Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

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2 – Basic operational concepts : UtilitiesTASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 37SWITCH utilityWhen a footswitch is connected to the rear of theunit, it can be set up using this screen in the follow-ing way:Talkback The footswitch can be set to act as ahands-free talkback switch, with the destinationbeing set from the following options: TO STUDIO & TOSLATE, TO STUDIO, and TO SLATE. In these cases, thefootswitch acts in “smart mode” (see “Smart keys”on page 16).Machine Control Especially in cases where theartist is also the recording engineer, the followinghands-free transport operations can be very useful:Punch In/Out, Direct Locate [n], Play/Stop. See “Remoteoperation” on page 93 for full details of how thesefunctions operate. In these cases, the footswitchoperates in the same way as the front panel keys.Other functions The following functions dupli-cate commonly-used keys. SHIFT duplicates the use ofthe SHIFT key (to the left of the unit). Automation KEEPperforms a keep operation (see the separate Automa-tion Manual for details). Increment Direct Library Recalland Decrement Direct Library Recall allow direct steppingup or down through the current bank of the currentlibrary (see also “Recalling library entries” onpage 31). Tap Tempo for Delay Effect allows the foot-switch to be used for tapping in the tempo used for asynchronized delay effect (useful if both hands arebusy playing an instrument!). Mute On/Off for MuteGroup [n] provides easy hands-free mute grouping fora specified group, and the EQ On/Off for Current CHallows easy A/B comparisons of EQ settings versusflat response.Polarity This is not a function assignment, butallows the switch’s polarity to be reversed (the DM-3200 expects a push-to-make momentary switch, butby flipping the polarity to INVERT, a push-to-breakswitch can be used instead).Figure 2.35: UTILITY external switch settings