User's Manual

4 – Routing & assignment : Routing
50 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual
Insert patching
NOTE
It is important to note the difference between the hard-
ware inserts and the software inserts described here on
the DM-3200. The hardware inserts are completely in
the analog domain and apply only to the mic/line
inputs.
The software inserts are available to many more
internal modules. Although these insert loops may
exit from the DM-3200 in either the analog or digital
domain, they may also remain completely within the
unit, using internal “patch” connections.
These “soft” inserts allow 16 different input and out-
put pairs to be defined as inserts at definable points in
the DM-3200 signal path.
1 Use the POD 4 encoder to select the send/
return target group, and select a return point
(the left column of the screen).
•
ASN S/R The four pairs of external analog send
and return jacks
•
EFF S/R The internal effects unit sends and
returns
•
M/L The microphone/line inputs (note that
these can only be used as returns, not as sends)
•
TDIF1, TDIF2, TDIF3 The three built-in TDIF I/O
ports
•
ADAT The “lightpipe” ADAT ports
•
DIN/OUT The two stereo digital inputs and out-
puts
•
SLOT1, SLOT2 The optional cards fitted in the
slots (note that a card such as the surround
monitor card only has outputs and can there-
fore only act as a send group)
2 Select a send point in the
SEND column from
the group selected with POD 4 (this does not
have to be the same as the return group—you
could even have an analog send to an external
effect with a digital return, for example).
3 Select the return point in the
RETURN column
from the group selected in the
S/R TARGET area.
NOTE
Note that you cannot use a return module which has
already been assigned as an input point.
When you have selected the send, return and module,
you can then use the on-screen switches to select
whether the insert point will be pre-fader (
PRE) or
post-fader (
POST)—channel modules only, as the
other modules do not allow the selection of the insert
point, and this option is therefore not available when
non-channel modules are selected.
The insert point can also be turned
ON and OFF here
(allowing you to make easy A/B comparisons).
Send/return linking In some cases, the sends
and returns form a clearly-defined pair (for example,
the assignable sends and returns). To make insert
setup operations easier, check the
S/R LINK checkbox
at the bottom left of the screen.
When this is checked, selecting a send point in the
will automatically select the corresponding return
point (or vice versa).
Figure 4.4: Routing inserts