11 - Cascade—Using the cascade
11–3
NOTE
The buss master controls on a slave unit have
no effect on the levels of cascaded busses.
However, the individual slave controls may be
used to control the level of the
STEREO OUT
,
the first four Aux sends and the PFL busses
from the slave units, but this will have no
effect on the overall summed level of the Aux
send or stereo buss, etc.
See the diagram below for details of the buss
summing and fader controls available for
these cascaded busses.
11.1.2Word sync in a cascade
The slave units all take their clock automatically
through the cascade connection from the master unit.
Only one sampling frequency (that of the master) is
available in a cascade—it is not possible to mix
44.1 kHz and 48 kHz operations in one cascade.
The master unit itself can take its clock from any
source (except cascade, of course), including its own
internal clock. Note that if there are digital recorders
attached to more than one unit in the cascade, these
should probably be set to take their clock from the
master TM-D4000 unit in the cascade.
11.2Using the cascade
The following explains the functions available in a
cascade of TM-D4000 units:
11.2.1Level settings
The controls on slave units which normally control
the output buss levels have no effect on the overall
level of the cascaded busses output from the master
unit.
Even though an output buss is output in parallel from
the master and a slave unit simultaneously, the slave
buss fader will have no effect on the level of the buss
output from the slave.
Likewise, although the level of the individual Aux
sends, PFL and
STEREO OUT
which are output
from a slave unit can be set from the slave unit itself,
the settings made on the slave unit will have no effect
on the level output from the master. It is necessary to
use the master buss fader to adjust these levels.
In this way, the cascade function differs from a post-
fader “sub out” that is sometimes found on analog
consoles.
11.2.2Option settings
When the cascade is first set up, the master unit’s
option settings (3.3, “Option setup”) are copied to all
slave units.
These settings may be changed later on any of the
units in the cascade, and the changes will be reflected
throughout the cascade.
11.2.3Automation settings
Settings made in the
AUTOMATION
SETUP
screen will be copied from the master unit
to slave units when the cascade is first set up.
These settings may be changed later on any of the
units in the cascade, and the changes will be reflected
throughout the cascade.
11.2.4Monitoring
Only the master unit’s
MONITOR SELECT
keys
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have any effect.
Pressing the
MONITOR SELECT
keys on any of the
slave units will have no effect, as the
C-R
output
from a slave is not the summed buss.
11.2.5Soloing (PFL)
When the PFL solo mode is selected, pressing the
SOLO
key on any of the cascaded units will replace
MASTER
SLAVE 1
SLAVE 2
SLAVE 3
Buss is cascaded to master
Master unit’s buss
faders control the
buss output lev-
els from all units
in cascade
Output busses 1–8 in cascade
MASTER
SLAVE 1
SLAVE 2
SLAVE 3
Aux sends, etc are cascaded to master
Master unit’s buss
faders control the
summed output
levels
Aux 1–4, Stereo out and PFL in cascade
Individual units’ controls adjust the
levels from these units
