DM 3200 - recoring via FW with and without EQ, Compressor etc.

[DocRock]

Hello,

so, this is my first post - need to make a deep breath first ;-)

OK. I build up a homerecording "studio" (it's more or less a decent place in my living room - in the best sense of the word I am just a homerecorder...) where I use a Tascam DM3200 as mixer and DAW-controller, using the IF-FW/DMMK II FireWire-Interface. I once had a little 8-track analog mixer, but that's decades away, and was a complete other league...

I fought my way through the manual so far, and got things hooked up to my likes: I can control my DAW with the DM, and also have all my gear connected to it (guitar, bass, mic's).

What I couldn't figure out yet: I can record my signals to my DAW, but I'd like to have a) a bit more peace of choice, and b) do not want to waste the mixers EQ- and compressor-power.
So I'm looking for a setup allowing me to record my signals "dry", and with all the filters, compressors, fx... inserted to a specific mixing channel of the DM 3200.
At the moment I can only record "dry" signals, but my EQ and/or compressor settings seem to be only present in the mixer, but do not get recorded as well.

Simplified, I'm looking for a solution, allowing me to insert filters, etc. to a mixer channel and just to hear them (without having them recorded), and if need to do get them recorded (preferably without having to plug in to another channel) have a simple way of switching to "all-you-hear-is-recorded-to-disk".

I hope I could illustrate my aim in a comprehensive way - had a bit to struggle with my english
so thank you, anyway

kind regards
DocRock

P.S.: Since I'm new to the mixer, any help with in-depth explanations of where to tweak/set up things will be very welcome!

 

[vbass]

You could try routing your inputs to the Busses and then route your busses to the inputs on the FW card(set Slot routing to Buss#, instead of M/L#). I use this buss routing method when I want to record with EQ and Compression on the DM-4800 to an ADAT hard disk. It should work just a well for recording to a DAW. To enable/disable the channel effects just turn them on or off on the channel module before you record. This makes recording wet or dry pretty simple.

 

[DocRock]

Thank you, Vbass, this seems to be just what I wanted Just to make sure I got things right:
On my ROUTING page I choose OUTPUT SLOT. POD 4 is selecting the BUSS/DIRECT Option, so that I can assign the busses under OUTPUT SELECT. Correct so far? So, let's say I got my Line 6 POD linked to the physical inputs on channels 7&8; I do have to assign these channels to the specified bus in the first step, right? I really never made use of the OUTPUT ASSIGN FIELD (I#m really quiet new to the mixer, and did all my routings within the routing screen) but I guess that's where it comes in handy?