Tascam DM-24 Owner's Manual

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7 – Module operations—Common area indicators and controlsTASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 51Other common controls and displaysDigital trim and pan There are also two othercontrols visible at the bottom of the screen—the digi-tal trim and pan—above the soft key labels. These aredealt with below (“Digital trim control” on page 51and “Pan control” on page 51.Phase switch This on-screen switch reverses thephase of the input signal (use the ENTER key to tog-gle on and off).In the case of linked pairs, each channel’s phase isindependently reversible.Assignable inserts If one of the assignable sendsand returns has been assigned to this channel (twosend/return pairs in the case of a linked pair), theinsert can be turned on or off.The status of the insert (pre- or post) is shown by thesmall “cutout” on the left of the on-screen button.Input/return assignments The current assign-ments for this module, depending on whether it isbeing used as an input or return module, are shown.They cannot be changed from this screen. Use thefourth module (SETUP) screen (“Setup screen” onpage 57) or the dedicated I/O setup to change thesesettings (“Setting up the I/O” on page 36).Meter The on-screen meter gives a reading takenfrom the defined metering point, which is switchablehere between the input, pre-fader and post-fader.EQ and buss assignments These buss assign-ments, together with the status of the EQ (on or off)are shown at the right of the screen.In addition, the EQ response curve is shown at thetop of the screen. If the EQ is disabled, this is“grayed out”, and is solid if the EQ is enabled.NOTEIt is not possible to change the buss assignments or theEQ switching from here. Use the dedicated keys (to theleft of the display screen) for this. Full details are in“Channel-to-buss assignments by channel” on page 41.Fader section The current fader position (whichwill almost always correspond to the physical faderposition, except when automation motor control isturned off) as well as the mute status, is provided on-screen, as is the mute status of the module.The exact numerical value of the level is also dis-played here. This allows the fader to be “normalized”easily, as when the fader is at the zero position, theon-screen fader knob is reversed.Mute and fader groups Any assignments tomute and fader groups are shown to the right of thescreen.These cannot be changed here (see “Grouping” onpage 69 for full details).Digital trim controlThe digital trim control (POD 1 of the bottom row)allows the adjustment of the module level between–50dB and +10dB in 61 0.5dB steps.See also “Global digital trim” on page 59.Pan controlThe pan control is on the bottom row of the PODs(that is, move the cursor to the bottom row and usethe PODs).The pan control is controlled by POD 4. Hard left isrepresented by L, and hard right by R. The centerposition is represented by C, and there are 201 possi-ble pan positions available.To center the pan position easily, move the cursor tothe CENTER on-screen button, and press ENTER.If the channel is odd-numbered and is not part of astereo linked pair, it can be ganged to the module tothe right (even-numbered channels can be linked toodd-numbered channels to the left). If this GANG con-trol is enabled (move the cursor to it and pressPre-fader Post-faderOn Off On Off