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menu above. If you choose enable, the
DA-98HR ’s timecode track will be mapped to
the track referred to by the controller’s com-
mand signals as “analog 3”.

10.3.8 Remote track arming

You may sometimes want to disable the arming of
tracks from the remote system (either TASCAM bus,
MIDI or 9-pin).
Since many video editors, etc. only provide for the
control of four tracks, this means that you cannot
control the eight tracks of the DA-98HR from the
editor, and so remote track arming should be dis-
abled, allowing you to control the tracks locally.
1Go to menu group 3, move the cursor to Trk
Arm, and press ENTER:
2Use the § and keys to select between
enable and disable.

10.4 Bus protocol

If Bus protocol is selected (See “Selecting the control
source (protocol)” on page69.), the DA-98HR can be
controlled by controllers such as the TASCAM ES-
61.
Each DA-98HR must be assigned a unique number
between 1 and 127, as described below.

10.4.1 Assigning a MIDI and Bus ID to

the DA-98HR

A MIDI ID is used in a MIDI Machine Control setup
to identify each unit in the MIDI chain. The same
number is also used as a Bus identifier.
This MIDI ID is not the same as a MIDI Channel
number (even though some units’ manuals may refer
to it as a “channel number”), and is not connected
with the Machine ID (8.2.2, “Setting machine ID”).
To set the MIDI ID:
1Go to menu group 7, move the cursor to
MIDI ID, and press ENTER:
2Use the § and keys to select a value
between 001 and 127, making sure that
this ID is unique in your setup.
You can also use the function keys as number
keys (4.4, “Using the function keys as number
keys”) to enter the MIDI ID directly.
You can also select the value Receive
All, which allows the DA-98HR to accept all
MMC commands transmitted over the MID I
network (this setting has no effec t if Bus is
selected).

10.5 MIDI Machine Control

As well as control from the 9-pin RS-422 port, the
DA-98HR can also accept commands received at the
MIDI IN port q using the MIDI Machine Control
protocol.
The control source must be set to MIDI (10.1,
“Selecting the control source (proto col)”) for this to
be effective.
Set the MIDI ID using the method described in
10.4.1, “Assigning a MIDI and Bus ID to the DA-
98HR”.
The MMC commands used by the DA-98HR are
listed in 13.3, “MMC Bit Map Array” as is the imple-
mentation of the MIDI Machine Control protocol and
the commands which are available.

10.5.1 MMC and the DA-98HR

An example of a MIDI sequencer being used to con-
trol a DA-98HR (using the auto-punch of the
sequencer to punch in and out on the DA-98HR
tracks) is given below. Note that the sequencing soft-
Remote Track Arming
enable
MIDI/Bus ID
Receive All