Tascam DR-680 用户手册

DR-680

Owner's Manual Addendum

TASCAM DR-680

Added functions

The following functions have been added with

firmware version 1.20.
1 Mid-side (MS) microphone decoding mode
2 GANG function

MS microphone decoding

mode

Setting the MS decoding mode

Select the

MS MODE

item on the

SYSTEM

menu to

open the

MS MODE

screen.

Set the decoding mode to use when connecting mid-

side microphones. Channel pairs 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 can

each be set separately.
OFF (default value)

Recording and playback use the ordinary mode

(no mid-side decoding).

INPUT

Use this mode to decode while recording.
Playback uses the ordinary mode.

MONITOR

Use to monitor the output of mid-side

microphones

with decoding while recording

without decoding.
Also use this with a take that was recorded

without decoding to decode it during playback.

In that case,

A.OUT SEL

should be set to

MIX

the

I/O

menu.

NOTE

The

MS MODE

screen settings cannot be changed

during recording or playback. Always stop the unit

(the transport icon should be ) before changing the

settings.

Connecting a mid-side microphone

When using this unit's mid-side decoding function,

connect the mid signal to the odd channel and the

side signal to the even channel in the pair. If you

connect them in reverse, correct decoding is not

possible.
For example, connect the mid signal to channel 3

and the side signal to channel 4.

Recording with mid-side decoding

1 On the

MS MODE

screen, set the decoding

mode to

INPUT

2 Press the MIX PAN key on the front panel to

open the

PAN

screen (pan pot adjustment

screen). Use the MS width control to adjust the

width of the mid-side signal pair.

Press one of the number (1-6) keys on the front

panel that corresponds to one of the mid-

side channels that was set to

INPUT

on the

MS MODE

screen. (For example, press 3 or 4 to

adjust paired channels 3 and 4.)

Use the VALUE dial to adjust the width of the

signal suitably in a 0–100 range. At 0, only the

mid channel is included in the stereo decoding.

As the value is increased, more of the side

channel is included in the stereo decoding. At

100, only the side channel is included. (The

default value is

3 Press the MIX LEVEL key on the front panel

to open the

LEVEL

screen, and adjust the

decoder output.

Press one of the number (1-6) keys on the front

panel that corresponds to one of the mid-

side channels that was set to

INPUT

on the

MS MODE

screen. (For example, press 3 or 4 to

adjust paired channels 3 and 4.)

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