Tascam DM-4800 User Manual

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DM-4800

DIGITAL MIXER

D00992300B

RELEASE NOTES V1.50

DM-4800 Release Notes

Contents

New Features ......................................... 3

New Features in V 1.50 .......................... 3

User Defined Layer .....................................3

Registering a User Defined Layer .............. 3

User Defined Layer screen ......................... 3

MUTE Key Function ....................................4

Meter display ..............................................4

Windows Vista ............................................ 5

New Features in V1.10 ........................... 5

IF-FW MKII support ....................................5

MIDI ............................................................. 5

MIDI control change message support for

mixer parameters ...................................5

MIDI>SETUP screen filtering ...................... 5

Maintenance Items ................................. 6

Maintenance Items in V1.50 .................. 6

Remote control ........................................... 6

TASCAM FX / TASCAM FX 2.0.................... 6

TASCAN FX 2.0 ............................................6

Maintenance Items in V1.10 ................... 6

Project .........................................................6

Known Issues ......................................... 6

Known Issues in V1.50 ........................... 6

Updating the firmware on a cascaded

mixer .......................................................6

USB Connection notes ................................ 6

DTRS REC FUNCTION setting when

controlling via P2 ................................... 7

Auto detection of MMC control target ..... 7

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DM-4800 Release Notes

New Features

This section discribes the new features for each revision of the DM-4800 software.

New Features in V 1.50

User Defined Layer

It is now possible to create a user-defined layer that freely
combines the DM-4800’s modules. You can control some
module parameters such as Fader, Mute, Solo and Ring
Encoder levels when assinged to this layer.

Registering a User Defined Layer

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A User Defined Layer can be registered in the

REMOTE>EXT.CTRL screen.

There are no ID, PORT, or CH settings.

User Defined Layer screen

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In the EXT.CTRL screen, move the cursor to the SCREEN
button and press the ENTER key. Then use the POD4 key
to select User Defined Layer. The User Defined Layer
screen will appear.

If the OPTION>PREFERENCE screen item SEL Key Follows
Fader Layer Status has been checked, pressing the

REMOTE key of the LAYER STATUS section will display

the User Defined Layer.

The metering point selected in the METER/FADER>METER
screen is displayed.

You can also move the cursor by using the cursor keys or
pressing the SEL key of the desired channel, and use the

POD knobs to operate the fader or pan.

The grouping settings have the following meaning.

: Mute group master, grouping on
: Mute group master, grouping off
: Fader group master, grouping on
: Fader group master, grouping off
: Other than group master

Only master channel is shown; slave is not shown.

The stereo link setting has the following meaning.

: Stereo link on
: Stereo link off

Figure 1: USER DEFINED LAYER screen

You can monitor the following functionality of the speci­fied module.

Meter

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Fader, pan, and mute

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Grouping settings

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Stereo link settings

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Move the cursor to the module assign section, use the

JOG/DATA to select the module that you want to assign,

and press the ENTER key to finalize.

You can assign channel 1-64, BUSS 1-24, and AUX1-12
modules. You cannot assign the STEREO module.

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MUTE Key Function

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You can select whether the MUTE keys will be used as
controllers for the mixer parameter MUTE or as MIDI
event trigger keys. If they are used as MIDI event triggers,
MIDI control change messages will be transmitted.

If you want to use the MUTE keys as MIDI event trigger
keys, move the cursor to the

MIDI Event Trigger radio button, and press the ENTER
key to make your selection.

MIDI control messages used as MIDI Event Triggers

In the MIDI>CtrlChg EXT screen you can specify the control
change messages that will be used when using the MUTE
keys as MIDI event trigger keys.

KEY Function section

MUTE

Meter display

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The meter display of the User Defined Layer is also shown
in the User Defined Layer screen, but can be shown in the

METER/FADER>METER screen as well.

Figure 4METER/FADER>METER screen

When you use POD1 to move the cursor to the REMOTE
button, and the User Defined Layer meters will appear.

Display in the meter bridge

The User Defined Layer meter display can also be shown
in the separately sold MU-1000 meter unit option.

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Figure 2: MIDI>CtrlChg EXT screen

You can also jump to this screen by moving the cursor to
the SETUP button in the MUTE key Function section and
pressing the ENTER key.

When the MUTE key is pressed, the control change message
data byte 127 (7Fh) is output, and 0 (0h) when released.

MIDI>SETUP screen filtering

In conjunction with suppor t for MIDI event triggering,
a C.Chg EXT filter has been added to the USB MIDI 4:
PC/CC port.

The MU-1000’s metering point section does not have a

REMOTE point.

When all LEDs in the METER LAYER section are dark, the

REMOTE layer meters are shown.

Please select the Remote Layer Meter in the METER/FADER

-> METER screen. Also if you check the check box for “SEL

key Follows Fader Layer Status” and “Meter Follows SEL
key” on the OPTION -> PREFERNCE screen, the meter bridge
will follow when you change to the REMOTE Fader Layer.

Figure 3 MIDI>SETUP screen

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Windows Vista

This version of the DM-4800 is now fully supported by Windows Vista 32 bit and Vista 64 bit.

New Features in V1.10

IF-FW MKII support

When the separately sold IF-FW/DM MKII option card is
installed, you can now transfer up to 32 channels of I/O (at

44.1kHz/48kHz/88.2kHz/96kHz) between your computer
and the DM-4800.

MIDI

MIDI control change message support

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for mixer parameters

MIDI control change messages are now supported, allow­ing mixer parameters (FADER, PAN, and MUTE) to be
controlled.

This allows MIDI devices to be controlled in synchroniza­tion with operations on the DM-4800 mixer, or conversely
for mixer parameters to be controlled from a MIDI device.

In the MIDI>CtrlChg MIX. screen, the CONTROL CHANGE TABLE

FOR MIXER allows you to assign control change numbers.

For details on the IF-FW MKII, refer to the IF-FW MKII
operating manual.

Figure 9 MIDI>SETUP screen

Until now, the input/output on/off setting for USB MIDI port
3 (used for MIDI time code) had been a single setting for
input and out put, but these can now be set independently.

Figure 8 MIDI>CtrlChg MIX screen

By using BATCH SETUP you can make settings for all
sixteen channels at once.

MIDI>SETUP screen filtering

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In conjunction with MIDI control change support for mixer
parameters, filtering has been added to the USB MIDI 4:
PC/CC port.

MIDI Device Inquiry message support

When an identity request is received from the following
MIDI ports of external device, the following message iden­tify reply is transmitted.

F0 7E 00 06 02 4E 07 01 00 06 v1 v2 pp 00 F7

v1: Major version number of firmware
v2: Minor version number of firmware
pp: MIDI port ID
00: The DM-4800’s MIDI IN/OUT
04: USB MIDI 4: PC/CC port
05: USB MIDI 5: USB REMOTE 1 port
06: USB MIDI 6: USB REMOTE 2 port
07: USB MIDI 7: USB REMOTE 3 port

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DM-4800 Release Notes

Maintenance Items

This section describes the Maintenance items for each revision of the DM-4800 software.

Maintenance Items in V1.50

Remote control

Previously, the LCD would unexpectedly switch focus
when both MIDI Faders and the DAW Control Surface
feature was being used an d the master fader touched.

This has been fixed.

TASCAM FX / TASCAM FX 2.0

Previously, the tap tempo function was not working for the
new TASCAM FX.

This has been corrected in Version 1.50.

TASCAN FX 2.0

Previously, accessing dynamics libraries could occasion­ally crash the mixer.

This has been corrected in 1.50.

Maintenance Items in V1.10

Project

A problem has been fixed in which the cascade connection
status sometimes became invalid when loading a project
that changed the cascade master/slave relationship.

Known Issues

This section describes the Known Issues for the latest DM-4800 software

Known Issues in V1.50

Updating the firmware on a cascaded mixer

When updating the rmware on a cascaded mixer, rst

disconnect the cascade cable.

USB Connection notes

Mac OS X:

If TMC or your DAW software fails to find your
mixer after putting your computer into Sleep mode,
please remove the USB cable and re-connect it before
re-launching TMC or your DAW software.

Windows XP:

If TMC or your DAW software fails to find your mixer after
putting your computer into Standby mode or Hibernation
mode, please re-launch TMC or your DAW software.

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Windows Vista:

If TMC or your DAW software fails to find your mixer
after putting your computer into Standby mode, Sleep
mode or Hibernation mode, please re-launch TMC or your
DAW software again.

To prevent this problem re-occuring, please set your
computer to not automatically go into Standby or
Hibernation modes.

DM-4800 Release Notes

DTRS REC FUNCTION setting when controlling via P2

When making REC function settings with multiple DTRS
devices connected, and the REC function of track 9 or later
is operated from the DTRS unit, that status is not reflected
in the mixer.

Auto detection of MMC control target

When loading a project that includes MMC Full (closed­loop) control, be sure to connect and power on the MMC
device rst. Also, power on the MMC device before start­ing the mixer, otherwise the MMC device may not be

correctly identied or controlled.

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