Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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Contents

1 - Introduction—Expansion cards1–2• “Notes” provide additional information whichrequires special attention.1.2.1 How this manual is arrangedWe feel that the first five sections of this manual are"required reading". If you take the trouble to readthrough these sections, you will have a good basicunderstanding of the way in which you can get thebest out of the TM-D4000. Even if you are familiarwith the operation of mixers and digital mixers, andeven if you never usually read instruction manuals,we suggest that you read these sections. They willprovide useful background information for you asyou use the TM-D4000.The other sections are more in the nature of back-ground reference, and contain information that youmay not need for everyday working.Lastly, a tutorial section is provided that allows you(or a new user of the TM-D4000) to become familiarwith the working of the TM-D4000.1, “Introduction” : This section. It provides anoverview of the TM-D4000, its operational features,and the manual.2, “Principles of operation” : Contains basicinformation on the layout and the special features ofthe TM-D4000 (fader layers, user interface features,etc.).3, “System setup” : Before using the TM-D4000, there are certain issues concerned with word(sync) clock timing, etc. This section should be readbefore you start integrating the TM-D4000 into yoursetup.4, “Module operations” : This may beregarded as the "heart" of this manual—it containsdetails of the everyday operations you perform withany mixing console; for example, equalization, Auxsends, buss routing, etc.5, “Monitoring” : Explains the principles ofmonitoring durinng multitracking annd mixdown,and solo operations, etc. using the TM-D4000.6, “Surround modes” : The TM-D4000 iscapable of mixing a a number of different surroundformats. This section explains how to use this mixerfor surround purposes.7, “Internal effect processor” : This sectionexplains how to use and set the internal effect proces-sor of the TM-D4000.8, “Library functions” : In addition to effectprocessor settings, complete mixer snapshots, equal-ization settings, and dynamics processor settings canbe stored and recalled for convenience. These"library" functions are described in this section.9, “Machine Control” : The TM-D4000 can actas a remote control unit for a wide variety of externaldevices, and provides MIDI timecode synchroniza-tion facilities. This section provides a guide to thesefacilities.10, “MIDI” : This section gives a description of theMIDI-related features of the TM-D4000.11, “Cascade” : This section describes the wayin which a number of TM-D4000 units can be linkedtogether in a “cascade” to form a larger mixing unit.12, “Front panel” : Provides a brief descriptionof the front panel features of the TM-D4000.13, “Rear panel & connections” : Providesa brief description of the rear panel connectors, etc.and the connections to be made to and from the TM-D4000 and other units.14, “Specifications, etc.” : Specifications, anda list of error messages, as well as all the configura-tion screens available, and a block diagram of theTM-D4000.“Tutorial–Simple recording session” :This provides a simple recording session using ananalog source (CD player) recording to a DTRS unit,and mixing down to DAT. We suggest that you workthrough this (about 1 hour) to familiarize yourselfwith the way in which the TM-D4000 works. Thistutorial may be removed from the main manualbinder and stored seperately, if desired.There is also an index, which should allow you tofind the answers to any questions relatively easily.In addition to this manual, the documentation for theautomation software is provided seperately, as is thedocumentation for the expansion cards (see below)and the optional MU-4000 meter bridge unit.1.3 Expansion cardsYou must decide on the system that you will be usingwith your TM-D4000 and configure it appropriately.There are three slots available for expansion cards.Without any expansion cards fitted in these slots, theTM-D4000 is only capable of accepting analog sig-