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For direction on how to set everything up, see Section III- Recording Hook-up. Once that’s done, the instructions below will walk you through a really basic recording session. There are two different paths for routing audio to your multitrack: direct out or buss. This Quickstart session will walk you through both types.

Initializing the mixer resets the mixer to the factory settings. It erases all snapshot scenes, custom effects, and routing options selected. We put this option at the top of the Quickstart to make sure you are starting from the same point we are. If you have custom settings in the mixer, either perform a data dump to save the data to a sequencer (step-by-step directions can be found Section XII - MIDI Implementation), or DO NOT DO THIS! YOU WILL LOSE YOUR OLD DATA!!!

Steps to initialize the mixer:

1. While powering up the mixer, press and hold down Param Sel and Enter. The screen should look like the following:

2. Turn the DATA ENTRY dial, if you want to initialize only Snapshot data or Effects data, until these options appear on the screen.  Otherwise press Enter. The screen will show the following:

3. This is the point of no return.  If you are certain you want to initizlialize the mixer, press Enter.  Otherwise, press Escape. Once initialized, press Escape.

4. At this point, you must set up your word clock as described in Section III.

When using a direct out, each channel is routed directly to a corresponding track on the recorder. In other words, input channel 1 records DIRECTLY to track 1, input 7 records directly to track 7, etc. In order to use this:

• Raise the master fader to "0"
• Set the level control above the L-R fader to a comfortable level (probably around the 10 o’clock position.)
• Make sure the L-R button directly beneath the Phones control is pushed down.

• Plug a microphone, guitar, keyboard, or other sound source into channel 1.
• Raise the fader of channel 1 to the "0" on the channel strip.
• Raise the trim control for channel 1. You should hear signal.

 Routing signal to the recorder:

• Press CH SEL above channel 1 to access routing of channel 1.
• The L-R button just above channel 5 should be lit. Press L-R to disengage the routing of channel 1 directly to the main output, and the light will go out. You should not be able to hear the input signal anymore. (Trust me, that’s a good thing… you’ll see!)
• Arm (record enable) track 1 of the multitrack recorder. If your recorder is connected correctly, input signal from channel should be showing up on the meters of the recorder.
• Set the Trim of channel 1 so the meter is approaching the maximum level at its loudest point, but not exceeding the maximum level.

 Setting monitor level and recording:

• Raise the fader on channel 9 to hear the tape return of track 1. You should be able to hear your signal now.
• Press Record and Play on your multitrack, and record your track. Press Stop when you’re done.
• Disarm track 1 on the multitrack recorder. Signal from channel 1 of the TM-D1000 will no longer be heard.
• Rewind the tape to the beginning, and listen to your new masterpiece.

 That’s it. You’ve just recorded your first track through the TM-D1000. Pretty cool, eh? Now, let’s try another method of recording: BUSSING!!!

The TM-D1000 uses the same signal paths for both auxiliary sends and busses. Since the default setting of the board is with 4 auxiliaries, and we want to record using busses, we need to make some busses available. For detailed explanation of your options, read Section V - Buss + Aux =4. But for now, to save you the having to navigate all over the place and prevent information overload in this session, we’ve given you instructions on basic switching between aux and busses. 

• Press SHIFT and PARAM SEL together. The top line of the screen should read "Option." If it does not, press ESCAPE until it does.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to the left until the bottom line of the screen reads "MODE". Press ENTER.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to the left until the bottom line of the screen reads "MODE select". Press ENTER.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to the left until the bottom line of the screen reads "REC". Press ENTER.

You have just entered… Record mode. (Cue "Twilight Zone " music.) Record Mode and Mix Mode are a simple way of keeping track of whether your four BUSS/AUX paths are all busses (Record Mode) or all Auxiliaries (Mix Mode). There are other options available. Again, they are explained in Section V- Buss + Aux =4.

Setting up input signal:

Just to make things easy, we can use the same input we used in Step II- Direct Out Recording. Or, if you want to plug another source in, then go for it!!! Just remember to set the signal up just as we did in "Step II- Direct Out Recording" under "Setting up and input signal".

• Press CH SEL above your input channel , and disengage its L-R routing by pressing the lit L-R button. Again, the L-R button will turn off when you do this, and you will no longer be able to hear the signal directly. Of course, if the light is already out, then you can leave it alone.
• Press the 3-4 button, just to the left of the L-R button. The 3-4 button should now light up. This indicates that we have routed signal to busses 3 and 4.
• Raises the 3-4 buss level to "0". (They’re the right two black faders at the bottom right of the mixer.)
• Arm track 3 and 4 of your multitrack.
• Start playing signal to the mixer. You will notice the signal feeds both tracks. If you rotate the pan control of the channel you selected to the left, the signal will only show up on track 3. Rotating the pan to the right moves the signal to track 4. Basically, groups 3 and 4 are a stereo pair, and the pan control moves the signal between them. This is especially useful for live sub-mixing or bouncing tracks. ( i.e. recording 4 drum mics, a bass and rhythm guitar down to a stereo pair of tracks.)
• Rotate the pan to the right. We’ll record this signal on a 4 track only. You can disengage track 3 if you like… we don’t need that. We just used it to demonstrate panning in busses.
• Set the trim of channel 4 so the meter is approaching the maximum level at its loudest point, but not exceeding the max level.

• Raise the fader on channel 12 to hear the tape return of track 4. You should be able to hear your signal again now.
• Press Record and Play on your multitrack, and record your track. Press Stop when you’re done.
• Disarm track 4 on the multitrack recorder. Signal from your input channel of the TM-D1000 will no longer be heard.
• Rewind the tape to the beginning, and listen to your new masterpiece.

You’ve just bussed a signal! Feeling like a pro yet? Well, let’s take it a step further: ADDING EQ!!!

Recording enthusiasts want more bass in their bass and more sizzle in their cymbal. The seasoned pro wants to "bring out the character in the sound by enhancing its natural qualities." However you say it, you’re tweaking EQ. Here’s how you do it on the TM-D1000. If some of the terms regarding different types of EQ’s become intimidating, look up EQ in Section XIII- What the Heck Is That?. You will find explanations of what the different types are and some potential applications of each type.

• Press CH SEL above the channel you want to add EQ on. If you followed our Quickstart, that would be channels 9 or 12… not channel 1 or 4. Remember, we want to add it to our multitrack recorder returns.
• To engage the EQ on the channel you’ve selected, press the EQ ON/OFF switch just above channel 6.
• Press PARAM SEL until the EQ light turns green. The screen should show you the digital pad and the parametric mid EQ band.
• Tweak the parameters to your hearts content.

Now you’re thinking this is pretty cool, but we thought you might like to kick it up a notch! Read on to STEP V- Adding Effects.

In order to use effects, we need to have aux sends available. If you went through "Step III- Buss Out Recording," then we’ll need to switch the board back to MIX mode. To do that: 

• Press SHIFT and PARAM SEL together. The top line of the screen should read "Option." If it does not, press ESCAPE until it does.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to the left until the bottom line of the screen reads "MODE." Press ENTER.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to the left until the bottom line of the screen reads "MODE select." Press ENTER.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to the right until the bottom line of the screen reads "MIX". Press ENTER.

Now that we’re back in MIX mode, let’s add some effects:

Raising the channel aux level:  

• Press CH SEL above the channel you want to add effects on. If you followed our Quickstart, that would be channels 9 or 12 … not channel 1 or 4. Remember, we want to add it to our multitrack recorder returns.
• Press PARAM SEL until the aux light turns green. The screen should allow you the aux sends. The first two sends are ganged together in a stereo send. The first dial is panning between the two sides of the send, and the second dial is the level.
• Turn the second dial up so the screen displays 80.

• Raise the 1-2 aux send level to "0". (They’re left two black faders in the bottom right of the mixer,)
• Rotate the Effect Return level to about the 3 o’clock position.

You should hear a "Concert Hall" reverb. To change that to another type of effect: 

• When the screen is showing the effect type, press ESCAPE/RECALL. The screen will flash different effects, indicating that you can select from the available effects.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to select the effect you wish to use.
• Press ENTER to load that effect. Or, if you decided not to change, press ESCAPE again to leave the settings the way they are.

Now that you’ve slaved over your mix, you can save your mixer settings in a "snapshot". This way, you can set up a mix, save it, set up another mix, save it, and recall either at any time. To do this:

Storing snapshots: 

• Exit the effects screen if you are in one. (Otherwise, you will be recalling effects, not snapshots.)
• Press ESCAPE/RECALL.
• Rotate the DATA ENTRY dial to select the desired scene.
• Press ENTER to load that snapshot.

 That’s it! 

Well, that’s about it. You just walked through most of the major recording functions of the TM-D1000. We still encourage you to read the other parts of this guide to help you understand these features in more detail and to learn about some of the more advanced features.

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