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                  TASCAM  MMR/MMP  V 3. 0      Tips For Pro Tools Users

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TASCAM MMR-8/MMP-16  

Version 3.0

Tips For Pro Tools Users

Table of Contents

F

ORMATTING 

M

ACINTOSH 

D

ISKS

........................................................................................................... 2

M

ACINTOSH 

F

ILE 

S

YSTEM 

E

RRORS

........................................................................................................ 2

U

SING 

M

ACINTOSH 

D

ISK 

V

OLUMES WITH 

P

ARTITIONS

............................................................................ 2

Recording To Partitioned Drives ..................................................................................................... 3
Disk Cleanup and Exporting To Partitioned Drives ......................................................................... 3

P

RO 

T

OOLS AND 

MMR/MMP H

ARD 

D

RIVE 

C

OMPATIBILITY

................................................................... 3

Does the MMR/MMP work with Drives not on the approved list? .................................................... 3
Does the Iomega Jaz drive work with the MMR/MMP? .................................................................... 4

O

PTIMIZING 

H

ARD 

D

ISK 

M

OUNTING

...................................................................................................... 4

E

MPTY 

P

ROJECT 

F

OLDERS ON 

M

AC 

V

OLUMES

........................................................................................ 4

P

RO 

T

OOLS 

F

EATURES 

N

OT 

S

UPPORTED

................................................................................................. 4

U

SING 

24 B

IT AND 

16 B

IT 

F

ILES IN A 

P

ROJECT

........................................................................................ 4

F

ILE 

C

OMPATIBILITY WITH 

A

UDIO

V

ISION

.............................................................................................. 5

OMF 

WITH 

A

VID 

A

UDIO

V

ISION AND 

M

EDIA 

C

OMPOSER

......................................................................... 5

P

RO 

T

OOLS 

F

ADE 

F

ILES

......................................................................................................................... 5

R

ECORDING 

P

RO 

T

OOLS 

S

ESSIONS

......................................................................................................... 6

R

ECORDING MORE THAN 

TRACKS IN A SINGLE 

P

ROJECT

........................................................................ 6

S

ESSION 

W

ITH 

M

ORE 

T

HAN 

8 A

UDIO 

T

RACKS

........................................................................................ 6

R

ESTRICTIONS WHEN 

U

SING THE 

P

RO 

T

OOLS 

S

ESSION 

F

ORMAT

............................................................... 6

Pull Up / Pull Down......................................................................................................................... 6
Limitations on Number of Tracks ..................................................................................................... 7
Session Start Time Restrictions ........................................................................................................ 7

T

IME 

S

TAMP SUPPORT

........................................................................................................................... 7

U

SING 

T

APE

M

ODE WITH 

P

RO 

T

OOLS 

S

ESSIONS

....................................................................................... 7

What is TapeMode? ......................................................................................................................... 7
Creating A TapeMode Project in Pro Tools ..................................................................................... 8
Frame and Sample Rates in Tape Mode ........................................................................................... 8
Setting Proper Tape Mode Length and Start Times .......................................................................... 8
Punch In before Tape Start - The Two Minute Zone ......................................................................... 9
Backing Up Tape Mode Projects...................................................................................................... 9

U

SING 

B

ACKUP

, T

APE

M

ODE 

C

ONVERSION

AND 

E

XPORT

........................................................................ 9

E

XPORTING 

P

RO 

T

OOLS 

S

ESSIONS

........................................................................................................ 10

F

ILE 

F

ORMAT 

C

ONVERSION 

S

UPPORTED

............................................

E

RROR

! B

OOKMARK NOT DEFINED

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NOTE: This document reflects features and capabilities of software Version 3.0 of the
TASCAM MMR-8 and MMP-16. Future revisions of MMR/MMP software may impact some
of the suggestions made in this document. The most recent version of this document can
be found on the TASCAM web site at 

http://www.tascam.com

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Summary of Contents for MMR-8

Page 1: ...TASCAM TEAC Professional Division D00000000A MMR 8 Modular Multitrack Recorder MMP 16 Modular Multitrack Player MMR 8 MMP 16 Version 3 0 Tips For Pro Tools Users...

Page 2: ...ECORDING MORE THAN 8 TRACKS IN A SINGLE PROJECT 6 SESSION WITH MORE THAN 8 AUDIO TRACKS 6 RESTRICTIONS WHEN USING THE PRO TOOLS SESSION FORMAT 6 Pull Up Pull Down 6 Limitations on Number of Tracks 7 S...

Page 3: ...ny cases although not all can repair the disk and rectify the errors If a Macintosh disk connected to an MMR 8 or MMP 16 has problems such as disk volume will not mount files appear to be missing the...

Page 4: ...d TapeMode Conversion to any user selected partition on a SCSI volume Pro Tools and MMR MMP Hard Drive Compatibility The current list of disk drives that are qualified by Digidesign to work with Pro T...

Page 5: ...disk If you don t want to keep these empty folders drag the empty Project folders to the trash and empty the trash Pro Tools Features Not Supported The MMR MMP have no digital audio mixing or effects...

Page 6: ...re made on the MMR 8 and MMP 16 they always generate the proper fade file descriptor according to the default fade settings in setup menu 510 in the Session file so that a Pro Tools system can later g...

Page 7: ...y channel of the MMR or MMP and doing so will automatically unload any existing track For more detailed information on this subject refer to page 62 in the MMR or MMP manual Restrictions when Using th...

Page 8: ...the Pro Tools Session file format since there are differences between the way TapeMode recording works with WaveFrame files and how it works with Pro Tools Sessions What is TapeMode TapeMode is a meth...

Page 9: ...This behavior is different from the way WaveFrame TapeMode projects work The WaveFrame file system allows continuous files to have holes in them but still be considered a single file The Macintosh Hie...

Page 10: ...e Shift key followed by the Track Slip key The shifted function of the Slip key is labeled Backup Pressing Shift Slip brings up a series of menus that allow setting the parameters for file Backup Conv...

Page 11: ...Export Change Record Mode Setting Backup AKAI DD 8 Export Convert to TapeMode Export Export Convert to TapeMode DEVA Export Convert to TapeMode Export Export Convert to TapeMode Table of Backup TapeM...

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