Mackie HDR 24/96 Disk Directory Organization, Project Files & Folders:, Time Code Offset, Generate MTC / SMPTE

HD24/96 Technical Reference 60

Generate MTC / SMPTE

In the GUI window, these check boxes select whether MIDI time code or SMPTE time code (or both) will be generated. There are direct equivalents in the front panel SYNC menu. Be careful not to switch to Generate MTC when you have a time code source connected to the SMPTE jack. Outputs often don’t like to be connected to other outputs.

Note: It is not possible to both generate and chase to SMPTE time code simultaneously. If Generate SMPTE is selected and SMPTE is selected as the Time Code Source, an error message will appear if you also select Time Code Chase.

Time Code Offset

This is the time, in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames, which will be added to the incoming time code value, and the resulting time will be the current time of the HDR24/96 when in Time Code Chase. A check block makes this a negative value to subtract the offset value from the incoming time code.

From the front panel, Select TC Offset from the SYNC menu. Select Set, then use the Select buttons to move the “vv” cursor among fields, and the (-)DEC and (+)INC buttons to change the value. A Select button is provided to reset the offset to Zero. Negative can be selected from the TC Offset menu.

Disk Directory Organization

The HDR24/96 uses a FAT 32-based file system whose folder (directory) structure is organized in a specific way. Since each of these directories and files can be viewed and accessed from both the Import Audio Files dialog and from an FTP Client, it’s important to understand their organization and function.

The important files and folders are described below:

Project Files & Folders:

HDRProjects Folder	The top level folder containing subfolders for each Project.
Project Folder	A folder carrying containing all files and subfolders for a particular
	Project.
Project File	A file containing all of the edit and configuration information for a
	specific Project. Project files have an “.HDR” file extension.
AudioFiles1 Folder	A folder containing all the audio files recorded in a specific project.
	Depending on the length of the recordings, there may be additional
	folders names AudioFiles2, AudioFiles3, etc.
Audio File	A file containing recorded audio and ancillary data from a specific
	Record pass on a specific track. Audio files have a “.WAV” file
	extension.
Imported Folder	A folder created when files are imported into a Project. All imported
	files are contained here.
Rendered Folder	A folder created whenever Regions are Rendered within a Project. All
	Rendered files are contained here. Regions Rendered as AIFF files
	have an “.AIF” file extension.