Anyone using Tascam DM-3200 with Logic

Hey Joseph,

I have this combination. I like it so far. I'm not really a "mixer" person but I am resolute in learning how to use this thing in depth!

Anyways, as far as controlling Logic, I got it working pretty easily. It seems that the faders don't seem as "sensitive" as my Logic Control (I think I mean resolution, perhaps?). I also have not played with the Tascam enough to know what other features are mapped out besides just level faders. It is very easy to switch between a fader layer and the Mackie control layer: just one button press. One thing though is if I have logic set to auto-sync in, and play, it will receive some timecode from somewhere and then stop after 2 bars. Don't know why this is, and it means I'll have to disable the Tascam's midi if I want to sync Logic to, say, Protools.

I connect my old 828 via Adat to Tascam and it sounds so much better than the Analog ins to the Tascam, so I'm happy about that. I have also the 8 Analog input card so I have a total of 24 Analog Ins which is nice too.

If you have any specific questions, I'll try to asnwer them, but so far, i like the combination a lot. My one complaint - they put the Control Room volume way up at the top of the mixer. My keyboard (Roland XV88) protrudes a bit from the front of the mixer, so i can see myself getting back spasms if I reach that volume control a lot!! I guess I'm shorter than the average user! Anyways, the mixer sounds good enogh to my ears.

Cheers
Ken

PS The manuals for the mixer are at Tascam's website. You can also take a peek at them to get a sense how things are setup.

I guess using outboard stuff could only help but my meaning was not that the Tascam converters are that bad; my synths that I have patched through sound at least as good as the old Mackie D8B I had, IMHO. It's more really that with the Tascam, I got to realize the difference between the Analog and ADAT outputs as the mixer supports built in ADAT.

Regards
Ken

ken,
did you have to do anything special in logic to get your 828 to send the signal out from the channel strip as an adat signal? I am using an unsupported digital mixer (Berhinger DDX3216) with a 16ch adat in/out card. I can send Itunes down the fw to the 828mkII and out to the digital board via adat just fine, but no luck when I try to monitor what I've recorded. ya, I can patch analog out of the 828 back into the mixer but as you pointed out that may not be the cleanest signal chain.

The Tascam Dm 3200 looks like a great unit. Honestly i would go with the Fw 1884. I have worked on that unit in the past and it is not bad. Plus it is very cost effecitve compared to the DM3200. If you are more of the hands on guy then there are alot of other mixing bords out there. Most of logics magic though comes from computer screen it's self.

One negive coment on some of the control surfaces though is that i fell they are not that usre friendly when involving live automation effects to them.

For anyone that does not know what the Tascam DM 3200 looks like here is a quick link to the url

http://www.tascam.com/Press/Images/hi-res/DM-3200_User-MB.jpg
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I didn't do anything special in Logic, but there is a MOTU Firewire console application (in Applications - should be there when you installed 828 drivers). In there, you have to enable the optical in and outs as ADAT. Once done, the ins and outs will appear in Logic audio tracks (likely starting at 9-10).