Tascam DM 24_manual

3 – Automation Overview
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Rehearse
Rehearse is a special status that works with Write, 
Trim and Static modes. Rehearse allows you to prac-tice or experiment with mix moves without recording 
them.
Displays
The three automation display screens on the DM-24 
described below are used for the following purposes:
 Enabling/disabling the automation system
 Setting operational preferences
 Setting the master Auto Fade Out time
 Displaying used/available memory
 Over-riding the...

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abled. This allows you to perform mix moves at will 
without having to manually enable Write or Trim on 
every pass.
TRIM ALL When enabled, a Trim operation will be 
applied to all mix moves from the beginning of a mix 
to its end, regardless of the transport’s position 
within the program. This allows you to change the 
overall level of a control and maintain all mix moves 
pre-existing on that control while listening to the pro-
gram at any time code...

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AUTO FADE OUT TIME This field determines 
the duration of a linear fade written to the Master 
Fader when the 
AU TO FAD E key is pressed. 
This field can be set from 0.5 seconds to 10 seconds 
in 0.5 second increments. 
Since this fade is written directly using the Master 
Fader, it is not possible to change its time value after 
an Auto Fade has been performed. 
To write an Auto Fade:
1Press the 
WRITE key.
2Hold 
2ND F. and press AUTO FADE at the...

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AUTO FILES
1The word AUTO appears here in all mixer LCD 
displays when the automation system is enabled. 
The word 
WRITE appears here solid when the 
mixer is ready to record either Static or Dynamic 
mix data. The word 
WRITE flashes when the auto-
mation system is actually writing mix data on the 
selected channel. This could be a Write or Trim 
operation.
2This indicates the source of the time code being 
used by the mixer and the automation system....

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AUTO CONFIG
Figure 4 – AUTO CONFIG display where automatic mode switching can be over-ridden.
The grid represented in the AUTO CONFIG display is 
used to manually over-ride the automation’s mode 
switching. The selected channel is displayed in the 
upper left of the display. If the displayed channel is 
part of a group, this is indicated in the upper right of 
the grid.
The changes made in this grid are applied to channel 
and controls selected by the...

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4 – Operation
Operating the DM-24’s automation system is 
designed to be intuitive and transparent to the mixing 
process, while offering power and flexibility previ-
ously unavailable on a mixing console. The steps below, combined with an understanding of 
the information on the previous pages, will have you 
automating your mixes in no time.
Setting Up Your Mix
Action: Enable the automation system in the AUTO 
MAIN
 display by moving the cursor to the on-screen 
AUTOMATION...

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See the diagrams below to understand how this 
works:
Figure 5 – Writing a fader move over a previous static fader position with Auto Revert enabled
Figure 6 – Writing a POD move over a previous static position with Auto Revert enabled.
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Existing Static Fader Position
Mix Move
Touch Fader Release FaderRevert
Time
Fader Movement
8...

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Figure 7 – Writing a new fader move over a previous Dynamic fader move with Auto Revert enabled
Figure 8 – Writing a new POD move over a previous Dynamic POD move with Auto Revert enabled.
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Existing Fader Move
Mix Move
Touch Fader Release FaderRevert
Time
Fader Movement
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8 sec
Control
Sense
Timeout
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Disabling Auto Revert allows you to manually 
stop writing mix moves, either by stopping the time 
code, or by pressing the 
REVERT key. In this case, 
all controls that are writing mix moves will stop writ-
ing simultaneously when 
REVERT is pressed or time 
code stops.When a Revert is triggered by stopping the time 
code, the Revert Time is still applied to the control 
beyond where time code was stopped, for a smooth 
match from the end of the new mix move to...

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Figure 11 – Writing a new fader move over previous Dynamic fader moves with Auto Revert disabled
Figure 12 – Writing a new POD move over previous Dynamic POD moves with Auto Revert disabled
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2 sec 3 sec
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Existing Mix Move
Mix Move
Touch Fader Release Fader Press REVERT
or stop Time Code Fader
Movement
Revert
Time
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