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24 TRACK/24 BIT, DIGITAL AUDIO HARD DISK RECORDER

Operation Guide

MDR 24

MDR 24

MDR 24

MDR 24

MDR 24/96

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Summary of Contents for MDR 24

Page 1: ...24 TRACK 24 BIT DIGITAL AUDIO HARD DISK RECORDER Operation Guide MDR 24 MDR 24 MDR 24 MDR 24 MDR 24 96...

Page 2: ...e des communications du Canada This product has been tested and complies with the following standards and directives as set forth by the European Union EN 55022 Radiated and Conducted Emissions EN 610...

Page 3: ...ookups 23 Analog Hookup AIO 8 23 TDIF Hookup DIO 8 25 ADAT Optical Hookup DIO 8 or OPT 8 27 AES EBU Hookup PDI 8 30 MDR24 96 Operation 32 Project Management 32 Creating Projects 32 Opening Projects 33...

Page 4: ...lectronics Corporation 60 Canare 60 Whirlwind 60 Appendix F Networking FTP Setup 61 Peer to Peer Networking 61 Hardware Interconnection 62 Network Configuration 62 System 1 Settings MDR24 96 63 System...

Page 5: ...or distributors In the unlikely event that you should need to send the MDR24 96 back to Mackie for service please use the shipping box it came in This box has been specially designed to minimize dama...

Page 6: ...uttons So we decided to lose a few along the way and hide the ones that were used less frequently as often as you visited Aunt Sadie somewhere under an LCD menu To make up for missing buttons and the...

Page 7: ...or Cancel may bring you back to a previous menu or all the way back to the top You can also leave the menu by pressing the button that got you there its red LED will be lit to remind you where you ar...

Page 8: ...creen saver blanks the display after ten minutes of display inactivity To re activate it press one of the large buttons or any menu button Project Information Display The following information is disp...

Page 9: ...a removable drive using inexpensive removable 2 2 GB ORB cartridges and data transfer to another computer through the MDR24 96 s 100 Base T Ethernet port via the built in FTP server Offers two optiona...

Page 10: ...s section describes how to install the I O cards and how to connect the MDR24 96 to your console Before you begin you should choose a location for your MDR24 96 considering the following If you re not...

Page 11: ...nt OPT 8 The OPT 8 is a low cost ADAT Optical only version of the DIO 8 card The previous ADAT information also applies to this card PDI 8 Each PDI 8 carries four stereo pairs eight channels of digita...

Page 12: ...the bag 5 Hold the new card so the component side faces left and line up the top and bottom edges with the white card guides Push the card all the way into the slot until its faceplate is flush with...

Page 13: ...r time code positional synchronization is used all the devices in a system both analog and digital must be synchronized to a common timing speed reference This is often achieved by distributing video...

Page 14: ...ing device s With the MDR24 96 configured as a slave connect the word clock out of the master ADAT Optical device to Word Clock In on the MDR24 96 AES EBU PDI 8 With the MDR24 96 as a master set the r...

Page 15: ...as we all know hard drives involve some pretty intricate technology So don t shake the little darlin and if a tray has just come in from a freezing car or airplane cargo hold do not install it until i...

Page 16: ...ust power cycle the Remote 48 to reset the connection Footswitch Optional For hands free do it yourself punches and other frequently used functions like Play Stop Punch In Out and Take Select connect...

Page 17: ...input settings for each of the three I O cards 3 Press the SELECT button corresponding to each DIO 8 card and toggle the selection between ADAT and TDIF 4 Press the Page Left button to return to the p...

Page 18: ...eight settings you have four one for each pair of channels To set the PDI 8 card options 1 Press DIGI I O to enter the DIGITAL I O Card Setup menu 2 Select Rate Convert The SAMPLE RATE CONVERT menu sh...

Page 19: ...le some DVD disks use 96 kHz The video production folks prefer 48 kHz because their digital video recorders use 48 kHz Even though the MDR24 96 supports four Sample Rates you can only choose between t...

Page 20: ...ght come from an inexpensive VCR by disengaging TC Chase after the MDR24 96 has found its time code related position it will free run and not sweat the unstable time code Synchronization won t be perf...

Page 21: ...press the Right Arrow button to move to page two of the SYNC OPTIONS menu 2 Press the Pre Roll Time select button 3 Use the and select buttons to select Hours Minutes Seconds or Frames and use the DEC...

Page 22: ...e Sample Rate to 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz 88 2 kHz or 96 kHz Select OK 4 Move to the third page of the SYNC OPTIONS menu with the Page Right button 5 Select Bit Depth Set the Bit Depth to 16 Bit or 24 Bit u...

Page 23: ...plugs on each of the three snakes to the like numbered Submaster Tape Output jacks on the 8 Bus console This works as long as you don t record more than 8 channels at a time since the Submaster Outpu...

Page 24: ...Sample Rate and Bit Depth according to your preference It is not necessary to set the D8B and MDR24 96 to the same sample rate since with analog connections the sample clocks on the two units are not...

Page 25: ...the MDR24 96 the clock master connect its Word Clock Out to the D8B Word Clock In See Figure 1 MDR24 96 Settings 1 Set the Tape Input format for each DIO 8 card to TDIF and the Tape Output format to T...

Page 26: ...IF ADAT OPTICAL Word Clock In TDIF Cables DB25 DIO 8 Cards Word Clock Out Apogee Clock I O Card TDIF Connection NOT WARNING APOGEE DIGITAL I O SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL APOGEE DIGITAL I O SYNC IN...

Page 27: ...to the MDR24 96 Word Clock In To make the MDR24 96 the clock master connect its Word Clock Out to the D8B Word Clock In MDR24 96Settings 1 If you have DIO 8 cards installed set the Tape Input and Tape...

Page 28: ...Digital 8 Bus DIO 8 Cards NOT WARNING APOGEE DIGITAL I O SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL APOGEE DIGITAL I O SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL APOGEE DIGITAL I O SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL MDR 24 96 Figur...

Page 29: ...ADAT Optical Out ADAT Optical Hookup with OPT 8 APOGEE SYNC APOGEE Word Clock Out Word Clock In Word Clock Out MDR24 96 as Master Word Clock Out D8B as Master Word Clock In Word Clock Out Apogee Clock...

Page 30: ...a clock slave set the Sample Clock to Word Clock and depress the 75 termination switch on the Sync card 2 Set the Sample Rate to 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz according to your preference Console Settings 1 If...

Page 31: ...lock Out Word Clock In Word Clock Out MDR24 96 as Master Word Clock Out D8B as Master Word Clock In Word Clock Out Apogee Clock I O Card NOT WARNING MDR Sync Card Word Clock In Word Clock Out Use one...

Page 32: ...down you re ready to start recording First you ll need to create a new Project Typically a Project is a song radio spot or sound effects stem for a 10 minute film reel but it could also be a live conc...

Page 33: ...lect Open PROJECT MENU 1 New Open Save Delete Select Source Drive Internal NEXT Enter A Project Name v Project 1 New Cancel 4 The name Project 1 appears on the left side of the LCD screen A pointer v...

Page 34: ...her way to reclaim disk space is to use the Purge Audio command This command will completely remove any audio from the hard drive that is no longer in use What does this mean Audio that you can hear i...

Page 35: ...e the desired Project using the Dec Inc or the buttons 4 Press OK When the backup is completed either select another Project to back up or press the BACKUP button to exit It is extremely important tha...

Page 36: ...hree times Stop STOP brings the tape to an immediate halt Stop also punches out of record and cancels master record standby TostoptheTransport Press STOP REWIND FAST FWD PLAY STOP RECORD Record All re...

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