Tascam DM-3200 2 – Basic operational concepts : Special controls, Fader layers, The PODs

2 – Basic operational concepts : Special controls

Fader layers

The DM-3200 has sixteen channel faders and encoders, but is capable of controlling 48 channels, in addition to the master aux send and buss levels.

The faders (and the encod- ers, when the encoders are associated with channels) are therefore arranged in layers, allowing different groups of faders to be accessed.

Use the LAYER STATUS keys (which light when the appropriate layer is active) to select these layers. These keys are located to the right of the master fader. When

these keys are pressed, the faders move to the appro- priate positions, reflecting the new fader layer.

The first three keys are used to select the channels (1 through 16, 17 through 32 and 33 through 48).

Following this, the next key selects the 16 busses.

The next key selects the aux sends, and uses the first eight faders for this purpose (faders 9 through 16 are disabled here).

The faders may be used for remote DAW control, etc. in REMOTE mode.

Special controls

The DM-3200 incorporates a few controls that are not found on every digital mixer and which therefore may be a little unfamiliar.

These are the PODs, which are located immediately below the display, and the 16 encoders, located above the channel strips.

The PODs

The DM-3200 has four encoder/key combinations (referred to as PODs) below the display. The func-

tion of these pods varies according to the current screen display.

Figure 2.3: POD controls

Very often, in a screen with many controls displayed, the up and down cursor keys are used to move a high- lighting box around the screen. These boxes high- light a maximum of four on-screen rotary controls, which are then controlled by the corresponding POD

encoders (immediately below the on-screen con- trols).

Note also the contrast control to the right of the PODs.

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