Tascam MMP-16, MMR-8 manual Certified Drives, DVD RAM Support

Certified Drives

The following disk drives have been approved for use with the MMR/MMP:

Drive Manufacturer	Model	Firmware Version
IBM	DCHS09F	2222
Nikon*	DD53-SIP Beluga AV	Unknown
Seagate	ST19101W	0014
Seagate	ST32171N	0280
Seagate	ST32272N	0876
Seagate	ST34572N	Unknown
Seagate	ST34573N	5958
Seagate	ST34573W	5764
Seagate	ST39102LW	0005
Seagate	ST39173N	5764
Seagate	ST39173W	5764

Manufacturers frequently release new drive models and obsolete other drive models. The most current list of approved drives can be found on the TASCAM web site at http://www.tascam.com .

*Users should be aware these drives do not perform as well as hard drives. Test results with the NIKON Beluga drive with 1K/sector media show 8 tracks of record and playback in 16- or 24-bit TapeMode is generally reliable. Non-destructive mode performance is less reliable, especially with heavy edit density.

DVD RAM Support

The MMR/MMP will support SCSI backup and export to DVD RAM disks as of software version 3.1, scheduled for release in February 1999. Testing so far indicates that these drives are several times slower than Magneto-Optical disks for recording and transfers. Playback of a limited number of tracks is possible from a DVD RAM disk, but maximum performance seen to date is 6 channels of 16-bit material in TapeMode.

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