Tascam DM-24, Automation Manual

Page 1: ...Digital Mixing Console to AUTOMATION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...Off 10 Rehearse 11 Displays 11 AUTO MAIN 11 AUTO FILES 14 AUTO CONFIG 15 Channel LED Indicators 15 4 Operation Setting Up Your Mix 16 Writing Mix Moves 16 Revert Time 16 Write To End 21 Writing Switc...

Page 3: ...ack This allows you to focus on the creative aspect of listening and mixing instead of the mechanical aspect of press ing the mute keys at the right time every time Mix moves can be refined to your sa...

Page 4: ...it is possible to concentrate on one spe cific control at a time building up the automated mix over a number of passes The DM 24 s automation system allows this to occur by intelligently switching au...

Page 5: ...e SMPTE EBU To use LTC with the automation system go to the SYNC TC tab in the OPTION display and then select TC IN as shown below Figure 1 OPTION SYNC TC display showing LTC choice MTC This refers to...

Page 6: ...e Code or MIDI input on the rear panel of the DM 24 Choose the appropriate setting in the OPTION SYNC TC display Be sure your recorder is set to output the correct type of time code Access the automat...

Page 7: ...moves With time code running press the WRITE key Touch a fader with your finger and move it up or down Release the fader when your mix move is complete When you release the fader it automatically ret...

Page 8: ...the control will automatically return to its setting before being moved NOTE You may want to disable AUTO REVERT or adjust the CONTROL SENSE TIMEOUT using the AUTO MAIN screen when automating POD cont...

Page 9: ...it If mix data already exists the control enters write rehearsal when time code is received any movement of the control will be heard but not written If no mix data exists it enters static ready any c...

Page 10: ...lace with their settings stored in the mix file Static automation Any control in Static mode will automatically update its setting in the mix file whenever that control is moved NOTE The control s mov...

Page 11: ...a dif ferent automation display by pressing the leftmost soft key under the display then using the leftmost POD to select a display and then pressing the left most soft key again to view the selected...

Page 12: ...the mix In the case of Trim mode this applies the Trim oper ation from the point automation recording began all the way to the end of the mix Here are examples of instances where this would be useful...

Page 13: ...he point where you want the fade to begin To erase an Auto Fade it is necessary to overwrite the duration of the fade manually or by using the Write To End function NOTE A useful trick to remember A l...

Page 14: ...control the rightmost one under the display to highlight a stored mix 8 The soft key under this display button is used to recall the highlighted mix into the current mix memory 9 The soft key under th...

Page 15: ...s For example with ALL MODULE selected enabling SAFE in the FADER row places all mixer fad ers into Safe mode ALL CNTRLS When selected the changes in this display are applied to all controls on the se...

Page 16: ...en the control is moved Once dynamic mix moves have been written to a control the automation system automatically changes that control from Static mode to Dynamic mode in order to read mix moves Contr...

Page 17: ...bled 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Static Fader Position Mix Move Touch Fader Release Fader...

Page 18: ...sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Fader Move Mix Move Touch Fader Release Fader Revert Time Fader Move...

Page 19: ...diagrams below to see how this works Figure 9 Writing a new fader move over a previous Static fader position with Auto Revert disabled Figure 10 Writing a new POD move over a previous Static POD posi...

Page 20: ...12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Mix Move Mix Move Touch Fader Release Fader Press REVERT or stop Time Code Fader Movem...

Page 21: ...rim mode while time code is running will not perform a Write To End operation AUTO REVERT must be enabled to use Write To End See the diagrams below to understand how this works Figure 13 Write To End...

Page 22: ...3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 Existing Static POD Position Mix Move Move POD Release POD Stop Time Code POD Movement 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3...

Page 23: ...s Controls that have not had switch events written remain in Static mode even if those controls are on the same channel as a control that has had other mix data written to it Revert Time Because switc...

Page 24: ...tive even though they are not Writing switch events over a Static switch position simply adds the new switch events When writing new switch events over previous ones the DM 24 automation system provid...

Page 25: ...he diagram below to understand this behavior Figure 18 Writing new switch events over previous switch events with Auto Revert disabled 8 sec 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 s...

Page 26: ...mpleted by stopping the time code Manually disabling Write or Trim mode while time code is running will not perform a Write To End operation AUTO REVERT must be enabled to use Write To End See the dia...

Page 27: ...the previous mix moves combined with the offset created by the Trim operation In the case of the touch sensitive faders trimming begins when a fader is touched In the case of POD controls trimming beg...

Page 28: ...sensitive even though they are not When a Revert occurs the control smoothly matches back to its previous data based on the amount of Revert Time set That previous data could be a con trol s Static po...

Page 29: ...g fader moves with Auto Revert disabled Figure 23 Trimming POD moves with Auto Revert disabled 8 sec 8 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4...

Page 30: ...is running will not perform a Write To End operation See the diagrams below to understand how this works Figure 24 Trimming fader moves with Trim To End enabled Figure 25 Trimming POD moves with Trim...

Page 31: ...th Trim or Write mode Start the time code Move a control to its desired position You will hear the audio follow the move Press the WRITE or TRIM key to instantly punch that control into automation Wri...

Page 32: ...ves If it becomes necessary to alter a control s starting point Initial Status before the first dynamic move written Initial Edit is used 1 While holding 2ND F press INITIAL EDIT EDIT to enter Initial...

Page 33: ...12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 12 6 3 0 3 6 12 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 9 After Initial Status Edit Decrease Befor...

Page 34: ...cts controls in Static mode the library recall switch event becomes dynamic mix data However the controls themselves remain in Static mode with their Initial Status unaffected In this case if a dynami...

Page 35: ...llows any mix moves written by the Group Master However it continues to read its own mix moves Any group slave may be individually automated just like any other control It reads its own moves which wo...

Page 36: ...ed in a Library The mix data and library data may then be archived via a MIDI SysEx dump to a sequencer or other SysEx storage device TEAC CORPORATION Phone 0422 52 5082 3 7 3 Nakacho Musashino shi To...