Tascam DM-3200 User Manual

The following libraries are available within each 
project on the DM-3200 for storing and recalling 
commonly-used settings:

• Snapshots (scene memories)
• EQ settings
• Compressor/expander settings 
• Gate settings
• Effect settings (for internal effects 1 and 2)
Up to four card-stored banks of each library type are 
available in each project. These banks are indepen-
dent of each other and independent of the banks in 
other projects. 

It is, of course, possible to copy library entries (or 
entire banks) between projects, as well as using exist-
ing projects as templates, allowing favorite effect set-
tings, for example, to be used throughout a group of 
projects.

There is also an internal bank, containing read-only 
preset settings, which can be accessed by all projects.

In each bank, there may be up to 128 entries. The 
entries in the internal banks comprise read-only pre-
sets, which may be used unchanged, or recalled and 
used as the basis for original settings.

Library entries may be named and are automatically 
time-stamped, to provide a reference for just when 
and why a particular effect or setting was created.

Management of the library banks and the library 
entries contained in them is done from within a spe-
cial utility screen accessed from a pull-up menu. 

Note that all libraries are very similar in their basic 
operation, and differ only in details. If there are any 
specific differences relating to an individual library, 
they are described in the appropriate section of the 
manual.

To enter the library management screen, insert a for-
matted CF card (or insert a blank card and format 

it—see “Formatting a new card” on page 24) and 
press the 

 key:

Use the POD 1 key to pull up the menu which allows 
a jump to the appropriate library.

Use the POD 1 dial to highlight the required option 
in the menu, and the POD 1 key or 

 key to 

select the highlighted option.

In most library screens, a small graphical representa-
tion of the currently-loaded setting (snapshot, EQ 
setting, etc.) occupies the top left of the screen, while 
the top right part of the screen is used to show a cor-
responding representation of the currently high-
lighted library entry.

Select the bank within the 

current project by using the cursor keys to highlight 
the 

PRESET

 or 

CF BANK

 to be used, and pressing 

.

This bank is used to recall a preset or previously 
stored setting or to store the current settings.

• Current data is always stored on the left side of the 

library screen, and the library data in the currently-
selected bank and slot is shown on the right.

Bank selection can also be done by pressing the 

 

and 

 keys to the left of the display in the 

 

section with the 

 key pressed, when the current 

banks is selected for this purpose in the 

OPTION

 

screen.