Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 595 – Channel modulesThe channel modules are the “heart” of the DM-3200, corresponding to the channel strips on an analog con-sole. Because they are used so often, and settings have to be made frequently, there are a number of ways ofviewing and making the settings for these modules, as explained in this section.General principlesThere are several ways of setting many of the chan-nel parameters.• The first is by means of the MODULE screensaccessed with the MODULE keys (see “Jumping tocommonly-used screens” on page 17).There are four module screens:DYNAMICS allows the setting of the modules’ com-pressor/expanders (channels 1 through 32, stereo,aux and buss modules) and gates (channels 1 through32).EQ allows the setting of the 4-band parametric EQ(channels 1 through 32).AUX/BUSS allows the setting of the aux sends and thebuss assignments.SETUP provides a way of viewing and setting overallchannel parameters.Various parameters and options are globally availablefrom all module screens (see “Global module set-tings” on page 60).• The second way of viewing and changing theparameters is by means of the dedicated screensaccessed through the screen mode selection keys(see “Basic operational concepts” on page 16) andthe POD controls. These screens allow the viewingand setting of the same parameter for many differ-ent modules from the same screen.• In addition, the encoders may be used to controlone parameter (not all parameters may be con-trolled in this way, but commonly-used ones) of allthe modules in the current fader layer or to controlmany parameters of the currently selected module.See “Encoders” on page 20 for details.The encoder control methods can also be combinedautomatically with the screen displays. See theoptions “Encoder Mode Follows Current Screen” onpage 34 and “Current Screen Follows EncoderMode” on page 34 which enable automatic linksbetween the screen and the encoder modes.NOTEMany of the screens and parameters described hereapply when the DM-3200 is in stereo mode. For differ-ences and additional features implemented when sur-round mode is selected, see “Surround operations” onpage 75.ASSIGN PARAMETERS screen Also note thePARAMETERS screen (available from the ASSIGN key),which allows a number of different settings to beapplied to many channels simultaneously.The screen shows the channel modules (labeled 1through 48), the 16 busses (1 through 16), the eightaux sends 1 through 8) and the stereo buss.1 Use the POD 4 encoder to select phase, gateswitching, compression, compressor/expanderinsert point position (pre or post) or EQ on/off.2 Use the left/right cursor keys, wheel or SELkeys to navigate around the screen and theENTER key to turn the following on or off (seelater in this section for details of these channelfeatures).Note that the only feature available for thebusses, the aux sends and the stereo buss is thecompressor/expander dynamics processor.• ∅—reverse (“pressed”) or normal phase (channelmodules only)• GAT—gate dynamics processor (1–32)• CMP—compressor/expander dynamics processor(1–32, aux, buss and stereo)• PRE/PST—pre/post EQ point for compressor (1–32)• EQ—turns the EQ on and off for that channel mod-ule (1–32)It is also possible to use the POD 4 encoder to selectphase, gate switching, compression, software insertposition, compressor position, or EQ on/off as a glo-bal setting, and use the POD 1 key (ALL ON) or POD 2(ALL OFF) to switch these on or off respectively.Figure 5.1: Assign parameters screen