Mackie MDR 24/96 Use and care manual

TECHNICAL REFERENCE
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24 TRACK/24 BIT, DIGITAL AUDIO HARD DISK RECORDER AND EDITOR

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................. 7
About This Manual/How To Use This Guide ..................................................................................... 7
CONVENTIONS............................................................................................................................. 7
Text Conventions................................................................................................................................. 7
Window Navigation Conventions........................................................................................................ 7
HARDWARE OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................. 8
Front Panel User Interface Conventions.............................................................................................. 8
System Control Buttons .................................................................................................................................. 8
Page Left and Page Right Buttons.................................................................................................................. 8
Select Buttons ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Front Panel Display and Controls........................................................................................................ 9
Transport Controls ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Current Time Display ..................................................................................................................................... 9
Status LEDs .................................................................................................................................................. 10
Front Panel Alphanumeric Display (LCD)........................................................................................ 10
Project Information Display......................................................................................................................... 10
Menu / Status Display................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear Panel.......................................................................................................................................... 11
BNC Termination Switch .............................................................................................................................. 11
MIDI Connector ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Ethernet Jack................................................................................................................................................ 11
Accessory Slots ............................................................................................................................................. 11
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) OVERVIEW................................................................... 11
GUI Conventions ............................................................................................................................... 13
Mouse Clicking............................................................................................................................................. 13
Window and Dialog Box Paradigms ............................................................................................................ 13
Keyboard ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
GUI Track Display and Controls ....................................................................................................... 15
Project Information Display......................................................................................................................... 15
Current Time Display ................................................................................................................................... 15
Time Bar / Marker Bar Overview ................................................................................................................. 15
Time Bar....................................................................................................................................................... 16
Song Offset ................................................................................................................................................... 16
Marker Bar and Markers.............................................................................................................................. 16
Track Area ......................................................................................................................................... 16
Track Area Scrolling Conventions ............................................................................................................... 17
Track View Controls..................................................................................................................................... 17
Zoom Tricks.................................................................................................................................................. 17
Auto Scroll.................................................................................................................................................... 17
Screen Drag (Special Scroll) Mode.............................................................................................................. 18
Track Control Area ............................................................................................................................ 18
Track Number button.................................................................................................................................... 18
Record Ready buttons................................................................................................................................... 18
Take View and Active Take Number Buttons................................................................................................ 19
Solo and Mute buttons.................................................................................................................................. 19
Track Name .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Lists Panel.......................................................................................................................................... 20
Region List.................................................................................................................................................... 20
Cue List......................................................................................................................................................... 20
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History List – Undo and Re-do..................................................................................................................... 21
FILE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................. 22
Projects and Playlists – Keeping Track of the Files .......................................................................... 22
What’s A Project?......................................................................................................................................... 22
What’s A Playlist? ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Concepts of Project Organization ................................................................................................................ 22
Project Management .......................................................................................................................... 23
Project Manager........................................................................................................................................... 23
New Project .................................................................................................................................................. 23
Open Project................................................................................................................................................. 24
Save Project.................................................................................................................................................. 24
Rename a Project ......................................................................................................................................... 24
Delete Project............................................................................................................................................... 25
Templates...................................................................................................................................................... 25
PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 26
Regions .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Region List.................................................................................................................................................... 26
Region Views ................................................................................................................................................ 27
Region Names............................................................................................................................................... 27
Capture Region............................................................................................................................................. 27
Importing Audio Files .................................................................................................................................. 28
Render Tracks............................................................................................................................................... 28
Purge Unused Files ...................................................................................................................................... 29
Backup and Restore ........................................................................................................................... 30
MEDIA MANAGEMENT.............................................................................................................. 31
Formatting Drives .............................................................................................................................. 31
Verify Drive Performance ................................................................................................................. 32
Mount/Refresh Drives ....................................................................................................................... 32
TRANSPORT OPERATION .......................................................................................................... 33
Transport Controls ............................................................................................................................. 33
REWIND....................................................................................................................................................... 33
FAST FWD ................................................................................................................................................... 33
STOP ............................................................................................................................................................ 33
PLAY............................................................................................................................................................. 34
Locate Points – LOC, LOC1, LOC2, LOC3, and LOC4).................................................................. 34
LOC (Transport Locate)............................................................................................................................... 34
Numbered Quick Locate Points (LOC 1, 2, 3, and 4)................................................................................... 34
Looping (LOC 1 and LOC 2)........................................................................................................................ 36
Loop Selection .............................................................................................................................................. 36
Auto Punch (LOC 3 and LOC 4) .................................................................................................................. 36
AutoPlay mode................................................................................................................................... 36
Cues ................................................................................................................................................... 37
Preroll ................................................................................................................................................ 37
Time Code Chase............................................................................................................................... 37
RECORDING OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................ 38
Record Standby and Record Ready (Arming tracks)......................................................................... 38
RECORD ........................................................................................................................................... 38
One Button Punch.............................................................................................................................. 39
Punching In ........................................................................................................................................ 39
Record Safe........................................................................................................................................ 40
Rehearse............................................................................................................................................. 40
Auto Punch ........................................................................................................................................ 40

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Auto Take .......................................................................................................................................... 41
Record Time Left............................................................................................................................... 41
MONITOR MODES ..................................................................................................................... 41
All Input............................................................................................................................................. 42
Auto Input .......................................................................................................................................... 42
Auto Input ON .............................................................................................................................................. 42
Auto Input OFF ............................................................................................................................................ 42
Solo and Mute.................................................................................................................................... 42
METERING ................................................................................................................................43
GUI Meters ........................................................................................................................................ 43
GUI Meter Ballistics – Peak and Average Modes........................................................................................ 43
Clip (Overload) Indicator............................................................................................................................. 44
Front Panel meters ............................................................................................................................. 44
EDITING OPERATIONS .............................................................................................................. 45
Track and Region Editing Tools........................................................................................................ 45
Selection ............................................................................................................................................ 45
Area Selection (I-Beam Tool) ....................................................................................................................... 45
Region Selection (Hand Tool) ...................................................................................................................... 46
Magnifier ........................................................................................................................................... 47
The Dive Key (Z)............................................................................................................................... 47
Node Tool .......................................................................................................................................... 47
Cursor Location Display.................................................................................................................... 47
Nudge Tools....................................................................................................................................... 47
Nudge Resolution ......................................................................................................................................... 47
Nudge arrows ............................................................................................................................................... 47
Selection Start (left), Selection End (right), Selection (center) boxes........................................................... 48
Scrub Wheel....................................................................................................................................... 48
Edit Clipboard.................................................................................................................................... 48
History List ........................................................................................................................................ 49
Cut...................................................................................................................................................... 49
Delete................................................................................................................................................. 49
Copy................................................................................................................................................... 49
Paste................................................................................................................................................... 50
Paste Repeat....................................................................................................................................... 50
Splice Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 50
Snap and Snap-to Functions .............................................................................................................. 51
Snap Enable.................................................................................................................................................. 51
Snap to Grid ................................................................................................................................................. 51
Snap to Cues................................................................................................................................................. 52
REGION MANIPULATION TOOLS AND FUNCTIONS................................................................... 52
Split.................................................................................................................................................... 52
Crop ................................................................................................................................................... 52
Moving Regions................................................................................................................................. 52
Insert Time......................................................................................................................................... 53
Fades .................................................................................................................................................. 53
Auto X-Fade (Crossfade)................................................................................................................... 53
Volume Envelope .............................................................................................................................. 54
Region Editor..................................................................................................................................... 55
Region Name ................................................................................................................................................ 55
Start time ...................................................................................................................................................... 56
End Time ...................................................................................................................................................... 56

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Region Length .............................................................................................................................................. 56
Fade In and Fade Out .................................................................................................................................. 56
Envelope Active ............................................................................................................................................ 57
Region Looping ............................................................................................................................................ 57
Region Lock.................................................................................................................................................. 57
SYSTEM SETUP.......................................................................................................................... 58
General............................................................................................................................................... 58
Mouse Speed................................................................................................................................................. 58
Waveform colors........................................................................................................................................... 58
Footswitch and Footswitch Remote.............................................................................................................. 58
Date and Time .............................................................................................................................................. 58
Window Frames............................................................................................................................................ 58
FTP Server ......................................................................................................................................... 58
Digital I/O .......................................................................................................................................... 59
Locator-MMC – Tempo Map and Tempo settings............................................................................ 59
Sync ................................................................................................................................................... 59
Sample Clock................................................................................................................................................ 59
Sample Rate.................................................................................................................................................. 59
Bit Depth ...................................................................................................................................................... 59
Time Code Source ........................................................................................................................................ 59
Time Code Frame Rate................................................................................................................................. 59
Generate MTC / SMPTE............................................................................................................................... 60
Time Code Offset .......................................................................................................................................... 60
DISK DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION ........................................................................................... 60
Project Files & Folders:..................................................................................................................... 60
System Files & Folders:..................................................................................................................... 61
Project Files & Folders Heirarchy:.................................................................................................... 61
APPENDIX A – MENU TABLES .................................................................................................. 63
GUI Menus......................................................................................................................................... 63
File ............................................................................................................................................................... 63
Edit ............................................................................................................................................................... 65
Options ......................................................................................................................................................... 67
Transport...................................................................................................................................................... 68
Playlist.......................................................................................................................................................... 69
Windows ....................................................................................................................................................... 69
Setup (from the Windows menu)................................................................................................................... 69
Front Panel Setup and Utility Buttons and Menus ............................................................................ 73
DELETE LAST ............................................................................................................................................. 73
TRACK (OPTIONS)...................................................................................................................................... 73
PROJECT (FILES MENU)........................................................................................................................... 74
BACKUP ........................................................................................................................................... 75
DISK UTIL ........................................................................................................................................ 76
SYSTEM............................................................................................................................................ 77
DIGITAL I/O ..................................................................................................................................... 77
SYNC Options ................................................................................................................................... 78
APPENDIX B – LIST OF PARAMETERS AND HOW THEY’RE SAVED ......................................... 81
Setup Parameters – What’s Saved and When.................................................................................... 81
Global Preferences............................................................................................................................. 81
Project-Based Parameters .................................................................................................................. 82
Project-Unique Parameters with Defaults for New Projects ............................................................. 82
Parameters Saved with the Project AND in the Template................................................................. 82
Parameters Not Saved with a Project................................................................................................. 83