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MDR 24/96

MDR 

24/

96

The following are recommended setups for establishing proper sample clock
synchronization with the devices connected to the MDR24/96 digital I/O cards.

TDIF  (DIO•8)

With the MDR24/96 as a master, connect Word Clock Out of the MDR24/96
to Word Clock In on the receiving device(s). If connecting to older TASCAM
DTRS recorders, use the Sync Out port on the first DIO

8 card instead of

Word Clock Out. If there is more than one DTRS recorder in the chain,
connect Sync Out to the word clock input of the first DTRS recorder only; the
other recorders are synchronized through their interconnecting DTRS cables.

With the MDR24/96 operating as a slave to another TDIF device, connect the
word clock output from the master TDIF device to Word Clock In on the
MDR24/96.

ADAT Optical (DIO•8, OPT•8)

With the MDR24/96 as a master, set the receiving device(s) to derive sample
clock from their ADAT Optical ports if the ports are self-clocking. In this
case, no word clock connection is necessary. If the ADAT Optical ports on the
receiving devices are not self-clocking, connect Word Clock Out of the
MDR24/96 to Word Clock In on the receiving 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 receiving device(s) to derive their
sample clock from the AES/EBU ports if the ports are self-clocking. In this
instance, no word clock connection is necessary. If the AES/EBU ports on the
receiving device(s) are not self-clocking, connect Word Clock Out of the
MDR24/96 to Word Clock In of the receiving device(s).

With the MDR24/96 as a slave, connect the word clock out of the master
AES/EBU device to Word Clock In on the MDR24/96.

SYNC

NOT

WARNING

Termination

Switch

Word clock

input jack

BNC-Tee

adaptor

Word Clock to

other Slaves

Word Clock

From Master

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:  Use 75 

 coaxial cables when con-

necting word clock or video to the Sync
Card Word Clock/Video input jack. If the
MDR24/96 is at the end of a cable that’s
connected to several devices, push the
Termination Switch in; otherwise leave it
out and use a BNC Tee adapter to feed the
signal on to the next device in the chain.

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:  If you are using an MDR24/96 with the Mackie Digital
8•Bus console, you may need to turn on the Digital 8•Bus first.
The Clock I/O on the D8B prefers not to see an active signal at
its Word Clock input when it powers up.

Summary of Contents for MDR 24/96

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...

Page 37: ...or looped playback When looping is enabled playback cycles between the Loop Start and Loop End points The order of the Loop points does not matter If Current Time is outside the Loop points when playb...

Page 38: ...button to move to the second page of the TRACK EDIT MENU 3 Then choose the Set Virtual select button You will be presented with a screen containing two rows of numbers The top row displays the track...

Page 39: ...es you can easily mute everything but the desired tracks and edit to your hearts content Tomuteatrack 1 First press the TRACK EDIT button 2 Press the Right Arrow button to move to the second page of t...

Page 40: ...All Input All Input is used for rehearsal and level setting When All Input is on both armed and unarmed tracks monitor their inputs and the Auto Input setting has no effect ToenableAll Input Press the...

Page 41: ...r two the resulting distortion is uglier than scraping your fingernails across a chalkboard To get the best sound from the MDR24 96 1 Turn ALL INPUT on 2 Ask the talent to play or sing as loud as they...

Page 42: ...s feature is used when you want to re record a portion of a track By setting up auto punch points you can be assured of punching in and out at the same spots on every pass protecting yourself from acc...

Page 43: ...ng in and out is probably the most common use of the footswitch but it can do other tricks as well Punch The Punch function is used to punch in and out of record on selected tracks Simply press the re...

Page 44: ...ion and to return the MDR24 96 to regular operation You can also select a different channel on the Remote 24 and press the footswitch to solo that channel instead Tochangefootswitch functionfortheMDR2...

Page 45: ...e Yes to delete the pass and the audio files to reclaim disk space This is normally what you will choose The track reverts back to any audio that was previously recorded onto it Choose No to delete th...

Page 46: ...you did not paste it it will be gone from the project This is why it is always a good idea to paste audio right after you cut it But remember that editing on the MDR24 96 is non destructive so you can...

Page 47: ...should be used if you would like everything else on the track to remain in the same position Join Access the Join command by first pressing TRACK EDIT then pressing the Cut select button and then choo...

Page 48: ...ot longer than you think if it is it may replace something that it shouldn t But if the selection on the clipboard has a section with no information where nothing was recorded into the original track...

Page 49: ...keep an edit or not You can also use the Undo Redo to correct a bad recording pass The MDR24 96 keeps a record of the last 999 commands you performed on the current project since the last time the pro...

Page 50: ...on to undo the command listed This will reduce the history list number by one or 3 Press the Redo select button to redo the command listed This will increase the history list number by one If no items...

Page 51: ...o paste onto Since we copied multiple tracks the MDR24 96 will paste the first copied track onto track 12 and the rest will be in the proper order on the correct tracks Press the Paste select button T...

Page 52: ...ct virtual track 2 and leave this menu Now choose Copy in the Track Edit menu Press the REC Record Ready button on track 11 to tell the MDR24 96 that we wish to edit this track Find a blank space afte...

Page 53: ...ore it can be used with the MDR24 96 Normally you ll format media with the MDR24 96 but you can format backup media on another system Only media formatted by the MDR24 96 can be used for recording and...

Page 54: ...mpleted select Continue If a Mackie Media PROJECT drive is installed select Cancel they are too slow to be used for recording and playback 5 Press DISK UTIL to exit Verify Drive Performance Verify Dri...

Page 55: ...ll be reported in the front panel display 4 After the performance verification is completed select Continue Mount Refresh Drives The Mount Refresh drives command updates the MDR24 96 Project file list...

Page 56: ...DIO 8 TDIF ADAT Optical OPT 8 ADAT optical OPT 24 ADAT optical PDI 8 AES EBU w input sample rate conversion Synchronization Time Code Frame Rates 24 25 29 97 29 97 Drop 30 30 Drop Time Code Formats SM...

Page 57: ...up and power off the MDR24 96 Toupgradesystemsoftware 1 Insert the first disk into the floppy drive and turn on the MDR24 96 You will see the display telling you that it is Loading Please Wait It the...

Page 58: ...17 Pin 13 N C Signal Description I O 1 8 I O 1 8 I O 9 16 I O 17 24 Pin 14 Ch 8 Ch16 Ch24 Pin 15 Ch 7 Ch15 Ch23 Pin 16 shield Ch 7 Ch15 Ch23 Pin 17 Ch 6 Ch14 Ch22 Pin 18 Ch 5 Ch13 Ch21 Pin 19 shield C...

Page 59: ...bles HD44 Series DB25 to specify connector Connector options 4 male 4 female XLR or DB25 Standard lengths 5 10 15 20 25 feet Hosa Technology Inc 6920 Hermosa Circle Buena Park CA 90620 Tel 714 736 927...

Page 60: ...c 135 E Kalamazoo Ave Kalamazoo MI 49007 Tel 800 253 7360 Fax 616 388 9681 http ww procosound com AIO 8 Analog Interface Cables DA 88 XM Series DB25 to 8 male XLR s DA 88 XF Series DB25 to 8 female XL...

Page 61: ...isks Disclaimer Sorry Mackie Designs cannot offer the service or knowledge that you might personally need on the broad and seemingly complex issue of networking security Please seek guidance from prof...

Page 62: ...MDR24 96 from the My Network Places window the hard drive on the MDR can be accessed as if it was just another local drive Consult Window s help for details Network Configuration When computers are co...

Page 63: ...ect and DEC and INC buttons set the first three fields of the MDR24 96 IP address to match your computer s address and set the last field to something different Be sure you don t set it to the address...

Page 64: ...jot those numbers down You ll need them to match up the MDR24 96 with your computer If the Obtain an IP Address Dynamically button is checked or if the Specify button is checked but no IP address is d...

Page 65: ...ually If you see an IP address and subnet listed leave them as is and change the settings on the MDR24 96 If the fields are blank we must assign an IP address and subnet to the Mac 7 Set the IP addres...

Page 66: ...ing If you feel your settings are correct but the computer just won t see the MDR24 96 try a different FTP program There are many available and sometimes one just won t work with a particular configur...

Page 67: ...and file integrity checking If a file transfer is interrupted during an FTP session the FTP client will perform an integrity check and attempt to re establish connection and transfer Most FTP servers...

Page 68: ...or that you regularly use to connect to the Internet a hub would be a worthwhile addition to your system allowing you to have all the cables connected all the time Important When connecting through a...

Page 69: ...ERROR 96k 16 BIT TC CLOCK OL 2 4 7 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 50 OL 2 4 7 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 50 OL 2 4 7 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 50 OL 2 4 7 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 50 OL 2 4 7 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 50 OL 2 4 7...

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