Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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4 - Module operations—Fader and cut groups4–94.9 Fader and cut groupsIn shifted mode, this key brings up theGROUPING screen, allowing input channels tobe assigned to fader and cut groups.In this screen, each column represents an input chan-nel (from 1 through 32). The two stereo input chan-nels are also shown here.There are eight fader groups and eight cut groups,shown as rows on the display. Each channel may be amember of one of each type of group (i.e. a channelcan be a member of one fader group and one cutgroup, but not of two fader groups or two cutgroups).Fader groups and cut groups are independent of eachother. The number of the fader group to which achannel is assigned bears no relation to the numberof the cut group.In each group (fader and cut), there is one masterchannel, and all other channels in that group are slavechannels.In the case of a fader group, moving the fader group’smaster channel fader will move the slave channels’faders, relative to the master channel’s fader. Movingthe fader of a slave channel will affect only thatchannel. NOTEThese fader groups are not the same as theoutput buss assignments (which are some-times referred to as “groups” on some mixingconsoles).In the case of a cut group, pressing the CUT key ofthe cut group master channel will have the sameeffect as pressing the CUT key of all the cut groupchannels simultaneously.NOTEIf channels have been stereo linked (seebelow), the stereo pair of channels can beused as a master channel. Moving eitherfader of a master pair or pressing the CUTkeyof either pair will affect the status of all slavechannels in that group.4.9.1 Making group settingsUse the UP and DOWN cursor keys to navigatearound the groups. As each group is selected, asshown by an on-screen box surrounding the grouprow, the SEL indicators of the channels of the activefader layer which belong to that group will light.Alternatively the ROW CURSOR keys and the JOGdial can be used for navigation around the screen.Press the SEL key of a channel to assign it to a groupor de-assign it from that group.An on-screen group/channel intersection with a smalldot (•) means that the channel is not currentlyassigned to any group. A large dot (l) indicates thatthe channel is the master channel for that group (cutor fader). A check mark (4) shows that the channel isa slave channel within that group.When a group is selected on this screen, the SELindicator of the master channel lights, and the SELindicators of the slave channels ash (if the y are visi-ble in the current fader layer).4.9.2 Clearing group settingsThe rst channel selected as the member of a groupbecomes the master channel. Removing that channelfrom the group clears it from the group and alsoclears all slave channel assignments from that group.4.10Checking fader and cut statusThis allows the checking of the fader positions on thedisplay screen. This may be useful under the follow-ing circumstances:• when faders are grouped (see above, 4.9, “Faderand cut groups” and it is necessary to check thefader and cut positions of modules of layers otherthan the layer containing the fader or cut master.• when a snapshot is recalled (see 8.1, “Snapshotmemories”) and it is necessary to check the status