ConnectingtheD8BtoTASCAMMDMs

Cabling and Hookup

1.Connect the digital cables between the TASCAM tape decks and the DIO•8 cards in the Digital 8•Bus.

Note: You must use the special dubbing cables provided by TASCAM, part number PW-88D (1 meter) or PW-88DL (5 meters). These cables are reverse wired. Do not use a standard DB25 computer cable, which is wired straight through pin-to-pin.

2.Connect the sync cables (TASCAM part number PW-88S) between the master deck and the slaves in a daisy-chain fashion. Make sure the last deck has a Termination Plug connected to its SYNC OUT connector.

For the DA-38:

An MMC-38 MIDI Machine Control interface must be used prior to the SYNC IN connector on the master deck to implement MMC transport commands and track arming for up to three DA-38 machines.

For the DA-88:

You must have an SY-88 card installed in each DA-88 to implement MMC transport commands and track arming for up to three DA-88 machines. The SY-88 cards also provide SMPTE chase lock operation. Alternately, an MMC-38 MIDI Machine Control interface may be used prior to the SYNC IN connector on the master deck to implement MMC transport commands and track arming for up to three DA-88 machines.

3.Connect a BNC cable from the first DIO•8 (Tape 1–8) card’s SYNC connector to the WORD SYNC IN connector on the master deck.

4.Connect MIDI cables between the MIDI OUT connector on the Digital 8•Bus Remote CPU and the MIDI IN connector on the MMC-38 (or SY-88 on the master deck), and between the MIDI IN connector on the Digital 8•Bus’ Remote CPU and the MIDI OUT connector on the MMC-38 (or SY-88).

Settings

MMC-38

1.Set SW2 DIP switches 6 and 7 to the up position. All other switches should be in the down position.

SY-88

1.DIP switches on the SY-88 are set internally. The DIP switches labeled S2 assign the device ID numbers (see the TASCAM SY-88 Owner’s Manual for ID setup information).

TASCAM DA-38/DA-88

1.On the front panel of the TASCAM, select WORD CLOCK as the clock source.

2.Also on the front panel, turn on the DIGITAL IN.

3.Set the Machine ID on each recorder, with the first deck (master) having the lowest number and the last deck having the highest number. DA-88s

start with ID #0 and DA-38s start with ID #1.

 

DA-88

DA-38

Deck 1

0

1

Deck 2

1

2

Deck 3

2

3

Note: If using a DA-88 as the master and a DA-38 as a slave, assign the DA-88 ID #0, and the DA-38 ID #2.

D8B

1.Click the “Setup” button in the bottom menu bar of the SVGA monitor to open the General Setup window.

2.Click the “Digital I/O” icon on the left side of the window to open the Digital I/O dialog box.

3.Click each Tape Input and Output box and select TDIF for each DIO•8 card installed.

4.Select the appropriate sample rate in the Digital I/O Setup window.

For DA-38s with the MMC-38:

a.Click the “Locator-MC” icon on the left side of the Setup window.

b.Set all Device IDs to 1 (all D8B Device IDs must be set to 1 in order to arm tracks from the console).

For DA-88s with the SY-88s:

a.Click the “Locator-MC” icon on the left side of the Setup window.

b.Set all Device IDs to one digit less than the DIP switch settings (S2) on the SY-88 cards

for their respective machines. For example:

 

SY-88

D8B

Deck 1

1

0

Deck 2

2

1

Deck 3

3

2

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