Tascam LM-8ST User Manual

POWER switch and indicator 

11

Press to turn power ON or OFF. The 

POWER

 indicator 

lights when the power is ON. 

MIC/LINE switch 

21

Set whether the input source for channel 1 is the 
microphone input or the line input. 

MIC trim knob

31

Use this to adjust the microphone input level. 

MIC input connector

41

Use this balanced XLR connector for microphone input. 

Overload (OL) indicator 

51

This lights if the level input to this device is too high 
(overloading with a clipping level of –3 dB or higher). 

Signal (SIG) indicator 

61

This lights when a signal (–20 dBu or greater) is 
detected at the input connector. 

ST 2/AUX knobs 

71

Use these to adjust the levels sent from each channel to 
the ST 2/AUX bus. 

ST 1 knobs 

81

Use these to adjust the levels sent from each channel to 
the ST 1 bus. 

Output level meters

91

The top segment of each 4-segment output level meter is 
an overload indicator. 

0

  MONO buttons

Push in to set the output to monaural. 

q

  LEVEL knobs

Use these to adjust the output levels. 

w

  ST 1, ST 2/AUX switch

Set which output to use for headphone monitoring. 
Set it to 

ST 1

 to monitor the ST 1 bus signal or 

ST 2/

AUX

 to monitor the ST 2/AUX bus signal. 

e

  PHONES knob 

Adjust the headphones output level. 

r

  PHONES jacks

Connect headphones to these 1/4-inch (6.3 mm) and 
1/8-inch (3.5 mm) jacks.