User manual TASCAM DM-24 V2 ADDENDUM

[. . . ] 9101446901 DM-24 Digital Mixing Console Version 2. 0 -- RELEASE NOTES Table of Contents IMPORTANT NOTE on upgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 48-CH MIXING (snapshot 000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 New mixing (snapshot 001). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Overdub 17-24 (snapshot 002) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Recording 1-16 (snapshot 003) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You could even send the buss outputs digitally, convert them off-board, and then feed them back into the channels. With the mic/line inputs also directly assignable to the stereo buss, you can now assign 60 input channels to the stereo buss at the mixdown stage (32 channels, 16 cue tracks (provided by assigning track returns to Aux 1-2), 12 returns to stereo). Use the ASSIGN BUSS screen to make these assignments. This direct routing frees up a further twelve channels for inputs, etc. as well as providing a number of other uses. For example, at mixdown, using an IF-AN/DM slot card, you could assign the eight buss outputs to the analog outputs provided by the card, and then route these back to channels 25-32, where you can use EQ TASCAM DM-24 2. 0 release notes 9 DM-24 version 2. 0--Release notes--I/O setup changes 1 Navigate to the bottom line of the screen, and select the appropriate effect return or assignable return. 2 Next, use POD 4 to select the ST button, and then press ENTER. Direct out post-ADC This new option allows the direct output signal to be immediately post the A-D converter. Press the OPTIONS key and select the PREFERENCES screen: The Direct Out Mode:Post ADC option allows you to set the pick-off point after the A-D converter. An example of where this might be particularly useful is when you are making a live recording. If a microphone is plugged into mic input 1, and you have selected the post ADC option you can split the recording and the live mix of this signal in the following way: Press channel 1's SEL key, followed by the on-screen DIRECT OUT button for channel 1. This sends the postADC direct out signal to the multitrack recorder (assuming that all the patching, etc. For the live mix, channel 1 is set as an input fed by M/L 1, and assigned to the stereo buss. Now whatever changes you make to the channel do not affect what goes to multitrack. Obviously, the signal feeding the multitrack is dry, and if you want to use any effects such as compressor, reverb, etc. while recording, you will have to use an analog insert loop. This feature is also useful in the studio, where the post ADC direct outputs can feed the multitrack, and the tape return signals return to the channels, which are set as returns, rather than as inputs. This saves the use of Aux 1-2 as a tape return path, and frees up the aux sends for use as multiple cue mixes and effect sends. 10 TASCAM DM-24 2. 0 release notes DM-24 version 2. 0--Release notes--I/O setup changes No assignment to a channel When you are making assignments to the DM-24, as described in "Assigning inputs to channels" on page 40, a new "source" has been added to the list. This is a null assignment, indicated by four dashes on screen ----; in other words, no input is assigned to the selected channel when this option is selected. This null assignment applies to channel inputs, to return sources, and to return blocks. Group switching Also note that there is now an option that allows a whole group to be switched between input and return settings, rather than your having to make individual settings for each channel in the group, as described in "Assigning inputs to channels" on page 40. Move the cursor to the on-screen "patch cable" of the center box to the left of the channel list (as highlighted here), and use the dial and ENTER key to change between INPUT and RETURN, as for individual channels. Mic/line routing to Aux 1-2 It is now possible to assign mic/line inputs to Aux 1 and 2, which is a similar concept to the way in which aux 1 and 2 can be used for tape returns (1 through 16) in a tracking environment. Now, when mixing, you can have channels 1 through 24 used as tape returns, 25 through 32 as effect returns, and the sixteen mic/line inputs assigned to aux 1 and 2. These two aux busses can then be stereo linked, and assigned using the ASSIGN BUSS page to the stereo buss outputs. When this is done, you now effectively have 16 extra channels with pan and level controls, making a total of 48 mixdown channels (as in the 48ch MIXING snapshot 000). [. . . ] If there is no change to the data between the previous store, and the time that the Keep operation is requested, a message appears, showing that there is no change, and asking whether the Keep operation is to take place. Single control mix move erase If a single control's mix moves are to be erased, this can now be done by placing the control into static mode (using the AUTO CONFIG screen), and running timecode. This erases the mix move data for this control. After an undo of this operation, the mode remains static, meaning that the data will be deleted if the mode is not changed to another mode (that is, other than static). TRIM ALL function To use the TRIM ALL function (also described in the main manual): 1 2 3 Enable TRIM ALL in the AUTO MAIN screen. Enable Global Trim mode and run the timecode. [. . . ]