User's Manual

4 – Routing & assignment : Monitoring
TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual 57
Meters
The main monitor meters provide a “pre-dim” and
“pre-level control” reading of the source selected to
feed the control room outputs.
The meters are set up so that the
OVER indicator
lights at over full-scale output. A reading corre-
sponding to
–16 on the meters is equivalent to a nom-
inal analog level (+4 dBU or –10 dBV).
Meter ballistics The meter ballistics, etc. for all
meters, including software meters, and these are set
up in the
METER/FADER METER screen (see “Metering
screen (1st 24 channel module meters)” on page 57).
From this screen, use the POD 3 encoder to set the
meter release time between
Slow, Normal and Fast.
Use the POD 4 encoder to set the meter hold time
between
Off (no hold), 1, 2, 4 and 8 seconds, and ∞
(infinite hold until this parameter is reset).
Each module also has its own set of meters which are
located in the common global area of the module
screens (“Global module settings” on page 60) which
can be set there as being pre- or post-fader.
There is also a series of metering screens, as men-
tioned above, allowing different sets of modules to be
metered.
On-screen meter selection Use the left-hand
column of radio buttons to select the following mod-
ules for metering:
In every case, the stereo buss meters are visible at the
lower right of the screen:
The options at the extreme lower left echo the same
settings made in the preferences (as explained in
“SEL Key Follows Fader Layer Status” on page 34).
Metering points The center METERING POINT
array of radio buttons allows the selection of where
the metering for the different groups of modules
takes place.
For the “full-feature” modules from 1 through 32 (
CH
1-32
), the points are at the input stage (INPUT), before
the gate (
PRE GATE), after the gate (POST GATE) or after
the EQ stage (
PRE INSERT), and after the fader (POST
FADER
).
For the channel modules from 33 through 48 (
CH 33-
48
), there are only 2 meter points: at the input stage
(
INPUT) and after the fader (POST FADER).
The master channels (
MASTER) can be metered pre-
compressor/expander (
PRE COMP), pre-fader (PRE
FADER
) or post-fader (POST FADER).
NOTE
If the optional meter bridge is fitted, the settings made
here apply to the meter displays on the meter bridge, as
well as to the on-screen meter displays.
TIP
The TASCAM Mixer Companion software provides a
software “meter bridge”.
CH 1-24 The first 24 channel modules
CH 25-48 The second 24 channel modules (the last 16
“full-featured” modules and the 16
“return” modules)
Buss 1-16 The 16 busses
AUX 1-8 The 8 aux sends
Figure 4.12: Metering screen (1st 24 channel
module meters)