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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 ––Basic operational concepts
Figure 2.1 : Control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Figure 2.2: Expla nation of the to p line of screen
displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2.3 : POD controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 2.4: P OD knobs used in a multi-control screen 19
Figure 2.5 : POD knob 4 used as list selector . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2.6: POD key s 2 throug h 4 used as soft keys . 19
Figure 2.7 : POD 1 used w ith a pull-up menu list . . . . 1 9
Figure 2.8: P OD keys used to sel ect sub-screens . . . 19
Figure 2.9 : POD keys 2 and 4 used to jump to other
screens (library scree ns) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 2.1 0: Encoder fu nctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 2 .11: Encoders in pan mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 2.1 2: Encoders in EQ gain mode . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 2.13: En coders in EQ freque ncy selection
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 2.14 : Encoders in fre quency Q adjust ment
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 2.1 5: Encoders used to make freque ncy band fil-
ter type sel ections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 2.1 6: Encoders us ed to make m odule level and
aux send adjustm ents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 2.17: ENCODER OPER ATION menu item . . . . . 23
Figure 2.1 8: Formatting a CF card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 2.1 9: Shutting do wn the DM-3200 . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 2.20: Powering up t he DM-3200 with no previous
shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 2.2 1: Project structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 2.2 2: Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 2.2 3: The NEW PROJECT p age . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 2.2 4: The project managem ent page . . . . . . . 28
Figure 2.2 5: Storing a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 2.26: Library m anagement (gate li brary shown as
example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 2.2 7: Library selectio n pull-up menu . . . . . . . 30
Figure 2.2 8: Library utility scree n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 2.29: Setting and editing titles a nd memos . . 32
Figure 2.3 0: The SETUP o ption screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 2.31: Display top line set to S YSTEM . . . . . . . 33
Figure 2.3 2: The PREFERE NCES screen . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 2.3 3: SOLO options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 2.3 4: UTILITY copy screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 2.35: UTILITY external switch se ttings . . . . . . 37
3 ––Connections
Figure 3.1: Ove rview of rear panel f eatures . . . . . . . 38
Figure 3.2 : Analog channel in puts and controls . . . . 39
Figure 3.3 : DIGITAL SETUP screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
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: P ROJECT CLOCK screen (hig h-speed) . . . 44
Figure 3.7 : Checking the clock so urces . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4 ––Routing & assignment
Figure 4.1: Modu le facilities on the DM -3200 . . . . . . 46
Figure 4.2: Ro uting inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 4.3: Routing outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 4.4: Routing inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 4.5: Assignment k eys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 4.6: Buss a ssignment scre en (linked busses) . 51
Figure 4.7: Bu ss assignme nts with the pan swit ch off 52
Figure 4.8: Surround chann el assignme nt screen . . . 53
Figure 4.9: Monito ring and metering co ntrols . . . . . . 54
Figure 4.10: Mon itor parameters screen . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 4.11: Mo nitor oscil lator and commu nication
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: Comm on “global” mod ule settings . . . . . 60
Figure 5.3: Chann el fader screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 5.4: Master fade r screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 5.5: Unlinked DYNAM ICS screen (channe ls 1
through 32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 5.6: Linked DYNAMICS screen (channels 1
through 32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table 5.7: Compresso r/Expander preset library
entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table 5.8: Gate/Expan der preset library entrie s . . . . 65
Figure 5.9: Assigning dynami cs processor triggers . . 65
Figure 5.10: Mod ule EQ screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 5.11: EQ library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 5.12: EQ library presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 5.13: Mod ule aux and bu ss screen . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 5.14: Aux send screen (unlinke d) . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 5.15: Aux pan /balance screen ( linked) . . . . . . 69
Figure 5.16: Channe l module SETUP screen . . . . . . . . 70
Table 5.17: Cha nnel delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 5.18: Linked pair balance co ntrols . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 5.19: Digital trim setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 5.20: Chan nel delay screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 5.21: Master delay screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 5.22: Link ing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 5.23: Stereo li nking screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 5.24: Mute grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 5.25: C learing a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 5.26: Groupin g groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 5.27: Fader g rouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 5.28: Selectin g surround mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Table 5.29: Bu ss assignme nts in surro und mode . . . . 75
Figure 5.30: Surro und assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 5.31: Surro und overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 5.32: Mod ule surround panni ng . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 5.33 : Surround pa nning (pa n mode on) . . . . . 77
Figure 5.34: Surro und screen (pan mo de off) . . . . . . 78
Figure 5.35: LFE leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 5.36: Snap shot library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 5.37: Storing a snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80