Yamaha D24 D24 Features

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Chapter 1—Welcome to the D24

D24—Owner’s Manual

D24 Features

Recording Media

• Standard 3.5-inch MO (Magneto Optical) disks.

• Convenient removable media for quick access to recorded material and sound libraries.

• No backup downtime, loading, or winding.

• Up to 99 projects per disk.

Sonic Performance

• 16/20/24-bit linear recording for superb sonic quality.

• 44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz sampling rates.

• Sampling rate and recording resolution can be set on a project-by-project basis.

Recording

• 8-track simultaneous recording on 640 MB Overwrite-type MO disks, with a 24-bit

recording resolution and 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz sampling rate.

• 4-track simultaneous recording on 640 MB Overwrite-type MO disks, with a 24-bit

recording resolution and 88.2 kHz or 96 kHz sampling rate.

• 120 track minutes (15 minutes for 8 tracks) using 640 MB MO disks (16-bit, 44.1 kHz).

• 8 virtual tracks per main track, for a total of 64 tracks.

• Auto punch in/out recording with multiple take capability—record and choose the best

from up to 99 takes.

• Manual and auto punch in/out recording, with rehearsal.

Playback

• Video machine-like shuttle playback.

• Position nudge, with audio listen.

• Solo function for individual track monitoring.

• ±6% varispeed.

• A-B repeat playback.

Quick Locate

• Up to 99 locate points per project, plus A, B, Last Rec In, and Last Rec Out points.

• Project Search, Return to Zero, and Roll Back functions.

• Location points can be speciﬁed with sub-frame accuracy.

• Fast forward or rewind at 8x or 16x normal playback speed.

System Expansion

• SCSI port for connecting external disk drives (hard disks, removable media drives, etc).

• Tracks can be expanded by combining up to eight D24s, for a total of 64-tracks.

• Continuous recording time can be extended by using two D24s in Serial mode.

• 3U rack size for drop-in alternative to tape-based modular digital multitrack recorders.

Contents

Main Owners Manual DIGITAL MULTITRACK RECORDER Keep This Manual For Future Reference. 9 6 IMPORTANT NEDERLAND THE NETHERLANDS FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) Page i Important Information Cautions Warnings Read the Following Before Operating the D24 Page Contents Page v 14 SCSI & External Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 13 Multiple D24s & Video Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 12 Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Page Welcome to the D24 Welcome to the D24 About this Manual Installing the D24 D24 Features Page 6 Choosing MO Disks Recording Time Tracks Available for Simultaneous Recording 7 Calculating the approximate Recording Time Preformatted MO Disks Touring the D24 10 Front Panel READY CHASE TC MASTER SLAVE STOP 000000000 12 Transport Controls F G H I J Power Switch & Phones Jog/Data & Shuttle/Cursor Controls A B C 1 2 3 Function Buttons Peak, Monitor, Format & Chase Buttons 1 2 3 4 5 A B C Keypad Track Buttons 20 Rear Panel L M PQ RON A B C Page The Basics 24 Connecting the Power Cord Turning On & Off the D24 Write Protecting Disks Inserting & Ejecting Disks 26 Formatting MO Disks Transport Operation Table 27 Transport Operation Table 28 Indicator Status Tables The following tables show the status and meaning of the front-panel indicators. Transport Indicators Other Indicators Other front-panel indicators typically indicate whether a function is on or off. Recording 30 About Projects 01 PROJECT 02 PROJECT 03 PROJECT 04 PROJECT The following illustration shows four example projects and their associated settings. Preparing to Record 32 Setting the Recording Resolution Recording 34 Conserving Disk Space Undoing a Recording or Edit 36 Rehearsing Extending the Top of a Project 38 Checking the Time Remaining R- 006040000 R- 001510000 Metering 40 Using Normal & Fine Metering Using Peak Hold 41 Using Peak Hold Peak levels Peak Hold: On 1Press the [PEAK HOLD] button to turn on the Peak Hold function. The PEAK HOLD indicator lights up. Monitoring Page General Operation 46 Using Playback Using Fast Forward & Rewind AB Repeat Playback 48 Soloing Tracks Selecting the Solo Outputs Using Absolute & Relative Zero 50 Using Roll-back Setting the Roll-back Time Using Virtual Tracks TRK 123 45678 VI R 11111111 TRK 123 45678 VI R 11511111 52 Shuttling Nudging the Current Position 54 Setting the Nudge Time Using Varispeed vari spee d +000 Quick Locate 58 Searching for Projects Project Search Conrmation Selecting Projects Directly 60 Returning to Zero Using the A & B Points Setting the A & B Points Locating the A & B Points 62 Locating the LAST REC IN & OUT Points Locating Positions Directly 01 no ti tl e 000327 64 Storing Locate Points Storing Locate Points Automatically 66 Recalling Locate Points rec al l mem01 000327 000 00 03 27 00 Punch In/Out Recording 68 About Punch In/Out Recording Manual Punch In/Out Recording Auto Punch In/Out Recording Punch In/Out Fade In/Out Monitoring Manual Punch In/Out Rehearsal 70 Manual Punch In/Out Recording Setting the LAST REC IN & OUT Points 72 Auto Punch In/Out Rehearsal Auto Punch In/Out Recording AUTO Punch REC take 1 74 Auditioning Takes Fixing Takes 76 Setting the Pre-roll Time Setting the Post-roll Time Editing Projects 78 Copying Projects Erasing Projects 80 Deleting Projects Titling Projects 0 aEc de fghi i jklmb nopqrstuvwx z 1234567 89 =+-/ 82 Protecting Projects Modifying a Projects Start Time Editing Tracks 86 Copying Tracks The following ve examples show how tracks can be copied using a variety of FROM 88 Moving Tracks The following ve examples show how tracks can be moved using a variety of FROM 90 Erasing Tracks Swapping Tracks 92 The following ve examples show how tracks can be swapped using a variety of FROM Slipping Tracks 94 In the following example, track 2 is slipped to a new start time. Editing Parts 96 Copying Parts Page 98 Moving Parts 100 Page 102 Deleting Parts Page 104 Erasing Parts Page 106 Inserting Parts Page 108 Insert Copying Parts Page 110 Time Compression 112 Test Play Mode Rec Mode 114 Page 116 Pitch Change Test Play Mode Page 118 Rec Mode Page Wordclocks 122 Wordclocks & the D24 Wordclock Connections Dual AES/EBU Mode 124 Selecting a Wordclock Source Page 126 Wordclock System Examples DAT (wordclock master) Digital output COAXIAL IN PARAMETER Two D24s 02R (wordclock slave) (SLOT 2) YGDAI D24-A (wordclock master) 128 Two D24s & Two MDMs 8-TRACK MDM MDM-D (wordclock slave) 9 Digital Audio Transfer DAT (wordclock master) Digital Out Wordclock source: External Digital output 130 ADAT I/O card Wordclock source: ADAT input ADAT I/O card D24-A (wordclock master) Terminating BNC Wordclock Distribution Wordclock Distribution Box Bus Distribution Daisy Chain Distribution Timecode 134 Timecode & the D24 Timecode Connections Selecting a Timecode Source 136 Setting the Timecode Frame Rate Setting a Timecode Offset 138 Chasing External Timecode Setting the Chase Speed Transmitting MTC 140 Timecode Hookup Examples WC: REMOTE IN, TC: REMOTE IN/30 fps MMC The following system examples show several timecode congurations. MTC with MIDI Sequencer SMPTE/EBU Chase D24 (WC master, TC slave) SMPTE TIMECODE INPUT D24 (WC master, TC slave) SMPTE TIMECODE INPUT Multiple D24s & Video Sync 144 Multiple D24s D24-D (slave) D24-B (slave) REMOTE IN/ SYNC IN SYNC OUT Expanding the Number of Tracks D24-D (WC slave, TC slave) TC: REMOTE IN/30 fps WC: INT 44.1K, TC: Master/30 fps Chase: Off, Remote ID: 1 Chase: On, Remote ID: 2 146 Slave D24 Setup Slave & Master Operation Extending the Recording Time 147 Extending the Recording Time (SLOT 2) TC: REMOTE IN/30 fps WC: INT 44.1K, TC: Master/30 fps Chase: Off, Remote ID: 1 Chase: On, Remote ID: 2 Serial point: 00:14:30.00 148 Setup Operation Setting the Serial Point Using Video Sync Seri al poi nt 001430000 150 Terminating BNC Video Sync Distribution Video Sync Distribution Box Bus Distribution Daisy Chain Distribution Connecting a Video Editor 151 Connecting a Video Editor Video house sync TIMECODE INPUT 9-pin cable Video Hookup Example SCSI & External Disk Drives SCSI & the D24 Using External Disk Drives Certied Disk Drives Available Recording Time Connecting Disk Drives External SCSI disk drive External hard disk: 1 Assigning SCSI IDs SCSI Terminating the SCSI Bus External disk drive A: 0 External disk drive B: 1 SCSI cable SCSI cable SCSI port SCSI port SCSI port SCSI disk drives Disk drive A Disk drive B SCSI bus termination is applied on this drive Formatting External Disk Drives Formatting Hard Disks for Maximum Capacity Formatting Hard Disks for Computer Mounting 160 Formatting External MO Disks Selecting the Work Disk 162 Duplicating MO Disks Setting the SCSI ID of the Internal MO Drive Hookup SCSI cable D24-A Duplication Procedure Copying Projects Between Disk Drives Mounting D24 Disks on a Personal Computer Connecting the D24 to a Personal Computer Connecting the D24 to a Personal Computer 167 PC Hookup Computer internal: 7 Macintosh Hookup In the following example, the D24 is connected to the SCSI port on a Macintosh com- puter. PC computer 168 Accessing the Internal MO Disk Drive Other Functions Setting the Peak Hold Mode Setting the Fade In/Out Time Setting the Display Brightness Setting the Remote ID Recovering Disk Space Physical Formatting for MO Disks Ejecting Troublesome Disks (emergency use) Initializing the D24 Checking the Version Number Updating the System Software MIDI 178 MIDI & the D24 MIDI Ports Using MMC (MIDI Machine Control) Turning On MMC Reception Supported MMC Commands Setting the MMC Device Number 180 MMC Hookup Examples MMC device number: 1 MMC MIDI OUT MIDI IN Digital Audio I/O 182 About mini YGDAI Cards MY8-AD8 Analog Inputs MY4-AD4 Analog Inputs (available spring 99) MY4-DA4 Analog Outputs MY8-ATADAT Card Specications Choosing Digital I/O Cards 184 Choosing D24 Slots Selecting Slot Inputs Installing Cards 185 Installing Cards This section explains how to install mini YGDAI cards in the D24. 1Turn off the D24. 2Undo the two xing screws and remove the slot cover, as shown below. Keep the cover and xing screws in a safe place for future use. 3Insert the card between the guides and slide it all the way into the slot, as Using Dual AES/EBU Mode 25-pin D-sub connector AES/EBU breakout cable AES/EBU OutAES/EBU In Shown below is an AES/EBU breakout cable similar to the one used in this system. Using the Coaxial Digital Input & Output 188 Assigning the Coaxial Input & Output Emphasis & the D24 SCMS & the D24 Digital I/O & Wordlength 189 Digital I/O & Wordlength Digital input COAXIAL OUT S/PDIF (16-bit) Recording resolution: 24-bit 190 Digital audio processor with digital dither function Recording resolution: 20-bit The 4 least-significant bits of each sample are discarded by the DAT, resulting in distortion. S/PDIF (20-bit) Troubleshooting 192 Appendix Setting the SCSI ID of the Internal MO Drive 194 Error Messages If the D24 displays an error message, follow the instructions below. Error Messages 195 196 Specications Specifications 197 Analog Output Digital Audio Input 198 Digital Audio Output Control I/O Connector Pin Assignments 199 Connector Pin Assignments REMOTE IN/SYNC IN Port SERIAL I/O Port SYNC OUT Port 200 D24 Dimensions Glossary 202 Page Page Index A B C 206 D E F H I J K L N O P Q R S 210 T U V W Y