Tascam DM-3200 List of Figures, 1 ––Introduction, 2 ––Basicoperational concepts, 3 ––Connections

1 ––Introduction

Figure 1.1: Basic logical components of the DM-3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 1.1: Overview of the DM-3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 ––Basic operational concepts

Figure 2.1: Control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 2.2: Explanation of the top line of screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 2.3: POD controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 2.4: POD knobs used in a multi-control screen 19

Figure 2.5: POD knob 4 used as list selector . . . . . . . 19

Figure 2.6: POD keys 2 through 4 used as soft keys . 19

Figure 2.7: POD 1 used with a pull-up menu list . . . . 19

Figure 2.8: POD keys used to select sub-screens . . . 19

Figure 2.9: POD keys 2 and 4 used to jump to other screens (library screens) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 2.10: Encoder functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 2.11: Encoders in pan mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Figure 2.12: Encoders in EQ gain mode . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 2.13: Encoders in EQ frequency selection mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 2.14: Encoders in frequency Q adjustment mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 2.15: Encoders used to make frequency band fil- ter type selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 2.16: Encoders used to make module level and aux send adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 2.17: ENCODER OPERATION menu item . . . . . 23

Figure 2.18: Formatting a CF card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 2.19: Shutting down the DM-3200 . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 2.20: Powering up the DM-3200 with no previous shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Figure 2.21: Project structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 2.22: Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 2.23: The NEW PROJECT page . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Figure 2.24: The project management page . . . . . . . 28 Figure 2.25: Storing a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Figure 2.26: Library management (gate library shown as example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Figure 2.27: Library selection pull-up menu . . . . . . . 30 Figure 2.28: Library utility screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Figure 2.29: Setting and editing titles and memos . . 32 Figure 2.30: The SETUP option screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Figure 2.31: Display top line set to SYSTEM . . . . . . . 33 Figure 2.32: The PREFERENCES screen . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Figure 2.33: SOLO options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Figure 2.34: UTILITY copy screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Figure 2.35: UTILITY external switch settings . . . . . . 37

3 ––Connections

Figure 3.1: Overview of rear panel features . . . . . . . 38

Figure 3.2: Analog channel inputs and controls . . . . 39

Figure 3.3: DIGITAL SETUP screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 3.4: IF-AN/DM (at left) and IF-AE/DM (at

right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Figure 3.5: IF-TD/DM (at left) and IF-AD/DM (at right) 42 Figure 3.6: PROJECT CLOCK screen (high-speed) . . . 44 Figure 3.7: Checking the clock sources . . . . . . . . . . . 44

List of Figures

4 ––Routing & assignment

Figure 4.1: Module facilities on the DM-3200 . . . . . . 46

Figure 4.2: Routing inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 4.3: Routing outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 4.4: Routing inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 4.5: Assignment keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 4.6: Buss assignment screen (linked busses) . 51

Figure 4.7: Buss assignments with the pan switch off 52

Figure 4.8: Surround channel assignment screen . . . 53

Figure 4.9: Monitoring and metering controls . . . . . . 54

Figure 4.10: Monitor parameters screen . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 4.11: Monitor oscillator and communication screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 4.12: Metering screen (1st 24 channel module meters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

5 ––Channel modules

Figure 5.1: Assign parameters screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 5.2: Common “global” module settings . . . . . 60

Figure 5.3: Channel fader screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 5.4: Master fader screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 5.5: Unlinked DYNAMICS screen (channels 1 through 32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Figure 5.6: Linked DYNAMICS screen (channels 1 through 32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Table 5.7: Compressor/Expander preset library entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table 5.8: Gate/Expander preset library entries . . . . 65

Figure 5.9: Assigning dynamics processor triggers . . 65

Figure 5.10: Module EQ screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 5.11: EQ library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Table 5.12: EQ library presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 5.13: Module aux and buss screen . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 5.14: Aux send screen (unlinked) . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 5.15: Aux pan/balance screen (linked) . . . . . . 69

Figure 5.16: Channel module SETUP screen . . . . . . . . 70

Table 5.17: Channel delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Figure 5.18: Linked pair balance controls . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 5.19: Digital trim setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Figure 5.20: Channel delay screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 5.21: Master delay screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Figure 5.22: Linking modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 5.23: Stereo linking screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 5.24: Mute grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Figure 5.25: Clearing a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 5.26: Grouping groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 5.27: Fader grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 5.28: Selecting surround mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Table 5.29: Buss assignments in surround mode . . . . 75

Figure 5.30: Surround assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 5.31: Surround overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 5.32: Module surround panning . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 5.33: Surround panning (pan mode on) . . . . . 77

Figure 5.34: Surround screen (pan mode off) . . . . . . 78

Figure 5.35: LFE level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 5.36: Snapshot library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 5.37: Storing a snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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