
Expanding the Number of Tracks
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D24—Owner’s Manual
Expanding the Number of Tracks
The number of tracks available for simultaneous recording and playback can be
expanded in multiples of eight by combining up to eight D24s.
In the following example, four D24s are used in conjunction with a digital mixing con-
sole, for a 32-track recording system. D24-A is the wordclock and timecode master,
while the other D24s and the digital mixing console are wordclock and timecode slaves.
Wordclock and timecode signals are distributed among the D24s via 15-pin sync cables.
The Chase function is turned on on the slave D24s, which automatically chase and syn-
chronize to the master’s timecode. The digital mixing console’s automix function is
synchronized to the timecode coming from D24-A, for fully automated mixing.
WC: INT 44.1K, TC: Master/30 fps
Chase: Off, Remote ID: 1
Chase: On, Remote ID: 2
Chase: On, Remote ID: 3
Chase: On, Remote ID: 4
WC: SLOT 1, TC: SMPTE/30 fps
D24-A: Tracks 1–8
D24-B: Tracks 9–16
D24-C: Tracks 17–24
D24-D: Tracks 25–32
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Y A M A H A
D 2 4
OVER
READY
0
2
6
10 12
14 20
18 30
20
42
26 60
–dB
OVER
ABS
H
LOCK
TIME DISPLAY
CAPTURE ABS/REL
REMAIN
VARI
SPEED
UTILITY
SETUP
PROJECT
SELECT
LOC MEM
RECALL
LOC MEM
STORE
LOCATE
ENTER
CANCEL
0/-
1
4
7
8
R
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
RECORD
READY
SOLO/
SELECT
MONITOR SELECT
PEAK
HOLD
AUTO
INPUT
ALL
INPUT
FORMAT
CHASE
L
2
5
8
3
6
9
UNDO/
REDO
EDIT
JOG ON
JOG/DATA
SHUTTLE/
CURSOR
PROJECT SEARCH
RTN TO
ZERO
REW
FF
STOP
PLAY
REC
ROLL
BACK
LAST REC
SET
DIGITAL MULTITRACK RECORDER
REPEAT
REHE
PHONES
LEVEL
0
10
ON
POWER
OFF
PHONES
B
A
B
A
AUTO
PUNCH
IN
OUT
INT
24
48K
MASTER
WC
BIT
FS
TC
M
S
F
READY
0
2
6
12
20
30
42
60
–dB
V. TRACK
SELECT
SYNC OUT
SYNC OUT
SYNC OUT
15-pin sync cable
15-pin sync cable
15-pin sync cable
REMOTE IN/
SYNC IN
REMOTE IN/
SYNC IN
REMOTE IN/
SYNC IN
D24-A (WC master, TC master)
TC: REMOTE IN/30 fps
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Y A M A H A
D 2 4
OVER
READY
0
2
6
10 12
14 20
18 30
20
42
26 60
–dB
OVER
ABS
H
LOCK
TIME DISPLAY
CAPTURE ABS/REL
REMAIN
VARI
SPEED
UTILITY
SETUP
PROJECT
SELECT
LOC MEM
RECALL
LOC MEM
STORE
LOCATE
ENTER
CANCEL
0/-
1
4
7
8
R
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
RECORD
READY
SOLO/
SELECT
MONITOR SELECT
PEAK
HOLD
AUTO
INPUT
ALL
INPUT
FORMAT
CHASE
L
2
5
8
3
6
9
UNDO/
REDO
EDIT
JOG ON
JOG/DATA
SHUTTLE/
CURSOR
PROJECT SEARCH
RTN TO
ZERO
REW
FF
STOP
PLAY
REC
ROLL
BACK
LAST REC
SET
DIGITAL MULTITRACK RECORDER
REPEAT
REHE
PHONES
LEVEL
0
10
ON
POWER
OFF
PHONES
B
A
B
A
AUTO
PUNCH
IN
OUT
INT
24
48K
MASTER
WC
BIT
FS
TC
M
S
F
READY
0
2
6
12
20
30
42
60
–dB
V. TRACK
SELECT
D24-B (WC slave, TC slave)
TC: REMOTE IN/30 fps
TC: REMOTE IN/30 fps
02R (WC slave, TC slave)
D24-C (WC slave, TC slave)
D24-D (WC slave, TC slave)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Y A M A H A
D 2 4
OVER
READY
0
2
6
10 12
14 20
18 30
20
42
26 60
–dB
OVER
ABS
H
LOCK
TIME DISPLAY
CAPTURE ABS/REL
REMAIN
VARI
SPEED
UTILITY
SETUP
PROJECT
SELECT
LOC MEM
RECALL
LOC MEM
STORE
LOCATE
ENTER
CANCEL
0/-
1
4
7
8
R
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
RECORD
READY
SOLO/
SELECT
MONITOR SELECT
PEAK
HOLD
AUTO
INPUT
ALL
INPUT
FORMAT
CHASE
L
2
5
8
3
6
9
UNDO/
REDO
EDIT
JOG ON
JOG/DATA
SHUTTLE/
CURSOR
PROJECT SEARCH
RTN TO
ZERO
REW
FF
STOP
PLAY
REC
ROLL
BACK
LAST REC
SET
DIGITAL MULTITRACK RECORDER
REPEAT
REHE
PHONES
LEVEL
0
10
ON
POWER
OFF
PHONES
B
A
B
A
AUTO
PUNCH
IN
OUT
INT
24
48K
MASTER
WC
BIT
FS
TC
M
S
F
READY
0
2
6
12
20
30
42
60
–dB
V. TRACK
SELECT
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Y A M A H A
D 2 4
OVER
READY
0
2
6
10 12
14 20
18 30
20
42
26 60
–dB
OVER
ABS
H
LOCK
TIME DISPLAY
CAPTURE ABS/REL
REMAIN
VARI
SPEED
UTILITY
SETUP
PROJECT
SELECT
LOC MEM
RECALL
LOC MEM
STORE
LOCATE
ENTER
CANCEL
0/-
1
4
7
8
R
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
RECORD
READY
SOLO/
SELECT
MONITOR SELECT
PEAK
HOLD
AUTO
INPUT
ALL
INPUT
FORMAT
CHASE
L
2
5
8
3
6
9
UNDO/
REDO
EDIT
JOG ON
JOG/DATA
SHUTTLE/
CURSOR
PROJECT SEARCH
RTN TO
ZERO
REW
FF
STOP
PLAY
REC
ROLL
BACK
LAST REC
SET
DIGITAL MULTITRACK RECORDER
REPEAT
REHE
PHONES
LEVEL
0
10
ON
POWER
OFF
PHONES
B
A
B
A
AUTO
PUNCH
IN
OUT
INT
24
48K
MASTER
WC
BIT
FS
TC
M
S
F
READY
0
2
6
12
20
30
42
60
–dB
V. TRACK
SELECT
SMPTE
TIMECODE
INPUT
SMPTE/EBU
TIMECODE OUT