how to hook up a dx-4d???

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Can some one tell me exactly how to hook up a dx-4d dbx unit to a tascam 32? I know that the 32 is only 2 channels and the dx-4d is 4 but i want to check it out. I dont understand how to do it with all the encode and decode and input/output. Do i go from the out of the 3 to the in of the dx-4d and then out to the amp?
Thanks
 
MartyMcFly said:
Can some one tell me exactly how to hook up a dx-4d dbx unit to a tascam 32? I know that the 32 is only 2 channels and the dx-4d is 4 but i want to check it out. I dont understand how to do it with all the encode and decode and input/output. Do i go from the out of the 3 to the in of the dx-4d and then out to the amp?
Thanks
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I've never tried it, but the manual says:

Input from signal source -> DX4D input
DX4D output -> mixer/amp/final output
DX4D encode -> Recorder input
Dx4D decode -> Recorder output

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...and the control cable into the control socket, obviously
 
Well i kinda got it hooked up. But it only seems to work on one channel and there is alot of breathing and pumping...
 
I'm not sure if it works for the 32, there was another 2 channel one made, but if it does, all you do is plug it in to the back of the 32 then run four rca cables. decode goes from the output of the 32 encode goes to the input. Then you run four cables in and out from your mixer to the DBX unit. To utilize the DBX you press in the channel button so it's lit red. When its off it's bypassed. It automatically encodes and decodes when it's on. You're just running through it.
 
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Well i kinda got it hooked up. But it only seems to work on one channel and there is alot of breathing and pumping...
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You have to keep the levels fairly low. -3 or less. More like -7.
 
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What do you mean by keep the levels low? The levels from the 32? Im trying to check it out so i can give feedback and end the transaction. I dont want to give feedback and find out 1 channel doesnt work or its actually F*ed...
OK now I have it so that it works on all 4 channels. i musta had it hooked up wrong. But i am still getting breathing and pumping. I have shit on the 32 playing and coming out the outputs and going into the decode in and then a line coming out the decode out up to the input of the 32. Then I have the outputs of the DBX going to my stereo and I am getting noticable breathing and pumping.
I must have something hooked up wrong
 
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I'd take your time leaving the feedback. They won't be going anywhere. Also, make sure it's supposed to work with the 32, though it sounds like it's working. You need the levels on the 32 to stay low, between -3 and -7 on the 32 vu meters, when you're recording. Anything too much higher or in the red on the 32 can cause that breathing. It's the operating level the DBX unit works with. It "encodes" while it's going to tape then "decodes" when it comes back into the dbx unit. Did you record what's on the tape with the dbx unit? It wont work right playing back anything that you recorded before without it. It has to be encoded first.

Just to set it straight. The "input" on the DBX goes to the output of your mixer. The "output" on the DBX goes to the input on your mixer for playback.
The encode out goes to the input of the 32. The decode in goes from the output of the 32.
 
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Yep that was it. I recorded something new and it works. Thanks guyz... I paid 29.99 including shipping for 1 unit. I feel better now...
 
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