About The Dm-4800; Inputs; Channel Modules - Tascam DM-4800 Owner's Manual

About the DM-4800

The DM-4800 provides a fully comprehensive range
of I/O facilities. Almost all inputs and internal busses
are "soft", allowing connections to be patched inter-
nally (naturally, routing configurations may be stored
and recalled).

Inputs

For analog input, the DM-4800 provides
twenty-four balanced inputs, with both high-quality
mic amps, and balanced line connections as well as
analog insert points (both mic and line connections
may be made to the same channel at the same time,
but only one may be used at a time). There are also
eight assignable send outputs and inputs for external
loop effects.
The digital side comprises three TDIF I/O ports, as
well as ADAT "lightpipe" I/O, and two pairs of ste-
reo S/PDIF or AES/EBU inputs and outputs.
Four TASCAM-standard card slots provide I/O
expansion capabilities, with a variety of digital or
analog options being available, including a FireWire
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Mic/Line inputs
with inserts (x24)
Assignable
returns (x 8)
Digital stereo
inputs (x 2)
TDIF inputs
(x 24)
AD AT inputs
(x 8)
Option slots
Cascade
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48 full-function
channels
16 "simple"
channels
Figure 1.1: Basic logical components of the DM-4800
expansion card for direct high-speed bidirectional
communication between a DAW and the DM-4800.

Channel modules

The DM-4800 provides 64
channel modules. These may be freely assigned
internally to the 24 buss modules.
Of these 64 channel modules, 48 are "full-function"
modules with 4-band EQ, digital trim and phase, and
full dynamics processing with compressor/expanders
and gates. The other 16 are more basic in the facili-
ties provided, but still provide full buss assignment
and aux sends.
The first 48 EQ-enabled channels can have two
sources (input and return), which may be freely
assigned, and can be switched, depending on
whether the project is in the recording or tracking
stage. See the section on assignments ("Routing &
assignment" on page 58) for details of how channel
sources are assigned.
➤
Assignable
internal inserts
(x 16) — not
"simple" channels
Direct outs
(x 48)
Aux sends
(x 12)
Busses
(x 24)
Stereo buss
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TDIF (x 24)
AD AT (x 8)
Assignable sends
(x 8)
Option slots
Cascade
Stereo outs
(analog & digital)
CR outs
Studio outs
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