Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

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5 – Channel modules : Module setupTASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 71Use the POD 4 encoder to switch between millisec-onds and samples as the units in which the delay timeis set and displayed.Digital trim Allows the module’s input to beadjusted. This is post-phase and pre-gate. It isentirely independent of the analog TRIM controls onthe mic/line inputs.The value of this digital trim can be adjusted from acut of –50 dB to a boost of +10 dB in 0.5 dB steps.Also see “Phase/trim/delay” on page 71 below.Dithering (stereo buss module only) Whengoing from 24-bit to 16-bit, using dithering is often agood way of reducing noise, etc. The POD 2 encodercan be used to set dithering Off (24-bit) or to the 16-bit (On) setting. The exact form of bit-reduction usedcan be set here as well as in the DIGITAL FORMATscreen (see “Digital I/O setup” on page 41): TRUN-CATE, DITHER and NOISE SHAPED.Pan and balance settings Many of these set-tings are dependent on whether the channel beingedited is linked to another channel, as well as towhether the project is a stereo or surround project.The POD 4 encoder is used to set the pan or balance.Beside the on-screen representation of this control isa CENTER button. Use this to center the pan or balancesetting easily.In the “normal” (unlinked, stereo) case, the odd-num-bered (left) panpot of a pair of channels can beganged together with the even-numbered (right) pan-pot. Use the on-screen GANG button to link the pan-pots of the channels in this way.A linked pair of channel modules has the pan con-trol of a mono channel replaced by a balance control.In the case of such a control, no ganging of control ispossible, but two other controls are provided.The first, controlled by the POD 2 encoder, allowseither of the two modules to used as a mono signal(LMono, Rmono) or the two together as a stereo signal(STEREO). In the first two cases, the balance controleffectively acts as a pan control).The second control, set using the POD 3 encoder,controls the width of the stereo image created by thetwo controls from a mono point source (center) to astereo (counterclockwise) image. Turning the pointerclockwise from the center reverses the left and rightchannels.Phase/trim/delayPhase The phase of an input signal, as explainedabove, can be set either to normal or reversed.Use the ASSIGN PARAMETERS screen (“Global modulesettings” on page 60) to view and set the phase for allinput at once.Digital trim You can also set the digital trim valuefrom a common screen. Press the DIGI. TRIM/DELAYkey (ALT + PAN) to bring up the trim screen.Use the cursor keys to select blocks of four channelsand the PODs to set the values.Figure 5.18: Linked pair balance controlsFigure 5.19: Digital trim setting