Tascam owner manual About the unit, Surround Monitoring System DS-M7.1, Digital Mixing Console

1 – About the unit

The TASCAM DS-M7.1 is designed to help you manage the monitoring of mixes of surround sound projects.

All major surround formats are supported, from LCRS to 7.1.

Providing flexible switching and routing facilities between a digital recording console such as the TAS-

CAM DM-24 and digital multitrack (tracking) recorders as well as the multitrack recorder being used to master the surround mix (the stem recorder), the DS-M7.1 can be used for monitoring of the mix as it comes off the console, as well as the recorded mix from the mastering recorder, with the push of one front panel key.

Surround

Monitoring

System

DS-M7.1

Output Router

Input Summing Router

Out

Insert Device

(e.g. Surround

Encoder/Decoder)

In

In

Tracking

Recorder

Out

		BUS/		Out
	TRK		Master
		RTN		Mastering
Recorder			Recorder
				Recorder
	I/O		I/O	In

Console I/O

Note that mastered tracks (with or without Insert) are monitored as RTN. Inputs from the console are monitored as BUS

RecorderBuss

ReturnsOutputs

Digital Mixing Console

The signals are switched and routed in the digital domain, allowing the highest possible quality to be maintained throughout the system.

Monitoring signals are output in both digital and ana- log format, and either can be selected as best suits the needs of the facility in which the DS-M7.1 is installed.

Downmixing is an important part of the surround mix process, and the DS-M7.1 allows the operator to

select from a very wide range of downmix options and settings.

Bass management for monitoring comparisons with consumer-oriented systems which lack a dicrete LFE channel is well supported, with user-selectable cross- over and level settings, etc.

Connections are made using industry-standard cables, and the slots for up to three optional TASCAM expansion cards provide great flexibility,

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