Tascam DM-24 Owner's Manual

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8 TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual1 – IntroductionThe DM-24 digital mixing console is designed toprovide you with superlative audio quality in today’sdigital audio recording environment, as well as easeof use and flexibility to meet changing needs.This Reference Manual is not intended to be readfrom cover to cover, but we do suggest that you makeyourself familiar with the contents of this section aswell as the structure of this manual, so that you canfind answers to questions when you need them.If you learn a little about the key features and princi-ples of operation now, before you start to use theDM-24 it will save you time and trouble later on.FeaturesThe DM-24 includes many advanced features,including:• the sixteen long-throw motorized “channel” fadersare “layered”, allowing control of up to 32 monoinputs (which may be “ganged” in stereo pairs),eight buss sends and six aux sends in a compactpackage• in addition to the sixteen faders mentioned above,one other dedicated motorized long-throw fader isused for the stereo out buss• the TASCAM TDIF-1 digital audio format andother general digital audio formats such as ADAT,AES/EBU, SPDIF, as well as high-quality A/D andD/A conversion, are supported,• Modular expansion slot facilities provide furtherflexibility• sixteen integral high-quality microphone amplifi-ers, with switchable phantom powering and 24-bitA/D conversion• the DM-24 is capable of accepting and transmittingdigital audio data in 24-bit format, allowing it to beused with the HR series of TASCAM DTRSrecorders as well as the MX2424 recorder• internal processing is carried out at floating 32-bitresolution• eight output busses and six auxiliary sends• eight fader groups and eight mute groups• grouping layers provide further flexibility in group-ing arrangements• all popular surround formats (2+2, 3+2, 5.1) aswell as stereo, are supported for final mixdown• expansion with another DM-24 console using anoptional cascade slot card• both 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz base sampling frequen-cies are supported, together with dual-frequencysupport (88.2kHz and 96kHz), with flexible clockconfiguration• each of the 32 analog input channels is equippedwith 4-band fully-parametric equalization and adynamics processor• the capability of acting as a remote controller for awide variety of devices using the DTRS remote, P2or MMC protocol• synchronization to SMPTE/EBU timecode andMIDI timecode, and MIDI timecode generationfacilities, allowing location of connected recorders,etc. and integration with the DTRS tape system• full control room and studio monitoring facilitiesare provided, along with an integral talkbackmicrophone and master bargraph meters• graphical user interface, based on the successfulTASCAM series of digital mixing consoles, andfeaturing a backlit LCD with a flexible POD-baseduser interface• “ring encoders” give instant visual feedback of keyEQ, pan and aux send settings• integral Antares© Microphone Modeler technol-ogy, allowing the DM-24 to emulate the distinctivecharacteristics of any of a wide variety of classic ormodern microphones, using any standardmicrophone• integral t.c.electronics reverberation technology,providing full standard reverberation facilitieswithin the DM-24• flexible digital multi-effector providing many stan-dard effects without the need for outboard equip-ment or connections• library facilities for snapshot mix settings, fre-quently-used EQ settings, effect settings, dynamicsprocessor settings, etc.• MIDI control allows dynamic control of parame-ters through MIDI messages, so mix events can berecorded on MIDI for replay, as well as snapshotrecall being linked to Program Change messages• the DM-24 contains its own automation system,allowing full real-time control of almost all mixparameters with no need for connection to otherunits• an optional meter bridge unit provides channel andmaster metering facilities through LED bargraphdisplays which are switchable in “layers”