TEAC DM-3200 DM-3200 Owner's Manual - Page 65

Trigger settings, the 2-track recorder

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5 - Channel modules : Dynamics processors Gate library entries These gate settings may be used as they are or used as jumping-off points for your own settings. Program Number 000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 Name Comment Noise Gate1 Noise Gate2 Kick Gate1 Kick Gate2 Snare Gate1 Snare Gate2 Toms Gate Slow Gate Bass Gate1 Base Gate2 E Guitar Clean1 E Gt Distortion E Gt Heavy Dist. General noise gate setting General noise gate setting Suitable for bass (kick) drum Another kick drum setting Useful when recording snare drums Another snare setting Use when recording the toms of a drum kit A gate with slow response The settings suit a bass Another bass gate setting Suitable for clean electric guitars Suitable for distorted electric guitars suitable for heavily distorted guitars Table 5.8: Gate/Expander preset library entries Trigger settings As mentioned earlier, the DM-3200 can have sources assigned to triggers (up to eight), allowing dynamics processors to be triggered by a wide range of input signals. The assignment of the eight input triggers is done from the ROUTING INPUT screen. Figure 5.9: Assigning dynamics processor triggers 1 Press the ROUTING key until the INPUT screen is shown. 2 Use POD 3 to select the DYN TRIGGER (dynamics trigger) option. 3 Use POD 4 to select the source group for the first trigger: mic/line inputs (M/L), one of the three TDIF inputs, the ADAT inputs, the digital inputs (DIN), the assignable returns (ASN RTN), the returns from the internal effects (EFF RTN, EFF1 L, EFF1 R, EFF2 L and EFF2 R), the input from the 2-track recorder (2TRIN) or the slot cards (1 or 2). Although the OSC (oscillator) and LOOPBACK options are available, they are not particularly useful here. 4 Move the cursor to the DYN TRIGGER 1 field, and use the dial to select the input from the source group. 5 Press ENTER when the input is selected (you must do this) and move to the DYN TRIGGER 2 field. You can use POD 4 to select another source group at any time. When you have set up the triggers, they are available for use in any gate or compressor/expander. Note that the same trigger can be used for many different processors. TIP You can set up eight consecutive inputs as the eight input triggers by moving the cursor to the bottom of the screen (BATCH SETUP), selecting a group of eight inputs using the dial, and pressing ENTER. This batch assignment can later be "fine-tuned", changing only one or two entries in the list, if required. TASCAM DM-3200 User's Manual 65

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5 – Channel modules : Dynamics processors
TASCAM DM-3200
User’s Manual
65
Gate library entries
These gate settings may be
used as they are or used as jumping-off points for
your own settings.
Trigger settings
As mentioned earlier, the DM-3200 can have sources
assigned to triggers (up to eight), allowing dynamics
processors to be triggered by a wide range of input
signals.
The assignment of the eight input triggers is done
from the
ROUTING INPUT
screen.
1
Press the
ROUTING
key until the
INPUT
screen
is shown.
2
Use POD 3 to select the
DYN TRIGGER
(dynamics
trigger) option.
3
Use POD 4 to select the source group for the
first trigger: mic/line inputs (
M/L
), one of the
three
TDIF
inputs, the
ADAT
inputs, the digital
inputs (
DIN
), the assignable returns (
ASN RTN
),
the returns from the internal effects (
EFF RTN
,
EFF1 L
,
EFF1 R
,
EFF2 L
and
EFF2 R
), the input from
the 2-track recorder (
2TRIN
) or the slot cards (1
or 2). Although the
OSC
(oscillator) and
LOOP-
BACK
options are available, they are not partic-
ularly useful here.
4
Move the cursor to the
DYN TRIGGER 1
field, and
use the dial to select the input from the source
group.
5
Press
ENTER
when the input is selected (you
must do this) and move to the
DYN TRIGGER 2
field.
You can use POD 4 to select another source
group at any time.
When you have set up the triggers, they are available
for use in any gate or compressor/expander. Note that
the same trigger can be used for many different pro-
cessors.
TIP
You can set up eight consecutive inputs as the eight
input triggers by moving the cursor to the bottom of
the screen (
BATCH SETUP
), selecting a group of eight
inputs using the dial, and pressing
ENTER
. This batch
assignment can later be “fine-tuned”, changing only
one or two entries in the list, if required.
Program
Number
Name
Comment
000
Noise Gate1
General noise gate setting
001
Noise Gate2
General noise gate setting
002
Kick Gate1
Suitable for bass (kick) drum
003
Kick Gate2
Another kick drum setting
004
Snare Gate1
Useful when recording snare drums
005
Snare Gate2
Another snare setting
006
Toms Gate
Use when recording the toms of a drum kit
007
Slow Gate
A gate with slow response
008
Bass Gate1
The settings suit a bass
009
Base Gate2
Another bass gate setting
010
E Guitar Clean1
Suitable for clean electric guitars
011
E Gt Distortion
Suitable for distorted electric guitars
012
E Gt Heavy Dist.
suitable for heavily distorted guitars
Table 5.8: Gate/Expander preset library entries
Figure 5.9: Assigning dynamics processor triggers