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Digital Mixing Console O WNER’S MANU AL D00 1 865710 A.
2 TASCAM DM-32 00 Owner’s Ma nual IMPORTANT SAFETY PR ECAUTIONS TO THE USER This equipment ha s been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
TASCAM DM-3200 Owner ’s Manual 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instructions. 5 Do not use this apparatus near water. 6 Clean only with dry cloth . 7 Do not block any ventilatio n openings.
Contents 4 TASCAM DM-32 00 Owner’s Ma nual 1 – Introduction Computer (DAW) integratio n ......... .......... ........... ........ 9 Other key points .......... ........ ........... .......... ........... ........ 9 Please read this manual ....... .
Contents TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 5 3 – Connections Analog connections .... .......................... .......... 39 Mic/line co nnections ......... .......... ......... .......... ......... ... 39 Channel inserts ........... .......... .....
Contents 6 TASCAM DM-32 00 Owner’s Ma nual EQ ............ ................ ................ ................. ....... 66 Encoders and EQ ............... ........... ........ ........... ........ 66 EQ library ......... ........... ........ ........
List of Figures TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 7 1 ––Introduction Figure 1.1: Ba sic logical co mponents of th e DM-3200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 Figure 1.1 : Overview of the DM- 3200 . . . . . . . . . . .
List of Figures 8 TASCAM DM-32 00 Owner’s Ma nual 6 ––Effects Figure 6.1: Internal effect send and return routing . 81 Figure 6.2: Effect li brary screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Figure 6.3: Effect setti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’ s Manual 9 1 – Introduction This section provides an o v erview of the f eatures and facilities prov ided by the DM-3200. It also includes an ov erview of the operational procedures in volved when usin g the unit.
1 – Introduction : About the DM-3200 10 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual About the DM-3200 The DM-3200 provides a fu lly compreh ensi ve range of I/O facilities. Almost all inputs and internal b usses are “soft”, allo wing connections to be patched inter- nally (naturally , routing conf igurations may be stored and recalled ).
1 – Introduction : Unpacking the DM-3200 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 11 Channel destinations There are 16 busses, eight aux busses, 16 assignable inserts (not to be con- fused with the “hard-wired” analog inserts on the input pre-amps) as well as the stereo b uss module.
1 – Introduction : About the manual 12 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual About the manual Pushed controls on the DM-3200 ar e referred to as “ke ys”.
1 – Introduction : Special notes for touch-sensitive faders TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 13 Special notes for touch-sensitive faders The usual rules reg arding precision electronic equip- ment naturally apply to the DM-3200.
1 – Introduction : The features of the DM-3200 14 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual The features of the DM-3200 This section describes the different areas of the DM- 3200 as well as providing a guide to hooki ng up other equipmen t for use in your studio setup.
1 – Introduction : The features of the DM-3200 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 15 Control section This section contains the screen, the dedicated func- tion ke ys, and the PODs, as well as the cursor ke ys and the data dial.
16 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 2 – Basic operational concepts NO TE Please take the time to read and understand this sec- tion, so that you understand how the basic navigation and parameter editing operati ons are performed.
2 – Basic operational concepts : TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 17 On the top ro w of the top section, the left side sho ws (on top) the current encoder mode (see “Encoders” on page 20) and immediately belo w that, the cur- rently-selected module or modules.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Special controls 18 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual Fader layers The DM-3200 has sixteen channel faders and encoders, but is capable of controlling 48 channels, in addition to the mast er aux sen d and b uss le vels.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Special controls TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 19 TIP Y ou can change between a whit e on black display and a black on white display by using the AL T + FLIP key combination. POD knobs are also used on some screens to make a selection from a list.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Encoders 20 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual Encoders The 16 rotary encoders at the top of each channel hav e a number of functions , which are selectable using the four ke ys belo w the dial.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Encoders TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 21 EQ The encoders form four gr oups of four encoders, each group controlli ng a dif ferent band, where 1–4 control the lo w band, 5–8 lo w-mid, 9–12 hig h-mid, and 13–16 hig h.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Encoders 22 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual EQ settings The EQ key assigns the 16 encoders to control the 4-band EQ for the module selected with the SEL k eys. Each o f the four bands may ha ve its gain, frequency , Q and type controlled by the encoders a s sho wn by the labels under the encoders.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Encoders TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 23 The fourth encoders of each band are used to set the type (peak, notch, shelf, etc.
2 – Basic operational concepts : CF cards 24 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual CF car ds Make sure that you ha ve a CF card with suf ficient space on it to hold the project (one with at least 32MB, such as the on e supplied with the DM-320 0, is recommended).
2 – Basic operational concepts : Shutting down the DM-3200 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 25 Shutting down the DM-3200 IMPORT ANT CAUTION!!! Data associated wit h projects (aut omation, library entries, etc .) is not auto- matically stored on the card.
2 – Basic operational concepts : About projects and libraries 26 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual Pressing ENTER will reload the last data which was in the internal memory (the “resume data”), and pressing a cursor key will l o ad the project, ignoring any changes since the last project sav e .
2 – Basic operational concepts : About projects and libraries TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 27 Setting the date and time T o set the date on the DM -3200, follow the steps below: 1 Enter the UTIL.
2 – Basic operational concepts : About projects and libraries 28 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual TIP Use the radio buttons NAME and DA TE to sort the avail- able proj ects by their name (alphabetic order) or the date of creation. Managing projects Projects may be deleted, renamed, etc.
2 – Basic operational concepts : About projects and libraries TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 29 Saving project data • From the MANA GE PRJ . scr een, move t he cursor to the on-screen ST ORE button. • Press ENTER to stor e the current project set- tings.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Library management 30 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual Library management The follo wing libraries are a v ailable within each project on the DM-3200 for storing and .
2 – Basic operational concepts : Library management TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 31 Viewing library entries POD 4 is used to scroll through and highlight the lib rary entries in the cur- rently-selected bank. The on-screen represen tation changes as the entries are highlighted.
2 – Basic operational concep ts : Naming library entries 32 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual The on-screen DELETE bu tton deletes the currently- highlighted library entry .
2 – Basic operational concepts : Options TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 33 radio b utton parameters, and the ENTER ke y to select and de-select settings.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Options 34 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual While the F ADER SENSITIVITY on-screen button is switched ON and this screen is visible, to uching an y of the faders with your f ingers will illuminate the ST A TUS/OL indicator for as long as the fader is touched.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Options TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 35 BUSS Link/BUSS P AN are Linked When checked, this option links the b us s panning when a link is made between tw o b usses.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Utilities 36 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual Utilities There are three UTILITY screens, access ed with the UTILITY key . The first of these ( P ARAM COPY ) provides a method of copying v alues between channel parameters.
2 – Basic operational concepts : Utilities TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manua l 37 SWITCH utili ty When a footswitch is connected to the rear of the unit, it can be set up using this screen in the follo.
38 TASCAM DM- 3200 User’s Manual 3 – Connections This section describes how th e DM-3200 connects to other equip ment in your studio. Since the DM-3200 is extremely “soft” in terms of the inte.
3 – Connections : An alog connections TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 39 Analog connections Mic/line connections All these connectio ns (microphone and line) are bal- anced. The XLR co nnections fol lo w the standard of pin 1 ground, p in 2 hot and pin 3 cold.
3 – Connections : Digital connections 40 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Analog outputs The dedicated ana log outputs are relativ ely few since it is expected that most signals will remain in the dig- ital domain after they ha ve entered the DM-3200.
3 – Connections : Digital connections TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 41 Digital I/O setup After the connections hav e been made, the inputs and outputs can be set up for use.
3 – Connections : Other connections 42 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Slot card configuration As mentioned, you can e xpa nd the capabilities of the DM-3200 with the optiona l slot cards a vailable. These cards are as follows: IF-AN/DM providing eight channels each of A/D and D/A con version.
3 – Connections : Other connections TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 43 W ARNING More than one such word sy nc source can cause serious problems, including p ossible damage to m onitoring equipment. The DM-3200 can act as a word sync master or sla ve (set up in software—see “Clock setting” on page 44).
3 – Connections : Clock setting 44 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Clock setting When the co nnections ha ve been made to the DM- 3200, you must select a clock so urce. The master clock source is also used to determine the sampling frequency fo r the whole project.
3 – Connections : Clock setting TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 45 Changing the clock If the desired clock source has a frequenc y selection option, select the frequency .
46 TASCAM DM- 3200 User’s Manual 4 – Routing & assignment This section deals with the routing of signals between th e dif ferent sections of the mixing console, with the assignment of channels to busses, etc. and with metering and the monitoring of the signals in the control room and studio.
4 – Routing & assignment : Routing TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 47 • Assignment of mo dules to the 16 b usses as well as to the stereo bu sses is carried out by dedicated keys (to the left of the display).
4 – Routing & assignment : Routing 48 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual TIP Note t hat l inked module s al low you to select indepen- dent sources .
4 – Routing & assignment : Routing TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 49 Output routing The output routing screen a llo ws you to tie the logi- cal outputs from the dif ferent parts of the DM-3200 to the physical output ports.
4 – Routing & assignment : Routing 50 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Insert patching NO TE It is important to note the difference between the hard- ware inserts and the softwar e inserts descri bed here on the DM-3200. The hardware inserts are completely in the analog doma in and appl y only to the mic/line inputs.
4 – Routing & assignment : Channel-to-buss assignment TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 51 Channel-to-buss assignment Y ou may have noti ced that the channel-to-b uss assignment functions are not a vailab le from the rout- ing screens.
4 – Routing & assignment : Channel-to-buss assignment 52 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Use the POD 3 encoder to select banks of eight chan- nel modules at a time, and the display changes as these are selected. Y ou can also select busses in groups of eight, as well as the aux sends (see belo w).
4 – Routing & assignment : Channel-to-buss assignment TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 53 Surround assignments In surround mode with the pan switch on, the mean ing is dif ferent—channel modules are assigned to on e or both of the surround panners for f ine adjustment.
4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring 54 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Monitoring The DM-3200 provides comprehensive monitoring and metering facilities allo wing both control room and studio cue mixes to be p roduced. This section describes the monitoring procedures and setup when working in st ereo.
4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 55 Howe ver , these assi gnments can be changed using the MONIT OR screen: Mov e the cursor to the selection dial of any of the three selectors, use the dia l to select the source, and press ENTER .
4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring 56 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual T alkback, etc. The internal talkback micr ophone is located abo ve the meters. The sensiti vity of the microphone is adjusted using the T/B control next to the micro- phone.
4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 57 Meters The main monitor meters provide a “pre-dim” and “pre-lev el control” reading of the source selected to feed the control room outputs. The meters are set up so that the O VER indicator lights at ov er full-scale output.
4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring 58 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Soloing Dedicated SOLO keys for each module allo w either mixed or in-place soloing. The type of solo (PFL, AFL, in-place) is determined by the settings made on the OPTION SOLO screen (“SOLO TYPE” on page 35).
TASCAM DM-3200 Us er’s Manual 59 5 – Channel modules The channel modules are the “hea rt” of the DM-3200, correspo nding to the chann el strips on an analog con- sole.
5 – Channel modules : Global module settings 60 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Global module settings These settings are common to the four different mod- ule screens, and do not change when the module screen is changed.
5 – Channel modules : Global module settings TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 61 AUX1-2 button (on b u ss and stereo modules only), allo wing the b uss or stereo mix to be ro uted through to the aux 1-2 p air (typically for studio fold- back purposes).
5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors 62 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Dynamics processors This section co vers the use of the DM-3200’ s b uilt-in compressor/expanders and gates. Compressor/expander dynamics proc essors are av ail- able in all modules exce pt channel modules 33 through 48.
5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 63 Gates (input channels 1–32) GA TE This is an on-screen button, allo wing you to turn the channel gate (1 th rough 32, inputs only) on and off. Duplicated in the global section at the right of the screen.
5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors 64 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Auto make-u p ( AUTO m k - u p ), controlled by the ENTER ke y . This is used if the compression settings hav e resulted in gain reduction. Not sho wn if the pro- cessor is being used as an expand er .
5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 65 Gate library entries These gate settings may be used as they are or used as jumping-of f points for your o wn settings.
5 – Channel modules : EQ 66 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual EQ The four-band EQ pro vided on the first 32 channel modules of the DM-3200 allo ws precise sound shap- ing, combined with fl exibility , and repeatability , thanks to the library store and recall f acilities.
5 – Channel modules : EQ TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 67 EQ library Y ou can recall and use preset EQ settings from the DM-3200 library , as well as storing your o wn set- tings to user areas of the library for further use (see “Library management” on page 30 for details of how library functions work with the DM-3200).
5 – Channel modules : Aux and buss setup 68 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Aux and buss setup The third page of the MODUL E screens provides a way to vie w and make the aux send set tings and the b .
5 – Channel modules : Aux and buss setup TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 69 Source selection POD ke ys 3 and 4 select the aux send source screens. Select between pre-fader ( PRE ) or post-f ader ( POST ). For au x 1 and 2 only , the RETURN input can also be selected as the send source (for studio cue monitoring).
5 – Channel modules : Module setup 70 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Module setup The fourth channel module screen is called the SETUP screen and allo ws the setting of general parameters af fecting the use of the module.
5 – Channel modules : Module setup TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 71 Use the POD 4 encoder to switch between millisec- onds and samples as the units in which the delay time is set and displayed. Digital trim Allo ws the module’ s input to be adjusted.
5 – Channel modules : Module setup 72 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Y ou can also set all, odd-numbered, ev en-numbered or blocks of ei ght channels to th e same v alue using the BA TCH SETUP facility at the bottom of the screen. Use the ENTER key t o SET the v alue set with the POD 3 encoder to the channels chosen with POD 4.
5 – Channel modules : Module setup TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 73 Only adjacent modules can be link ed, with the odd- numbered module being the left channel of the pair (that is, 1 and 2 can be lin ked, b ut 2 and 3 cannot). T o link modules: 1 Press and hold the SEL k ey of one module of the pair to be linke d.
5 – Channel modules : Module setup 74 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Use the cursor to highlight a group (n umbered at the side of the screen) and us e the chan nel SEL keys to add the channels to the grou p. Change fader layers if necessary , to add other channels to the group .
5 – Channel modules : Surround operations TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 75 Surround operations There are se veral screen s and functio ns which change from those described pre viously when a sur- round mode is selected.
5 – Channel modules : Surround operations 76 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual When pan mode is of f, the channel settings in the BUSS ASSIGN screen look lik e channels 1 through 4 in Figure 5.30, Surr ound assignment . When pan mode is on, th e channel settings in the BUSS ASSIGN screen look lik e channels 5 through 8 in Figure 5.
5 – Channel modules : Surround operations TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 77 In Figure 5.32, Module surr ound panning , pan mode is of f for surround matrix 1, and so the pan controls are disabled for this matrix.
5 – Channel modules : Surround operations 78 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Pan mode off When pan mode is off, the screen is much simpler . No pan controls are av ailable, and the only controls which ma y be set are the surround matrix selection and the in di vid ual speaker selection on-screen b uttons.
5 – Channel modules : Snapshots TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 79 Snapshots Mixer settings can be stored in a library and recalled, either manually from the cont rol surface, or remotely through MIDI Program Change messages.
5 – Channel modules : Snapshots 80 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Storing snapshots Snapshots may be stored to an y of the four banks on the CF card. • The cursor keys are used on the right side of the screen to select the bank in which the snapshot is stored, and the POD 4 encoder is used to select the destination.
TASCAM DM-3200 Us er’s Manual 81 6 – Effects The DM-3200 incorporates two internal ef fects: a T ASCAM multi-purpose effect and a T C W orks reverb .
6 – Effects : Setting up the effects 82 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Use the cursor ke ys and ENTER to select an effect from PRESET 1 (TC W orks reverb), PRESET 2 (T AS- CAM ef fect) or any of the four memory banks on the CF card.
6 – Effects : Setting up the effects TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 83 All effects are stereo in, stereo out, e xcept for the Distortion and Guitar Compressor T ASCAM effects. TC Works ef fect parameters The TC Rev erb effect is a complex re verb ef fect with many settings.
6 – Effects : Effect libraries 84 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Effect libraries The effect libraries allo w the storage and recall of ef fects. They work in the same way as other libraries, allo wing you to name settings and store them to card banks.
6 – Effects : Effect libraries TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 85 024 FX - Not so Dry After T aste FX-NotsoDry After 025 FX - Short Non-Lin Like FX-Short Non-Lin 026 FX - Slap Back FX-Slap Back 027 F.
6 – Effects : Effect libraries 86 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 063 Drum - Huge Low T ubula r Drum-HugeLowT ubu 064 Drum - Low T ubular Drum-Low T ubular 065 Drum - Snare Hall Drum-Snare Hall 066 D.
6 – Effects : Effect libraries TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 87 Preset T ASCAM effects The preset T ASCAM effects av ailable from preset bank 2 are: Effect type Preset No. Title LCD indication Comments Guitar Comp re ssor 0 Guita r Comp . Guitar Comp .
6 – Effects : Effect libraries 88 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 31 T rebly T rebly Driving soun d with a lot of treble 32 Solo Solo "Humbuck er” solo sound 33 Crunch Crunch “Crunch” 34 F.
6 – Effects : Effect libraries TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 89 Delay Stereo 63 Delay Delay A basic delay setting 64 Long Echo Long Echo Long echo setting 65 Stereo Echo Stereo Echo A long stereo e.
6 – Effects : Effect libraries 90 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 97 Chorus Flange 3 Chorus Flange 3 Strong modulation setting Pitch changer 98 Pitch shifter Pitch shifter Octave doubler 99 Ensemble .
TASCAM DM-3200 Us er’s Manual 91 7 – MIDI As well as the MIDI ports, the DM-3200 can pass MIDI to and from a PC connected using the USB connec- tion (as well as through a F ireWire connection if an op tional F ireWi re interface card is fitted). This section explains some of the wa ys in which the card is used.
7 – MIDI : Program Change messages and the DM-3200 92 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Program Change messages and the DM-3200 The DM-3200 can receive Program Change mes- sages to recall snapshot settings, or settings from either of the two ef fect libraries.
TASCAM DM-3200 Us er’s Manual 93 8 – Remote operation The DM-3200 is capable of ac ting as a remote control un it for a wide variety of external devices. The exact functionality of the machine control depends, of course, on the device to be controlled.
8 – Remote operation : Selecting devices for transport control 94 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Up to 16 de vices may be added to the Machine Co n- trol List. If more de vices are connected and added to the list than can be sho wn on screen, arrow marks appear at the top and bottom of the list.
8 – Remote operation : Selecting devices for transport control TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 95 CHASE This applies to DTRS units, and allo ws the CHASE mode of the selected unit to be turned on or of f. Any unit which can ha ve its chase mode con- trolled by the DM-3200 has this item represented by a square box.
8 – Remote operation : Selecting devices for transport control 96 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual When the scan is complete, a pop-up sc reen appears, sho wing the detected devices and their assignments to the control maps. Any selected devices that may be controlled are detected and a new map is created for each such devi ce.
8 – Remote operation : Machine control setup TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 97 Machine contr ol setup W ith the AL T indicator lit, press the REMO TE key . Use the first soft k e y to bring up this screen: This allo ws the setting of v arious machine control paramete rs.
8 – Remote operation : Machine control setup 98 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual Record Command T ype Use this option to make the record commands from the DM-3200’ s MIDI Machine Control compatible with the unit being controlled. There are two options: T rue (40h) and Mask ed (41h) .
8 – Remote operation : Location memories TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 99 Location memories The DM-3200 allo ws the stor age and rec all of up to ten location memories, allo wing easy location of the controlled de vices to predetermined cue points.
8 – Remote operation : Location memories 100 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual NO TE If a pre-roll time has been set (“Locate Prerol l” on page 9 8), th e cont rolled d evice w ill locat e to th e loca- tion memor y point, minus th e va lue set as the preroll time.
8 – Remote operation : Location memories TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 101 Auto punch operations For units supporting auto punch, the three ke ys: RHSL , IN/OUT and CLEAR are used to set punch points and perform punch op erations.
102 TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 9 – Specifications This section provides tec hnical and reference inf ormatio n about the DM-3200, together wit h a list of messages you may see on the displa y of the DM -3200 and instructions about ho w to respond to them.
9 – Specifications : Digital audio I/O TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 103 Digital audio I/O Miscellaneous I/O connections DIGIT AL INPUTS ( 1 , 2 ) 2 x XLR-type female connectors (input impedance 1.
9 – Specifications : Equalization 104 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual Equalization All fi lters are f itted with “gain flat” switches System performance Physical characteristics EQ switch On/Off HIGH fi lter Gain: ±18 dB , 0.5 dB resolution F requency: 31 Hz to 19 kHz Q: 0.
9 – Specifications : Dimensional drawing TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 105 Dimensional drawing Messages and troubleshooting This provides an alphabetical list of the messages that you may see on the DM-3200, which pro vide information on the operatio n that yo u are performing.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting 106 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual ✔ A UX1 Pan/Bal Cop y A ux1-2Le v el -> Ch F ader Lev el? Press ENTER to confir m, or a cursor key to cancel. Copying the A UX 1-2 pan and balance settings to the channels.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 107 ✖ Can’t recall snapshot Preset 1-bbb T he nam ed snaphot preset cannot be recalled. The data may not exist or may be corrupt. ● Can’t recall to this Modu le.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting 108 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual ✔ Clear this fader g rouping? Press ENTER to confir m, or a cursor key to cancel. Shown when the currently selected fader grouping is to be cleared. ✔ Clock Chec k Result s Current Fs: 48kHz Sources W ord : 44.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 109 ✔ Cop y from Ch2 A utomation configuration Confirmation when copying auto mation configuration. ✔ Cop y OK? Press ENTER to confir m, or a cursor k ey to cancel.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting 110 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual ✔ Effect BANK a-bbb N a m e : TA S C A M D ATA Effect T ype: T ASCAM Delay Create data: DEC/15/2004 20:35:45 Project Name: PR OJECT ORCA Project FS: 44.1kHz Press ENTER to continue.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 111 ✔ GA TE Librar y BANK a-bbb Name : T A SCAM D A T A Create data: DEC/15/2004 20: 35: 45 Project Name: PROJECT ORCA Project FS: 44.1kHz Press ENTER to continue. Information about a library entry (gate).
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting 112 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual ✔ OK to Copy? Fr o m Project: T ASCAM Proj ect 2 xxxxxxxx BANK 1 To Project: T ASCAM Proj ect xxxxxxxxx BANK1 Press ENTER to confir m, or a cursor key to cancel.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 113 ✔ P aste Buff er data to Chx? Press ENTER to confir m, or a cursor k ey to cancel. Confirmation shown bef ore pasting co pied configuration data to a chann el. ✔ P aste Ch2 A utomation configuration.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting 114 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual ✖ Signal info : Digital In1 No signal Press ENTER to continue.
9 – Specifications : Messages and troubleshooting TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 115 ● Stored to Snapshot Bank a-bbb Stored a snapshot. ✔ The last stored project cannot be f ound. Create project? Press ENTER to confir m, or a cursor k ey to cancel.
9 – Specifications : Block diagram 116 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual Block diagram Figure 9.3: Block diagram.
9 – Specifications : Level diagram TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 117 Level diagram Figure 9.4: Level d iagram.
Notes 118 TASCAM DM- 3200 Owner’s Manual.
Notes TASCAM DM-3200 Owner’s Manual 119.
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An important point after buying a device Tascam DM-3200 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
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If you already are a holder of Tascam DM-3200, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Tascam DM-3200.
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