Tascam DS-M7.1 owner manual Configuring the Input Summing Router

4 – Routing and patching

1With the SHIFT indicator lit, press the STATUS/INPUT key so that the screen dis- plays the following:

[INPUT SUM ROUTER] Format LCRS(LS,RS)

Input	12345678
Output 1	*-------

2Use the cursor keys to navigate to the Input parameter, and set the value (VALUE control) to one of those listed above.

As you select the surround pattern, note how the green indicators under each MUTE CONTROL key light and go out, reflecting the surround pattern you have selected.

A note on LCRS

The DS-M7.1 supports two variants of the LCRS for- mat to support a control room set up for 5.1 or 6.1 operation without the need to repatch the speakers.

LCRS (LS, RS) In the first of these format, a “phan- tom” speaker is created by attenuating the LS(S) sig-

nal by 3dB and then assigning it to the LS and RS speakers.

LCRS (CS) This format assigns the LS(S) signal to the LC(CS) speaker.

You should choose the appropriate LCRS format depending on your control room setup.

Configuring the Input Summing Router

You should now configure the Input Summing Router. This does not affect the physical output assignments made by the Output Router but will affect what goes to the insert in post mode.

Since you may have more channels in the surround format you are mixing to than you do offboard insert equipment, you may need to combine more than one input with the Input Summing Router before sending the signals to an inserted device.

The DS-M7.1 allows you to do this, in the following way.

1On the bottom line of the screen above, move the cursor to the Output field, and use the

Value control to pick the desired Input

Summing Router output.

2Move the cursor to the bottom right of the screen, representing the eight inputs of the Input Summing Router, and use the cursor and VALUE control to assign (*) or release (-) an input to and from an output. When this is done, repeat the first step for the next Input Summing Router output.

Note that this way of working allows an input channel to be assigned to more than one monitor output, and a monitor output to be fed by more than one input.

Matching output channels to surround channels

The next stage is to match the numbered output of the Input Summing Router (as routed and summed earlier) to the named surround output channels of the surround pattern you have set up earlier. You may not need to do this if your setup matches standard set- tings.

1With the SHIFT indicator lit, press the SYSTEM/OUTPUT key so that the screen dis- plays something like the following:

[OUTPUT]
L	1	C	3	R	2
LC	7	LFE	4	RC	8
LS	5			RS	6

The screen above shows a 7.1 surround pat- tern. If you have picked another pattern, you will see only those channels which are rele- vant to your pattern.

2Use the cursor keys and VALUE control to navigate to the surround channels and assign the outputs to them.

NOTE

The output router is always active. It cannot be bypassed.

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