Tascam DA-98, Owner'S Manual

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Section 11 – External control
11-4 – 1.00 – 06/97
2) Use the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to select between
enable and disable .
If you choose
disable
, the track referred to by
the controller’s command signals as “analog 3”
will be the audio track designated as “analog 3” in
the
Track Mapping
menu above. If you
choose enable, the DA-98’s timecode track will be
mapped to the track referred to by the controller’s
command signals as “analog 3”.
11.1.8 Remote track arming
You may sometimes want to disable the arming of
tracks from the remote system (either TASCAM
bus, MIDI or 9-pin).
Since many video editors, etc. only provide for the
control of four tracks, this means that you cannot
control the eight tracks of the DA-98 from the edi-
tor, and so remote track arming should be dis-
abled, allowing you to control the tracks locally.
1) Go to menu group 3, move the cursor to Trk
Arm , and press
ENTER
:
2) Use the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to select between
enable
and
disable
.
11.2 Bus protocol
If Bus protocol is selected (see 11.0.1, “Selecting
the control source (protocol)”), the DA-98 can be
controlled by controllers such as the TASCAM
ES-61.
Each DA-98 must be assigned a unique number
between 1 and 127, as described below.
11.2.1 Assigning a MIDI and Bus ID to the
DA-98
A MIDI ID is used in a MIDI Machine Control
setup to identify each unit in the MIDI chain. The
same number is also used as a Bus identifier.
One (and only one) of up to 127 units can be des-
ignated as the MIDI Timecode Master for the
whole chain.
This MIDI ID is not the same as a MIDI Channel
number (even though some units’ manuals may
refer to it as a “channel number”), and is not con-
nected with the Machine ID (see 9.2, “Machine ID
and master/slave settings”). To set the MIDI ID:
1) Go to menu group 7, move the cursor to
MIDI ID , and press
ENTER
:
2) Use the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to select a value
between 001 and 127 , making sure that this
ID is unique in your setup.
You can also use the function keys as number keys
(see 5.2.2, “Using the function keys as number
keys”) to enter the MIDI ID directly.
You can also select the value
Receive All
,
which allows the DA-98 to accept all MMC com-
mands transmitted over the MIDI network (this
setting has no effect if Bus is selected).
11.3 MIDI Machine Control
As well as control from the 9-pin RS-422 port, the
DA-98 can also accept commands received at the
MIDI IN
port (page 3-1) using the MIDI Machine
Control protocol.
Set the MIDI ID using the method described
immediately above.
The MMC commands used by the DA-98 are
listed in see 15, “Options, specifications and refer-
ence”.
The control source must be set to MIDI (see
11.0.1, “Selecting the control source (protocol)”)
for this to be effective.
The implementation of the MIDI Machine Control
protocol and the commands which are available
are described in 15.3, “MMC Bit Map Array”.
11.3.1 MMC commands and the DA-98
An example of a MIDI sequencer being used to
control a DA-98 (using the auto-punch of the
sequencer to punch in and out on the DA-98
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