Tascam DM-3200 Alesis HD-24 Bugs...

[ramtazz]

I've upgraded my mixer from a DM-4000 to a DM-3200. I was using a BRC
to control my HD24, upgraded the mixer and now when I have the brc on
it spits out all sorts of clicks on the first channel of the adat
group. Turn off the BRC and it goes away. I've tried INT clocking,
same thing.

I called Tascam.. they had no clue why it was doing that, and
suggested I use MMC and word clock and use the onboard machine
control.

While Im waiting for the wordclock cable to be delievered, anyone have
experience with this? I've configured the board so some of the MMC
functions work, rec, play, stop, manual location, arming recording
channel.

Im lead to believe that full MMC is possible once the wordclock is set
up. Is this true?

Thanks in Advance

Bill
Rampage Sound Studios
Lancaster, Pa

[Romeo Rondeau]

ramtazz wrote:
> I've upgraded my mixer from a DM-4000 to a DM-3200. I was using a BRC
> to control my HD24, upgraded the mixer and now when I have the brc on
> it spits out all sorts of clicks on the first channel of the adat
> group. Turn off the BRC and it goes away. I've tried INT clocking,
> same thing.
>
> I called Tascam.. they had no clue why it was doing that, and
> suggested I use MMC and word clock and use the onboard machine
> control.
>
> While Im waiting for the wordclock cable to be delievered, anyone have
> experience with this? I've configured the board so some of the MMC
> functions work, rec, play, stop, manual location, arming recording
> channel.
>
> Im lead to believe that full MMC is possible once the wordclock is set
> up. Is this true?

I would suggest using a wordclock connection from the either the BRC to
your mixer or the HD24 to your mixer and using the BRC to control the
HD24 with the ADAT sync connector. I don't believe that MMC will control
all of your channels track arming functions. I may be wrong, though. I
have never had much luck clocking devices with just an ADAT lightpipe,
as a rule I always use a wordclock connection in addition to the ADAT
connector and set the clock source accordingly.

[ramtazz]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:34:44 GMT, Romeo Rondeau >
wrote:

>ramtazz wrote:
>> I've upgraded my mixer from a DM-4000 to a DM-3200. I was using a BRC
>> to control my HD24, upgraded the mixer and now when I have the brc on
>> it spits out all sorts of clicks on the first channel of the adat
>> group. Turn off the BRC and it goes away. I've tried INT clocking,
>> same thing.
>>
>> I called Tascam.. they had no clue why it was doing that, and
>> suggested I use MMC and word clock and use the onboard machine
>> control.
>>
>> While Im waiting for the wordclock cable to be delievered, anyone have
>> experience with this? I've configured the board so some of the MMC
>> functions work, rec, play, stop, manual location, arming recording
>> channel.
>>
>> Im lead to believe that full MMC is possible once the wordclock is set
>> up. Is this true?
>
>I would suggest using a wordclock connection from the either the BRC to
>your mixer or the HD24 to your mixer and using the BRC to control the
>HD24 with the ADAT sync connector. I don't believe that MMC will control
>all of your channels track arming functions. I may be wrong, though. I
>have never had much luck clocking devices with just an ADAT lightpipe,
>as a rule I always use a wordclock connection in addition to the ADAT
>connector and set the clock source accordingly.

In the DM3200 under Clock, you can tell the DM3200 to arm all 24
channels or in various steps of channels. Problem is with the BRC
Channel one has all the time code in the 8 channel group. With the brc
off... it doesnt' show up, I just turn the bugger on.. and voila
noise. Does it with the DM3200 on internal clock and adat and slot
clocks.

I seem to recall awhile ago someone posting the same issue, but don't
recall the outcome. Would make sense to wordclock.. should give me
full closed mmc support, right now its open mmc without the clocking.

Two steps forward... one step back.

Bill
Rampage Sound Studios
Lancaster, Pa