4 – Routing and patching
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TASCAM DS-M7.1
1
With the
SHIFT
indicator lit, press the
STATUS/INPUT
key so that the screen dis-
plays the following:
2
Use the cursor keys to navigate to the
Input
parameter, and set the value
(
VALUE
control) to one of those listed above.
As you select the surround pattern, note how the
green indicators under each
MUTE CONTROL
key
light and go out, reflecting the surround pattern you
have selected.
A note on LCRS
The DS-M7.1 supports two variants of the LCRS for-
mat to support a control room set up for 5.1 or 6.1
operation without the need to repatch the speakers.
LCRS (LS, RS)
In the first of these format, a “phan-
tom” speaker is created by attenuating the LS(S) sig-
nal by 3dB and then assigning it to the LS and RS
speakers.
LCRS (CS)
This format assigns the LS(S) signal to
the LC(CS) speaker.
You should choose the appropriate LCRS format
depending on your control room setup.
Configuring the Input Summing Router
You should now configure the Input Summing
Router. This does not affect the physical output
assignments made by the Output Router but will
affect what goes to the insert in post mode.
Since you may have more channels in the surround
format you are mixing to than you do offboard insert
equipment, you may need to combine more than one
input with the Input Summing Router before sending
the signals to an inserted device.
The DS-M7.1 allows you to do this, in the following
way.
1
On the bottom line of the screen above, move
the cursor to the
Output
field, and use the
Value
control to pick the desired Input
Summing Router output.
2
Move the cursor to the bottom right of the
screen, representing the eight inputs of the
Input Summing Router, and use the cursor
and
VALUE
control to assign (
*
) or release
(
-
) an input to and from an output. When
this is done, repeat the first step for the next
Input Summing Router output.
Note that this way of working allows an input
channel to be assigned to more than one
monitor output, and a monitor output to be
fed by more than one input.
Matching output channels to surround channels
The next stage is to match the numbered output of
the Input Summing Router (as routed and summed
earlier) to the named surround output channels of the
surround pattern you have set up earlier. You may not
need to do this if your setup matches standard set-
tings.
1
With the
SHIFT
indicator lit, press the
SYSTEM/OUTPUT
key so that the screen dis-
plays something like the following:
The screen above shows a 7.1 surround pat-
tern. If you have picked another pattern, you
will see only those channels which are rele-
vant to your pattern.
2
Use the cursor keys and
VALUE
control to
navigate to the surround channels and assign
the outputs to them.
NOTE
The output router is always active. It cannot be
bypassed.
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