred while accessing the drive.

→ Connect the D888 to your computer in USB mode and

perform the check drive command.

If error messages are still displayed after you execute the

check drive command, please format the drive.

Recognition may also fail on some models of Macintosh

for specific versions of the operating system. In this case,

leave the D888 in USB mode, and disconnect and then

reconnect the USB cable so that the D888 will be

recognized.

Drive Full.

There is not enough free space on the drive.

→ Delete unneeded virtual tracks or unneeded songs.

Error occurred when you disconnected the D888

from the computer

Failed to write System File.

Use the correct procedure to disconnect. (→p .42)

System updating has failed.

→ It is possible that the D888 has malfunctioned. Please

When you connected the D888, the computer asked

you to install software or a device driver

contact your Korg distributor.

IN-OUT Error.

Does the operating system of your computer support the

D888? (→p .42)

The operation cannot be executed because there is a

problem with the IN and OUT locations specified for

track editing or loop playback.

→ The IN and OUT locations are the same, or the OUT

location is earlier than the IN location.

→ When using the Erase Track operation, the IN position is

later than the end of the track.

Memory Full.

You attempted to register more than 100 marks. No

further marks can be registered.

→ Delete unneeded marks, and then register other marks as

necessary.

No REC tracks.

None of the tracks have been set to the record ready

mode.

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Not supported ﬁle.

This is an unsupported file format.

→ Check the WAV file formats that are supported.

Song error.

The song data contains an error, and cannot be selected

or saved.

→ Delete the song that cannot be selected.

Song Name Error.

An identically-named song already exists.

→ Change the song name. Alternatively, use USB mode to

delete the directory that has the same name as the song.

System File Error.

Either the necessary system file for “Load System” does

not exist, or the length of the file is incorrect.

→ Check the system file and re-save it.

Time Limit.

The maximum continuous recording time is 6 hours. It is

not possible to continuously record for longer than this.

Executing the track editing operation would cause the

ending location of the song to exceed the allowable song

length.

→ A song cannot be more than 05:59:59.999 in length.

Too many REC tracks.

You can punch-record a maximum of two tracks.

Conﬁrmation messages

Info: “****”

This will appear when there is information to be

conveyed to the user.

→ Press the ENTER/OK button and continue operation.

Serious error messages

Fatal: “****”

This will appear if a problem or malfunction has

occurred on the D888.

→ If this type of message appears, write down the contents

of “****” and contact your Korg distributor.

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TRK01VT1.WAV (track WAV ﬁles)

File details

The structure of the D888’s hard

drive

These are audio ﬁles for each track. The portion of the

name preceding the ﬁlename extension (.WAV) is auto-

matically created at the time of recording according to

the following conventions.

T R K 0 1 V T 1 . WAV (monaural track)

When the D888 is connected in USB mode, your computer

will recognize its hard drive as a drive named Local Disk (or

Unnamed).

From your computer, you can copy, move, delete, or rename

the folders and files on the D888’s hard drive.

Indicates the virtual track

VT1 (virtual track 1)

Indicates the track number

VT2 (virtual track 2)

TRK01 (track 1)

TRK02 (track 2)

VT8 (virtual track 8)

TRK08 (track 8)

Type of ﬁle

WAV ﬁles

Available operations

Copy, move, delete, rename

Copy, rename

Song setting ﬁles

If you want to assign mono WAV files that were not created

on the D888 to individual tracks and / or virtual tracks, they

must also be named using the naming conventions

(TRK01VT1.WAV) explained above.

Supported formats

FAT 32 ﬁle system, long ﬁle names are supported, double-byte charac-

ters (such as Japanese) are not supported.

If you use a computer (connected in USB mode) to rename

these files, the D888 will no longer recognize them as track

files, and the tracks to which those files had been assigned

will be empty.

Stereo WAV files can be named freely, and can be assigned

to adjacent pairs of tracks.

KORG D888 has the following structure.

Folder/file structure

Local disk / Unnamed

D888SONG

SONG0001 (folder)

SONG0002 (folder)

SONG0003 (folder)

By renaming the files in accordance with the automatically-as-

signed track file naming conventions described above, you can

change the track or virtual track of the data.

(folder)

D888PM.SYS

(file)

MST00001.WAV (master track WAV ﬁle)

This is a stereo WAV file created each time you record the

master track. The file name consists of the MST + number

(the number of the recording).

SONG0001

SONG0001.SNG (song setting file)

TRK01VT1.WAV

(track 1 WAV file)

M S T 0 0 0 0 1 . W A V (master track)

TRK02VT1.WAV

(track 2 WAV file)

Sequential number assigned

each time you record

the master track

MST00001.WAV

(master track WAV file)

.WAV (WAV file)

You can create as many WAV files as the free space on the hard

drive will allow, but the D888 will recognize only one hundred of

them.

D888SONG folder

This folder contains the song data. You can create song

folders within this folder as long as the remaining capac-

ity of the hard drive will allow.

.WAV (WAV ﬁles)

The D888 can only recognize data that is in this folder.

These are 16-bit 44.1 kHz audio files. You can use them as

playback data for the tracks as described in “Selecting WAV

files”.

D888PM.SYS

This ﬁle contains settings used by the system. There

must always be one and only one of this ﬁle. Do not

move or delete it.

WAV ﬁles that can be used on the D888

SONG0001 folder (song folders)

The D888 allows you to select stereo WAV files for use.

It can recognize a mono WAV file, but an error message will

appear if you select it. In order to use a mono wave file, it

must be named using the automatic naming conventions of

the D888 (TRK01VT1.WAV, TRK01VT2.WAV, ...

TRK08VT8.WAV).

There will be one of these folders for each song you cre-

ate. When you create a new song, a folder will be created

sequentially, starting with SONG0001.

When you rename a song on the D888, the name of the

song setting ﬁle in the folder will also change automati-

cally.

You’ll be able to use a monaural WAV file if you use your compu-

ter to change the file name to the track WAV file name automati-

cally assigned by the D888.

If you use a computer connected in USB mode to rename a song

folder, you don’t necessarily have to rename the song setting file

(***.SNG) located inside that folder to a matching name

The D888 can display a WAV file name up to sixteen charac-

ters long, but depending on the screen this may be only eight

characters. WAV files with names of seventeen characters or

longer can also be recognized, but we recommend that you

use short file names so that it will be easy to distinguish them

on the D888’s screen.

Files inside a song folder

SONG0001.SNG (song setting ﬁle)

This ﬁle is speciﬁc to the D888, and contains settings for

each individual song (mixer, effect, and recording set-

tings, etc.). Only one ﬁle with a .SNG extension may exist

in a song folder. You are free to rename the song settings

ﬁle, but you should avoid doing so, since malfunctions

may occur if two or more such ﬁles exist.

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Song ﬁle details

Block diagram

The D888 has settings that are stored independently for each

song, and settings that apply in common to all songs.

Settings of the monitor LEVEL knob, headphone level knobs,

and TRIM knobs are not memorized. You will need to read-

just these yourself.

Undo/ Redo data is discarded when you shut down, select a

song, or reload.

Settings common to all songs

•

LEVEL METER settings (counter display, peak hold

type, channel/ input level meter)

Phantom power setting

Output assign setting

Auto input setting

MTC Out setting

LCD contrast

Foot switch polarity

Metronome (Assign)

•

Resume setting

Last-selected song

Settings stored independently for each

song

Settings that are always loaded when you select or reload

a song

•

Song name

Virtual track settings

Channel buttons (REC/ PLAY, BOUNCE, CH ON)

Master track setting

REC/ PLAY MODE setting

Mark points

Metronome (on/ off, tempo, time signature, volume)

Settings that you can choose to omit when you select or

reload a song (Resume function)

•

Channel levels

Master level

EQ gain

Effect send

Pan

Effect settings (on/ off, program, parameter, effect

return)

If you load these settings, the positions of the panel faders and

knobs will not match the actual settings. The value of the cur-

rent position will be applied when you first move that fader or

knob. (The value will jump.)

Demo Song

Song: Black Swan

Band: Uncrowned

website: www.uncrowned.com

Recorded at Sonica, Atlanta GA

Edited & Assembled by Huston Singletary

www.hustonmusic.com

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■ Analog/ digital input and output spec-

Speciﬁcations

iﬁcations

Operating temperature:

+5 – +35 °C (do not allow condensation)

Indications in square brackets [ ] are when output assign

is INDIVIDUAL

Connectors:

XLR-3-31 type (+48 V phantom power,

switchable), 1/ 4" TRS phone jack (balanced)

■ Main sections

Input impedance: 4 kΩ (XLR-3-31), 10 kΩ (TRS phone jacks)

Number of tracks: 64 + master tracks*

Nominal level:

–60 dBu to +4 dBu @ TRIM=max. – min.

–48 dBu to +16 dBu @ TRIM=max. – min.

Maximum level:

(including virtual tracks)*

Source impedance: 600 Ω

Simultaneous playback 8 tracks,

simultaneous recording 8 tracks

* For stereo WAV files; number of tracks

will depend on the free capacity of the

hard drive

<MONITOR OUTPUT L/ R> [CH 1, 2]

Connectors:

1/ 4" phone jack (unbalanced)

Output impedance: 500 Ω

Recording format: 44.1 kHz/ 16-bit uncompressed

Nominal level:

–10 dBu

+2 dBu

Recording time:

Maximum 124 hours*

* when using a 40 GB hard drive

Maximum six hours continuous

Maximum level:

Load impedance: 10 kΩ or higher

<MASTER OUTPUT L/ R> [CH 3, 4]

Number of songs: Maximum 100 songs

Connectors:

1/ 4" phone jack (unbalanced)

Mark points:

100 points per song (no mark names)

Output impedance: 500 Ω

USB functions:

Connects to a computer via USB 2.0, and

functions as a FAT 32 USB external drive

Nominal level:

–10 dBu

+2 dBu

Maximum level:

Track editing:

Copy (overwrite), erase, swap, assign WAV

files to tracks

Load impedance: 10 kΩ or higher

Song editing:

Metronome

Copy, delete, rename, protect, save now

<CH 5–8> [CH 5–8]

ꢀ=40–250, Time signature=0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8

Connectors:

1/ 4" phone jack (unbalanced)

Output impedance: 500 Ω

MTC transmission: frame rate 30 fps, format 30 NDF

Nominal level:

–10 dBu

+2 dBu

Maximum level:

Load impedance: 10 kΩ or higher

Structure:

8-channel input (8 bus), monitor x 1,

master x 1, internal effect send x 1

Connector:

1/ 4" stereo phone jack × 2

Signal processing 40 bit, 44.1 kHz

Output impedance: 100 Ω

Maximum level:

Equalizer:

HIGH (Fc: 10 kHz, G: ±15 dB)

MID (Fc: 2.5 kHz, G: ±15 dB)

LOW (Fc: 100 Hz, G: ±15 dB)

50 mW+50 mW @ 32 Ω

Connector:

Format:

optical

Structure:

24-bit S/ P DIF (IEC60958)

Master × 1

<USB>

Signal processing 40 bit, 44.1 kHz

Connector:

Format:

Type B

Programs:

USB2.0 High-Speed device

USB Mass Storage Class

Display:

Supported OS:

Window Me, Windows 2000 or later

Mac OS 9.0.4 or later

160 × 104 pixel, movable LCD with backlight

Power supply:

AC Local Voltage

* If using the D888 with Windows 98, please

refer to the Korg website or contact your

Korg distributor.

Power consumption:

32 W

Dimensions:

Weight:

375 mm (W) × 331 mm (D) × 110 mm (H)

15.3" (W) × 13" (D) × 4.3" (H)

Connectors:

DIN 5-pin

4.4 kg/ 9.7 lbs

Connector:

1/ 4" phone jack (use separately sold PS-1)

■ Principal speciﬁcations

Frequency response:

■ Included items

10 Hz – 20 kHz +1 dB/ –2 dB

96 dB (typical) @IHF-A

0.03% (typical) 20 Hz–20 kHz

AC cable

S/ N:

Owner’s manual

THD+N:

A/ D conversion: 24-bit 64 times oversampling

D/ A conversion: 24-bit 128 times oversampling

■ Options (sold separately)

PS-1 pedal switch

Sampling frequency:

Record/ Playback bit:

44.1 kHz

16-bit

Appearance and speciﬁcations of this product are

subject to change without notice. (02, 2006)

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LCD

Index

Recording

Automatically switching

Ad j u sting the volume

Location

Manual punch recording

Block d i agram

Types

Re d o

Mark

I m plementation chart

Save

Copy

Song

Move

Delete

Outputting

Track

S w ap

Input and output specifications 49

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[Digital Recording Studio]

Model D888

MIDI Implementation Chart

Date: 2006.1.16

MIDI implementation chart

Recognized

Transmitted

Remarks

Function

Basic

Default

Channel

Changed

Memorized

Messages

Altered

Mode

Note

Number:

True Voice

Velocity

Note On

Note Off

Aftertouch Polyphonic (Key)

Monophonic (Channel)

Pitch bender

Control

Change

0 – 111

Program

Change

Variable Range

MTC full messages are transmitted if the menu’s

MTC Out setting is “ON”.

System Exclusive

Transmitted if the menu’s MTC Out setting is “ON”.

Quarter frame

System

Common

Song Position

Song Select

Tune

System

Clock

Real Time Command

Local On/Off

Aux

Messages

All Notes Off

Active Sense

Reset

Notes

Mode 1 : OMNI ON, POLY

Mode 3 : OMNI OFF, POLY

Mode 2 : OMNI ON, MONO

Mode 4 : OMNI OFF, MONO

:Yes

: No

Consult your local Korg distributor for more information on MIDI IMPLEMENTATION.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS

This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are

applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased

this product via the internet, through mail order, and/or via a telephone sale, you must verify that this

product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside.

WARNING: Use of this product in any country other than that for which it is intended could be

dangerous and could invalidate the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty.

Please also retain your receipt as proof of purchase otherwise your product may be disqualified from

the manufacturer’s or distributor’s warranty.

KORG INC.

4015-2 Yanokuchi, Inagi-city, Tokyo 206-0812 Japan

 2006 KORG Inc.

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