Tascam DM-3200 User Manual

When the connections have been made to the DM-
3200, you must select a clock source. The master 
clock source is also used to determine the sampling 
frequency for the whole project.

Remember that the DM-3200 can act as a clock 
source or clock master, but there must be only one 
master clock source in your studio setup.

Press the 

 key until the 

CLOCK

 screen 

appears: 

The first item to be selected is the use of 

the high-speed or normal clock. When the lower 

88.2K/96K

 (high-speed) option is selected, many of the 

44.1K

 and 

48K

 legends on the screen change to 

88.2K

 

and 

96K

 respectively. In addition, in high-speed 

mode, the digital inputs are also available, and the 
number of available clock sources on the optional 
AES/EBU interface card (if fitted) is reduced:

In both this and the normal speed clock screen, the 
current clock status is displayed at the top of the 
screen (as shown above).

You can make a check of the 

system by moving the cursor down to the bottom of 
the screen and pressing the 

CHECK [START]

 button.

After confirming that you want to do this, a popup 
appears, informing you of the status of all potential 
clock sources.

Note that the DM-3200 is 

able to accept audio data and clock signals from 
“varispeed” devices, provided the playback speed 
and hence the sampling frequency is within 6% of the 
nominal frequency.

Of course, when the out-of-normal clock is to be re-
transmitted to other devices, it depends on the imple-
mentation of the other devicse as to whether the 
clock can successfully be accepted by them.

When the clock is 

changed, you have an option to reboot and keep 
(

KEEP

) the existing mixer configuration (

MIXER CON-

FIGURATION

), or to initialize the settings (

INITIALIZE

) 

the DM-3200.

When you make the change to the clock, an appropri-
ate popup message appears, telling you what is about 
to happen (either the mixer will reboot, or the data 
will be initialized). Press 

 to carry on with the 

operation or a cursor key to cancel it.