Tascam X-48 - Manual (Page 60)

Mixer
amount of time until gain reduction is fully-functional, and Soft applies a soft knee
for extreme ratio settings. On turns the effect on and off and Gain is a post-
compressor makeup stage.
• The Equalizer section houses a four-band full-parametric EQ section. The On button
at the top-right corner of this panel switches the EQ on, and the On button above
each band switches that band on. (Note that you need to press two On buttons to hear
EQ, the master ON button and one band’s ON button.) The Type pulldown menu
gives you a choice of Low Shelf, High Shelf, Peaking, Low Pass and High Pass for
each band. You can use the Gain, Frequency and Q knobs to change EQ, or grab the
dots in the graphic display.
Mixer Tabs
There are five tabs at the bottom of the VGA display:
•
Tracks is the track/waveform view (or press F1)
• Ch. 1-24 jumps to the first 24 channels of the mixer (or press F2)
• Ch. 25-48 jumps to the second 24 channels of the mixer (or press F3)
• Groups jumps to the subgroups and aux returns (or press F4)
• Masters jumps to the Master output (or press F5)
All of the mixer channels, groups and masters are located in one large window, so you can
see channels 12-35 if necessary.
Automation
To display automation, click the button pictured above or press Alt-A. You can automate the
level of a track using this automation, and also play back automation from imported
projects. The edit tools change in this mode:
• Use
the Cursor tool (click the "+" button or press F8) to write automation. Click and
drag on a track to write new automation points.
• If you mouse over one of the automation points with the Cursor tool, your cursor
turns into the Finger tool. Click and drag any automation point to change its level or
time position.
• In automation mode, the Smart tool becomes an Eraser so that you can delete
automation entries.
• Use the I-beam tool to select automation. You can cut, copy, paste or delete
automation from the keyboard or Edit menu.
External Control
The X-48 supports the TASCAM US-2400 as a mixing control surface. Connect the US-
2400 to the USB input and set its control mode to Native by holding Select and Channel
during power up. The US-2400 controls the X-48’s transport, fader levels, pan, aux sends,
bank select channels, and more.
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