2 – Basic operational concepts : About projects and libraries
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TASCAM DM-4800
User’s Manual
Pressing
ENTER
will reload the last data which was
in the internal memory (the “resume data”), and
pressing a cursor key will load the project, ignoring
any changes since the last project save.
About projects and libraries
As mentioned earlier, the DM-4800 uses projects to
store settings.
Projects contain system information, automation and
routing information associated with a project, mak-
ing it easy to return to a previous state when a project
has to be conducted over more than one session.
When a new project is created, any of the following
data from a previous project may also be associated
with it (it is possible to pick and choose from this
list):
• System data
• Snapshot (scene) data library
• EQ setting library
• Compressor/expander setting library
• Gate library
• Automation data
• Effect setting libraries
Within each project there are five libraries and auto-
mation data, each divided into four banks, containing
the settings for the storable parameters mentioned
above.
Each of these banks contains 128 “slots” to hold set-
tings (numbered from
000
to
127
).
In addition, the preset bank, stored in the DM-4800’s
memory, is available for recall of presets to be used
as starting points for user settings. The effect library
has access to two preset banks.
Individual slots and banks may be copied between
projects after the project has been created.
Projects are stored on easily-transportable standard
Compact Flash cards, allowing projects to be tracked
in a project studio, and mixed and produced in a
larger facility, for example.
Projects are date-stamped automatically (the DM-
4800 contains a battery-backed clock) which helps
you keep your work organized.
Figure 2.29: Project structure
Project
Snapshot
EQ
Comp/
Exp
Gate
Effect
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
(x4)
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
(x4)
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
(x4)
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
(x4)
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
(x4)
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
Each library in each project also has
access to the appropriate preset bank
(RAM). There are two preset banks for
the effects.
Libraries
Settings
data
Automation
data
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
Slot 1-128
(x4)
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4
CF Banks
1-4