Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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4 - Module operations—Pan and balance4–7• Auto make-up (AUTO), controlled by the leftswitch of POD 4 below the output gain. This isused, together with the output gain setting for auto-matic optimum level control if the compression set-tings have resulted in gain reduction.4.6.5 Gate settingsBoth the MODULE and DYNAMICS screensallow the same parameters to be set.• Threshold (THRESH), controlled by the POD 1knob, allows the setting of the threshold at whichthe gate will open. Variable from -80dB to0dB in 1 dB steps.• Range (RANGE), controlled by the POD 2 knob,sets the gate range, from 0dB to 60dB in 1dBsteps.• Hysteresis (HYST), controlled by the POD 3knob, from 0dB to 24dB in 1dB steps.• Gate attack time (ATTACK), controlled by thePOD 1 knob on the last row. Variable from 0msto 125ms in 1 ms steps.• Gate hold time (HOLD), controlled by the POD2 knob on the last row. Variable from 0ms to990ms in 100 steps.• Gate decay time (DECAY), controlled by thePOD 3 knob on the last row. Variable from 50msto 5.0s in 100 steps.4.6.6 Linked channelsLINK allows the linking of two processorsassigned to two adjacent channels (the “left” channelof the pair must be odd-numbered).This link is automatically made, and cannot beturned off, when two modules have been stereolinked (or for the stereo inputs or the stereo out).Trigger source (TRIGGER) is only valid whentwo processors are linked. This option (selectedusing the ENTER key or JOG dial) allows the trig-gering for both processors to be initiated by L-ch(left channel), R-ch (right channel) or BOTH(both channels act as triggers—in other words, thefirst channel to be triggered will automatically acti-vate the second channel’s processor).NOTEThe two ST IN channels and the stereo outbuss do not allow trigger selection, and arefixed at the BOTHsetting.4.7 Pan and balanceAs well as using the MODULE screen to adjust thepan of a module (or the balance of a stereo pair ofmodules), there is a dedicated PAN/BAL screen,allowing the viewing and setting of many modulessimultaneously.4.7.1 Using the MODULE key to set panand balancePan and balance controls are only available in theEQ/AUX/PAN MODULE screen, not theEQ/DYN module screen.Mono modules : The fourth POD rotary controlon the fifth row is a pan control, when the module is amono module.The pan settings are L45 (hard left), through C(center) to R45 (hard right).The left switch of this POD is a centering switch.For odd-numbered channels only, the right switch ofthis POD is a gang switch, allowing this pan controlto be ganged with the pan control of the next channel.Stereo modules : When two channels have beenlinked into a stereo pair, or when one of the stereoinputs is selected, the pan control changes to a bal-ance control.The left switch of the POD is a centering switch.The third POD becomes an “image” control, whichdetermines the width of the stereo image producedby the two channels. Turning the knob to the “center”allows “pinpointing” of the image (L+Rmono),full width (STEREO, fully counterclockwise) orfull width, with the positions of the two linked chan-nels reversed with respect to normal (REVERSE,fully clockwise). Intermediate positions are repre-sented as percentage figures preceded by ST (ste-reo) or REV (reverse), with ST 98% followingimmediately after STEREO, and REV 98%immediately after REVERSE.The switches of the third POD allow either the left orthe right channel of the pair to be selected as a monosource (the image control is then disabled).If a surround mode, rather than the stereo mode, hasbeen selected, surround positioning control is notpossible from the MODULE screen. Use the dedi-cated PAN/BAL key instead. See 6, “Surroundmodes” for details.