TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 10714 – Surround operationsIn addition to normal stereo operations, the DM-24 isalso capable of producing surround mixes in a varietyof formats.Because the DM-24 is capable of mixing to severaldifferent surround modes, some of the operations anddisplay screens are slightly different from the “nor-mal”, stereo mode, as explained here.Some of these operations are also explained in otherparts of the manual, but are gathered here for easyreference.In all cases where a surround mode is selected, theoutput busses are used to control the levels of the sig-nals sent to the different channels of the surroundmatrix.Selecting a surround modeThis selection is made through the PAN/BALSURROUND MODE screen:1 Make sure the SHIFT indicator is off, andpress the PAN/BAL SURROUND key until thefollowing screen is shown (or press soft key1):2 Use the cursor keys and the ENTER key tohighlight and select the stereo mode or a sur-round mode from the following:A popup screen appears, allowing you to con-firm the new setting, or cancel it.A plan view of the speaker layout is shown onthe display screen.Note that in the 5.1 screen, the two rearspeakers can be selected as a single monooutput.Monitoring surround patternsThe output busses are used to control the levels ofsignals sent to the surround matrix channels. In thiscontext, they can be regarded as master “surroundpan” controls.For monitoring, therefore, it is necessary to have ananalog output for each output buss used. This is mosteasily achieved using the analog I/O slot card (IF-AN/DM). This allows easy connection of an analogmulti-channel monitoring system to the DM-24.The assignment of the busses to the channels isshown by a number beside the representation of theon-screen speakers.STEREO One left and one right speaker, output through thestereo output buss2 + 2 One front left speaker and one front right speaker,with a pair of rear speakers (left and right)3 + 1 A pair of front left and right speakers, together with afront center speaker and a center rear speaker5 . 1 A pair of front left and front right speakers, with a frontcenter speaker. A pair of rear left and rear right speak-ers is also provided, as is a sub channel (typicallyplaced front center)
