Library Management; Using Library Banks - Tascam DM-4800 Owner's Manual

2 – Basic operational concepts : Library management

Library management

Each project on the DM-4800 contains the following
libraries for storing and recalling commonly-used
settings:
• Snapshots (scene memories)
• EQ settings
• Compressor/expander settings
• Gate settings
• Effect settings (for internal effects 1 and 2)
Up to four card-stored banks of each library type are
available in each project. These banks are indepen-
dent of each other and independent of the banks in
other projects.
It is, of course, possible to copy library entries (or
entire banks) between projects, as well as using
existing projects as templates, allowing favorite
effect settings, for example, to be used throughout a
group of projects.
There is also an internal bank, containing read-only
preset settings, which can be accessed by all projects.
In each bank, there may be up to 128 entries. The
entries in the internal banks comprise read-only pre-
sets, which may be used unchanged, or recalled and
used as the basis for original settings.
Library entries may be named and are automatically
time-stamped, to provide a reference for just when
and why a particular effect or setting was created.
Management of the library banks and the library
entries contained in them is done from within a spe-
cial utility screen accessed from a pull-up menu.
Note that all libraries are very similar in their basic
operation, and differ only in details. If there are any
specific differences relating to an individual library,
they are described in the appropriate section of the
manual.
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To enter the library management screen, insert a for-
matted CF card (or insert a blank card and format
it—see "Formatting a new card" on page 32) and
press the LIBRARY key:
Figure 2.34: Library screen (gate library shown as
example)
Use the POD 1 key to pull up the menu which allows
a jump to the appropriate library. (see Figure 2.35,
Library selection pull-up menu).
Figure 2.35: Library selection pull-up menu
Use the POD 1 wheel to highlight the required option
in the menu, and the POD 1 key or
select the highlighted option.
In most library screens, a small graphical representa-
tion of the currently-loaded setting (snapshot, EQ
setting, etc.) occupies the top left of the screen, while
the top right part of the screen is used to show a cor-
responding representation of the currently high-
lighted library entry.

Using library banks

Select the bank within the
current project by using the cursor keys to highlight
the PRESET or CF BANK to be used, and pressing
.
ENTER
This bank is used to recall a preset or previously
stored setting or to store the current settings.
• Current data is always stored on the left side of the
library screen, and the library data in the currently-
selected bank and slot is shown on the right.
Bank selection can also be done by pressing the
and keys to the left of the display in the
–
key to
ENTER
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LIBRARY