Mackie MDR 24 Operation Manual - About “Tape”
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Operation Guide
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About “Tape”
No, you’re not reading the wrong manual. Our goal was to build a hard disk recorder that is
comfortable for someone familiar with tape recording, but that doesn’t require you to get a
brain transplant from a computer geek to use. When familiar terms such as Tape Inputs,
Tape Returns, Transport, and the like are applied to the MDR24/96, they mean exactly
what you expect them to mean. Where the well-worn shoe fits, we continue to wear it.
Overview
By combining traditional multitrack tape recording features with the power and flexibility
of hard disk recording, the Mackie Designs MDR24/96 takes multitrack recording to a
level never before achieved by a product in its price range. In addition to the standard
battery of traditional tape-based features, the MDR24/96:
• Combines the familiarity of a multitrack tape machine with the security of non-
destructive recording and non-degrading recording media.
• Records simultaneously on all 24 tracks at 44.1 or 48 kHz and on 12 tracks at
88.2 or 96 kHz. At 48 kHz the internal hard drive stores over 2200 track-minutes
of 24-bit audio (90 minutes of 24 full tracks). That’s more than six reels of 2-inch
tape at 30 inches per second! At 96 kHz the drive stores 1100 track-minutes of
24-bit audio (45 minutes of 24 full tracks).
• Has eight Virtual Takes per track, allowing you to record multiple passes without
having to change routing and bussing assignments or use additional tracks.
• Iinterfaces with any analog or digital console. The MDR24/96 uses the same I/O
cards as the Mackie Digital 8•Bus console: the AIO•8 (24-bit analog A/D and
D/A), DIO•8 (TDIF/ADAT Optical), PDI•8 (AES/EBU), OPT•24 and low-cost
OPT•8 (ADAT Optical).
• Provides three convenient methods of backup: Mackie Media M•90, a removable
hard drive (also capable of 24-track recording and playback), Mackie Media
PROJECT, 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 optional remote control devices — the compact Remote 24 for smaller
project studios, and the full-featured Remote 48 for controlling up to 48 tracks
on two MDR24/96 recorders.
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24TRACK /24BIT DIGITAL AUDIO HARD DISK RECORDER
HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO
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PROJECT: Little love
PLAYLIST: Playlist 1
DRIVE: C:Internal
AVAIL: 01:35:00
Media Tray
Floppy Drive
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Auto Take &
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Chase
Transport
LCD Control
System Control
Status Display Current
Time Display
LCD Display
Meter Display
Record Ready