Tascam Digital Mixing Console DM-24 Owners Manual
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11 – Machine Control/Location—Selecting devices for control TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 81 When an entry in the Machine Control List is high- lighted (that is, the cursor is on the left of the screen), the dial is used to scroll through the list, including those items which may not be visible on the screen. Deleting devices from the list If a device is added in error to the Machine Control List (or is no longer required), highlight the device, move the cursor to the on-screen DELETE button, and...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—Selecting devices for control 82 TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual TRA This two parameter allows the transport con- trols of the DM-24 to control the transport of the selected device ( TRA). Only one device at a time can be selected for trans- port control, as shown by the circled © symbol. If a device has been selected for transport control, and it is required to control another device, the first device selected for external control must be de-selected from transport...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—General parameters TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 83 To use a machine control mapping Of course, at least one machine control mapping must exist before this operation can be carried out. 1Press and hold down the SHIFT key and the numeric CLR key. 2Press the numeric key corresponding to the map you want to use ( 0 through 9).The DM-24’s transport control keys will now control the device selected in that map and the other mapping features will also be enabled. The MAP...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—General parameters 84 TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual Each of these libraries must use a separate MIDI channel. A popup message is displayed if an attempt is made to assign the same MIDI channel to more than one library. Program Change values This setting allows a given Program Change number to be associated with a particular library entry. This means that there does not have to be an exact match between, say, a particular synthesizer patch number and number of the...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—Location memories TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 85 Play Mode This function determines the way in which the PLAY key works in conjunction with the location facilities. There are three settings:, Auto, Deferred and Immediate. AUTO The PLAY indicator flashes as the unit is locating to a location point. When the location point is reached, playback starts automatically. However, if the PLAY key is pressed before the location point is reached, the unit stops locating and...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—Location memories 86 TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual be shown on the display when location memories are being edited, etc. Storing a location memory “on the fly” This procedure allows you to set a location memory, regardless of whether timecode is currently being received or not. If timecode is not currently being received, the value of the location memory is the last received value as shown on the time counter on the display. The value on the time counter, regardless of...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—External control TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 87 Viewing a list of location memories To view a popup list of all the location memories which have been stored: 1Press the SHIFT key so that the indicator is lit.2Press the EDIT key (now the LIST key as shown by the shifted legend). The location memory source (timecode or MTC, or ABS) is shown, along with the value of each location memory. Manual location It is also possible to enter a location point manually, (from a...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—DTRS devices 88 TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual Press the EXT CTRL key (SHIFT indicator should not be lit) to bring up the main external control screen: Initially, the list will be blank, but devices can be added as described here. Note that this list is unconnected with the lists of machine and transport control devices described ear- lier in this section and refers to specific control capa- bilities of these devices, rather generic controls. Move the cursor to the right...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—DTRS devices TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual 89 be carried out easily from the DM-24. Consult the documentation of your DTRS unit for full details of how these operations affect the unit. It is essential the unit connected directly using the DTRS REMOTE CONTROL connection from the DM-24 has an ID of 1 (0 in the case of DA-88s). It is suggested that the other units in the chain are num- bered in order following this (but this is not essen- tial). Remember that all chains...
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11 – Machine Control/Location—DTRS devices 90 TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual DTRS mixer In addition to the screen just described, there is an on-screen output mixer which controls the internal mixer of up to two DTRS units. This is selected as a separate item in the list of devices to be controlled by the DM-24 ( DA-98HR Mix ). If this item is not added to the list of controlla- ble devices, it will not be possible to make these mixer settings described here, even if the appropriate DTRS units have...