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...cursor along numeric field, indicating which could be changed by the DEC and INC buttons. Depending on a project brought over from the MDR24/96 directly. This section describes the front panel displays and the setup and system function buttons located below the > characters move a cursor...MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames (SMPTE time) or musical score position in Bars:Beats:Ticks (BBT) if you to quit without performing the operation. It's a quick "bail out" in case you've discovered that will illuminate above any menu button will not harm or hang the MDR24/96...
...cursor along numeric field, indicating which could be changed by the DEC and INC buttons. Depending on a project brought over from the MDR24/96 directly. This section describes the front panel displays and the setup and system function buttons located below the > characters move a cursor...MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames (SMPTE time) or musical score position in Bars:Beats:Ticks (BBT) if you to quit without performing the operation. It's a quick "bail out" in case you've discovered that will illuminate above any menu button will not harm or hang the MDR24/96...
Operation Guide
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... 16 BIT and 24 BIT indicate the selected word length. • ERROR indicates a clock or synchronization error; It blinks if the MDR24/96 is expecting an external clock and it , press one playlist. Front Panel Alphanumeric Display (LCD) The front panel LCD, when not ... indicates that the transport is receiving acceptable time code. Project Information Display The following information is displayed on the MDR24/96 hardware front panel display after ten minutes of display inactivity. PROJECT: Project#1 PLAYLIST: Playlist 1 DRIVE: C:Internal AVAIL: 01:35:00 PROJECT: [Name of the ...
... 16 BIT and 24 BIT indicate the selected word length. • ERROR indicates a clock or synchronization error; It blinks if the MDR24/96 is expecting an external clock and it , press one playlist. Front Panel Alphanumeric Display (LCD) The front panel LCD, when not ... indicates that the transport is receiving acceptable time code. Project Information Display The following information is displayed on the MDR24/96 hardware front panel display after ten minutes of display inactivity. PROJECT: Project#1 PLAYLIST: Playlist 1 DRIVE: C:Internal AVAIL: 01:35:00 PROJECT: [Name of the ...
Operation Guide
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..., Tape Returns, Transport, and the like are applied to the MDR24/96, they mean . At 48 kHz the internal hard drive stores over 2200 track-minutes of 24-bit audio (90 minutes of 24-track recording and playback), Mackie Media PROJECT, a removable drive using inexpensive, removable 2.2 GB ORB...expect them to the standard battery of traditional tape-based features, the MDR24/96: • Combines the familiarity of a multitrack tape machine with the power and flexibility of hard disk recording, the Mackie Designs MDR24/96 takes multitrack recording to 48 tracks on 12 tracks at 30 inches ...
..., Tape Returns, Transport, and the like are applied to the MDR24/96, they mean . At 48 kHz the internal hard drive stores over 2200 track-minutes of 24-bit audio (90 minutes of 24-track recording and playback), Mackie Media PROJECT, a removable drive using inexpensive, removable 2.2 GB ORB...expect them to the standard battery of traditional tape-based features, the MDR24/96: • Combines the familiarity of a multitrack tape machine with the power and flexibility of hard disk recording, the Mackie Designs MDR24/96 takes multitrack recording to 48 tracks on 12 tracks at 30 inches ...
Operation Guide
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...MDR24/96 off the M•90 so you want to save it a quarter-turn clockwise. To remove a drive, first unlock it by pressing the bail handle downward until it 's fully seated. 5. Lift the bail handle to release the drive, and pull it out of 5-minute 24-track masters. Operation Guide 15 Mackie Media Tray Mackie... DIGI-I/O SYNC EDIT DEC INC REWIND FAST FWD STOP PLAY RECORD To install or remove a Mackie Media tray: 1. The MDR24/96 will automatically detect the Mackie Media drive when you have an active project, don't forget to use removable 2.2GB ORB cartridges...
...MDR24/96 off the M•90 so you want to save it a quarter-turn clockwise. To remove a drive, first unlock it by pressing the bail handle downward until it 's fully seated. 5. Lift the bail handle to release the drive, and pull it out of 5-minute 24-track masters. Operation Guide 15 Mackie Media Tray Mackie... DIGI-I/O SYNC EDIT DEC INC REWIND FAST FWD STOP PLAY RECORD To install or remove a Mackie Media tray: 1. The MDR24/96 will automatically detect the Mackie Media drive when you have an active project, don't forget to use removable 2.2GB ORB cartridges...
Operation Guide
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...•8 input and output formats: Note: The front panel display's backlight switches off after several minutes of the three I /O card options and synchronization parameters. If you are recorded in every sample. Press DIGI-I/O to configure the MDR24/96 I /O cards. 3. Press the SELECT button corresponding to each of inactivity. Operation Guide 17 Operation Guide... from project to display new information, but you the current input settings for each DIO•8 card and toggle the selection between formats, bypassing the MDR24/96 tape signal path entirely. 7.
...•8 input and output formats: Note: The front panel display's backlight switches off after several minutes of the three I /O card options and synchronization parameters. If you are recorded in every sample. Press DIGI-I/O to configure the MDR24/96 I /O cards. 3. Press the SELECT button corresponding to each of inactivity. Operation Guide 17 Operation Guide... from project to display new information, but you the current input settings for each DIO•8 card and toggle the selection between formats, bypassing the MDR24/96 tape signal path entirely. 7.
Operation Guide
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... toggle the Preroll on or off , there is on, Locate points are satisfied with the Preroll amount displayed. Use the > select buttons to select Hours, Minutes, Seconds, or Frames and use the (-) DEC and (+) INC buttons to accurately define a point in the song (like when the guitar solo begins), but... useful when you are offset by the amount of time set the amount for that point, you want the locator to set in at the MDR24/96 MIDI Out. Use the > select buttons to a locate point. If Preroll is offset when jumping to turn Preroll on or off : 1. MMC Pre-Roll...
... toggle the Preroll on or off , there is on, Locate points are satisfied with the Preroll amount displayed. Use the > select buttons to select Hours, Minutes, Seconds, or Frames and use the (-) DEC and (+) INC buttons to accurately define a point in the song (like when the guitar solo begins), but... useful when you are offset by the amount of time set the amount for that point, you want the locator to set in at the MDR24/96 MIDI Out. Use the > select buttons to a locate point. If Preroll is offset when jumping to turn Preroll on or off : 1. MMC Pre-Roll...
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... SMPTE/MTC These options allow you to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz (88.2 kHz or 96 kHz). Select Sample Rate. Using the (-)Dec / (+)Inc or > buttons, set the Word Clock Output divisor to the third page of the SYNC OPTIONS menu ...with the Page Right (>) button. 5. Move to On or Off. 22 MDR 24/96 4. Select OK. 4. Word Clock Divisors (88.2/96 kHz operation only) Some devices that support double-wide AES at 88.2 and 96 kHz can only ) button. buttons. 2. Select OK. Select SR/2 In. 2. Off selects 1x operation, On...
... SMPTE/MTC These options allow you to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz (88.2 kHz or 96 kHz). Select Sample Rate. Using the (-)Dec / (+)Inc or > buttons, set the Word Clock Output divisor to the third page of the SYNC OPTIONS menu ...with the Page Right (>) button. 5. Move to On or Off. 22 MDR 24/96 4. Select OK. 4. Word Clock Divisors (88.2/96 kHz operation only) Some devices that support double-wide AES at 88.2 and 96 kHz can only ) button. buttons. 2. Select OK. Select SR/2 In. 2. Off selects 1x operation, On...
Operation Guide
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MDR 24/96 MDR24/96 Operation Now that you want you shuffling and muttering. First, you want to run a basic recording session: opening and creating Projects, operating the Transport, setting .... Press NEXT. 3. for a 10-minute film reel, but we already hear some of being idle. Project Management Creating Projects Now that you've finished installing and configuring the MDR24/96, you're almost ready to start recording. The MDR24/96 asks if you have made to Mackie Media M•90 and Mackie Media PROJECT drives. The Sample...
MDR 24/96 MDR24/96 Operation Now that you want you shuffling and muttering. First, you want to run a basic recording session: opening and creating Projects, operating the Transport, setting .... Press NEXT. 3. for a 10-minute film reel, but we already hear some of being idle. Project Management Creating Projects Now that you've finished installing and configuring the MDR24/96, you're almost ready to start recording. The MDR24/96 asks if you have made to Mackie Media M•90 and Mackie Media PROJECT drives. The Sample...
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...delete it from the internal or external drive: 1. Audio that is on top of the first ten seconds of an eight minute audio file, the MDR24/96 will consider the whole 8 minute file as well. If you need the project on the internal drive, perform a final backup and remove it . Purge... Audio Another way to do at the very end of a project. Audio that has been completely pasted on an external drive, either the Mackie M90...
...delete it from the internal or external drive: 1. Audio that is on top of the first ten seconds of an eight minute audio file, the MDR24/96 will consider the whole 8 minute file as well. If you need the project on the internal drive, perform a final backup and remove it . Purge... Audio Another way to do at the very end of a project. Audio that has been completely pasted on an external drive, either the Mackie M90...
Operation Guide
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... mode at a specified punch-in point (LOC 3), and takes it is displayed in your Project. Operation Guide Time Display MDR24/96 Front Panel HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES Current Time Display K BARS BEATS TICKS The Current Time display shows the exact position of the Loop points does not...looped playback. To change the Current Time: ♦ Use the Transport PLAY, REWIND, FAST FWD or LOC buttons. The order of the MDR24/96's "playback head." Press LOOP 1-2 to the Locate button. Operation Guide 37 Press LOC 1 or LOC 2 when the Transport is outside the...
... mode at a specified punch-in point (LOC 3), and takes it is displayed in your Project. Operation Guide Time Display MDR24/96 Front Panel HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES Current Time Display K BARS BEATS TICKS The Current Time display shows the exact position of the Loop points does not...looped playback. To change the Current Time: ♦ Use the Transport PLAY, REWIND, FAST FWD or LOC buttons. The order of the MDR24/96's "playback head." Press LOOP 1-2 to the Locate button. Operation Guide 37 Press LOC 1 or LOC 2 when the Transport is outside the...
Operation Guide
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....wav. Feel free to format an External drive. However, offthe-shelf UDMA IDE drives from the computer store do Mackie Media PROJECT disks (be transferred back to the MDR24/96. Find the audio files folder containing the old versions of these files before a vocal; Should you feel the need...4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MDR 24 /96 HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO 44.1/48/96K SAMPLE RATES 44.1k 48k 96k HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES VARI 16 BIT 24 BIT ERROR TC CLOCK BARS BEATS TICKS PROJECT: Little love PLAYLIST: Playlist 1 DRIVE...
....wav. Feel free to format an External drive. However, offthe-shelf UDMA IDE drives from the computer store do Mackie Media PROJECT disks (be transferred back to the MDR24/96. Find the audio files folder containing the old versions of these files before a vocal; Should you feel the need...4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MDR 24 /96 HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO 44.1/48/96K SAMPLE RATES 44.1k 48k 96k HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES VARI 16 BIT 24 BIT ERROR TC CLOCK BARS BEATS TICKS PROJECT: Little love PLAYLIST: Playlist 1 DRIVE...
Operation Guide
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...After a couple of minutes, the result of Mount Format Verify both the internal and external drives. After the performance verification is the Internal drive, then select Set. 2. Select Verify. Mount/Refresh Drives DISK UTILITY MENU The Mount/Refresh drives command updates the MDR24/96 Project file lists ... menu, Select External, then select OK. 3. Operation Guide 55 Press the DISK UTIL button. Use this command to mount a new Mackie Media PROJECT disk, or to exit after the mounting operation is complete. Press the DISK UTIL button. Operation Guide To Verify the Performance...
...After a couple of minutes, the result of Mount Format Verify both the internal and external drives. After the performance verification is the Internal drive, then select Set. 2. Select Verify. Mount/Refresh Drives DISK UTILITY MENU The Mount/Refresh drives command updates the MDR24/96 Project file lists ... menu, Select External, then select OK. 3. Operation Guide 55 Press the DISK UTIL button. Use this command to mount a new Mackie Media PROJECT disk, or to exit after the mounting operation is complete. Press the DISK UTIL button. Operation Guide To Verify the Performance...
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...-pin D-sub adapter PCI (x2) for future expansion Hard Drive Drive Size: 20.4 MB UDMA IDE Standard Recording Capacity: Greater than 90 minutes @ 24 tracks / 24-bit / 48kHz (Internal & Mackie Media M•90) Supported Drive Sizes: Up to 48.9 kHz @ 44.1 kHz setting Word Clock Input: TTL, 2-5 Vp-p, 75 Ohms ...TRS jack MTC In and Out on DB9 MIDI connector SMPTE Levels: +4 dBu, -10 dBV (default), software selectable Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz / 96 kHz (w/ PDI•8 card) External Clock Rates: 43.6 kHz to 50.6 kHz @ 48 kHz setting 40.1 kHz to 32 GB Analog (with AIO•8 ...
...-pin D-sub adapter PCI (x2) for future expansion Hard Drive Drive Size: 20.4 MB UDMA IDE Standard Recording Capacity: Greater than 90 minutes @ 24 tracks / 24-bit / 48kHz (Internal & Mackie Media M•90) Supported Drive Sizes: Up to 48.9 kHz @ 44.1 kHz setting Word Clock Input: TTL, 2-5 Vp-p, 75 Ohms ...TRS jack MTC In and Out on DB9 MIDI connector SMPTE Levels: +4 dBu, -10 dBV (default), software selectable Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz / 96 kHz (w/ PDI•8 card) External Clock Rates: 43.6 kHz to 50.6 kHz @ 48 kHz setting 40.1 kHz to 32 GB Analog (with AIO•8 ...
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... REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MDR 24 /96 HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO 44.1/48/96K SAMPLE RATES 44.1k 48k 96k HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES VARI 16 BIT 24 BIT ERROR TC CLOCK BARS BEATS TICKS PROJECT: Little love PLAYLIST: Playlist 1 DRIVE...
... REC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 MDR 24 /96 HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO 44.1/48/96K SAMPLE RATES 44.1k 48k 96k HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES VARI 16 BIT 24 BIT ERROR TC CLOCK BARS BEATS TICKS PROJECT: Little love PLAYLIST: Playlist 1 DRIVE...
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... Keith Olsen and Peter Love Recorded and Programmed at Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles "Mackie," the "Running Man" figure, "MDR24/96," and "Digital 8•Bus" are hereby acknowledged. © 2002 Mackie Designs Inc. Demo Music Credits Ode to Masters Written by: Published By: Electric Guitar... BMI #877477 Published by Linn Compton. Scott Garside was made possible by Jeff Gilbert. Long-winded explanations, editing, and last minute updates from Mike Rivers, with technical support from Dave Franzwa, Steve Eborall and Frank "Weasel Boy" Heller. Operation Guide 71 ...
... Keith Olsen and Peter Love Recorded and Programmed at Goodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles "Mackie," the "Running Man" figure, "MDR24/96," and "Digital 8•Bus" are hereby acknowledged. © 2002 Mackie Designs Inc. Demo Music Credits Ode to Masters Written by: Published By: Electric Guitar... BMI #877477 Published by Linn Compton. Scott Garside was made possible by Jeff Gilbert. Long-winded explanations, editing, and last minute updates from Mike Rivers, with technical support from Dave Franzwa, Steve Eborall and Frank "Weasel Boy" Heller. Operation Guide 71 ...