24/96MDR

Note: If you are using a D8B console with either DIO•8, PDI•8, or OPT•8 cards installed, then a Clock I/O card must also be installed in the D8B to properly synchronize its word clock with the MDR24/96.

Hookups

This section shows how the MDR24/96 is typically connected to both analog and digital consoles (using the Mackie Analog and Digital 8•Bus consoles as examples). These examples assume that the rest of your studio equipment (monitors, sound sources, outboard processing, etc.) is already connected, or that you know how to connect it.

Before you begin, note how the three eight-channel I/O cards are arranged on the MDR24/96 rear panel: 1-8 is on the left, 9-16 is in the center, and 17-24 is on the right. Labeling each cable before you begin will make connecting the MDR24/96 to your console easier.

The specific hookups for each MDR24/96 I/O card are shown below.

Analog Hookup (AIO•8)

This example describes the hookup for the 24•8 analog console.Cables & Hardware(3) AIO•8 cards for MDR24/96(6) Analog snakes, DB25 to eight 1/4” TRS phone plugsHookup

1.Connect three snakes to the MDR24/96 Inputs (bottom connector). If you want to have the ability to route any console input to any recorder track, then connect the 1/4” plugs on each of the three snakes to the like- numbered Submaster / Tape Output jacks on the 8•Bus console. This works as long as you don’t record more than 8-channels at a time, since the Submaster Outputs 9-16 and 17-24 are the same as outputs 1-8.

Alternately, you can connect the console’s direct outputs to the recorder’s inputs, so that each console channel feeds the like-numbered recorder track. Or, you can use a combination of direct and subgroup outs. The hookup diagram below shows the MDR24/96 inputs connected to the Submaster Outputs.

MDR24/96 back panel

1-8 9-16 17-24

ANALOG I/O ANALOG I/O ANALOG I/O

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

INPUT

INPUT

TAPE IN/OUTS

MDR24/96 AIO Cards

 

 

 

7

 

5

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE RETURNS 1-8

 

 

 

8

 

6

4

2

 

 

 

15

 

13

11

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE RETURNS 9-16

 

 

 

16

 

14

12

10

 

 

 

23

 

21

19

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE RETURNS 17-24

 

 

 

24

 

22

20

18

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24•8 SUBMASTER

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

9 / TAPE OUTPUTS

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

17

18

MDR 24/96