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TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual
11 – Machine Control/Location
The DM-24 is capable of acting as a remote control
unit for a wide variety of external devices.
The exact functionality of the machine control
depends, of course, on the device to be controlled.
The device control is carried out through the DTRS
control port, the MIDI connections (for MMC), or
the serial port (
RS-422
).
Different devices can be selected for simultaneous
control by the DM-24, with different devices being
controlled in different ways. For instance, it is possi-
ble to select one device to have its transport functions
controlled by the DM-24, while the DM-24 controls
the track arming functions of another device.
NOTE
In this section, the term “controller” is used to refer to a
part of the DM-24 software controlling an external
device, rather than a hardware feature of the device or
the DM-24.
Selecting devices for control
The
EXT CTRL – MIDI/MC
key is used to set up the
control of external devices.
1
With the
SHIFT
indicator lit, press the
EXT
CTRL [MIDI/MC]
key.
2
Use the second soft key to bring up the
machine control screen (
MACHINE CTRL
):
3
With the cursor pointing to either the
<-ADD
or
INFO
buttons, use the dial to scroll through
the list of devices on the right of the screen
that may be controlled by the DM-24
(
SUPPORTED DEVICES
).
4
When a device to be controlled by the DM-24
is selected in the list, move the cursor to the
<-ADD
button, and press
ENTER
. The device
will be added to the list.
To obtain more information regarding a particular
item in the list of devices which may be controlled by
the DM-24, highlight the item, move the cursor to the
INFO
button, and press
ENTER
. A popup screen pro-
vides information regarding the list item.
At the bottom of the list is a key to the method used
for controlling each item in the list:
The current list of devices (at the time of writing) is:
Other devices may be added to the list of supported
devices in the future. If the list does not contain the
name of a device that you wish to control, please
contact your TASCAM dealer regarding the avail-
ability of a software upgrade which contains the con-
trol capability for your device.
Up to 16 devices may be added to the Machine Con-
trol List. If more devices are connected and added to
the list than can be shown on screen, arrow marks
appear at the top and bottom of the list.
Display Meaning
I
Internal devices
R
REMOTE (DTRS)
M
MIDI Machine Control
4
P2 (RS-422)
Device
Screen display
Control
type
MIDI Timecode generator
MTC Generate
I
Cascade mastering
CASCADE MSTR
I
DA-88 DTRS recorder
DA-88
R
DA-38 DTRS recorder
DA-38
R
DA-98 DTRS recorder
DA-98
R
DA-78HR DTRS recorder
DA-78HR
R
DA-98HR DTRS recorder
DA-98HR
R
MMC open-loop control
MMC OPEN
M
MMC closed-loop control
MMC CLOSE
M
VTR (playback only)
VTR PLAYonly
4
2-track VTR with record support
VTR 2Trk REC
4
4-track VTR with record support
VTR 4Trk REC
4
MMR-8 or MMP-16 TASCAM
HD recorder
MMR8/MMR16
4
DAT recorder with timecode
track
TC DAT
4
