3 – system-wide options, Option screen, Setup – Teac DM-24 User Manual

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TASCAM DM-24 Reference Manual

3 – System-wide options

The DM-24 provides a number of options which con-
trol the overall functionality of the console.

These are accessed through the

OPTION

and

DIGITAL

screens.

Within these screens, you can (in the

OPTION

screen):

• Set up various interface preferences
• Set up the way in which soloing works

• Set up timecode preferences for synchronization

with other units

and in the

DIGITAL

screen

• Set up the word sync clock
• Choose the digital input and output formats
• Define and make settings for the optional slot cards

These options are described in detail below:

OPTION screen

To access the

OPTION

screen:

Press the

SHIFT

key so that the indicator is

lit.

Press the

AUX 1-2/OPTION

key.

The screen changes to show the

OPTION

screen. There are four screens available using
the soft keys immediately below the display:

SETUP

PREFERENCES

SOLO

and

SYNC/TC

SETUP

The following options are available from this screen:

Use the § and ¶ cursor keys (or dial) to move the
cursor to the appropriate fields, and then press the

ENTER

key to change the value.

UPPER BAR DISPLAY

This parameter has two

options:

TIMECODE

and

SYSTEM

. When set to

TIMECODE

, the top right field of the display shows

incoming timecode, and when set to

SYSTEM

, certain

system parameters (clock source, solo mode, etc.) are
displayed.

LOCATE DISPLAY MODE

This parameter deter-

mines how a location entry will be shown on the dis-
play: in the timecode position (

TIMECODE DISPLAY

) or

as a separate popup display in the center of the screen
(

LCD Screen Popup

ENCODER OPERATION MODE

When using

the encoders (“Rotary encoders (ring LEDs)” on
page 15), or the PODs, the parameter being edited
may sometimes have too many values to allow easy
setting using the encoder (for example, there are 127
different pan positions). Using the

1Step

setting, one

“click” of the encoders corresponds to one step in the
parameter values. Using the

Coarse

option allows the

changing of the parameter values to be accelerated,
with fewer clicks of the encoder.

Holding down the

2ND F.

key while turning the POD

or encoder reverses the usual acceleration mode (if

1Step

is chosen,

2ND F.

+ POD/encoder = acceler-

ated, and if

Coarse

is chosen,

2ND F

. + POD/encoder

= accelerated.

LIBRARY DIRECT KEY OPERATION

This

parameter controls the type of library accessed by the

RECALL

and

STORE

, and the

and

–

keys in the

LIBRARY

section to the left of the screen. There are

six choices:

Snapshot

refers to the overall mixer set-

tings,

Gate/Expand

to the dynamics processor settings

for gate and expander effects,

Comp

to the dynamics

processor settings for compression effects,

to the

equalization setting library, and

Effect1

and

Effect2

the first and second internal effector settings, respec-
tively.

If the

+/- Key Direct box

is checked, this allows instant

recall of a library entry selected using the

and

–

keys.

OL/STATUS LED TYPE

The

OL/STATUS

LED

indicators above each fader can serve one of two pur-
poses: firstly, if either of the two “overload” options