Tascam DM-3200 Manual

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3 – Automation overview : AUTO FILESTASCAM DM Automation Guide 13This field can be set from 0.5 seconds to 10 secondsin 0.5 second increments.Since this fade is written directly using the MasterFader, it is not possible to change its time value afteran Auto Fade has been performed.To write an Auto Fade:1 Press the WRITE key.2 Hold SHIFT and press AUTO FADE at the pointwhere you want the fade to begin.To erase an Auto Fade it is necessary to overwrite theduration of the fade manually or by using the WriteTo End function.TIPA linear fade is often not musically desirable. Typicallyin these cases you will begin the fade at a faster rateand end the fade at a slower rate. Use the Auto Fadefunction to perform this:• Press WRITE.• Hold SHIFT and press AUTO FADE at the pointwhere you want the fade to begin.• Continue to hold SHIFT and press AUTO FADEagain to restart the Auto Fade Time from thefader’s current position.• This may be repeated as often as desired toslow down the end of an Auto Fade to a merecrawl.TOUCH function The TOUCH key allows you tosimulate touch-sensitivity for the PODs , encoders orswitch controls.1 Enable the Global Write mode.2 Press and hold the TOUCH key, and whileholding down this key, move the control tostart a write from the control’s current value.3 Make the mix moves (or end the write bypressing the REVERT key).Revert actions follow the settings made in theSETUP screen.AUTO FILESTop line The word AUTO appears beside theselected channel in all mixer displays when the auto-mation system is enabled. The word WRITE appearshere solid when the mixer is ready to record eitherStatic or Dynamic mix data. The word WRITEflashes when the automation system is actually writ-ing mix data on the selected channel. This could be aWrite or Trim operation.On the right the source of the timecode being used bythe mixer and the automation system is shown. TCindicates Linear Timecode and MTC indicates MIDITimecode with INT referring to the internal timecodegenerator.Below this, on the left and right, the current automa-tion file and the highlighted automation file respec-tively are shown.The amount of bank memory used by the selectedmix is shown.The POD 4 encoder and wheel are used to select astored mix and the on-screen CF BANK buttons areused to select the different banks on the inserted CFcard.Figure 7: AUTO FILES screen