Threshold (THRESH)

5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors

Gates (input channels 1–32)

GATE This is an on-screen button, allowing you to turn the channel gate (1 through 32, inputs only) on and off. Duplicated in the global section at the right of the screen.

, controlled by the POD 1

knob, allows the setting of the threshold at which the gate will open. Variable from -80dBto 0dB in 1dB steps.

Range (RANGE) , controlled by the POD 2 knob, sets the gate range, from 60dB to 0dB in 1dB steps.

Gate attack time (ATTACK), controlled by the POD 3 knob. Variable from 0ms to 125ms in 1ms steps.

Hysteresis (HYST) , controlled by the POD 4 knob, from 0dB to 24dB in 1dB steps.

NOTE

Hysteresis is a second threshold. The Threshold value is used when opening the gate, and that of Hysteresis, typ- ically set a few dB lower than Threshold, when closing the gate. This means that once a signal has dropped below the Hysteresis level, it must rise again to the Threshold level for the gate to re-open, thus reducing or eliminating gate “chatter”/

Gate hold time (HOLD) , controlled by the POD 3 knob on the second row. Variable from 0ms to 990ms in 100 steps.

Gate decay time (DECAY) , controlled by the POD 4 knob on the second row. Variable from 50ms to 5.0s.

Decay time

Step size

 

 

5ms to 200ms

5ms

 

 

200ms to 300ms

10ms

 

 

300ms to 500ms

20ms

 

 

500ms to 1.00s

50ms

 

 

1.00s to 3.00s

0.1s

 

 

3.00s to 5.00s

0.2s

 

 

Compressor/expanders

COMP/EXPAND This is an on-screen button, allowing you to turn the channel compressor/ expander on and off. Duplicated in the global section at the right of the screen.

Insert point (INS PNT) allows the compressor/ expander to be inserted either pre-EQ or post-EQ (channels 1 through 32—buss, aux and stereo are pre-fader only). Move the cursor to this field and use the ENTER key to change this setting.

The link and trigger settings work in the same way as for the gate (see above).

Threshold (THRESH), controlled by the POD 1 knob, and variable from -48dBto 0dB in 1dB steps.

Compression/expansion ratio (RATIO), con- trolled by the POD 2 knob, and variable from 1:1 to ∞:1 (infinite compression).

The steps are as follows: 1.00:1, 1.05:1, 1.11:1, 1.18:1, 1.25:1, 1.33:1, 1.43:1, 1.54:1, 1.67:1, 1.82:1, 2.00:1, 2.22:1,

2.50:1, 2.86:1, 3.33:1, 4.00:1, 5.00:1, 6.67:1, 10.0:1, 20.0:1, ∞:1.

When the processor is used as an expander, the val- ues are: 1.00, 2.00, 4.00, 8.00, 16.0, 32.0, 64.0.

Attack time (ATTACK), controlled by the POD 3 knob, and variable from 0ms to 125ms in 1ms steps.

Release time (RELEASE), controlled by the POD 4 knob, and variable from 5ms to 5.0s in 100 steps.

Release time

Step size

 

 

5ms to 200ms

5ms

 

 

200ms to 300ms

10ms

 

 

300ms to 500ms

20ms

 

 

500ms to 1.00s

50ms

 

 

1.00s to 3.00s

0.1s

 

 

3.00s to 5.00s

0.2s

 

 

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Tascam DM-3200 owner manual Gates input channels, Compressor/expanders, Decay time Step size, Release time Step size

DM-3200 specifications

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