Tascam Digital Mixing Console DM-24 Owners Manual

7 – Module operations—Linked modules
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Stereo linking (global)
There is a global screen which allows the viewing 
and setting of stereo links:
To use this screen:
1With the 
SHIFT indicator lit, press the LINK/
GRP
 key.
2Press the 
LINK/GRP key until the ST LINK 
screen appears (or soft key 3).3Use the cursor keys or the channels’ 
SEL 
keys to navigate round the screen (the cursor 
is an upward-pointing arrow – in this screen 
it is highlighting channel 3).
Linked...

7 – Module operations—UTILITY copying
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UTILITY copying
This screen allows the aux send levels and pan set-
tings for a group of channels to be set up to mirror 
the settings made on the channel faders, and the other 
way around. This may be useful when setting up a 
studio monitor mix, for example, and the levels and 
pans of the aux sends used for the monitor mix 
should initially be set to the same as the channels.
The screen above allows these copies to be made 
from...

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8 – Dynamics processors
The DM-24 includes dynamics processors, which 
may be assigned as required throughout the mixing 
chain.
These high-quality processors are all digital and 
include compressors, gates and expanders.
The processor list comprises:
 Sixteen gate or expander units available for the first 
16 input channels Thirty-two compressor units for channels 1 through 
32
 Six assignable output compressors for the aux 
sends, the buss masters and the stereo...

8 – Dynamics processors—DYNAMICS (channels 17–32)
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“Master” settings
The “master” settings for channels 1 through 16, 
affecting the dynamics processors, and accessed (by 
means of on-screen “on-off switches”) by moving the 
cursor to the appropriate on-screen control and press-
ing 
ENTER, are:
GATE/EXPAND This allows the gate or expander 
to be turned on or off for the selected channel.
LINK L->R This allows triggering of two gates or 
expanders by a common trigger...

8 – Dynamics processors—DYNAMICS (master channels)
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DYNAMICS (master channels)
The screen accessed by the DYNAMICS key when a 
master channel (an aux send, a buss or the stereo 
master) is selected is slightly different from the 
screen displayed when a channel 1–16 is selected:The screen above shows two linked aux sends (1 and 
2), but the same principle applies to buss masters as 
well as the stereo master.
Note that the following features are different from 
the...

8 – Dynamics processors—Dynamics diagram
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Dynamics diagram
The following display provides a graphical represen-
tation of the compressor settings, as shown below. As the signal is fed through the compressor, bargraph 
meters are shown on the appropriate scale:
Gates/expanders
The following parameters affect the gate and 
expander, if these have been assigned to the selected 
channel.
Gate
Threshold (THRESH), controlled by the POD 1 
knob, allows the setting of the...

8 – Dynamics processors—Compressors
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Compressors
The 32 channel compressors and the six assignable 
output compressors all have the following parameters 
which may be set. The controls here refer to the con-
trols on the 
DYNAMICS screen:
Threshold (THRESH), controlled by the POD 1 
knob, and variable from 
-48dB to 0dB in 1 dB steps.
Compression ratio (RATIO), controlled by the 
POD 2 knob, and variable from 
1:1 to ∞:1 (infinite 
compression).The steps are as follows:...

8 – Dynamics processors—Preset library entries
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Gates/Expanders
011Vocal 2Use with vocal lines
012
Total Comp 1Overall compressor setting
013
Total Comp 2Overall compressor setting
014
Total Comp 3Overall compressor setting
015
Post Pro.1Useful in post-production environments
016
Post Pro.2Useful in post-production environments
017
NarrationFor the spoken word
Program 
NumberName Comment
000Noise Gate 1General noise gate setting
001
Noise Gate 2General noise agate setting...

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9 – Grouping
TheDM-24 provides the ability to group channels in 
either fader or mute groups or both.
Note the following points with regard to the use of 
these groups:
Up to eight groups of each type may be used.
The pattern of the mute groups can be copied to the 
fader groups, so that the two group sets are identical.
A channel cannot be a member of more than one 
group of each type. In other words, it can be a mem-
ber of only one fader group (or of no fader groups)...

9 – Grouping—Fader groups
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If a channel has already been assigned to a group as a 
master, pressing the 
SEL key clears the whole group. 
A popup message appears (
Clear this mute grouping?), and pressing 
ENTER clears the group. Any of the 
cursor keys may be used as “no” or “escape” keys 
here.
Turning groups on and off
When a group is highlighted on screen (the cursor 
box surrounds it), either use the fourth soft key or the ENTER key to turn the group functionality on...