Tascam DM-24 Owner's Manual

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7 – Module operations—Common area indicators and controls52 TASCAM DM-24 Reference ManualENTER), the CENTER button described above will bedisabled (grayed out).Balance controls for stereo linked pairSee “Linked modules” on page 60 for details oflinked modules.The balance controls in for linked modules are all onthe bottom row of the MODULE screen. Move the cur-sor to the bottom row and use the PODs to changethese parameters.In the case of a stereo linked pair of modules, the PANis replaced by a BAL control. Ganging is not possible,but a CENTER button is available, which centers thestereo signal.POD 2 is used to select the source. Either the left(odd-numbered) channel—L MONO or right (even-numbered) channel—R MONO or both together—STEREO can be selected. This allows the previewingof either channel individually, without having tounlink the channelsPOD 3 is used as an image width (IMAGE) control.This controls the width of the stereo spread of thetwo channels. The center position is labeled as L+RMONO and provides a pinpoint mixture of the twochannels. Turning the control fully counterclockwiseprovides a full stereo (STEREO) image. Turning thecontrol clockwise from the center reverses the leftand right channels in the stereo image. Turning thecontrol fully clockwise shows REVERSE on the screen.NOTEIn the Options screen (“Balance Level CENTER: 0dB” onpage 21), the way in which the balance control level ismodified at the center position can be changedbetween 0dB and a 3dB cut. Make this setting to reflectyour preferred way of working.Global panAs well as individual pan settings, it is also possibleto view and make the pan settings on a global basis.1 With the SHIFT indicator unlit, press thePAN/BAL SURROUND key.2 Continue to press the PAN/BAL SURROUNDkey until the following screen appears (or usesoft key 2):Use the cursor keys (and channel SEL keys) to navi-gate around the screen and set the pan or balancepositions.Ganging Note that ganged channels are displayedas ganged, but this setting cannot be changed at thisposition.Move to the lower right of the screen and use POD 1to select a pair of channels to be ganged (linked chan-nels cannot be selected here).Use ENTER to make the gang setting (or break it if ithas already been made).Setup It is possible to apply the same pan/balancesetting to groups of channels.Move the cursor to the lower left of the screen, anduse POD 1 to set the master pan/balance setting.The scope of the setting is determined using POD 2:choose between ALL, EVEN (even-numbered chan-nels), ODD (odd-numbered channels), 1-8, 9-16, 17-24or 25-32.Press ENTER to apply the POD 1 setting and pressENTER again to confirm this when the popupappears (cancel with the cursor keys).