Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

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4 – Routing & assignment : MonitoringTASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 57MetersThe main monitor meters provide a “pre-dim” and“pre-level control” reading of the source selected tofeed the control room outputs.The meters are set up so that the OVER indicatorlights at over full-scale output. A reading corre-sponding to –16 on the meters is equivalent to a nom-inal analog level (+4 dBU or –10 dBV).Meter ballistics The meter ballistics, etc. for allmeters, including software meters, and these are setup in the METER/FADER METER screen (see “Meteringscreen (1st 24 channel module meters)” on page 57).From this screen, use the POD 3 encoder to set themeter release time between Slow, Normal and Fast.Use the POD 4 encoder to set the meter hold timebetween Off (no hold), 1, 2, 4 and 8 seconds, and ∞(infinite hold until this parameter is reset).Each module also has its own set of meters which arelocated in the common global area of the modulescreens (“Global module settings” on page 60) whichcan be set there as being pre- or post-fader.There is also a series of metering screens, as men-tioned above, allowing different sets of modules to bemetered.On-screen meter selection Use the left-handcolumn of radio buttons to select the following mod-ules for metering:In every case, the stereo buss meters are visible at thelower right of the screen:The options at the extreme lower left echo the samesettings made in the preferences (as explained in“SEL Key Follows Fader Layer Status” on page 34).Metering points The center METERING POINTarray of radio buttons allows the selection of wherethe metering for the different groups of modulestakes place.For the “full-feature” modules from 1 through 32 (CH1-32), the points are at the input stage (INPUT), beforethe gate (PRE GATE), after the gate (POST GATE) or afterthe EQ stage (PRE INSERT), and after the fader (POSTFADER).For the channel modules from 33 through 48 (CH 33-48), there are only 2 meter points: at the input stage(INPUT) and after the fader (POST FADER).The master channels (MASTER) can be metered pre-compressor/expander (PRE COMP), pre-fader (PREFADER) or post-fader (POST FADER).NOTEIf the optional meter bridge is fitted, the settings madehere apply to the meter displays on the meter bridge, aswell as to the on-screen meter displays.TIPThe TASCAM Mixer Companion software provides asoftware “meter bridge”.CH 1-24 The first 24 channel modulesCH 25-48 The second 24 channel modules (the last 16“full-featured” modules and the 16“return” modules)Buss 1-16 The 16 bussesAUX 1-8 The 8 aux sendsFigure 4.12: Metering screen (1st 24 channelmodule meters)