Tascam DM-24 Owner's Manual

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3 – System-wide options—OPTION screenTASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 21(MIC/LINE or INPUT) is selected, they act as overloadindicators when the input level exceeds the level setin the LEVEL field (OVER, 0, –2, –4, –6, –8, –10, –12,–18, –30 or –42 (dB).This status can be set for either the MIC/LINE inputs 1through 16 or for the INPUT associated with the mod-ule, using the appropriate radio buttons.Set the level for the overload lighting by moving tothe value, pressing the ENTER key, turning the dial toset the value and pressing ENTER to confirm thevalue.Otherwise, if the AUTOMATION option is selected,these indicators show the current automation statusof the channels, as explained in the automationmanual.FADER SENSITIVITY This parameter allows youto specify the sensitivity of the faders, as used in theautomation process.The DM-24 touch sensing capabilities are dependenton the ambient humidity and environment. Depend-ing on these factors, it may sometimes happen thatfaders which have been touched are not recognizedas having been touched, or the faders are recognizedas having been touched when they have not actuallybeen touched.The value of the sensitivity is set by default to 4.0k,but you may wish to set it to any of the following val-ues: 1.0k, 1.5k, 2.0k, 2.5k, 3.0k, 3.5k, 4.0k (Hz). Highvalues mean higher touch sensitivity.While the FADER SENSITIVITY on-screen button isswitched ON and this screen is visible, touching anyof the faders with your fingers will illuminate theSTATUS/OL indicator for as long as the fader istouched. This provides a very useful check for thesensitivity of the faders.METER CALIBRATION Move the cursor to theSTART button and press ENTER to start the process ofcalibrating the DM-24 meters.WARNINGYou must turn down the headphone and control roommonitor levels before starting this check, to avoid anypossible damage to your ears and to the control roommonitoring system.Press the ENTER key (or cancel the process using acursor key). After the meter calibration process hasfinished (about 3 seconds), the message METERcalibration finished appears as a popup message. Youcan then restore the control room and headphone lev-els.PREFERENCESThe following general working preference settingsare available from this screen:Fader Auto MODULE Select When enabledand a MODULE or DYNAMICS screen is shown, thisoption allows a module to be selected whenever itsfader is touched, in addition to the usual method ofpressing the SEL key. In other screens, when thisoption is enabled, the module shown at the top left ofthe screen changes when its fader is touched.Select MODULE Return When checked, thisoption allows the MODULE screen of the appropriatemodule to appear if the SEL key of the module ispressed and held for about two seconds.ST Link by SEL key When checked, this optionallows the stereo linking of two adjacent modules(provided the left module of the pair is odd-num-bered) by pressing and holding the SEL key of onemodule and pressing the SEL key of the other.Balance Level CENTER: 0dB When two chan-nels are linked together as a stereo pair, the pan con-trols change to a balance control, as mentionedearlier. In the center position, the level may either beset to 0dB (checked) or a 3dB cut (unchecked).SEL Key Follows Fader Layer Status allowsthe setup of the automatic linking of the selectedchannel to the selected meter layer.When this option is selected, if a channel is selected,the fader layer is changed, and then the fader layer ischanged back again, the originally-selected channelis automatically selected.