46 TASCAM DM-3200 User’s Manual
4 – Routing & assignment
This section deals with the routing of signals between the different sections of the mixing console, with the
assignment of channels to busses, etc. and with metering and the monitoring of the signals in the control room
and studio.
The DM-3200 is equipped with two types of mixer
channel modules, with the first 32 fully equipped
with EQ and full dynamics processing, and modules
33 through 48 being more similar to the basic return
channels on a traditional recording mixer. See the
table below for an explanation of the facilities pro-
vided.
Note also that there are two modes for the first 32
channels—input and return modes—similar to the
channel modes found on many recording mixers,
allowing replay and mixing of recorded tracks with-
out physical repatching. As with many such record-
ing mixers, the “return” has fewer features than an
input source, and these are shown in the table below.
The level of all modules is controllable via faders,
and adjacent odd-even pairs of all modules can be
linked (except for the stereo buss, of course).
The operation of all these modules is almost identical
and so they are described together here, with appro-
priate notes when a feature only appears on certain
channel modules.
• As well as the physical insert points described in
“Channel inserts” on page 39, the DM-3200 also
includes “soft” inserts, which allow the intercon-
nection of internal components for more complex
Modules
Channels 1–32
(input)
Channels 1–32
(return)
Channels
33–48
Aux modules
(1–8)
Buss modules
(1–16)
Stereo buss
module
Gate
Yes—————
Compressor/
expander
Yes — — Yes Yes Yes
Phase switch
Yes—————
Digital trim
Yes—————
“Soft” inserts
Yes — — Yes Yes Yes
4-band EQ
Yes—————
Channel delay
Yes — — Yes Yes Yes
Pan / surround
pan
a
Yes — Yes — — —
Aux sends
Yes
Yes
b
Yes —
Yes
b
Yes
b
Mute
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes —
Solo
Yes Yes Yes — — —
Direct
Yes—————
Buss outputs
Yes Yes Yes — — —
Stereo outputs
Yes — Yes Yes Yes —
Figure 4.1: Module facilities on the DM-3200
a. Depending on current surround setting
b. Aux 1–2 only
