Tascam MMR-8, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...TRIM TRIM SETUP DESTRUCTIVE 24 BIT REC INTERLOCK SLIP 6 0 6 12 25 SLIP 0 6 6 12 25 MAX 12 INPUT REC CLIP MAX 12 INPUT REC CLIP SLIP 0 6 6 12 25 SLIP 6 6 0 12 25 MAX 12 INPUT REC CLIP MAX 12 INPUT REC...

Page 2: ...ressly approved by TEAC CORPORATION for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment For U S A CAUTION Replace battery with Panasonic or Maxell model CR2032 only Use of another...

Page 3: ...IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CONSIGNES DE SECURITE SICHERHEITSHINWEISE NORME DI SICUREZZA INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD VEILIGHEIDSVOORSCHRIFTEN TEAC CORPORATION...

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Page 10: ...y Centre Watford Herts WD1 8YA U K Phone 01923 819699 TEAC DEUTSCHLAND GmbH Bahnstrasse 12 65205 Wiesbaden Erbenheim Germany Phone 0611 71580 TEAC FRANCE S A 17 Rue Alexis de Tocqueville CE 005 92182...

Page 11: ...l In Out Connections 22 Monitoring Connections 22 Timecode and Video Reference Signals 23 Video In Out 23 SMPTE EBU Time Code In Out 23 VITC In 23 Biphase Connections 24 Digital Audio Sample Reference...

Page 12: ...42 Verify State Display 42 Error State Display 42 Front Panel Key Groups 43 Transport Group 43 Setup and Wheel Group 44 Wheel 46 Track Group 46 Keypad Group 55 Basic Operation 61 Loading and Mounting...

Page 13: ...lm Post Production 79 The MMR 8 As Master 80 Biphase Setup Menus 80 MMR 8 Film Connections 82 Video Post Production 82 The Lynx Bus 82 Chapter 6 Maintenance Service 83 System Input Level Calibration U...

Page 14: ...Connector pinout 99 ANALOG INPUT OUTPUT Connectors pinouts 100 BIPH Biphase Connectors pinout 100 DIO AES EBU Digital Audio Connector pinout 101 SYNC MMR Bus Connector pinout 101 TIMECODE IN Connector...

Page 15: ...lipped synchronization to industry standard film video and audio devices whether mechanical tape based or hard drive based Audio files recorded on the MMR 8 consist of selectable linear 16 bit or line...

Page 16: ...ndard Intel Pentium processor based PC motherboard with integral PCI and ISA bus slots running under an industry standard operating system The MMR 8 DSP synchronization and audio interface boards plug...

Page 17: ...outputs with odd even track pairs Tracks 1 2 are on the first AES EBU connection tracks 3 4 on the second AES EBU connection and so on All eight tracks four pairs of in and out are on a single female...

Page 18: ...Track and Slip Track Pressing the LOAD TRACK TRACK or SLIP keys puts the MMR 8 into one of these Track states The SEL keys for each MMR track are used in conjunction with these keys to identify the sp...

Page 19: ...a valid response is entered Verify state when cleared usually drops the MMR 8 back into the previously active state Error state is the final level in the hierarchy of Panel Display states In this sta...

Page 20: ...y position on top Slip register value for each track below allows for slipping tracks in time All SEL keys have a SLIP register so numbers can be stored recalled or cleared directly Press SLIP to ente...

Page 21: ...clock input MMR bus Lynx bus Internal Sample Rates in Hz 42294 44x23 25 42336 44x24 25 44056 44100 44100 44144 44100 45938 44x25 24 45983 44x25 23 46034 48x23 25 46080 48x24 25 47952 48000 48000 48048...

Page 22: ...0 60Hz 230 W Max OR 230 VAC 1A 50 60Hz 230 W Max Nominal temperature should be 41 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit 5 to 35 degrees Centigrade Relative humidity should be 30 to 90 non condensing Analog input o...

Page 23: ...the rear panel MMR bus connectors RS422 Cable A 9 pin RS 422 232 cable for attaching the COM port to a terminal for running field diagnostics Also may be used for 9 pin serial connections Kingston On...

Page 24: ...acility As such each MMR 8 is housed in a steel chassis 19 inches 48 26 cm wide by 17 inches 43 81 cm deep by 7 inches 17 78 cm tall Each MMR 8 requires 5U 7 inches or 17 78 cm of rack space Integral...

Page 25: ...e inch clearance is required on both sides of the MMR 8 In facilities with raised computer room style flooring a ventilation opening in the floor is recommended In no case should the internal rack tem...

Page 26: ...ower line spikes surges brownouts and line failure If a facility wide UPS is not available each MMR 8 should be connected to a home computer type surge spike protection system of 250 watts minimum whi...

Page 27: ...ribed in this chapter and the pin outs for many of these connectors are given in Appendix D Cable Information Analog audio in Analog audio out Digital audio I O Biphase in BOB Biphase out BOB Mono mix...

Page 28: ...l In Out Connections A single female DB 25 connector is used to provide four stereo digital inputs and four stereo digital outputs Tascam DA 88 analog I O cables can be adapted for use as Digital I O...

Page 29: ...depending upon the facility signal design To set the MMR frame reference to use this video input choose setup menu 001 Frame Reference and set the value of this parameter to be Video Reference SMPTE E...

Page 30: ...udio The sample reference can be taken from one of the digital inputs the frame reference the Word Clock input if there is an active signal on that input or the system s internal clock source These co...

Page 31: ...t KCU can be used with the MMR 8 Multiple units may be daisy chained using either of the two LYNX connectors as input The other LYNX connector could be tied to another MMR 8 or to a Lynx module for co...

Page 32: ...en in Appendix D Cable Information Parallel Tracks The PARALLEL TRACKS connector allows use of external remote control panels for controlling the track record ready and input monitoring functions on t...

Page 33: ...en channel player unit It connects to a special remote connector on the UI B card on the back of the MMR and MMP units This remote allows complete control of all attached functions of the MMR and MMP...

Page 34: ...complete or to verify the proper installation of your MMR 8 system 1 Connect the MMR 8 s 25 pin female D sub analog output connector to the mixing console s tape returns or to those line level inputs...

Page 35: ...en connect the MIDI IN OUT THRU as required d To connect multiple MMR 8 recorders together daisy chain them using the MMR Bus the 15 pin SYNC connectors A 3 foot MMR bus cable is provided with each MM...

Page 36: ...L key and the INPUT LEDs above the meters should be lit as each key is pressed and after all eight SEL keys have been pressed all eight tracks should have meter indication Press the SEL keys for track...

Page 37: ...SHIFT 8 and then press PLAY You should now hear the playback of what was just recorded and see a 0VU indication on all the meters Press STOP o If no audio is heard on any tracks or if you cannot reco...

Page 38: ...32 Tascam MMR 8 User s Guide Chapter 3 MMR 8 Operation MMR 8...

Page 39: ...ressed This will light the shift LED above the SHIFT key Pressing another key while the shift LED is on will cause that key to execute its shifted function Once the shifted function has been activated...

Page 40: ...ntrols as long as the mode is active LCD Text To indicate the front panel LCD text curly brackets are used to enclose the text e g X 01 00 00 00 A mono spaced Courier font duplicates the spacing and a...

Page 41: ...up Track Status and Metering LEDs Configuration Status LEDs Liquid Crystal Display LCD Keypad Group Setup and Wheel Group Removable Drive Bay Assigned Machine Identification Floppy Drive Headphone Out...

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Page 43: ...there are LEDs to indicate the key status In some cases they indicate that the shifted function is active In other cases they indicate a key status For example the LOC locate key s LED will be on whi...

Page 44: ...LEDs To the left of the LCD are 12 LEDs used to indicate the status of various MMR machine states interlock calibrate busy lock etc as well as the master record states safe destructive 24 bit etc The...

Page 45: ...described in detail here Normal State Display In the Normal state the top line shows the current transport status and the current position of the play head in either SMPTE EBU time code or in feet fr...

Page 46: ...u press TRIM then use the Up Down arrow keys or the Wheel Note that the currently selected parameter will always be preceded by a character Many parameters have system default values which can be acce...

Page 47: ...sion Lists or EDLs Projects Sessions and Compositions on all mounted drives Use the wheel or the Up Down arrow keys to scroll through the list of projects Press STO to automatically load the first eig...

Page 48: ...use the Up Down Arrow keys or Wheel to choose other disks Only currently mounted disk volumes will be shown as choices for the target of the backup operation Press CLR to cancel the Backup state and r...

Page 49: ...E PLAY The Reverse Play key causes the MMR 8 to play audio backwards at play speed Except for the direction other operating parameters such as speed and output level will follow those of Play If there...

Page 50: ...or this key Setup and Wheel Group This group of keys contains the SETUP and arrow keys and the TRIM JOG and SHTL shuttle keys These keys are located on the right section of the front panel directly ov...

Page 51: ...and automatically stores the trimmed value in the appropriate memory or register JOG Pressing JOG stops the transport and allows the Wheel to scrub over the current location at a speed relative to the...

Page 52: ...an be used to manually trim time code registers In the Setup state the Wheel normally scrolls through the menu items but when TRIM is active it scrolls through the parameter values In the Track states...

Page 53: ...time may be selected in this mode When viewing tracks in the Track state TRACK key is active only one track can be viewed at a time as indicated by the amber LED above the SEL key the Wheel and arrow...

Page 54: ...nts on the selected track between the In and Out points replacing the audio with silence It does not affect the position of any other audio material on the track Paste Paste places the contents of the...

Page 55: ...h material before the In point remaining in place and material after the In point shifted to the position defined in the Out register Undo Undo un does the last edit operation which includes undoing t...

Page 56: ...ength of time between the In and Out registers and moves the downstream material by that amount If material from a single track is placed on the clipboard but multiple destination tracks are selected...

Page 57: ...at Playhead is chosen as the Edit Sync Mode the location of the playhead relative to the In register is remembered as an offset when the material is placed on the clipboard by executing a Copy Clear o...

Page 58: ...T MON again The bottom line of the display will show Slip In Out to indicate that the slip operation has been performed To exit the Slip In Out operation without executing the slip press CLR INPUT Pre...

Page 59: ...y loaded track into a different track index Which operation is performed depends upon whether the source track file is already loaded if it is then a track move is performed If the source track file i...

Page 60: ...the slipped tracks as indicated by the SLIP LEDs below the meters and the slip value for a given session so any slip value must be explicitly removed i e set to zero in order to clear the slip regist...

Page 61: ...wo times to set the entry register to zero then the 3 three key 4 four key 0 zero key 0 zero key 1 one key and 5 five key The time code is displayed as the numbers are keyed into the hold register To...

Page 62: ...y loop and as the end time for a track marked for editing TAIL SHIFT 5 This read only register shows the end time of the last edit on the currently loaded tracks Tracks selected while in the EDIT trac...

Page 63: ...the Error state pressing CLR will clear the error message and return the MMR 8 to the previous operating state During track slip or register trim pressing the key returns the registers to their previ...

Page 64: ...e operator query In the Normal state the store key is used to save the hold register value into another register To store a time code value into a register press the STO key followed by a numeric key...

Page 65: ...ost roll amount then cue to the In point minus pre roll time If Play Repeatedly is selected the MMR 8 will play from the In time minus any pre roll amount to the Out time plus any post roll amount and...

Page 66: ...line of the display time code The time code may be from a recalled register a captured value or a value entered through the numeric keypad An implicit or automatic locate to certain registers is done...

Page 67: ...the key from the unlock position to the lock position The drive will automatically spin up to speed After allowing a few seconds for the drive to reach locked speed and release the heads press the ST...

Page 68: ...or wheel to scroll to a different track from the list of available tracks in the project To facilitate loading tracks in succession the MMR will automatically increment the selected Track index and ad...

Page 69: ...k will be unloaded and the word Blank will appear in the display Deleting Tracks from the Disk To delete a displayed track enter the Load Tracks state by pressing the LOAD TRACK key and descending thr...

Page 70: ...ifted numeric key associated with the desired register i e 0 9 Before pressing the second key operations can be canceled by pressing the same function key again or by pressing CLR but are typically en...

Page 71: ...and restores the register to its pre trimmed value Using the Entry Register In the Normal state the bottom line of the LCD typically displays the entry register This register is used for manual time...

Page 72: ...r selection chosen on the front panel Headphone and studio monitoring both follow the Input Monitor selection so if a track is being monitored and it is switched to Input Monitor the audio change will...

Page 73: ...ise CCW rotation or down arrow scrolls downward through the menus The scrolling wraps around at the end of the list thus menu 990 the highest menu in the 900 bank is displayed when the wheel is rotate...

Page 74: ...cter positions left to right 000 Control Mode Setup Menu Item number and name Biphase Chase The current parameter choice The asterisk directly before the item value indicates that the displayed value...

Page 75: ...Biphase Transport Serial Transport Editor Varispeed 001 Frame Reference Automatic Video 002 Sample Reference Automatic AES EBU Input Ext Wordclock 003 Time Code Type 24 24 25 25 29 97 DF 29 97 NDF 30...

Page 76: ...e Non Destructive Auto Cleanup Tape Mode 201 All Safe Off On 202 Record Key Record Play Record 203 Rehearse key Rehearse Play Rehearse 210 Loop Mode Play Repeatedly Play once and Cue Play once and Sto...

Page 77: ...ugh 20 times play speed 410 Parallel Trk Arm Pulse toggle Pulse w Auto Rec Hold Hold w Auto Rec Pulse In Out 500 Input Source Analog Digital Rate Converter 501 Auto Input Rec Only Rec or Non Play Rec...

Page 78: ...0 Disk Cleanup Press STO 800 Project Name MMR Project 810 Track Prefix MMR Trk 900 Store Settings User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 User 5 User 6 User 7 User 8 User 9 User 10 901 Recall Settings Default Use...

Page 79: ...trol over the audio track playback Individual tracks can be put into record ready and then audio can be recorded to the hard drive When placed into bus online mode the MMR 8 can function as either a m...

Page 80: ...ey Press the TRIM key and rotate the Wheel or use the arrow keys to select the User settings file number 1 10 desired Press STO This saves all of the current Setup parameters to disk in the target Use...

Page 81: ...Supervisor Unit SSU Transport Control The Lynx KCU will recognize the MMR 8 unit and will control all of the normal transport functions of the unit Note that the KCU does not support reverse play of...

Page 82: ...ate the beginning and end of the Edit on the desired track and store the time value for the beginning and end of the edit region in the In and Out registers before executing the Slip command Prev Next...

Page 83: ...s set as the Record Mode in menu 200 the Destructive machine status LED will light Tape Mode Tape Mode functions very much like a linear tape recorder Each track is viewed as a single continuous piece...

Page 84: ...tc since the remaining units on the associated MMR bus Sync Group will slave only to the Master unit This allows up 100 units to work synchronously and sample accurately together as one large machine...

Page 85: ...ed It is only through knowing exactly how many pulses are generated per frame and then keeping track of the total number of pulses that have been received while subtracting pulses for when the film is...

Page 86: ...and the film transport will be the slave the Biphase Transport operating mode is used In this mode the biphase signal from the MMR 8 is used to generate control signals for the film transport as well...

Page 87: ...rmally listed under the specifications as the ppf for nominal play speed If this setting is incorrect then all time code and feet frame calculations made by the MMR 8 will be off since they are derive...

Page 88: ...al DAW editor As in all uses of the MMR 8 the Lynx and or MMR buses can be used by the MMR 8 to control any number of additional audio and video equipment even though that MMR 8 is being controlled by...

Page 89: ...ult setting is Off for a normal meter display To monitor the input level use Menu 521 to set the calibrate mode ON At the source adjust the input source levels so that the meter LEDs up to and includi...

Page 90: ...Generate the MOC calibration tone a 1 kHz 20 dBFS of the digital bus sine wave To do this Press SETUP and go to menu 530 by turning the Wheel Press TRIM then turn the Wheel to select the 1 kHz tone P...

Page 91: ...Set the audio analyzer output to be a sine wave with a level of 4 dBu Also connect the audio analyzer input to MMR Output channel 1 The next step assumes the user wants a unity system gain with an inp...

Page 92: ...CL for no If a password has been set then the Enter Password message will be displayed and you will have to enter the password to continue with the format On disks that have been software damaged or i...

Page 93: ...drive in the MMR 8 When the MMR 8 is turned on all necessary software is loaded automatically The version of software that is currently running can be displayed using Setup menu 990 which displays th...

Page 94: ...Tascam MMR 8 Owner s Manual Appendix A Control Panel Summary 88...

Page 95: ...a punch in punch out before actually recording REC Record Records into armed tracks may need to press Play plus REC to engage depending on REC key setting in Setup Menu 202 Setup and Wheel Group SETUP...

Page 96: ...0 menus in Setup SHIFT 9 Locate to Next Edit point STO 9 Stores time code in bottom line of display into Memory register 9 RCL 9 Recalls the time code in Memory register 9 SHIFT Modifies function of m...

Page 97: ...HIFT 1 Offset register shows machine MMR Bus offset when slave on MMR bus STO 1 Stores time code in bottom line of display into Memory register 1 RCL 1 Recalls the time code in Memory register 1 2 Ent...

Page 98: ...k mode TRACK Enter View Track mode SLIP Enter Slip Tracks mode SHIFT SEL 1 Cut SHIFT SEL 2 Copy SHIFT SEL 3 Clear SHIFT SEL 4 Paste SHIFT SEL 5 Insert SHIFT SEL 6 Open SHIFT SEL 7 Undo SHIFT SEL 8 Red...

Page 99: ...A STN 32272N 0686 8 7 97 QUALIFIED FOR USE ON ALL MMR 8 SERIAL Nos QUALIFIED FOR USE ON ALL S W VERSIONS SEAGATE 2G HDD BARRACUDA ST 32171N 0280 8 7 97 QUALIFIED FOR USE ON ALL MMR 8 SERIAL Nos QUALIF...

Page 100: ...ed Drives The Tascam Web site at http www tascam com has the latest information on approved drives for use with the MMR 8 Use this page of the Owner s Manual to note new drives that have been added to...

Page 101: ...ssary in order to use the MMR 8 with the pre recorded disk volumes The following outline describes the procedure for turning fixed StudioFrame drives into removable drives that can then be moved to th...

Page 102: ...above examples you will now have two removable drives with four tracks of audio along with their edits on each drive If you have an external drive housing to hold a second drive the two drives with f...

Page 103: ...acks Tracks Transport Switch Tally Switch Tally Switch Tally 1 Trk 1 Input 21 9 Trk 1 Rec 29 9 Online 29 2 Trk 2 Input 22 10 Trk 2 Rec 30 10 Rewind 30 3 Trk 3 Input 23 11 Trk 3 Rec 31 11 Rev Play 31 4...

Page 104: ...e RS422 Compatible Frame clock is open collector driver 3 The two connectors allow parallel connection of the Lynx Bus Each pin is paralleled internally between the two connectors The signal descripti...

Page 105: ...ground Frame ground 9 Frame ground Frame ground 5 Spare Fr Ck Spare Fr Ck NOTES 1 9 pin D subminiature female connector DB 9 2 Signals are RS422 Compatible Frame Clock spare should not be used 3 The t...

Page 106: ...el 1 signal 25 Channel 1 ground 13 No connection NOTES 1 25 pin D subminiature female connector DB 25 The pinouts follow the Tascam DA 88 configuration Each input is differential with the inputs being...

Page 107: ...5 6 signal 9 Digital Input 3 ch 5 6 signal 22 Digital Input 3 ch 5 6 ground 10 Digital Input 2 ch 3 4 signal 23 Digital Input 2 ch 3 4 signal 11 Digital Input 2 ch 3 4 ground 24 Digital Input 1 ch 1...

Page 108: ...ption TIP Time Code Reader Ring Time Code Reader Sleeve Ground NOTES 1 1 4 TRS Phonejack 2 Differential op amp output circuit WORD CLOCK IN Connector NOTES 1 BNC 75 Ohm Terminated TTL logic levels WOR...

Page 109: ...r factory diagnostics only 2 9 pin D subminiature female connector DB 9 connected to COM1 on the motherboard 3 25 pin D subminiature female Connector DB 25 connected to COM2 on the motherboard SCSI Co...

Page 110: ...Tascam MMR 8 Owner s Manual Appendix E Glossary 104...

Page 111: ...o generate time code or feet frames timing The MMR 8 can also generate biphase signals to control a film transport Bus Any signal that is daisy chained between multiple devices In the case of the MMR...

Page 112: ...s a frame In video a frame consists of two interlaced fields In film there are 24 frames per second fps In video there are 25 fps in the PAL and SECAM systems European broadcasting and 29 97 fps in th...

Page 113: ...nly one can be the master on the Lynx bus Lynx Sync The Lynx bus frame clock Machine Any audio video or film playback device Machine Control Remote control commands for positional control and operatio...

Page 114: ...me code numbers on a tape or to compensate for timing delays between machines Operating State There are eight operating states of the MMR 8 Normal Setup Load Track View Track Slip Track Backup Verify...

Page 115: ...g up the Setup Menus on the LCD display press the Setup key Shuttle Manual control over the machine transport from stop to play to fast forward and from stop to reverse play to rewind through using th...

Page 116: ...ers have been changed the new settings can be saved in a User Settings File menu 900 Ten User Settings are available Video Sync Also known as house sync it is generated by an extremely stable video so...

Page 117: ...nnections 22 audio inputs 11 audio outputs 11 Auto Cleanup 77 B Back Panel Connections 21 Backup 54 Backup state 13 Backup State Display 42 Basic Operation 61 Biphase Chase 73 Biphase Connections 24 B...

Page 118: ...nds 47 Edit Sync Mode 51 Editor 74 Editor Connector 98 Entry Register 65 ERROR LED 38 Error state 13 Error State Display 42 Event 52 External Controllers Bus Connections 25 External Drives 86 External...

Page 119: ...eters 11 LIM DOW 27 Liquid Crystal Display LCD 39 Load Track 52 Load Track state 12 Load Track State Display 41 Loading a Project Session or Composition 62 Loading and Mounting Drives 61 Loading Indiv...

Page 120: ...ic Keys 55 O Offset 56 OFFSET LED 38 OMF 10 Online Key 43 Open 49 Out Point 56 Output Level Calibration 83 P Panel Display State Chart 14 Panel Display states 12 Parallel Tracks 26 Parallel Tracks Con...

Page 121: ...ift Key 33 SHTL Shuttle 45 Slip 54 Slip Track state 12 13 Slip Track State Display 41 SMPTE EBU Time Code In Out 23 Software updates 29 87 STO Store 58 Stop Key 43 Sync card 10 SyQuest 27 System Softw...

Page 122: ...fy state 13 Verify State Display 42 Verifying MMR 8 Installation 28 Video In Out 23 Video In Out Connector 102 Video Post Production 82 Video Reference Signals 23 View Track state 13 View Track State...

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