Tascam DM-3200 User's Manual
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1. China TASCAM DM 3200 Quick Reference Introduction Use this guide as a quick reference to a few of the more com monly used functions of the DM 3200 For full details of the functions described here and the full description of all functions consult the Owner s Manual Routing inputs To route the MIC LINE inputs digital inputs effect returns etc to channel modules press the ROUTING key When you ve done this use the POD 3 encoder under the screen to choose the ROUTING a T destination channels or dynamic trig gers Use the POD 4 encoder to choose the source mic line inputs TDIF and ADAT digital inputs assignable returns and ef fect returns etc as well as any installed option cards Use the cursor keys to navigate around the input slots high lighted in the screen below to the left of the destination Note that channels 1 through 32 have two switchable inputs TOIFS it SLOT e O ADAT O DIH O ASM RT LOOPBACK C EFF RTN i WASTER Jf SOURCE DIN SELECT aL INERT DIH1 ALR OIH KLR IHFUT OUTPUT OUTPUT SLOT IHSERT input and return similar to traditional analog recording mix ing consoles These can be flipped using the on screen SOURCE INVERT but ton at the bottom right of the display e See section 4 Routing and Assignment of the Owner s Manual D00865800A TASCAM DM 3200 Quick Reference Page 1 How to use CF cards and projects2. Making EQ settings The channel modules from 1 through 32 have full 4 band parametric EQ You can see the numerical values of the set tings as well as a frequency response curve when you press the MODULE key followed by the POD 2 key under the display Use a channel s SEL key to select the channel you want to edit MobuLe E wn m a al Press the EQ encoder mode key this is the fourth key down in the ENCODER group a PAN SND AUX 1 2 LVL CH 1 16 US m Ps N O 0O 0 The encoders above the channel modules act as EQ controls allowing the control of gain fre C quency Q width and J m C O the type of filter for each of the four EQ bands As you adjust these controls the indica tors around the encoders light to give an indication of the current setting and the display also shows the current EQ re sponse curve Use the EQ DYN bi Ea key to the left of O C the card slot to turn EQ for the module O on EQ indicator is lit and off EQ in dicator is unlit Use the cursor keys to highlight the individual band switches and the ENTER key to turn individual EQ bands on and off e See section 3 Modules of the Owner s Manual PAN STEREO TO D YHAMICS TASCAM DM 3200 Quick Reference Page 5 Setting up and using monitoring The control room outputs are 4dBu balanced XLR outputs and the stu dio outputs are lO0dBV unbalanced RCA ja
3. The DM 3200 stores library settings automation data etc to gether in projects which are stored on a CF card allowing the mix data for recording sessions to be transported easily between different locations Use any CF card Type I or Type II A card of at least 32MB capac ity such as the one supplied with the DM 3200 is recommended The CF card must be formatted be a fore use with the DM 3200 note _ s that the supplied card is already formatted Press the LIBRARY key and then press the POD 1 key and turn the POD 1 encoder below the display so that the UTILITY option in the pop up menu is highlighted L a h E BUSS AS Press ENTER for the UTIL ITY screen ttings ameters Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the on BRES Sea scren CF UTIL button Press ff SMAPSHOT Maes EL STORE LIBRARY UTILITY MAALE AN ENTER LIBRARY 0 USED 1656F J SPACE 30M TOTAL 34M LF UTIL ct Use the cursor keys to move the cursor to the on screen FORMAT button and press ENTER ARO UTILITY AHAGE PROJECT oF sigan IBRARY UTILITY c TOR DM 2200 FoRnaT UTOMATION FILES ch A popup message appears Press ENTER to continue Another popup message appears warning you that all data will be erased Press ENTER to format the card While the card is being formatted a message briefly appears Do not remove the card or turn off power while formatting is going on The word Completed appears on t
4. cks The studio feed can be separately to that of the control room There are four keys allowing selec TERFADER tion of the control room feed The D first is hard wired to the STEREO buss but the others may be selected using the MONITOR screen OG o Press the MONI O _ TOR key with the ALT indicator lit SEL 1 to make the MONITOR screen appear if it AUX 1 2 does not press the POD 2 switch Use the cursor keys and the wheel to select SEL 2 the sources for the three assignable monitor selection keys from individual or paired aux sends or busses the digital inputs the SEL 3 analog 2 track input or the oscillator FAN STEREO CH1 MONITOR CONTROL ROOM SELECT STUDIO SETUP O e oll OseL2 OseL3 AURI 2 From CONTROL ROOM O Follow LIHK Setting MOH TOR The studio outputs can be set to mirror the control room From CONTROL ROOM or use pairs of busses or aux sends digital in puts or the analog 2 track inputs Adjust the levels with the CONTROL ROOM controls the talkback microphone is also there The MONO DIM TO SLATE and TO STUDIO keys below the selection keys are smart keys push and release to latch push and hold as non latching and control talkback routing etc TEAC CORPORATION 3 7 3 Nakacho Musashino shi Tokyo 180 8550 JAPAN 81 422 52 5082 www tascam com TEAC AMERICA INC 7733 Telegraph Road Montebello CA 90640 USA 1 323 726 0303 www tascam com Printed in
5. e complete press the POD 2 switch CREATE to create the new project e See Section 2 Basic operational concepts of the Own er s Manual TASCAM DM 3200 Quick Reference Page 3 Important note about the CF card The DM 3200 does not automatically write to the CF card every time a change is made to the project This is to avoid unnecessary stressing of the card which can cause premature failure of the card Accordingly when shutting down the DM 3200 to write the data currently in memory to the current project press and hold the SHIFT and CTRL keys and press the ALT key SHUT DOWN The display shows a popup asking if you are sure you want to turn off the DM 3200 Press ENTER to continue You then see a message showing that it is safe to turn off the DM 3200 or you can reboot it using the ALT STOP PLAY keys You can also write the current data to the currently loaded project on the CF card at any time from the MANAGE PROJECT screen ALT PROJECT key followed by MANAGE PRJ POD switch 2 Ree Es Ree e pig m Ree Ds ke a CURREHT PROJECT STORE STORE TO 5 CURRENT PROJECT ISTORE AS EE CARD PROPERT g0 75 GHorn Passage Trumret Concerta i ICF CARD 194K BOME PEUTIC HEW PROJECT The current project is marked with an inverted by its name Note that if the DM 3200 is started without the current data having been saved to card a popup message reminds you of the
6. fact You then have the choice of loading the last project with or without the unsaved data Changing projects etc Use the POD 4 encoder to scroll through the list of projects on a card When a project is selected in the list at the right of the screen use the on screen buttons under the list to load LOAD protect PROTECT rename RENAME or delete DELETE the highlighted project See Section 2 Basic operational concepts of the Owner s Manual TASCAM DM 3200 Quick Reference Page 4
7. he display when formatting is complete on the display TASCAM DM 3200 Quick Reference Page 2 Making a new project When the card is formatted move the cursor to the on screen MANAGE PROJECTS button and press ENTER Note here is already an invisible project in the DM 3200 memory which has not been saved Press the POD 1 switch NEW PROJECT Fs S6kHz FUnkngurn SURROUND MODE S T A Link rowr MINER SETTING DESINE Sg Cink rown ISHAF SHOT Fs Unk ngwr EG LIB SRHO MODE Unknown COMP EXP LIB GATE LIB HEFFECT LIB AALITOMAT OH INEW PROJECT ICF CARD PROPERTY i ICF CARD JEF SBM 36M CF UTIL oF See MANAGE PRI Use the cursor keys and wheel to set the sampling frequency and surround mode Use ENTER to confirm these entries as you make them Move the cursor to the on screen NEW PROJECT CREATE button and press ENTER The screen changes to show the project naming utility 2 HAME Car chase seq ce HEW PROJECT CREATE CAHCEL Use the cursor keys to move around the NAME and MEMO fields Use the wheel to select a character from the list and the ENTER key to enter the selected character at the cursor Use the special INSERT and DELETE labels as if they are characters highlight and ENTER If there are projects already on the card use the POD 4 en coder to select a project The NAME and MEMO labels copy over the selected project name and note as templates When the name and note ar
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