MDR 24/96

Introduction

Save your Box!

Uncle Jeff’s Bottom Ten Reasons to Save the Box:

10. You think boxes grow on trees?

9.It’s actually a time capsule, packed with a biological code that can’t be decrypted until 2043.

8.Its festive graphics will cheer up those other boxes forgotten in your attic.

7.Impress your friends: tape it up and pretend that you actually have two MDR24/96s.

6.If you throw it away, bad people will know you have a studio in your house.

5. Someday, when paper costs more than steel, it could net you a fortune.

4.The MDR24/96 itself only costs $47.95. The balance is what you paid for the box.

3.Properly sealed, it can be used as a flotation device in the unlikely event of a water landing.

2. It’s a great place to hide your old digital 8-track recorder.

1.If you collect ten MDR24/96 boxes, Greg will come over for dinner (this offer does not apply to dealers or distributors).

In the unlikely event that you should need to send the MDR24/96 back to Mackie for service, please use the shipping box it came in. This box has been specially designed to minimize damage to the MDR24/96 during shipping, so that it won’t end up more broken than when you sent it.

How To Use This Guide

Welcome to the cutting edge of affordable multitrack recording and editing! We know you’re feeling eager, but please take a few minutes and read this brief Quick Start Guide before you jump into your first MDR24/96 session. The first part of this guide explains how to install and configure the various MDR24/96 I/O cards and connect the MDR24/96 to an analog or digital console. The second part describes how to start a session, operate the basic transport and monitoring controls, and explains the terms and conventions used to name, store, and retrieve projects on disk.

We have purposely excluded all the extra stuff from this guide to give you just the basic information you need to get going right away. For step-by-step tutorials, in- depth feature descriptions, and endless technical details, see the MDR24/96 Technical Reference Manual on the companion CD-ROM. Updated manuals and the latest software releases can be obtained via Mackie’s website at: www.mackie.com.

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MDR 24/96