Tascam owner manual Parts of the FW-1082, Front Panel

2 – Parts of the FW-1082

Front Panel

The FW-1082 front panel may be conveniently grouped into logical areas as shown in Figure 2.1. Note that the functions of some of these controls may change as the control mode changes.

See “Control Surface Modes” on page 16 for details of these different modes and how to set them:

Input section	Encoders and
	controls	Monitoring
		and indicators
		Mode
		controls
Channel controls
	DAW transport
	controls

Figure 2.1: Front panel features

Input section

The analog input section of the FW-1082.

TRIM controls Analog level controls for the input level of the mic (XLR) input 1 through 4, and line inputs 1 through 8. Their function is the same regard- less of the control surface mode selected. Note that the best signal-to-noise ratios are achieved by maxi- mizing the level of analog inputs at the A/D convert- ers. For the mic and line inputs of the FW-1082, the trim controls provide the means for optimizing these levels.

OL indicators The OL indicators light to indicate a signal peaking at –2.5dBFS or higher by default

(this level is adjustable between 0.0dBFS and

5.0dBFS, in 0.5dB increments, using the FW-1082’s software Control Panel). When one of these indica- tors lights, it indicates an overloaded input—reduce the level of the input to the channel until the indicator goes out.

Signal indicators The SIGNAL indicators light to indicate the presence of an audio signal at the corre- sponding analog input.

These indicators and the OL indicators indicate sig- nal levels to the eight analog inputs regardless of the control surface mode selected.

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