Porta Two Newbie

[Lefty52]

Hi all,
I just bought a refurbished Tascam Porta Two and I'm ready to begin my home recording journey. Any tips, tricks, or advice will be greatly appreciated. The first question I have is, what are the two insertion channels used for? The owner's manual describes the 1/4" jack needed to use them but doesn't explain how to use them. The second question is, is there a way to feed reverb to the headphones without having it be recorded while recording vocals? Sorry if these are "dumb" questions, but when I say I'm starting at ground zero, I mean it.

 

[Qete]

What is your reverb unit?

This article has more info on the inserts and FX sends.

http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-porta-two-has-landed/1440

 

[BazzBass]

why do you want reverb in your phones but not on the track recording?

when tracking, there is no need for reverb, or am I missing something?

If you used a DI box to give you two signals to record onto 2 tracks, put reverb on one of them but delete it afterwards if you don't want to record reverb. Or mix the two together to suit.