Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

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TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 917 – MIDIAs well as the MIDI ports, the DM-3200 can pass MIDI to and from a PC connected using the USB connec-tion (as well as through a FireWire connection if an optional FireWire interface card is fitted). This sectionexplains some of the ways in which the card is used.MIDI port switching and filteringPress the MIDI key and navigate to the SETUP page tobring up the following screen:The three boxes to the left of the screen (MIDI IN, MIDIOUT and MIDI THRU/MTC) refer to the three physicalMIDI connectors on the rear panel.The HOST PORT boxes on the right of the screen referto the different virtual MIDI ports carried betweenthe DM-3200 and the host PC, either through thebuilt-in USB, or through the optional FireWire card.• Use the HOST PORT parameter to select the vir-tual MIDI port carrier: either USB or FW1 (ifoptional FireWire cards have been fitted).The different virtual MIDI ports are dedicated to dif-ferent tasks. Working from the top of the screen (thenumbers in parentheses refer to the port numbersshown in a DAW application, etc.:• I/O (2) handles MIDI messages, bypassing themixer section, and acting through the DM-3200’sphysical MIDI ports.• P.C. (4) handles Program Change messages only.• TMC (1) is reserved for communication with the PCsoftware (TASCAM Mixer Companion)• REM1(5) and REM2 (6) are bi-directional ports thatmay be used for remote MIDI control of the DM-3200 or the DM-3200 to control another device.• MTC (3) is a dedicated MIDI Time Code port.• Enable and disable these ports, along with thephysical MIDI ports, by using the cursor keysand ENTER key to open and close the on-screen switches. Note that the TMC connection(1) cannot be turned off.The FILTER boxes allow the following MIDI messagesto be passed (checked) or blocked (unchecked): Con-trol change (C.Cng), Program change (P.Cng), MIDIMachine Control (MMC), MIDI Timecode (MTC), andother messages (Others).The first part of the filter block refers to those mes-sages received at the physical MIDI IN and transmit-ted to the virtual I/O port, as well as those MIDImessages that go the other way (from the I/O port tothe physical MIDI OUT). Note that both the physicaland virtual switches must be set here for data to gobetween these ports.The next part of the block governs the filteringbetween the physical MIDI IN port and the mixer.The final part of the filter block governs the filteringof the MIDI data sent out by the mixer from the phys-ical MIDI OUT port.Below the filter is the 4-way switch (use the wheeland ENTER key to set this up) allowing switchingbetween:• OFF — no MIDI data is sent from the THRU port• THRU — the data received at the physical MIDI IN isechoed through the THRU port• INT MTC — the internal MIDI timecode generator’soutput is sent through the THRU port• USB MTC — the MIDI timecode received at the USBMTC port is echoed at the THRU portFinally at the bottom, the slot FireWire card MIDIconnection can be switched on and off.Figure 7.1: MIDI setup