5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors

Gate library entries These gate settings may be used as they are or used as jumping-off points for your own settings.

Program

Name

Comment

Number

 

 

 

 

 

000

Noise Gate1

General noise gate setting

 

 

 

001

Noise Gate2

General noise gate setting

 

 

 

002

Kick Gate1

Suitable for bass (kick) drum

 

 

 

003

Kick Gate2

Another kick drum setting

 

 

 

004

Snare Gate1

Useful when recording snare drums

 

 

 

005

Snare Gate2

Another snare setting

 

 

 

006

Toms Gate

Use when recording the toms of a drum kit

 

 

 

007

Slow Gate

A gate with slow response

 

 

 

008

Bass Gate1

The settings suit a bass

 

 

 

009

Base Gate2

Another bass gate setting

 

 

 

010

E Guitar Clean1

Suitable for clean electric guitars

 

 

 

011

E Gt Distortion

Suitable for distorted electric guitars

 

 

 

012

E Gt Heavy Dist.

suitable for heavily distorted guitars

 

 

 

Table 5.8: Gate/Expander preset library entries

Trigger settings

As mentioned earlier, the DM-3200 can have sources assigned to triggers (up to eight), allowing dynamics processors to be triggered by a wide range of input signals.

The assignment of the eight input triggers is done from the ROUTING INPUT screen.

Figure 5.9: Assigning dynamics processor triggers

1Press the ROUTING key until the INPUT screen is shown.

2Use POD 3 to select the DYN TRIGGER (dynamics trigger) option.

3Use POD 4 to select the source group for the first trigger: mic/line inputs (M/L), one of the three TDIF inputs, the ADAT inputs, the digital

inputs (DIN), the assignable returns (ASN RTN), the returns from the internal effects (EFF RTN, EFF1 L, EFF1 R, EFF2 L and EFF2 R), the input from the 2-track recorder (2TRIN) or the slot cards (1 or 2). Although the OSC (oscillator) and LOOP- BACK options are available, they are not partic- ularly useful here.

4Move the cursor to the DYN TRIGGER 1 field, and use the dial to select the input from the source group.

5Press ENTER when the input is selected (you must do this) and move to the DYN TRIGGER 2 field.

You can use POD 4 to select another source group at any time.

When you have set up the triggers, they are available for use in any gate or compressor/expander. Note that the same trigger can be used for many different pro- cessors.

TIP

You can set up eight consecutive inputs as the eight input triggers by moving the cursor to the bottom of the screen (BATCH SETUP), selecting a group of eight inputs using the dial, and pressing ENTER. This batch assignment can later be “fine-tuned”, changing only one or two entries in the list, if required.

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DM-3200 specifications

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