Owner manual

TCR Series User's Manual Overview 2-3
Monitoring Section
The Monitoring Section, as shown below for the TCR8, includes eight peak-responding audio level
meters, plus buttons for arming tracks and monitoring their status.
MON MON MON MON MON MON MON MON ALL
INPUT
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
ARM
ALL
CLIP
+18
+15
+12
+9
+6
+3
0
-10
-20
-30
-40
-50
-70
SLIP
LED VU Meters
Fourteen LEDs display the recording level, covering a range from +20 dB to –70 dB. The
headroom displayed between the “zero” reference and “clip” level can be programmed to
conform to the common standards of 16 dB and 20 dB.
The CLIP LED lights when the input level for the associated track has peaked. It remains on
until STOP, PLAY, ARM or MON is pressed.
The SLIP LED below the level display lights when that track has been offset in time with
respect to others.
Track Arm Buttons
Eight numbered track ARM buttons are provided on the TCR8 — four on the TCR4. When
lit RED, the selected tracks are armed for recording.
Monitor Buttons
Eight MON (monitor) buttons are provided on the TCR8 — four on the TCR4.
When MON is toggled on (RED) that channel’s input will be passed through to the output.
When MON is toggled off, that channel’s output will be from disk.
Time Code Display
The Time Code Display provides several kinds of information, depending on the operating mode of
the recorder. The display can present external time code, time code with offset, or the output of the
internal time code generator.
TC LOCK EXT SYNC
Two status LEDs are also provided in this section:
• TC Lock — the TC LOCK LED lights whenever the TCR is locked to incoming time code,
either LTC or VITC.
• External Sync — the EXT SYNC LED lights whenever the TCR is referenced to an external
sample rate. When this LED is off, the TCR is running on its internal sample rate reference.