Tascam DM-3200 owner manual Talkback, etc, Oscillator and noise generator

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4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring

Talkback, etc.

The internal talkback microphone is located above the meters. The sensitivity of the microphone is adjusted using the T/B control next to the micro- phone.

The TO SLATE and TO STUDIO keys are both “smart keys”. When active, they route the talkback microphone to the busses and/or aux sends as selected below, and to the studio respectively, and dim the control room outputs.

The MONO key (also a “smart key”) provides mono control room monitoring, combining the left and right signals into one mono signal.

Talkback source However, note that the internal talkback microphone does not have to be used as the talkback source. Any one of the mic/line sources can be selected as a communication source (for example, a boundary field microphone situated in a large con- trol room can allow comments from a production group to be routed to the artistes in the studio).

Select the talkback source (T/B SOURCE) in the MONI- screen:

Figure 4.11: Monitor oscillator and

communication screen

Use the cursor to navigate to this field, the dial to make the selection between INT T/B MIC (internal microphone) and MIC/LINE 1 through 16. Press ENTER to confirm the setting.

Slate definition The COMMUNICATION fields allow you to choose the busses and aux sends which will act as the “slate” when the TO SLATE key is enabled for sending talkback. Any combination of busses, aux sends and the stereo buss can be selected (cursor keys and ENTER key) as slate destination. Linking of busses and aux sends has no effect on this screen.

Oscillator and noise generator

In order to help with signal tracing, the setting of SPLs, etc., the DM-3200 provides an internal tone/ noise generator.

The POD 1 switch turns the generator on and off.

Use POD 2 to set the type of generator: either a sine- wave oscillator (SINE), a white noise generator (WHITE), or a pink noise generator (PINK).

POD 3 sets the frequency if the sine wave oscillator has been selected. There are four choices: 100Hz, 440Hz (standard tuning A), 1kHz and 10kHz.

POD 4 sets the level from –36dBFSto 0dBFS in 0.5dB steps. Remember that –16dBFS is the nominal level, so you can use this setting when setting up SPLs, etc. for your monitoring system.

Oscillator destination Use the OSCILLATOR fields (cursor keys and ENTER key) to route the generator fields to any combination of busses, aux sends or the stereo buss. This is an extremely useful “patch-free” method of signal tracing.

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