Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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10–110 - MIDIThe TM-D4000 is capable of acting as a MIDI con-troller as well as responding to Program Changecommands. Each Program Change command corre-sponds to a snapshot which is recalled.MIDI Timecode (MTC) can be used as the timecodebase, and displayed on the time counter.Library data may be stored to a MIDI bulk lingdevice using MIDI System Exclusive, and recalled.This includes EQ data, effect and dynamics proces-sor data, as well as snapshot library entries. Theseprocedures are described in 8.1.6, “MIDI dumpingand loading of snapshot library entries” and 8.2.5,“Naming a library entry”. See these sections fordetails of this facility.Other parameters may also be stored and recalled bymeans of MIDI System Exclusive dump commands,and these are explained below.The TM-D4000 controls can be used to send MIDIControl Change commands through the MIDI OUT,as described here, using one of two methods: theMIDI Controller and the MIDI Fader “externaldevices”, selected from the Machine Control List.All MIDI connections to and from the TM-D4000are made in the standard way, using standard MIDIconnectors: the MIDI IN accepts MIDI data, the MIDITHRU echoes these commands, and the MIDI OUToutputs those MIDI commands that originate fromthe TM-D4000 (there is a soft “through” describedbelow).10.1MIDI settingsThe following settings affect the operation of theTM-D4000 with regard to MIDI:Basic Channel : This sets the channel on whichthe TM-D4000 receives Program Change messages,etc. Use the JOG dial or the number keypad, fol-lowed by the ENTER key, to enter the MIDI channelfrom 1 to 16.OMNI Receive : The setting made above can beoverridden, so that the TM-D4000 will respond toMIDI messages received on any channel (see thenote below regarding the JLC BB3).In addition to this setting, the Omni Off (Bn 7C) andOmni On (B n 7D) where n is the basic MIDI chan-nel) messages are also recognized and interpreted bythe TM-D4000.RESET : If a MIDI Reset messages is received bythe TM-D4000, there are three options: the TM-D4000 will Ignore this message (it will be dis-carded, and not used), the Prompt User set-ting will produce a popup message when a Resetmessage is received, allowing the choice of whetherthe console should be reset or not, and Honor willalways reset the console when a Reset messageis received.Output Active Sensing : enables or disablesthe reception of System Real Time Active Sensingmessages (FEh) by the TM-D4000. If Active Sensingis enabled, and the data stream is interrupted, apopup panel appears on the display to inform you ofthe fact.Output MTC when slaved : When this isturned on, the TM-D4000 will output MIDI Time-code from the MIDI OUT, echoing the current time-code source (as selected in the OPTION screen).If the internal generator is running (as selected by theMachine Control screens), MTC is always output,regardless of the setting made here.Merge In → Out : This allows the MIDI OUT toecho the data received at the MIDI IN, merged withthe data originated by the TM-D4000. Regardless ofthis setting, the MIDI THRU will only re-transmit thedata received at the MIDI IN.Received MTC (including full frame MTC mes-sages) is not merged into the MIDI OUT.NOTEWhen a valid dump header is received, merg-ing of MIDI data is turned off until the nextpower-up. The TM-D4000 supports the MIDIFILE DUMP, as specied in the MIDI 1.0specications , and because of the handshak-