Tascam DM-3200 Manual

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16 TASCAM DM Automation Guide4 – OperationOperating the TASCAM DM’s automation system is designed to be intuitive and transparent to the mixing pro-cess, while offering power and flexibility previously unavailable on a mixing console.The steps below, combined with an understanding of the information on the previous pages, will have youautomating your mixes in no time.Setting Up Your MixAction: Enable the automation system in the AUTOSETUP display by moving the cursor to the on-screenAUTOMATION ENGINE button and pressing ENTER.Result: The settings of all mixer controls are storedinto the current mix memory. Changing any settingswill automatically update those settings in the currentmix memory. This is just like mixing on an analogconsole except the system now knows where everycontrol is set. The automation system sees these con-trols as being in Static mode.Action: Store the mix file in a card memory bank(see “AUTO FILES” on page 14).Result: Until a mix is stored in a memory bank, itonly exists in the current mix memory. The currentmix memory is erased when the console is poweredoff, so storing a mix in a memory bank is required forlater recall.Writing Mix MovesAction: Press the WRITE key before or after start-ing timecode so that its indicator lights. With time-code running, perform the desired mix move.Result: With the console in Write mode, any move-ment of a control while timecode is running is writ-ten to that control by the automation system.In the case of the touch-sensitive faders, writingbegins when a fader is touched.In the case of POD controls, writing will begin whenthe control is moved.Once dynamic mix moves have been written to acontrol, the automation system automaticallychanges that control from Static mode to Dynamicmode, in order to read mix moves. Controls that havenot had mix moves written to them remain in Staticmode, even if those controls are on the same channelas a control that has had dynamic mix data written toit.Revert TimeWhen a control stops recording mix moves, it“reverts” to the setting that existed before recordingthe mix move. The previously existing setting couldbe a dynamic mix move or a static control position.The amount of time it takes to make a smooth matchfrom the end of the recorded mix move to the previ-ously existing setting is called the Revert Time.A Revert Time is applied, even when the timecode isstopped, past the point where the timecode stopped,to ensure a smooth transition between the new mixmove and the control’s previous setting.Auto Revert Choices With AUTO REVERT – WRITEenabled, the automation system stops writing mixmoves automatically on a per control basis withoutthe need to end writing manually.In this case, controls stop writing mix moves at dif-ferent times, depending on when they were released(faders) or when movement ended (POD controlsand encoders).In the case of touch-sensitive faders, reverting beginswhen the fader is released.In the case of POD controls and encoders, revertingbegins when the CONTROL SENSE TIME OUT value hasexpired without the control being moved. The CON-TROL SENSE TIME OUT value allows the POD controlsand encoders to respond as if they are touch-sensitive(even though they are not).When a Revert occurs, the control smoothly matchesback to its previous value, based on the set value ofthe Revert Time. The previous control value could bea control’s Static position or a control’s Dynamic mixmoves.Revert does not apply to switch events, as thesebecome readable following the Control Sense time-out interval has elapsed.