Midi; Midi Port Switching And Filtering; Figure 7.1: Midi Setup - Tascam DM-3200 Owner's Manual

As well as the MIDI ports, the DM-3200 can pass MIDI to and from a PC connected using the USB connec-
tion (as well as through a FireWire connection if an optional FireWire interface card is fitted). This section
explains some of the ways in which the card is used.

MIDI port switching and filtering

Press the key and navigate to the

MIDI

bring up the following screen:

Figure 7.1: MIDI setup

The three boxes to the left of the screen (
OUT and MIDI THRU/MTC ) refer to the three physical
MIDI connectors on the rear panel.
The HOST PORT boxes on the right of the screen refer
to the different virtual MIDI ports carried between
the DM-3200 and the host PC, either through the
built-in USB, or through the optional FireWire card.
• Use the HOST PORT parameter to select the vir-
tual MIDI port carrier: either
optional FireWire cards have been fitted).
The different virtual MIDI ports are dedicated to dif-
ferent tasks. Working from the top of the screen (the
numbers in parentheses refer to the port numbers
shown in a DAW application, etc.:
• I/O (2) handles MIDI messages, bypassing the
mixer section, and acting through the DM-3200's
physical MIDI ports.
• P.C. (4) handles Program Change messages only.
• TMC (1) is reserved for communication with the PC
software (TASCAM Mixer Companion)
SETUP page to • REM1
may be used for remote MIDI control of the DM-
3200 or the DM-3200 to control another device.
• MTC
•
The
to be passed (checked) or blocked (unchecked): Con-
trol change (
Machine Control (
other messages (
The first part of the filter block refers to those mes-
sages received at the physical
ted to the virtual
MIDI IN , MIDI
messages that go the other way (from the I/O port to
the physical
and virtual switches must be set here for data to go
between these ports.
The next part of the block governs the filtering
between the physical
The final part of the filter block governs the filtering
of the MIDI data sent out by the mixer from the phys-
USB or FW1 (if
ical
Below the filter is the 4-way switch (use the wheel
and
between:
•
OFF
•
THRU
echoed through the THRU port
• INT MTC
output is sent through the
• USB MTC
MTC
Finally at the bottom, the slot FireWire card MIDI
connection can be switched on and off.
(5) and REM2 (6) are bi-directional ports that
(3) is a dedicated MIDI Time Code port.
Enable and disable these ports, along with the
physical MIDI ports, by using the cursor keys
and key to open and close the on-
ENTER
screen switches. Note that the
( 1 ) cannot be turned off.
boxes allow the following MIDI messages
FILTER
C.Cng ), Program change (
MMC ), MIDI Timecode (
).
Others
I/O port, as well as those MIDI
). Note that both the physical
MIDI OUT
MIDI IN
port.
MIDI OUT
key to set this up) allowing switching
ENTER
— no MIDI data is sent from the
— the data received at the physical
— the internal MIDI timecode generator's
THRU
— the MIDI timecode received at the USB
port is echoed at the
THRU
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TMC connection
P.Cng ), MIDI
MTC ), and
and transmit-
MIDI IN
port and the mixer.
port
THRU
is
MIDI IN
port
port
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