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- Page 1 TASCAM TEAC Professional Division TM-D4000 Dynamic Mix Automation OPERATIONS MANUAL...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Introduction 1.1 About This Manual 1.2 Copyright Setup 2.1 Windows Skills Required 2.2 System Requirements 2.3 Upgrading The TM-D4000 Firmware 2.4 Computer Hardware Installation 2.5 Computer Software Installation 2.6 TM-D4000 Connection and Configuration Software Overview 3.1 Launching the Software 3.2 Timecode Window 3.3 Control Bar... - Page 3 Table of Contents Building An Automated Mix 4.1 Getting Started 4.2 Adjusting Static Settings 4.3 Creating Dynamic Mix Moves Real Time Mix Editing 5.1 Manual Write 5.2 Auto Write 5.3 Auto Manual Updating Mix Moves 6.1 Adjusting POD Settings 6.2 Adding Switch Events 6.3 Making Relative Offsets to Fader Moves 6.4 Auto Takeover...
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Page 4: Introduction
TM-D4000 Automation - Introduction The TM-D4000 Automation Software for PC (referred to in this manual as "the automation software", or simply "the software") is a sophisticated and powerful software package designed to automate the TASCAM TM-D4000 digital mixing console with a personal computer. -
Page 5: Setup
NOTE: You cannot use the standard RS-232 serial port of your PC. You must use a Moxa CI-132 board as supplied with the TM-D4000. If you are going to run the software on more than one computer, you must purchase another card from Moxa Technologies or their representatives in your country. -
Page 6: Computer Hardware Installation
MOXA JP3: OPEN (default) JP4: OPEN (default) 1. Install the Moxa CI-132 card that was supplied with the TM-D4000 into an open ISA slot in your computer. Be sure the computer’s power is turned off when you install the card! 2. -
Page 7: Computer Software Installation
2.6 TM-D4000 Connection and Configuration 1. Connect the special 9-pin cable supplied with the TM-D4000 to either port on the MOXA card on one end and connect the other end to the TO HOST port on the back of the mixer. You must use this supplied cable, a regular 9-pin cable will not work. -
Page 8: Software Overview
The program will automatically detect what port has been used. 2. When the TM-D4000 is detected, the program will show a graphical representation of the current status of the following components of the mixer: Faders... -
Page 9: Control Bar
Activate this to enter Write Mode (the equivalent to pressing the WRITE key on the TM-D4000). Double click it to select Write Mode for all channels. Activate this to enter Update Mode (the equivalent to pressing the UPDATE key on the TM-D4000). Double click it to select Update Mode for all channels. -
Page 10: Toolbar/Disk Operations
TM-D4000). Double click it to select Read Mode for all channels. Activate this to enter Manual Mode (the equivalent to pressing the MANUAL key on the TM-D4000). Double click it to select Manual Mode for all channels. Brings up the Automation Items window which allows the selection of the different mixer parameters which may be automated. -
Page 11: Menu Items
Software Overview 3.5 Menu Items Edit Menu File Menu Item Meaning Undo/Redo Undoes the effects of the last timecode pass (or redoes them if undo has Item Meaning been carried out) Starts a new mix Clear Initial Clears the Initial Open Status Status, but does not... - Page 12 Automation Brings up the Auto- Item Meaning Setup mation Setup dialog (equivalent to the TM-D4000 Brings up a panel TM-D4000's Auto- Automation giving the version mation Setup number of the auto- screen) mation software and the ROM Aux View (1-...
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Page 13: Mixer View
Level Indicator The level of the logical fader in dB relative to nominal is displayed here. Label Channel label. Click here and type in up to four alphanumeric characters. Channel The number under the fader corresponds to the number of the TM-D4000's channel. Number Click the gray label Stereo linked faders just below the level... -
Page 14: Eq View
The desired values could also be typed in directly. The software will round the values to the nearest valid value used by the TM-D4000. Changing the EQ settings on the mixer itself will also change the on-screen settings and the response curve. -
Page 15: Automation Modes
3.9 Automation Modes The four automation mode keys (WRITE, UPDATE, READ and MANUAL) on the TM-D4000 are used in conjunction with the software to provide access to the automation modes described on the next page. Automation modes can be selected for all channels by pressing the desired mode key then pressing ALL. - Page 16 Software Overview Write Mode: Channels in Write mode are armed and ready to write automation moves whenever time code is received by the automation software. A channel can be punched into write mode in real time by pressing its SEL key (with the master mode in Write), then punched out by pressing the STOP button.
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Page 17: Building An Automated Mix
(Basic levels, panning, EQ, effects, etc.) 3. Save your mix as a snapshot in the TM-D4000 as a backup. 4. Turn on time code reception in the Time Code Window and select Write Mode for all channels by pressing WRITE then ALL on the Automation section of the TM-D4000. -
Page 18: Adjusting Static Settings
Building An Automated Mix 4.2 Adjusting Static Settings 1. Make the adjustments to the desired channels with those channels set to manual mode. When you like the new settings, stop the recording, set the desired channels to write mode and select Capture Initial Status from the automation software Edit Menu. -
Page 19: Real Time Mix Editing
3. Play the recording a comfortable amount of time before the place you wish to edit mix moves. The moving faders of the TM-D4000 will be following the mix moves previously written. 4. When it is time to begin writing new mix moves, put the desired channel(s) into write mode by pressing the channel’s SEL key. -
Page 20: Auto Write
2. Play the recording a comfortable amount of time before the place you wish to edit mix moves. The moving faders of the TM-D4000 will be following the mix moves previously written. 3. Begin slowly moving the desired fader(s) when you wish to edit mix moves. -
Page 21: Auto Manual
2. Play the recording a comfortable amount of time before the place you wish to experiment with mix moves. The moving faders of the TM-D4000 will be following the mix moves previously written. 3. Begin moving the desired fader(s) when you wish to begin experimenting with mix moves. -
Page 22: Updating Mix Moves
3. Select Update Mode for the channel(s) you wish to make adjustments to by pressing UPDATE in the AUTOMATION Section of the TM-D4000, then selecting the desired channels using their SEL key. Update mode for a channel can also be selected while the recording is playing. -
Page 23: Adding Switch Events
Write Mode. 2. Select Update Mode for the channel(s) you wish to add switch events to by pressing UPDATE in the AUTOMATION Section of the TM-D4000, then selecting the desired channels using their SEL key. Update Mode for a channel can also be selected while the recording is playing. -
Page 24: Auto Takeover
Updating Mix Moves 3. Play the recording a comfortable amount of time before the place you wish to begin offsetting fader moves. The faders on the TM-D4000 will be following the mix moves previously written. When a channel is placed into Update Mode, its fader will stop moving and be represented by the Physical fader on the automation software screen. - Page 25 TASCAM TEAC Professional Division TM-D4000 Dynamic Mix Automation TEAC CORPORATION Phone: (0422) 52-5082 3-7-3, Nakacho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8550, Japan TEAC AMERICA, INC. Phone: (323) 726-0303 7733 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640 TEAC CANADA LTD. Phone: 905-890-8008 Facsimile: 905-890-9888 5939 Wallace Street, Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1Z8, Canada TEAC MEXICO, S.A.