TEAC DM-4800 DM-4800 Owner's Manual - Page 78

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 5.5: Gate/Expander preset library entries Trigger settings As mentioned earlier, the DM-4800 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 5.8: 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 eight assignable returns (ASN RTN), the returns from the internal effects (EFF RTN), the input from the 2-track recorder (2TRIN) or the slot cards (SLOT 1 through SLOT 4). 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 wheel 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 wheel, and pressing ENTER. This batch assignment can later be "fine-tuned", changing only one or two entries in the list, if required. 78 TASCAM DM-4800 User's Manual