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TASCAM DM-3200

48-input 16-bus Digital Mixer with 24-bit/96kHz Support, TC Effects

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48-input Digital Mixer!

More channels. More inputs. The new TASCAM DM-3200 has more of everything that made the DM-24 a pedigreed studio workhorse, plus an improved physical interface with per-channel multi-function LED ring encoders, more comprehensive DAW control, vastly improved routing flexibility, easier and robust data backup/ restore, greatly expanded mix storage using compact flash media and much more. With the DM-3200, TASCAM brings the functionality of a big console to the world of DAWs. You can't go wrong with the DM-3200!

TASCAM DM-3200 At-a-Glance:
  • Music Tracking
  • Post Production and Game Production
  • Live Sound and House of Worship
  • Project Studio Recording


Music Tracking
When you're tracking a band in your studio, there are certain features that musicians and producers demand from a recording console. The DM-3200 gives you eight aux sends so that you can give individual cue mixes to each musician and have some left over to buss to the two built-in effects. It has a professional control room section with talkback mic and slate functions as well as three playback source selection switches.

For recording large ensembles you get 16 microphone preamps, each with analog insert, phantom power (selectable in groups of four) and a -20dB pad switch. Four assignable analog inputs are provided, for inserting your favorite tube compressor on a console channel, or you can use the 4-band EQ and dynamics found on every channel.

When the sound is dialed in, send that channel to its own track with the Direct button or combine inputs to the 16 busses. There are plenty of digital and analog I/O options to combine stand-alone hard disk recorders (like the TASCAM X-48), analog tape recorders or computer-based DAW recorders. The affordable DM-3200 handles all of the routing and bussing you need in a professional studio, allowing you to concentrate on running your session.

Post Production and Game Production
Mixing inside of a computer is difficult enough in stereo, and when you start working on surround projects, managing and monitoring all of the ins and outs becomes more like air traffic control. The DM-3200 becomes your control center for mixing large projects with dozens of channels. It can mix your tracks with one snapshot, and with two button presses you're ready to transfer them to a dubber or video deck.

Just connect your DAW interface, like Digidesign's 192 Digital I/O for Pro Tools, to one of the digital connections on the rear panel (or use our optional IF-FW/DM FireWire interface card). The DM-3200 even acts as a HUI controller for Pro Tools, allowing you to mix some channels in the DAW and others in the console.

The DM-3200 is an outstanding choice for mixing in surround, with 5.1 and even 6.1 automated panning. The 16 busses become two surround busses in surround mode, allowing you to buss channels to discrete stems. The optional IF-SM/DM Surround Monitoring card provides downmixing to stereo, individual output solo/mute and bass management features to the console.

Live Sound and House of Worship
Like the DM-24, the DM-3200 makes a reliable choice for sound reinforcement. Its 16 mic inputs give you plenty of channels for performances or services, and more mic inputs can be added as needed using external rackmount preamps with digital outputs. Each of the 32 channels features four-band parametric EQ, gating and compression processing. Two built-in effects processors can access a variety of great-sounding effects processors, including a reverb processor by TC Works.

If you're the one installing the DM-3200 into a facility, you can program a variety of settings and back up your programs to a Compact Flash card. Recalling snapshots is done using dedicated buttons on the front panel, so loading a mixer setting is as simple as changing channels on a TV remote. The rear panel of the DM-3200 is well-stocked with balanced and digital I/O, allowing ample connectivity to crossovers, as well as CD and cassette recorders such as our popular CC-222 mkII.

Project Studio Recording
Add the optional IF-FW/DM interface card to the DM-3200, and it becomes the ultimate computer interface and mixing surface for your workstation software. The IF-FW/DM allows a single FireWire cable to transmit 32 channels from your computer to the DM-3200 and another 16 channels back to the computer for recording. Using this expansion card, no other interface or hardware is needed for recording to a computer.

The DM-3200 has a fader layer, labeled 'Remote', that's dedicated to controlling the mixing facilities in your DAW software. There are two modes of control: Mackie Control and Mackie HUI emulation. The DM-3200's solid transport keys can be mapped to your software in any fader layer, and adjustments to your software mixer is a fader layer away. The DM-3200 + IF-FW/DM combination gives you the best of both worlds: computer recording and DAW control with world-class mixing, automation and monitoring features.

Tascam DM-3200 Features:
  • 32 channels and 16 auxiliary returns for 48 total inputs
  • 16 busses
  • 8 Aux Sends
  • 16 analog mic/line inputs with phantom power for condenser mics and analog inserts
  • 24 channels of TDIF and 8 channels of ADAT built in
  • 2 expansion card slots support optional FireWire, ADAT, AES/EBU, Analog & TDIF cards
  • Dedicated cascade port supports cascade of two DM-3200s
  • Per channel LED ring encoders for pan, aux sends and EQ
  • Built-in DAW control
  • All inputs, effects and processing are available at 96k -- no features are sacrificed at full sampling rate
  • Transport controls
  • Powerful automation with touch-sensitive motorized faders
  • EQ and compression on each channel
  • Two built-in effects processors at 44.1/48k or 88.2/96k
  • Flexible routing
  • Offload data to convenient Compact Flash media using built-in CF slot
  • Optional MU-1000 meter bridge
  • Stylish, professional design with rear panel I/O connections
  • TASCAM Mixer Companion software

TASCAM DM-3200 - A digital console that will merge seamlessly with your DAW!



Specification Detail
Dimensions 27.6" x 32.9" x 9.1"

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Kenny Bergle
Unbelievably hard to beat! $3K for a mixer that sounds 10 times more expensive. This mixer does it all, digitally! Whew! (My hint - Get the meter bridge, it reminds you that you are not dreaming.)

Awesome Board for the Price. Good Luck on the Firewire Card and Support.

by Dave from Orem, UT
September 27, 2006
Music Background: Recording Engineer, Live Sound Engineer, Composer
This board is just absolutely amazing for this price! This board feels and sounds great. I love the routing flexibility that can be stored in the presets. The integration with software is great. H... read more [+]owever, there are a few minor bugs that still need to be worked out between Sonar 5.2 and the control page.

It is impressive to clients for smaller budget studios. I had a client ask me if it was more expensive than my house.

The biggest downside is that it is from Tascam. The word is that their support is suppose to be getting better. I hope so. I purchased this board the end of June with a firewire card. I haven't had any problems with the board yet, but all stores are still waiting on the firewire cards and I am hoping that they will actually arrive the week of October 15th, 2006. However, they have changed their date so many times on us, I will believe it when I see it. I understand that they have had problems supplying the firewire cards before in the past. So if it is critical to have the card, make sure they are actually available before depending on it. close [-]

Familiar and friendly....

by C. Clephane from Seattle, WA USA
July 10, 2006
Music Background: Pro Musician, TV Producer
We have been working with a DM-24 in one of our video post edit suites for about 3 years. We added the firewire card and an additional ADAT card and used it with DP5 for quite some time for scoring a... read more [+]s well. Great setup for the application---but we decided to retire it this year.
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With the purchase of the DM-3200 as an upgrade/replacement---the 3200 is everything we expected and more. First however...if you are a DM-24 user...be prepared to be surprised....the DM-3200 looks the same in the photos, but it is SIGNIFICANTLY bigger. It looks ho-hum in the photos (appears to be painted white or something..)---but is incredible in person (all brushed STAINLESS STEEL!!).
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All in all they took the functionality of the DM-24 and made it better. The REMOTE layer is perfect for DAW use. Simple to set-up--easy to use. We swapped the FIREWIRE and ADAT cards (from the DM-24) right into our console with no issues. (NOTE: We had purchased a later model FIREWIRE card that has jumper options to allow it to work in either the DM-24 or DM-3200.)
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This thing rocks (OSX). The new companion software is useful and responsive. It provides individual channel metering if you did not purchase the meterbridge as well as the ability to save/backup configurations on your PC. Navigation is better and overall and functionality is much more intuitive (than the DM-24). For $3k this is an amazing buy (bang for buck!) close [-]

Tascam DM3200

by Tom Jones from Seattle, WA, USA
October 1, 2005
Music Background:
I just recieved my DM3200 after the long awaited release and found out that the firewire card that is advertised was developed for the DM24 and does not work with the 3200. After three days of trying ... read more [+]to get through to Tascam I was told the firewire card has not yet been implemented for the 3200. So I removed the fire wire card and returned it to the dealer for the $400.00 I paid for it and purchased a MOTU 2408 MK3 for $1,000.00 to interface with the computer. So far so good now I can get down to learning the 3200. close [-]

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