HD24/96 Technical Reference | 11 |
All the other controls have been addressed in the Quick Start Guide. Refer to that guide for their descriptions.
Rear Panel
The I/O slots and connectors for the remote, footswitch, keyboard, mouse, and monitor are explained in the Quick Start Guide. Here are a few more details about what you’ll find on the rear panel.
BNC Termination Switch
The Termination switch on the Sync card selects whether the BNC input is bridging (high impedance) or terminated (75 ? input impedance). Press the Termination switch in if the HDR24/96 is the last device in the clock chain. If a clock is connected to other devices, leave the Termination switch out and terminate the last device in the chain.
MIDI Connector
The MIDI IN and OUT ports terminate in a
Ethernet Jack
This is for connection to a 100 BaseT Ethernet network. See Appendix C for detailed networking setup information. Note that the same connector type is used for the optional remote controllers for the HDR24/96. Don’t mistake these two connectors!
Accessory Slots
Of course we left room for future expansion. Stay tuned.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) Overview
After plugging the keyboard, monitor and mouse into the rear panel connectors and booting up the HDR, you'll find most of the MackieOS GUI is pretty darn similar to the rest of the computing music world. Typical paradigms of left and right mouse clicking, menu bars with
The GUI layout is easy to learn and is designed with minimal layering of windows and functions. The Menu bar atop the screen contains everything that can be accessed within the interface. Mouse click on the menu item, pull down, select and release (or