Tascam DR-680 Owner's Manual Addendum

Added functions
The following functions have been added with
firmware version 1.20.
1 Mid-side (MS) microphone decoding mode
2 GANG function
MS microphone decoding
mode
Setting the MS decoding mode
Select the item on the
MS MODE
open the screen.
MS MODE
Set the decoding mode to use when connecting mid-
side microphones. Channel pairs 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 can
each be set separately.
OFF (default value)
Recording and playback use the ordinary mode
(no mid-side decoding).
INPUT
Use this mode to decode while recording.
Playback uses the ordinary mode.
MONITOR
Use to monitor the output of mid-side
microphones with decoding while recording
without decoding.
Also use this with a take that was recorded
without decoding to decode it during playback.
In that case,
A.OUT SEL
the menu.
I/O
NOTE
The screen settings cannot be changed
MS MODE
during recording or playback. Always stop the unit
(the transport icon should be ) before changing the
settings.
D01141120A
DR-680
menu to
SYSTEM
should be set to in
MIX
Owner's Manual Addendum
Connecting a mid-side microphone
When using this unit's mid-side decoding function,
connect the mid signal to the odd channel and the
side signal to the even channel in the pair. If you
connect them in reverse, correct decoding is not
possible.
For example, connect the mid signal to channel 3
and the side signal to channel 4.
Recording with mid-side decoding
1 On the screen, set the decoding
MS MODE
mode to .
INPUT
2 Press the MIX PAN key on the front panel to
open the screen (pan pot adjustment
PAN
screen). Use the MS width control to adjust the
width of the mid-side signal pair.
Press one of the number (1-6) keys on the front
panel that corresponds to one of the mid-
side channels that was set to
screen. (For example, press 3 or 4 to
MS MODE
adjust paired channels 3 and 4.)
Use the VALUE dial to adjust the width of the
signal suitably in a 0–100 range. At 0, only the
mid channel is included in the stereo decoding.
As the value is increased, more of the side
channel is included in the stereo decoding. At
100, only the side channel is included. (The
default value is .)
0
3 Press the MIX LEVEL key on the front panel
to open the
LEVEL
decoder output.
Press one of the number (1-6) keys on the front
panel that corresponds to one of the mid-
side channels that was set to
screen. (For example, press 3 or 4 to
MS MODE
adjust paired channels 3 and 4.)
on the
INPUT
screen, and adjust the
on the
INPUT
TASCAM DR-680
1