Tascam PB-32P Instructions

Using the Tascam PB-32P: 

a Half-Normalled Patch Bay 

Back

Front 

Typical Patch (Default Setting for Playback) 

– Line Out (Play) –

from CD, DAT, etc.

– Line In –

to Soundboard

Back

Front 

Special Patch (Adding an External Device to the Sound System for Playback) 

– Line Out (Play) –  

from portable MD, etc. 

Note:  Inserting a cable in the bottom jack in the front jack disconnects the 

signal flow from the top jack in the back to the bottom jack in the back. 

Back

Front 

Special Patch (Recording with the Sound System) 

– Line Out (Play) –

from CD, DAT, etc.

– Line In –

to Soundboard

– Line In –

to Tape, MD, etc.

– Line Out (Play) –

from CD, DAT, etc.

– Line In –

to Soundboard

Signal flows from the top jack in the back to the bottom jack in the back.  Therefore, no patch 

cables are required in the front jacks for typical playback operation. 

Like in the “Typical Patch” example, the signal flows from the top jack in the back to the bottom 

jack in the back.  However, in this special patch setup, the signal also flows from the top jack in the front 

through a patch cable to the “Line In” of the device you wish to record onto.  To record from the 

soundboard, simply run a patch cable from the “C/ROOM Out” on the patch bay to the “Line In” of 

the device you wish to record onto like in the above picture . 

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Derek R. Ellertson – May 4, 2001

Note:  If headphones are plugged into the PHONES jack on the soundboard, 

the signal to “C/ROOM Out” is cut off!! 

This special patch setup is useful if you wish to temporarily introduce a new component to the 

sound system.