User manual TASCAM DM-4800 AUTOMATION GUIDE

[. . . ] D00889210B Digital Mixing Console AUTOMATION GUIDE Contents 1 ­ Introduction Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A Note on Touch-Sensitive Faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 COPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PASTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Using the s setting in the Write Revert Time field allows you to perform this operation without the need to play the song all the way to the end in order to record the new mix data. NOTE TRIM ALL When enabled, a Trim operation will be applied to all mix moves such as faders (but not switch moves) from the beginning of a mix to its end, regardless of the transport's position within the program. When timecode is stopped, trimmed events are created by using the latest trim difference (delta). When timecode is running, pre-existing moves are not modified as automation data. Note that if TRIM ALL is enabled, trimmed events are not recorded, and revert is not performed while timecode is running. AUTO REVERT When Auto Revert is enabled, a control smoothly matches back to its previous setting when you release it. When Auto Revert is disabled, you must manually punch out of automation recording by pressing the REVERT key, or by stopping the incoming timecode--the control will then smoothly match back to its previous setting. There are independent check boxes to enable Auto Revert for Write and Trim modes. NOTE AUTO REVERT WRITE (or TRIM) must be enabled for Write (or Trim) To End to work. A Write/Trim To End operation must be completed by stopping the timecode. Manually disabling Write or Trim mode while timecode is running will not perform a Write To End operation. If the REVERT TIME value is changed from the s (infinity) setting to a non-infinite value (that is, anything else), and a Write (or Trim) To End operation is in progress, the controls start reverting immediately. It is possible to enable or disable Auto Revert during a mix pass. The following describes an example: With the WRITE indicator lit, and AUTO REVERT ­ WRITE disabled, move the faders. Now enable AUTO REVERT ­ WRITE, and move a different set of faders. These will revert automatically, but the first set will continue to write until you press REVERT. CONTROL SENSE TIME OUT The TASCAM DM's faders are touch-sensitive, so the automation system knows when you have touched or released a fader, thus punching into or out of automation record. The POD controls, control surface keys and rotary encoders are not touch-sensitive. These controls must detect movement in order to know when to stop recording manual mix moves and start recording revert moves. The Control Sense Time Out value allows these controls to punch out of automation record automatically after the specified amount of time has passed without movement of the control. This field can be set from 0. 5 seconds to 10 seconds in 0. 5 second increments. Event recording restarts if the control is moved again. TIP REVERT TIMES To the right of the Auto Revert check boxes are fields to enter Revert Times. The Revert Time is the amount of time (in seconds) it takes for a control to smoothly match back to its previous setting. There are fields to set an independent Revert Time for Write and Trim modes from 0. 5 seconds to 10 seconds in 0. 5 second increments. The s setting in the Revert Time fields enables Write/Trim To End mode, which applies a Write or Trim operation from the point where automation recording began, all the way to the end of the mix. In the case of Write mode, this overwrites any existing mix data from the point where automation recording began, all the way to the end of the mix. In the case of Trim mode, this applies the Trim operation from the point automation recording began all the way to the end of the mix. A useful trick is to map the Auxiliary Sends to faders for touch-sensitive control, flipping encoders if necessary. AUTO FADE OUT TIME This field determines the duration of a linear fade written to the Master Fader when the AUTO FADE key is pressed. 12 TASCAM DM Automation Guide 3 ­ Automation overview : AUTO FILES This field can be set from 0. 5 seconds to 10 seconds in 0. 5 second increments. Since this fade is written directly using the Master Fader, it is not possible to change its time value after an Auto Fade has been performed. 2 Hold SHIFT and press AUTO FADE at the 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. TIP · · · Hold SHIFT and press AUTO FADE at the point where you want the fade to begin. [. . . ] Hold SHIFT and press INITIAL EDIT/EDIT to exit Initial Edit, saving changes. 32 TASCAM DM Automation Guide 4 ­ Operation : Initial Status The diagram below illustrates the results of Initial Status editing: Before Initial Status Edit 1 sec +12 +6 +3 0 -3 -6 -12 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 8 sec Dynamic Data Initial Status After Initial Status Edit (Decrease) 1 sec +12 +6 +3 0 -3 -6 -9 -12 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 8 sec Dynamic Data Initial Status After Initial Status Edit (Increase) 1 sec +12 +6 +3 0 -3 -6 -12 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 6 sec 7 sec 8 sec Dynamic Data Initial Status Figure 31: Initial Status editing TASCAM DM Automation Guide 33 4 ­ Operation : Automating Library Recall Automating Library Recall The TASCAM DM automation system is capable of including library recall events as part of an automated mix. All TASCAM DM libraries support automated recall: · · · · · Snapshot EQ Compressor/expanders Gate Effects Because there may be differences between control settings recalled by a library and those being played back by the automation system, below are some important things to keep in mind in order to avoid unexpected behavior. The basic rule is that a mix event (library recall or dynamic mix move) only has priority until another mix event (library recall or dynamic mix move) is played back. Writing Library Recall Events Over Existing Static Control Positions When a library recall event is written by the automation system which affects 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. [. . . ]