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2 – Basic operational concepts : Utilities

Utilities

There are three UTILITY screens, accessed with the UTILITY key.

The first of these (PARAM COPY) provides a method of copying values between channel parameters.

The second (EXT. SW) determines the function of the external footswitch.

The last (SYSTEM) allows CF card management and date setting. These have already been described in “Formatting a new card” on page 24 and “Setting the date and time” on page 27 and are not described again here.

There is also a system update facility. See the TMCompanion software and its documentation for full details of how to update the DM-3200.

UTILITY copying

This screen allows the aux send levels and pan set- tings for a group of channels to be set up to mirror the settings made on the channel faders, and the other way around. This may be useful when setting up a studio monitor mix, for example, and the levels and pans of the aux sends used for the monitor mix should initially be set to the same as the channels.

1Press the UTILITY key.

Figure 2.34: UTILITY copy screen

2Check either of the two checkboxes (PAN/BAL and/or LEVEL) to select the settings to be copied.

3In either of the two boxes, select either the AUX -> CH or the other radio button (CH -> AUX for level, but variable for pan/balance).

Naturally, it is not possible to select both in the same box, though it is possible to select

AUX in one box and AUX -> CH in the other.

4Select the source and the destination parame- ters as explained here.

For pan/balance copying, the aux sends and busses are available as linked pairs or an ALL selection is also available. Individual sends and busses are not available.

The STEREO buss is available as a destination.

The aux sends are selectable individually or as linked pairs as sources or destinations for level copying.

Channels are divided into blocks of eight: 1-8,

9-16,17-24,25-32 33-40 and 41-48 and ALL. Indi- vidual channels cannot be selected. This applies to both pan/balance and level copying.

5Move the cursor to the on-screen COPY button and press ENTER. A confirmation popup mes- sage appears.

6Press ENTER again to confirm the copy, or a cursor key to cancel.

If neither of the checkboxes is checked when you press the COPY button, an error message is displayed.

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DM-3200 specifications

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