HD24/96 Technical Reference

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button.

 

 

 

Shift-click and Ctrl-click may be used to select multiple projects for

 

 

copying and deleting

 

 

Save As New

A TEMPLATE contains basic setup information which will open a

 

 

Template

new project with a known set of defaults which includinge such

 

 

 

parameters as sample rate, word length, clock source, and track

 

 

 

names.

 

 

 

There is a factory default template which is used if a new template

 

 

has not been saved.

 

 

 

You may wish to save a new template if you’ll be opening repeated

 

 

projects (for example, a series of songs) with the same track list.

 

 

 

See Appendix B for a table of parameters saved within the

 

 

 

template, as well as the factory (reset) settings

 

 

Reset Template

Returns the Template settings to the factory defaults.

 

 

Import Audio

Opens a window which allows you to select audio files tofor

 

 

Files

importing into the current project’s region list. This is used for

 

 

 

bringing files created outside the HDR24/96 into projects. Files can

 

 

be imported from the HDR’s internal or external hard drive (for

 

 

 

example, from another project), or from a floppy disk.

 

 

Purge Audio

This is a “housekeeping” operation. Normally all audio recorded

 

 

Files

forwithin a project remains on the hard drive, but Purge Audio Files

 

 

allows you to remove files which are not actually used in the project.

 

 

This utility looks at every region used in every playlist (version)

 

 

 

associated with athe project, generates a list of and deletes audio

 

 

files that do not appear in any playlist, and invites you to delete all,

 

 

or selected files on the “unused audio files’ list.

 

 

 

This is a destructive process, so don’t use it until you’re near the

 

 

 

end of a project or are very sure that that outtake is really so bad

 

 

 

that you don’t want to use any part of it

 

 

Format Drive

This operation wipes the External hard disk clean, preparing the

 

 

 

drive for a new project or a new client.

 

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a provision for formatting the internal

 

 

hard drive, which will wipe out the operating system as well as any

 

 

project data. Call Mackie Tech Support for details on this

 

 

 

gruesome task. We really didn’t want to make it too easy by putting

 

 

it on a menu.

 

 

 

When Formatting is completed, a prompt to verify the drive

 

 

 

performance for recording/playback will appear. This runs the

 

 

 

Verify Drive Performance utility described below.

 

 

Verify Drive

Runs a performance test on the currently selected hard drive to

 

 

Performance

determine if it is suitable for recording. If a drive lacks the

 

 

 

throughput speed for recording but is suitable for backup, the

 

 

 

HDR24/96 OS will append the label BU (back up) to the drive. If

 

 

 

the real time verification test passes, the label RT (real time) will be

 

 

appended to the drive name.

 

 

 

Drives supplied by Mackie are preformatted and verified. After