Tascam Digital Mixing Console TM-D4000 Owners Manual

 
1 - Introduction—Expansion cards 
1–4 
4
 
Hold the card by the edges, and insert it, 
component side upwards, into the slot. 
5 
Locate the card into the connector inside the 
TM-D4000. Push the card firmly, without 
forcing, so that the connector grips the end of 
the card. A new TM-D4000 and/or new card 
may be a little stiff. Make sure that the card 
is pushed as far as it will go (so that the card 
rear connector plate touches the rear panel 
of the TM-D4000). 
6 
Use the three blanking plate...

 
1 - Introduction—Word clock issues 
 1–5 
the slots, the input signal selected for direct output 
will not be output from the TM-D4000. 
1.4 Word clock issues 
The “word clock” in a digital audio system is the tim-
ing information that enables the digital audio sam-
ples in a system to be synchronized between the 
different devices. It is completely unconnected with 
timecode clocks, etc.
There must be one, and only one, word clock master 
device in a digital audio system. The TM-D4000 is 
capable of...

 
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2 - Principles of operation 
2.1 User interface 
The TM-D4000 is a 36-channel console with eight 
output busses, 4-band fully parametric equalization 
on each channel and six aux sends.
However, when you look at the console and compare 
it with an analog console of the same specifications, 
it may appear that some controls are missing. For 
example, there would be 408 EQ rotary controls 
alone on an analog console (12 on each of 32 mono 
channels and 12 on each of 2 stereo channels).In fact, all...

 
2 - Principles of operation—Using the PODs 
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2.3 Using the PODs 
A POD consists of a continuous rotary encoder or 
“knob”, with two keys (or “switches”) under it. There 
are four PODs located directly under the display 
screen.
The knob is used to set continuously variable param-
eters shown on the screen (for example, the amount 
of signal sent to an Aux buss), while the switches are 
used for “on/off”-type screen parameters (e.g. pre-or 
post-fader send). 
A typical screen showing POD use is...

 
2 - Principles of operation—Using the PODs 
2–3 
more time will bring  
I/O SETUP 
 to the front 
once more. 
2.3.2 Navigation in screens 
In the screens above, there are no POD-selectable 
parameters. In these cases, it is necessary to use 
another method of working.
This is provided by the cursor keys and the  
ENTER 
 
key beside the  
JOG/SHUTTLE 
 dial.
Use the cursor keys to move the cursor ( 
Π
) from field 
to field, and the  
ENTER 
 key to select a value from 
one of a number of options....

 
2 - Principles of operation—Fader layers 
2–4  
NOTE 
Equalization is only available in the  
MODULE 
 screen. There is no global equal- 
ization screen. 
2.3.5 Selecting channels 
In the case of the  
MODULE 
 screens, which allow 
you to adjust the parameters of an individual channel 
(or pair of linked channels), it is necessary to select 
the channel whose parameters are to be edited. This 
is usually done with the individual channels’  
SEL 
 
keys. 
Pressing the  
SEL 
 key of a channel (or...

 
2 - Principles of operation—Fader layers
 
2–5
 
Every time the fader layer is changed, the faders will 
move to the positions corresponding to the new layer.
 
NOTE
 
In addition to the faders, the 
 
REC
 
, 
 
SEL
 
, 
 
SOLO
 
 
and 
 
CUT
 
 keys, as well as the channel automa-
tion indicators above each fader all
change function to control the appropriate 
input channel, buss or aux send. However, in 
this manual we sometimes use the term 
“fader ” as a shorthand expression for all these...

 
  
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3 - System setup 
This section describes the operations that should be 
carried out to affect the operation of the TM-D4000 
as a whole.
These include:
• Digital I/O setup
• Word clock setup
• System options
It is important to understand the basic principles 
explained here. If you do not, it will be more difficult 
to achieve satisfactory results with your TM-D4000. 
NOTE  
The Cascade setup (accessed through the 
DIGITAL I/O key) is described in 11, “Cas-
cade”, the Solo setup in 5,...

 
3 - System setup—CLOCK setup 
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If the Professional format is selected, the 
resulting data output from the RCA STEREO 
OUT jack will probably be unusable by most  
domestic equipment. 
3.1.2 Consumer options 
If the chosen output is Consumer, hold down the  
SHIFT 
 key and press the right switch of POD 4 to 
change the SCMS (copy-protect) settings between  
FREE 
 (SCMS disabled),  
ONCE 
 (standard SCMS 
one-generation) and  
NO COPY 
 ((copy-prohibit). 
An appropriate message will appear on...

 
3 - System setup—CLOCK setup 
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3
 
Select the clock source by pressing  
ENTER 
.
The popup panel provides information about 
the potential clock source. Press  
ENTER 
 to 
select this source, or any one of the cursor 
keys to dismiss the popup panel, and select 
another source.
In the case of an IF-AE4000 (AES/EBU 
interface card), there are four different 
sources (the four AES/EBU inputs) which 
may be selected as the word clock source for 
the TM-D4000.
If the TM-D4000 has been cascaded from...