Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

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Contents

ContentsTASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 53 – ConnectionsAnalog connections ........................................39Mic/line connections .................................................. 39Channel inserts ........................................................ 392 TR IN ...................................................................... 39ASSIGNABLE RETURNS ............................................ 39Analog outputs ........................................................... 40STEREO OUT ............................................................ 40ASSIGNABLE SENDS ................................................ 40Monitoring (CR OUTPUTS) ...................................... 40Monitoring (STUDIO OUTPUTS) ............................. 40Digital connections .........................................40Digital audio I/O ......................................................... 40TDIF I/O .................................................................... 40ADAT “lightpipe” OUT & IN .................................... 40CASCADE .................................................................. 40Digital inputs and outputs ..................................... 40Digital I/O setup ......................................................... 41Digital inputs ........................................................... 41Mute Defeat ............................................................ 41Stereo output .......................................................... 41Slot card configuration .............................................. 42IF-AN/DM ................................................................. 42IF-AE/DM .................................................................. 42IF-TD/DM .................................................................. 42IF AD/DM ................................................................. 42Other connections ..........................................42MIDI connections (IN, OUT and THRU) .................. 42RS-422 serial control terminal ................................ 42TIME CODE ............................................................... 42WORD SYNC (IN and OUT/THRU) ........................... 42TO METER ................................................................ 43FOOT SW .................................................................. 43USB ........................................................................... 43Power input ............................................................. 43Clock setting ...................................................44Fs MODE ................................................................... 44Checking the clock .................................................. 44Varispeed clocking .................................................. 44Clock change action ................................................ 44Changing the clock .................................................. 45Clock phase .............................................................. 45OUT SPEED ............................................................... 454 – Routing & assignmentRouting ............................................................47Input routing .............................................................. 47Batch routing ........................................................... 48Flipping the channels .............................................. 48Loopback options .................................................... 48Digital input selection ............................................. 48Output routing ........................................................... 49Slot card outputs ..................................................... 49Insert patching ............................................................ 50Send/return linking ................................................. 50Channel-to-buss assignment .........................51Assignment using the front panel ............................ 51Using the assignment screens ................................ 51Pan switch ................................................................ 52Surround assignments ............................................ 53Non-channel assignments ...................................... 53Bulk assignment ...................................................... 53Buss panning ........................................................... 53Monitoring ..................................................... 54Selecting the CR source ..............................................54Studio cue source .......................................................55Talkback, etc. ..............................................................56Talkback source .......................................................56Slate definition ........................................................56Oscillator and noise generator ..................................56Oscillator destination ..............................................56Meters .........................................................................57Meter ballistics .........................................................57On-screen meter selection ......................................57Metering points .......................................................57Soloing ........................................................................585 – Channel modulesGeneral principles .......................................................59ASSIGN PARAMETERS screen ..................................59Global module settings ................................. 60Input and return display .........................................60EQ display and button ............................................60GATE display and button ........................................60COMP/EXP display and COMP button ....................60Compressor/expander point button ......................60Meters and pick-off point button ..........................60Fader .........................................................................60MUTE button ............................................................60PAN (BALANCE) control ...........................................60PAN follow button ..................................................60INSERT button ..........................................................60Phase button ............................................................60AUX1-2 button .........................................................61STEREO button .........................................................61Group assignment displays .....................................61Fader control ...............................................................61Master screen ...........................................................61Dynamics processors ...................................... 62LINK ..........................................................................62Trigger mode (TRG MOD) .......................................62Trigger selection ......................................................62Turning the processors on and off .........................62Gates (input channels 1–32) .......................................63GATE .........................................................................63Threshold (THRESH) .................................................63Range (RANGE) ........................................................63Gate attack time ......................................................63Hysteresis (HYST) .....................................................63Gate hold time (HOLD) ............................................63Gate decay time (DECAY) ........................................63Compressor/expanders ..............................................63COMP/EXPAND ........................................................63Insert point (INS PNT) .............................................63Threshold .................................................................63Compression/expansion ratio .................................63Attack time ...............................................................63Release time .............................................................63Auto make-up ..........................................................64Output gain ..............................................................64Library jump buttons ...............................................64Preset dynamics library entries .................................64Compressor/expander library entries ....................64Gate library entries ..................................................65Trigger settings ...........................................................65