2 – Starting out with the timecode : SetupTASCAM DM Automation Guide 7Make the initial settings9 Operate your recorder and navigate and oper-ate the TASCAM DM as you normally wouldduring a mix. You are not writing mix movesyet! The TASCAM DM’s automation systemstores control settings as you change them.Store the current settings10 Store the current mix data using the AUTOFILES display, and pressing the POD 2 switch(STORE AS).Use the cursor keys, number keys, CLR key,and the data wheel and the ENTER key toname your mix.See the Owner’s Manual section on librariesfor further details of naming and editinglibrary entries.This automation data will be stored as part ofthe current project (and will be time-stampedfor future reference).Write some fader moves11 Once you have the mix basically set up, writesome fader moves:• With timecode running, press the WRITE key.• Touch a fader with your finger and move it upor down.• Release the fader when your mix move is com-plete. When you release the fader, it automati-cally returns to its previous setting.• Rewind the recorder and play the sectionagain. The TASCAM DM plays back themoves you just wrote.• You can press the WRITE key, and touch andmove the faders to write new mix moves atwill.Write some mute moves12 Now write some mutes (these are SwitchEvents):• With timecode running, press the WRITE key.• Press some MUTE keys to change the mute set-tings on and off.• Rewind the recorder and play the sectionsagain. The TASCAM DM plays back theSwitch Events you just wrote to the MUTEkeys (in other words, the MUTE indicators andstatus will change in sync with the incomingtimecode).Figure 4: Naming a mix