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3 – Automation Overview

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TASCAM DM-24 Automation

abled. This allows you to perform mix moves at will 
without having to manually enable Write or Trim on 
every pass.

TRIM ALL 

When enabled, a Trim operation will be 

applied to all mix moves from the beginning of a mix 
to its end, regardless of the transport’s position 
within the program. This allows you to change the 
overall level of a control and maintain all mix moves 
pre-existing on that control while listening to the pro-
gram at any time code location.

NOTE

This is not implemented in Version 1.xx software.

AUTO REVERT 

When Auto Revert is enabled, a 

control smoothly matches back to its previous setting 
when you release it. When Auto Revert is disabled, 
you must manually punch out of automation record-
ing by pressing the 

REVERT

 key, or by stopping the 

incoming time code—the control will then smoothly 
match back to its previous setting. 

There are independent check boxes to enable Auto 
Revert for Write and Trim modes. 

NOTE

It is possible to enable or disable Auto Revert during a 
mix pass. The new setting is applied to mix moves only. 
The following describes an example:

With the 

WRITE

 indicator lit, and 

AUTO REVERT – 

WRITE

 disabled, move the faders. Now enable 

AUTO 

REVERT – WRITE

, and move a different set of faders. 

These will revert automatically, but the first set will con-
tinue to write until you press 

REVERT

.

REVERT TIMES 

To the right of the 

Auto Revert

 

check boxes are fields to enter Revert Times. The 
Revert Time is the amount of time (in seconds) it 
takes for a control to smoothly match back to its pre-
vious setting. There are fields to set an independent 
Revert Time for Write and Trim modes. These fields 
can be set from 0.5 seconds to 10 seconds in 0.5 sec-
ond increments.

The 

s

 setting in the Revert Time fields enables 

Write/Trim To End mode, which applies a Write or 
Trim operation from the point where automation 
recording began, all the way to the end of the mix.

In the case of Write mode, this overwrites any exist-
ing mix data from the point where automation 
recording began, all the way to the end of the mix.

In the case of Trim mode, this applies the Trim oper-
ation from the point automation recording began all 
the way to the end of the mix. 

Here are examples of instances where this would be 
useful:

• There may be existing mix moves all the way 

through a song which need to be louder from half-
way through the song until the song’s end. Using 
the 

s

 setting in the Trim Revert Time field allows 

you to perform this operation without the need to 
play the song all the way to the end in order to 
record the new mix data.

• There may be existing mix moves all the way 

through a song, however, during the mixing pro-
cess it is determined that a control should remain at 
one setting from a point within the song until the 
song’s end. Using the 

s

 setting in the 

Write Revert 

Time

 field allows you to perform this operation 

without the need to play the song all the way to the 
end in order to record the new mix data.

NOTE

AUTO REVERT WRITE

 (or 

TRIM

) must be enabled for 

Write

 (or 

Trim

To End

 

to work.

A Write/Trim To End operation must be completed by 
stopping the time code. Manually disabling Write or 
Trim mode while time code is running will not perform 
a Write To End operation.

If the 

REVERT TIME

 value is changed from the 

s

 (infin-

ity) setting to a non-infinite value (that is, anything 
else), and a 

Write

 (or 

Trim

To End

 is in progress, the con-

trols start reverting immediately.

CONTROL SENSE TIME OUT 

The DM-24’s 

faders are touch-sensitive, so the automation system 
knows when you have touched or released a fader, 
thus punching into or out of automation record. 

The POD controls, control surface keys and rotary 
encoders are not touch-sensitive. These controls must 
detect movement in order to begin recording mix 
moves. 

The 

Control Sense Time Out

 value allows these controls 

to punch out of automation record automatically after 
the specified amount of time has passed without 
movement of the control. This field can be set from 
0.5 seconds to 10 seconds in 0.5 second increments.

NOTE

A useful trick is to map the Auxiliary Sends to faders for 
touch-sensitive control:

Press either the 

AUX 1-2

AUX 3-4

 or 

AUX 5-6

 key and 

use the 

AUX LEVEL

 selection tabs at the bottom of the 

screen to select an aux send across all channels

Use the faders to write your Auxiliary Send mix moves

Содержание DM-24

Страница 1: ...Digital Mixing Console to AUTOMATION MANUAL...

Страница 2: ...Off 10 Rehearse 11 Displays 11 AUTO MAIN 11 AUTO FILES 14 AUTO CONFIG 15 Channel LED Indicators 15 4 Operation Setting Up Your Mix 16 Writing Mix Moves 16 Revert Time 16 Write To End 21 Writing Switc...

Страница 3: ...ack This allows you to focus on the creative aspect of listening and mixing instead of the mechanical aspect of press ing the mute keys at the right time every time Mix moves can be refined to your sa...

Страница 4: ...it is possible to concentrate on one spe cific control at a time building up the automated mix over a number of passes The DM 24 s automation system allows this to occur by intelligently switching au...

Страница 5: ...e SMPTE EBU To use LTC with the automation system go to the SYNC TC tab in the OPTION display and then select TC IN as shown below Figure 1 OPTION SYNC TC display showing LTC choice MTC This refers to...

Страница 6: ...e Code or MIDI input on the rear panel of the DM 24 Choose the appropriate setting in the OPTION SYNC TC display Be sure your recorder is set to output the correct type of time code Access the automat...

Страница 7: ...moves With time code running press the WRITE key Touch a fader with your finger and move it up or down Release the fader when your mix move is complete When you release the fader it automatically ret...

Страница 8: ...the control will automatically return to its setting before being moved NOTE You may want to disable AUTO REVERT or adjust the CONTROL SENSE TIMEOUT using the AUTO MAIN screen when automating POD cont...

Страница 9: ...it If mix data already exists the control enters write rehearsal when time code is received any movement of the control will be heard but not written If no mix data exists it enters static ready any c...

Страница 10: ...lace with their settings stored in the mix file Static automation Any control in Static mode will automatically update its setting in the mix file whenever that control is moved NOTE The control s mov...

Страница 11: ...a dif ferent automation display by pressing the leftmost soft key under the display then using the leftmost POD to select a display and then pressing the left most soft key again to view the selected...

Страница 12: ...the mix In the case of Trim mode this applies the Trim oper ation from the point automation recording began all the way to the end of the mix Here are examples of instances where this would be useful...

Страница 13: ...he point where you want the fade to begin To erase an Auto Fade it is necessary to overwrite the duration of the fade manually or by using the Write To End function NOTE A useful trick to remember A l...

Страница 14: ...control the rightmost one under the display to highlight a stored mix 8 The soft key under this display button is used to recall the highlighted mix into the current mix memory 9 The soft key under th...

Страница 15: ...s For example with ALL MODULE selected enabling SAFE in the FADER row places all mixer fad ers into Safe mode ALL CNTRLS When selected the changes in this display are applied to all controls on the se...

Страница 16: ...en the control is moved Once dynamic mix moves have been written to a control the automation system automatically changes that control from Static mode to Dynamic mode in order to read mix moves Contr...

Страница 17: ...bled 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Static Fader Position Mix Move Touch Fader Release Fader...

Страница 18: ...sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Fader Move Mix Move Touch Fader Release Fader Revert Time Fader Move...

Страница 19: ...diagrams below to see how this works Figure 9 Writing a new fader move over a previous Static fader position with Auto Revert disabled Figure 10 Writing a new POD move over a previous Static POD posi...

Страница 20: ...12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Mix Move Mix Move Touch Fader Release Fader Press REVERT or stop Time Code Fader Movem...

Страница 21: ...rim mode while time code is running will not perform a Write To End operation AUTO REVERT must be enabled to use Write To End See the diagrams below to understand how this works Figure 13 Write To End...

Страница 22: ...3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Static POD Position Mix Move Move POD Release POD Stop Time Code POD Movement 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3...

Страница 23: ...s Controls that have not had switch events written remain in Static mode even if those controls are on the same channel as a control that has had other mix data written to it Revert Time Because switc...

Страница 24: ...tive even though they are not Writing switch events over a Static switch position simply adds the new switch events When writing new switch events over previous ones the DM 24 automation system provid...

Страница 25: ...he diagram below to understand this behavior Figure 18 Writing new switch events over previous switch events with Auto Revert disabled 8 sec 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 s...

Страница 26: ...mpleted by stopping the time code Manually disabling Write or Trim mode while time code is running will not perform a Write To End operation AUTO REVERT must be enabled to use Write To End See the dia...

Страница 27: ...the previous mix moves combined with the offset created by the Trim operation In the case of the touch sensitive faders trimming begins when a fader is touched In the case of POD controls trimming beg...

Страница 28: ...sensitive even though they are not When a Revert occurs the control smoothly matches back to its previous data based on the amount of Revert Time set That previous data could be a con trol s Static po...

Страница 29: ...g fader moves with Auto Revert disabled Figure 23 Trimming POD moves with Auto Revert disabled 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4...

Страница 30: ...is running will not perform a Write To End operation See the diagrams below to understand how this works Figure 24 Trimming fader moves with Trim To End enabled Figure 25 Trimming POD moves with Trim...

Страница 31: ...th Trim or Write mode Start the time code Move a control to its desired position You will hear the audio follow the move Press the WRITE or TRIM key to instantly punch that control into automation Wri...

Страница 32: ...ves If it becomes necessary to alter a control s starting point Initial Status before the first dynamic move written Initial Edit is used 1 While holding 2ND F press INITIAL EDIT EDIT to enter Initial...

Страница 33: ...12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 After Initial Status Edit Decrease Befor...

Страница 34: ...cts controls in Static mode the library recall switch event becomes dynamic mix data However the controls themselves remain in Static mode with their Initial Status unaffected In this case if a dynami...

Страница 35: ...llows any mix moves written by the Group Master However it continues to read its own mix moves Any group slave may be individually automated just like any other control It reads its own moves which wo...

Страница 36: ...ed in a Library The mix data and library data may then be archived via a MIDI SysEx dump to a sequencer or other SysEx storage device TEAC CORPORATION Phone 0422 52 5082 3 7 3 Nakacho Musashino shi To...

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