Contents
TASCAM DM-3200
Owner’s Manual
5
3 – Connections
Analog connections ........................................39
Mic/line connections .................................................. 39
Channel inserts ........................................................39
2 TR IN ......................................................................39
ASSIGNABLE RETURNS ............................................39
Analog outputs ...........................................................40
STEREO OUT ............................................................40
ASSIGNABLE SENDS ................................................ 40
Monitoring (CR OUTPUTS) ......................................40
Monitoring (STUDIO OUTPUTS) .............................40
Digital connections .........................................40
Digital audio I/O .........................................................40
TDIF I/O ....................................................................40
ADAT “lightpipe” OUT & IN ....................................40
CASCADE ..................................................................40
Digital inputs and outputs .....................................40
Digital I/O setup .........................................................41
Digital inputs ...........................................................41
Mute Defeat ............................................................41
Stereo output ..........................................................41
Slot card configuration ..............................................42
IF-AN/DM .................................................................42
IF-AE/DM ..................................................................42
IF-TD/DM ..................................................................42
IF AD/DM .................................................................42
Other connections ..........................................42
MIDI connections (IN, OUT and THRU) ..................42
RS-422 serial control terminal ................................42
TIME CODE ...............................................................42
WORD SYNC (IN and OUT/THRU) ...........................42
TO METER ................................................................43
FOOT SW ..................................................................43
USB ...........................................................................43
Power input .............................................................43
Clock setting ...................................................44
Fs MODE ................................................................... 44
Checking the clock .................................................. 44
Varispeed clocking .................................................. 44
Clock change action ................................................ 44
Changing the clock .................................................. 45
Clock phase ..............................................................45
OUT SPEED ...............................................................45
4 – Routing & assignment
Routing ............................................................47
Input routing ..............................................................47
Batch routing ...........................................................48
Flipping the channels ..............................................48
Loopback options ....................................................48
Digital input selection .............................................48
Output routing ...........................................................49
Slot card outputs .....................................................49
Insert patching ............................................................50
Send/return linking .................................................50
Channel-to-buss assignment .........................51
Assignment using the front panel ............................51
Using the assignment screens ................................51
Pan switch ................................................................52
Surround assignments ............................................53
Non-channel assignments ......................................53
Bulk assignment ......................................................53
Buss panning ...........................................................53
Monitoring ..................................................... 54
Selecting the CR source ..............................................54
Studio cue source .......................................................55
Talkback, etc. ..............................................................56
Talkback source .......................................................56
Slate definition ........................................................56
Oscillator and noise generator ..................................56
Oscillator destination ..............................................56
Meters .........................................................................57
Meter ballistics .........................................................57
On-screen meter selection ......................................57
Metering points .......................................................57
Soloing ........................................................................58
5 – Channel modules
General principles .......................................................59
ASSIGN PARAMETERS screen ..................................59
Global module settings ................................. 60
Input and return display .........................................60
EQ display and button ............................................60
GATE display and button ........................................60
COMP/EXP display and COMP button ....................60
Compressor/expander point button ......................60
Meters and pick-off point button ..........................60
Fader .........................................................................60
MUTE button ............................................................60
PAN (BALANCE) control ...........................................60
PAN follow button ..................................................60
INSERT button ..........................................................60
Phase button ............................................................60
AUX1-2 button .........................................................61
STEREO button .........................................................61
Group assignment displays .....................................61
Fader control ...............................................................61
Master screen ...........................................................61
Dynamics processors ...................................... 62
LINK ..........................................................................62
Trigger mode (
TRG MOD
) .......................................62
Trigger selection ......................................................62
Turning the processors on and off .........................62
Gates (input channels 1–32) .......................................63
GATE .........................................................................63
Threshold (
THRESH
) .................................................63
Range (
RANGE
) ........................................................63
Gate attack time ......................................................63
Hysteresis (
HYST
) .....................................................63
Gate hold time (
HOLD
) ............................................63
Gate decay time (DECAY) ........................................63
Compressor/expanders ..............................................63
COMP/EXPAND ........................................................63
Insert point (
INS PNT
) .............................................63
Threshold .................................................................63
Compression/expansion ratio .................................63
Attack time ...............................................................63
Release time .............................................................63
Auto make-up ..........................................................64
Output gain ..............................................................64
Library jump buttons ...............................................64
Preset dynamics library entries .................................64
Compressor/expander library entries ....................64
Gate library entries ..................................................65
Trigger settings ...........................................................65
