Tascam M216 Monitor Question

[ottsca]

Hi Folks,

I've come by a Tascam M-216 mixer and I'm trying to integrate it into my studio. I posted this question to the newbie area and it was suggested I post it here if I didn't get an answer. I have a service manual but no user manual for this board.

I'm trying to feed my studio monitors (active) from the console. I can't figure out how to control the volume (not the level) of the signal I send to the monitors. There is a pot labeled "Mon" with 4 selector buttons below it (stereo, FLB, effect, and mono). No matter how I make connections between the back of the console and the monitors that pot seems to have no effect.

Is there a way to connect the console directly to the monitors and then control their volume with that pot? From which outs on the back of the mixer should I send to the speakers (Stereo Out seems likely)? I think I'm missing something very obvious...

One reply in the newbie board suggested I use the outputs labeled "CR Out." Well obviously, but there are no outs on the back of the mixer with that appellation. I've passed around by using the outs from sub 3 and 4 to feed the CR monitors, but I'd like to have my groups back!

Thank you folks for any help,

Ottsca

 

[The Ghost of FM]

The monitor pot controls the level that's fed to the headphones, I believe, so you'd have to work up a padded adapter cable that takes the 1/4" headphone out hack on the front of the board and feed that to your powered monitors. And I suggest the pad because the head-phone amp is a 1.5 watt output and can fry the input stage of your monitors if cranked too high via the knob you asked about.

The stereo outs on the back of the mixer were designed to feed a mastering deck at a level controlled by the red colored stereo faders on the mixer. You could split that output and feed your monitors with that and feed your mastering deck with any un-used program buss outputs as an alternate plan. But, this would only give you the signal from the stereo buss so that would be limiting when overdubbing and wanting to make use of the aux buss. What I described in the first paragraph is your best option.

Cheers!

 

[ottsca]

Ahhh yes I see that now.....thanks for the help with that....yep don't want to feed the active speakers with that signal.

I appreciate your time and I'm glad I wasn't missing anything.

If anyone is using this console with an 8-track analog (I've got an Otari 5050), I'd appreciate a PM or maybe even a quick discussion about how you did your signal flow.

Thanks again for the help.

Ottsca

 

[The Ghost of FM]

Ahhh yes I see that now.....thanks for the help with that....yep don't want to feed the active speakers with that signal.

I appreciate your time and I'm glad I wasn't missing anything.

If anyone is using this console with an 8-track analog (I've got an Otari 5050), I'd appreciate a PM or maybe even a quick discussion about how you did your signal flow.

Thanks again for the help.

Ottsca

You in fact do want to do that but make sure it's padded first or alternately, crank up the input gain control on your monitors and then you will be forced to only use a tinier bit of the headphone amp's output...basically, this will mean that the pot you want to use will never need to turned up any higher then about 10:00 o'clock on that knob and at that point, you will not be feeding the full 1.5 watt signal out. It will be much lower then that and reasonably safe to use, so long as no one comes along and accidentally cranks it!

Cheers!