TASCAM DM-24 Installation and Use Effects Manual - Page 7

1 - Internal Effects on the DM-24-Setting up the effects units Setting up the effects units To use one of the internal effect units, press the EFFECT key and then soft key 2 or soft key 3 (EFFECT 1 or EFFECT 2). Next, use the EFF... LIB-> key (soft key 4) to enter the effects library. Use the cursor keys and ENTER key to select either one of the two effect preset banks or the user effect bank. There are two preset library banks: • The first bank holds the TC Works reverb preset settings, as well as blank templates for the Antares microphone and speaker modelers ("Preset reverb settings" on page 22). Changing parameters The parameters of the entry are changed using the cursor keys and PODs, dial and ENTER key, in the same way as other parameters on the DM-24. These parameter settings take place immediately (that is, the effect of the change can be heard immediately after the parameter has been changed). See the appropriate sections of this manual for details of how the parameters change depending on the effect type selected. Essentially, there are two different types of effect: the in-line type of processor, typically used in an insert mode, and the send/return type, typically used in a loop mode (aux send to channel return). • The second holds preset TASCAM effect settings ("Preset effect settings" on page 27). Use the library screen to scroll through the list of different library entries in the selected bank. See "Library functions" on page 99 of the main manual for full details regarding library functions. NOTE Although the preset library banks are named 1 and 2, an effect from library bank 1 may be recalled for use with effect 2, etc., as well as the other way round. Remember, though, that when using effects in series, effect 1 always feeds effect 2. If the effect settings are recalled to the wrong effect, the sound may not be quite what you expect (echoed reverb is rather different from reverbed echo, for example). When you recall a library entry from the library, a popup message appears confirming the selection. When the EFFECT key is pressed, the effect screen showing the values and parameters appropriate for that particular type of effect is displayed. Once an entry has been recalled, there is no way of changing its type through the on-screen parameters. You must reload an entry of another type from the library in order to change the effect type. NOTE The points at which the effects are returned are set in the I/O screens and are selectable in the same way as for mic/line inputs, etc. There are no hard and fast rules as to how these should be used, though. If you wish to use the guitar amplifier simulator to add an unusual sound to a string quartet, you are of course free to do so! Note how all effect screens have a pair of input meters and a pair of output meters at the top left of the screen so that the level can be properly adjusted. The microphone modeler has (in the top row of PODs) an input and an output level control. The speaker modeler has (in the top row of PODs) an input control. The reverb and the other (TASCAM) effects all have (in the top row of PODs) an input and output level control, as well as a mix (wet/dry) control. TASCAM DM-24 Effects 7