TASCAM MMR-8/MMP-16 Version 4.6 Owner’s Manual Update
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Ability to work with "Wide-Narrow-Wide" SCSI setups
The MMR-8/MMP-16 now has the ability to work with a wide SCSI hard drive, enclosed in a
narrow SCSI carrier, that is in turn inserted into a wide SCSI receiving frame connected to the
internal wide SCSI card.
There are no special menu operations to allow this scenario. This combination of SCSI hardware
will now simply work reliably, whereas it would not with previous software versions.
Miscellaneous Pro Tools Enhancements
Version 4.6 improves upon several areas of Pro Tools compatibility:
Previously, users would have difficulty spotting MMR-8/MMP-16 generated SDII files into Pro
Tools 5.1. With version 4.6 software, the MMR-8/MMP-16's SDII files will now spot correctly into
Pro Tools 5.1.3. (Note: ProTools version 5.1 had spotting bugs that were fixed in ver. 5.1.3.)
Previously, users bringing Pro Tools projects over to an MMR-8/MMP-16 would occasionally
experience a loss of audio at the very beginning and ending of individual regions. This has now been
corrected with version 4.6
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Renaming tracks:
Previously, renaming of tracks caused unexpected behavior where a new project would be created
with the new name containing the track that was selected with the same name. Track renaming has
never actually been permitted on the MMR/MMP’s. Now an attempt to rename a track will result
in an error message that track renaming is not allowed.
Sync-II Idle On error:
With version 4.5, some users of older hardware would experience a "Sync-II Idle On" error when
loading the 4.5 software. This has been corrected and will not occur when loading version 4.6
Wide SCSI card operation:
Previously, machines with a wide SCSI card installed could exhibit sluggish transport and chase lock
behavior when chasing SMPTE Time Code or another MMR-8/MMP-16. This has been corrected
in version 4.6.
SoundMaster Compatibility:
Previously there were transport control and synchronization issues when using a SoundMaster
system to control the MMR-8 and MMP-16. These issues have been resolved in version 4.6. This
update applies to M-2 UNITS ONLY.
