Routing; Meters - TC Electronic DB4 Operation Manual

Routing

Introduction
The Routing page is the patch-bay of the DB8/DB4
Mainframe. All routings of physical Inputs/Outputs as well
as internal routing between the Engines are setup here.
The understanding of this page is therefore essential to
operating the DB8/DB4.
To access the Routing Page:
• Press Frame (upper tab)
• Press Routing (side tab)
• Press Route to enable routing facilities
This is the page where you:
• Have the overall view of all I/O's
• Route physical Inputs to Engine Inputs
• Route Engine Outputs to physical Outputs
• Access Input and Output meters
Routing Inputs
• Press the Route key to select route operation.
• Press ENGINE 1 to 4 to select the Engine you
wish to route
• Select a physical Input or another Engine's Output using
Fader 1
• Select Engine Input using Fader 2
Routing Outputs
• Press the Route key to select Route operation
• Press Engine 1 to 4 to select the Engine you wish to
route
• Select an Engine Output using Fader 5
• Select Physical Output using Fader 6
The I/O possibilities are as follows
• It is possible to connect any physical Input to several
Engine Inputs (up to 32), however, it is not possible to
connect more than one physical Input to the same
Engine Input.
• It is possible to connect all Engine Outputs (up to 32) to
one single physical Output.
• It is possible to connect an Engine Output to the Inputs
of the three other Engines.
FRAME - ROUTING
Labels
The Input/Output fields can show either meters or the
Labels/names on the Input/Output channels. To switch
between the two modes press "Labels".
Renaming Physical Inputs and Outputs
Input and Output channels can be labeled individually. This
is a global renaming process and is accessed by pressing
System (side tab) followed by I/O and Labels. After that
follow the naming procedure described on page 6.

Meters

Engine I/O Meters
Engine I/O meters are shown at the left and right of the
large E 1-4 buttons in the middle of the display. The
number of meters shown will always reflect the number of
I/O channels in the loaded algorithm.
Frame - E1 to E4/E2 (DB8/DB4)
This page holds the User group parameters for all four
Engines. Selecting User group parameters is done from the
Engine pages. Values can be altered from both the Engine
Edit pages and the page displayed above. Press the
parameter you wish to assign to the Fader located below.
Engine Processing Delay
Processing delay between the routed Engines
behaves as if they were external devices.
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