Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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9 - Machine Control—Selecting devices for control9–3NOTEThe exact way in which the transport controlswork with the external device depends on thecapabilities of the device. For instance, thenotion of “record” is not very meaningful whenapplied to the internal timecode generator.There are also many specific features for dif-ferent devices. If you require further informa-tion on the control features of a specificdevice that are not detailed here, please con-tact your TASCAM dealer, who should be ableto supply you with further information.Moving the cursor to the right of the REC column,and pressing the ENTER key repeatedly will cyclethrough the following conditions:Only one device at a time can be selected for trans-port control, as shown by the circled œ symbol. If adevice has been selected for transport control, and itis required to control another device, the first deviceselected for external control must be de-selectedfrom transport control before the “new” device isselected for this purpose.One feature which is not visible from the transportcontrols is an “eject” function. DTRS and ADATunits, as well as most VTRs, can have their mediaejected by pressing and holding the STOP transportkey, and pressing the CLEAR key of the auto-punchsection [36] (not the number keypad CLR key).Some machines may unthread the tape if the STOPkey is pressed while the transport is stopped.If a device can be armed for recording using the TM-D4000 controls, a circle appears in this position inthe list. A solid circle, or circled number, indicatethat the REC keys above each module [25] are usedas the track arming/record switches for the remotedevice. There are 24 module REC keys (the last eightof the first layer, and all of the second layer) availablefor use. As explained at the bottom of the list screen,a circled number indicates which module REC keysare used for the device:If a solid circle is shown, the default REC key assign-ments are made, as shown in the table above. How-ever, this can be changed to a non-default assignmentusing the JOG dial to change the solid circle to theappropriate circled number, and confirming with theENTER key.NOTEWhen the LAYER STATUS MASTERindicatoris lit, the module RECkeys have no effect.The ALL SAFE key [33] can be used to turn off thetrack arming for all tracks for all assigned REC keys.While ALL SAFE is active, the REC keys are dis-abled, until ALL SAFE is turned off again. Therecording status that was active before the ALLSAFE was turned on is restored when ALL SAFE isturned off again.9.1.4 Machine Control mappingmemoriesSo that commonly-used machine control settings canbe stored and recalled easily, the TM-D4000 pro-vides 10 memories of machine control mappings(numbered from 0 through 9).These memories include: the CHASE setting, theSCR setting and the TRA setting.An an example of the practical use of this, take theexample of three DTRS units connected to a VTR,chasing to timecode supplied by the VTR. Usually,the transport keys will control the VTR, and the RECkeys will control the three DTRS units. The DTRSunits will be locked and chasing the VTR. Some-times, though, it will be necessary to control theDTRS units directly (through the first DTRS).Recording functions are still assigned to the DTRSunits.These two setups can be stored to two different mem-ories, and recalled instantly as necessary.To store the current machine control mapping into amemory:1 Press and hold down the MACHINE SELECTkey [39].TRA on REC offTRA on REC onTRA off REC onTRA off REC offNumber Module REC keys Default for card inexpansion slot1 9 – 16 12 17 – 24 23 25 – 32 2Number Module REC keys Default for card inexpansion slot