Tascam X-48 - Manual (Page 24)

Configuration
Front Panel Operation
To configure the I/O cards from the front panel:
• Press
the INP 1-24 or INP 25-48 key
• Use the Up/Down buttons to select a bank of 8 inputs and outputs, i.e. "IO Card
Select 1-8
" and press CHNG.
• Select either TDIF 1-8 or Slot1 (1-8) and press ENTER.
• Press the EXIT button when you are finished changing physical I/O types
To send a different bank of inputs to tracks, for example send inputs 1-24 to 25-48 (see
example above):
• Press
the INP 1-24 or INP 25-48 key
• Use the Up/Down buttons to select routing for a bank of tracks, such as "Input
Routing 25-32
" and press CHNG.
• Select a bank of inputs, i.e. Input Grp1 1-8 and press ENTER.
• Press the EXIT button when you are finished changing input groups
Analog I/O Operating Level
You can set the Analog Operating level from the Settings menu. Choose Settings from the
Window menu, click the I/O tab and click the I/O Operating Level from the pull-down
menu. Your choices are -9, -14, -16, -18 or -20dBfs.
Control Mode
The X-48 has four options for transport control:
Internal – The default is local control from the transport, mouse and keyboard
SMPTE – When enabled and the front panel TC CHASE key is enabled, the X-48 chases
the SMPTE timecode from its input jack.
MIDI (MTC) – In this mode with the front pantl TC CHASE key enabled, the X-48 chases
incoming MIDI timecode from it's MIDI input.
Theater Play – This is a special playback mode similar to Auto Cue on a CD Player. Please
refer to Page 49 for details on the use of this mode.
MIDI Device ID
When working with MIDI Machine Control, you can set a MIDI device ID so that other
devices don't intercept commands for the X-48 (and vice-versa). To set the MIDI device ID:
Mouse/Keyboard Operation
•
Click the Windows menu, select Settings and click the System tab
• Click the MIDI Device ID pulldown
• Select a device ID from the list
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