AUTOMATION
The DM-24 features very powerful, internal automation. No computer required.
The internal automation of the DM-24 is actually more powerful and easier to use
then many large frame consoles used in professional studios.
The following mix controls of the DM-24 can be automated:
• Fader levels
• Mutes
• EQ settings:
• Gain, Frequency, Q, EQ On/Off switching can be automated
• Individual EQ band
TYPE switching between High/Low Pass Filter,
Peaking & Shelving
• Auxiliary send levels and Pre/Post switching
• Auxiliary master send levels
• Bus master levels
• GATE settings:
• THRESHold
• RANGE
• HYSTeresis
• ATTACK
• HOLD
• DECAY
• COMPressor settings:
• THRESHold
• RATIO
• ATTACK
• RELEASE
• Library recall
• Surround panning parameters
The automation is triggered by external time code. (In a later version of firmware
the DM-24 will have an internal MTC generator of it’s own if needed.) This time
code can be SMPTE or MTC. Time code from RS-422 cannot be used to trigger
automation. ADAT users will have to have a device that converts ADAT ABS to
MTC or SMPTE in order to trigger automation. DA-38 and DA-88 users will have
to use an SY-88 card or an MMC-38 to convert DTRS ABS code to SMPTE or
MTC. All other DTRS machines can do this internally.
All automation mix files are stored internally on the DM-24. There are 8 banks
that can each store up to 8,000 events. If 8,001 events are used in one mix, two
banks are used for that mix. The next mix would use bank 3. Up to 32,000
events can be used in one mix. These files (as well as all library files, snapshots,
EQ, Effects, etc.) can be dumped to a MIDI device (MDF-3 or sequencer) to
make more room for new mixes. They can of course be reloaded at any time.