10 – Monitoring—Meters and fadersTASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 79Channel fadersIt is sometimes useful (for instance, in automation) tohave a view of the fader levels while another faderlayer is selected.The FADER screen shown here (accessed with soft key2), as well as the MASTER M/F screen immediatelyabove, provides such a view.In addition, the pan settings and fader levels of thechannels (fader level only in the case of the aux sendsand busses) can be changed.The mute settings for all modules can be viewed.Use the cursor and PODs to change the pan settingsor the fader levels on screen. Channels are selectedusing the cursor and SEL keys in blocks of 4, corre-sponding to the 4 PODs.NOTEIf the DM-24 is in a surround mode, these pan controlsaffect the position of the channel in the front L-R out-puts.If the fader layer being edited is selected, the appro-priate fader(s) will move as the on-screen faders aremoved.Normalled faders change appearance, as in “Fadersection” on page 51.The SEL keys can also be used to navigate aroundthe groups.Meter and fader setupUse this screen to set meter characteristics, and totransfer a specific value to a fader or group of faders.Fader level Use POD 1 to change the fader level(LEVEL) between –∞ and –36dB in 128 steps.Use POD 2 to select the scope of the setting: groupsof eight channels (CH1–8, CH9–16, CH17–24, CH25–32), the eight busses (BUSS1–8), the six aux sends(AUX1–6), the stereo master (STEREO), the individualchannels (CHx), the individual busses (BUSSx), theindividual aux sends (AUXx) or all channels (ALL CH).Press ENTER to copy the level. A popup messageappears. Press ENTER again to confirm the copy, or acursor key to cancel the operation.Meter ballistics (METER SETUP) TheRELEASE (fall time) of the meters can be set to eitherSlow, Normal or Fast using POD 3.Use POD 4 to set the peak hold time (PEAK HOLD) toOff, 1, 2, 4, 8 or ∞ (seconds). In the case of an infinitehold (∞) the peak levels can be reset by selectinganother value or changing the meter layer.These settings refer to both the on-screen meters andto the optional meter bridge meters. Note that whenthe meter layer is changed using the optional meterbridge, the STEREO master meter peak hold is notcleared.
