Mackie SDR96 manual

Oper a tion Guide SDR 24 SDR 24 SDR 24 SDR 24 SDR 24/96 24 TRA CK/24 BIT DIGIT AL AUDIO HARD DISK REC ORDER PROJECT: Feel the Love AVAIL: 02:27:26 on EXT 44.1k VAR I 48k 24 BIT 16 BIT TC ERROR MINUTES HOURS SECONDS FRA MES EXT CLOCK SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT POWER 24 TRACK/24 BIT DIGIT AL AUDIO RECORDER ALL INPUT AUTO INPUT PUNCH REHRSE LOOP LOCA[...]

2 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 1. Read instuctions — Read, understand and follow all safety and operating instructions before using the SDR24/96. 2. Retain Instructions — Keep these safety and operating instructions for future reference. 3. Heed Warnings — Follow all warnings on the SDR24/96 and in these operating instructions. 4. Water and Moisture ?[...]

3 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Recor d ---------------------------------------------- 27 Serial 9-Pin ----------------------------------------- 27 Time Displa y --------------------------------------- 27 T ransport Menu ----------------------------------- 27 Locat e P oints and Looping --------------------- 30 Recor ding ----------------------[...]

4 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Intr oduc tion Sa ve y our Box! Uncle Jeff ’ s Bottom T en Reasons to Sa ve the Bo x: 10. Y ou 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 fr[...]

5 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Conv entions The SDR24/96 Operation Guide uses the following conventions to help you find information quickly: T ext Conv entions a) T ext referring to the LCD display use medium weight (example: SETUP MENU ) b) T ext referring to hardware controls or connectors use heavy weight (example: STOP ) Icons This icon i[...]

6 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Overvie w By combining traditional multitrack tape recording features with the power and flexibility of non-linear editing, the Mackie Designs SDR24/96 takes multitrack recording to a level never before achieved by a product in its price range. In addition to the standard battery of traditional tape-based features, the SDR24/9[...]

7 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Setup & Configur ation This chapter explains how to set up and configure the SDR24/96 for use in your studio. T wo application examples show how to interface the SDR24/96 with analog and digital recording consoles. Requir ed Equipment Of course, there’ s more to a studio than a recorder and some musicians. [...]

8 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 I/ O Connections and Cables I/O connections are available in either analog or digital and can be used in any combination: Analog • Each 25-pin D-subminiature (DB25) connector provides eight balanced analog line-level inputs or outputs. These connectors are pin-for -pin compatible with the analog (not TDIF) DB25 connectors fo[...]

9 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide • MIDI IN/OUT — These standard MIDI connectors (female 5-pin DIN) can be used to send or receive MIDI T ime Code (MTC) and MIDI Machine Control (MMC) when connecting to equipment with transport controls and a position display . • ADA T SYNC OUT — This 9-pin D-subminature connector connects to the SYNC IN [...]

10 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 IN OUT WORD CLOCK I/O The following is the recommended setup for establishing proper sample clock synchronization with the devices connected to the SDR24/96. AD A T Optical W ith the SDR24/96 as a master , set the receiving device(s) to derive sample clock from their ADA T optical ports if the ports are self-clocking. In this[...]

11 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Mackie Media (Optional) The SDR24/96 emulates the tape library tradition with Mackie Media M • 90 and Mackie Media PROJECT drives. Both drives come complete with a plug-in tray for quick removal and a nifty storage case for shelving and transporting the drives. The SDR24/96 can record or play directly off the [...]

12 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Hookups This section shows how the SDR24/96 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[...]

13 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide TAPE IN/OUTS INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT INPUT OUTPUT ANALOG I/O ANALOG I/O ANALOG I/O OUT IN IN IN OUT OUT DIGITAL WORD CLOCK I/O MIDI ADAT SYNC IN ADAT SYNC OUT SERIAL 9-PIN FOOT SWITCH SMPTE MICRO/ REMOTE 24 CNTRL ANALOG OUT 1 - 8 ANALOG OUT 9 - 16 ANALOG OUT 17 - 24 ANALOG IN 1 - 8 ANALOG IN 9 - 16 ANALOG IN 1[...]

14 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Digital Hookup This example describes the hookup f or the D8B console equipped for digital I/ O (DIO•8 or OPT•8). Cables & Hardw are (3) DIO • 8 or OPT • 8 cards for D8B (1) Apogee Clock I/O card for D8B (if D8B is the slave) (6) ADA T optical cables (1) 75 Ω BNC word clock cable Hookup 1. Connect three ADA T op[...]

15 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide SYNC ALT I/O TAPE IN/OUTS WORD CLOCK OUT APOGEE CLOCK I/O WORD CLOCK IN APOGEE DIGIT AL I/O APOGEE DIGIT AL I/O APOGEE DIGIT AL I/O SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL SYNC IN OUT TDIF ADAT OPTICAL OUT IN IN IN OUT OUT DIGITAL WORD CLOCK I/O MIDI ADAT SYNC IN ADAT SYNC OUT SERIAL 9-PIN FO[...]

16 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 OUT IN IN IN OUT OUT DIGITAL WORD CLOCK I/O MIDI ADAT SYNC IN ADAT SYNC OUT SERIAL 9-PIN FOOT SWITCH SMPTE MICRO / REMOTE 24 CNTRL ANALOG OUT 1 - 8 ANALOG OUT 9 - 16 ANALOG OUT 17 - 24 ANALOG IN 1 - 8 ANALOG IN 9 - 16 ANALOG IN 17 - 24 RISK OF ELECTRIC SHO CK DO NOT O PEN REPLACE WITH THE SAME TYPE FUSE AND RATING. DISCONNECT[...]

17 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Configur ation Before starting a Project, you will need to configure the SDR24/96 I/O options and synchronization parameters. These parameters determine where the input signal is coming from, where the sample clock is coming from, how fast the sample clock runs, and how many bits are recorded in every sample. So[...]

18 SDR24/96 SDR 24/ 96 3. Select 1-8 . The LCD display shows you the current setting for outputs 1-8, either Direct or Custom . 4. Select Direct for direct track-to-output playback (i.e., T rack 1 to Output 1, T rack 2 to Output 2, etc.). 5. Select Custom to route tracks to different output numbers. 6. Press the Inc (increment) and Dec (decrement) [...]

19 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Synchroniza tion The Sync Options menu (under SETUP ) allows you to select the sample clock source, sample rate, time code source if time code chase is enabled, frame rate, and sample size. Sample clock source, time code source, L TC output, and MTC output are global settings, and are project independent. Sample[...]

20 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Frame Ra te There are four standard time code frame rates, each developed for a specific application. In addition, two of the frame rates have variations called drop-frame, mostly used by broadcasters to correct timing issues caused by the 29.97 frame rate. Use Frame Rate ( SETUP:Sync:FrRate ) to set the time code frame rate[...]

21 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide SDR24/ 96 Oper ation Now that you’ve finished installing and configuring the SDR24/96, you’re almost ready to start your first Project. W e still want you to read this entire guide, but we already hear some of you shuffling and muttering. Okay , okay , okay ... for the terminally impatient, read this chapter[...]

22 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 4. Press the Page Left button when finished, and then select New . New project created appears in the display to confirm that the project was successfully created. Opening a Project Once two or more projects have been created, you can switch projects easily with the Open Project command. T o open a Project: 1. Press Project [...]

23 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide T o sa ve a curr ent Project As: 1. Press Project . In the Project Files Menu , select SaveAs . 2. The SA VE PROJECT AS screen appears. Select SaveAs to accept the existing project name. This works the same as the Save command. T o give the project a unique name, press the Page Right button. A blinking cursor ap[...]

24 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Cop ying a Project The importance of backing up your files cannot be emphasized enough. Do it often. Hopefully , you’ll never need to use a backup copy of your project, but you’ll thank yourself a hundred times over if you ever need it. T o copy a Pr ojec t: 1. Press Project . Press the Page Right button, and in the Proj[...]

25 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Renaming a Pr oject Y ou can give a project a new name at any time. The project cannot be open when you rename it. T o r ename a Project: 1. Press Project . Press the Page Right button, and in the Project Files Menu , select Rename . 2. If there is more than one hard drive, choose the drive that contains the pro[...]

26 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 T o purge a Pr oject: 1. Press Project . Press the Page Right button, and in the Project Files Menu , select Purge . 2. The Purge current project? screen appears. Select OK to delete files not referenced in the project file, or Cancel to exit. 3. The PURGE: clear history? screen appears. Select Ye s to clear the history list[...]

27 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Scrub When the transport is already stopped, pressing and holding the STOP button for one second puts the transport into scrub mode. The STOP and PLA Y LEDs light simultaneously and Entering scrub mode appears in the display . Use the REWIND and F AST FWD buttons to scrub the transport forward and backward. Pres[...]

28 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 3. Select one of the four Locates ( Loc1, Loc2, Loc3, Loc4 ). The current locate time appears in the display . 4. Select Zero to reset the Locate point to zero. 5. Press Page Right to change the locate time. A blinking cursor appears over the first numeral of the locate time. Use the increment ( Inc ) and decrement ( Dec ) b[...]

29 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide 3. Press the Page Right button and select T rOf . The current transport offset time appears in the display . 4. Select Zero to reset the transport offset time to zero. 5. Press Page Right to change the transport offset time. A blinking cursor appears over the first numeral of the transport offset time. Use the i[...]

30 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 T o turn on the r elative mode: 1. Press SETUP to enter the SETUP MENU . 2. Select T ransp . to enter the TRANSPORT OPTIONS menu. 3. Press the Page Right button and select RelMd . Use the << / >> buttons to select On or Off , then select OK to change the relative mode. AutoPla y When AutoPlay is on, the transport[...]

31 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide T o stor e numbered Locate points: Locate points can be stored either on the fly or when stopped. 1. Press STORE . The Store LED lights. 2. STORE LOCA TOR appears in the display . Select one of the four Locate points in the display ( Loc1, Loc2, Loc3, Loc4 ) when the transport is at the desired location. The Sto[...]

32 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 T o r ecor d: 1. Arm one or more tracks. 2. Press RECORD and PLA Y at the same time. Record can be activated during Stop or Play . If One Button Record is enabled, Record can be activated during play just by pressing the RECORD button. 3. Press any transport button other than RECORD to stop recording. The Record LED glows wh[...]

33 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Recor d Options There are a number of options available to make your recording session easier . Safe Mode Safe mode ( SETUP:Record:Safe ) disarms all tracks and disables the Record Ready and master Record buttons. Use safe mode to prevent anyone from inadvertently activating record mode and ruining your perfect [...]

34 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Locator Mode The locator mode setting ( SETUP:Record:Page Right:LocMd ) determines how looping and auto punch work. ♦ W ith Loop1-2/Punch3-4 selected, Locates 1 and 2 double as start and end points for looped playback (see “Loop” on page 31 for more info), and Locates 3 and 4 serve as punch in and punch out points when[...]

35 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Arming tracks before pressing the RECORD button is usually the best way to work when tracking, because you can punch-in multiple tracks at the same time. Pressing RECORD with no tracks armed and then punching with the record ready buttons is a handy way to overdub individual tracks, because you can punch in and [...]

36 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Metering and Setting Recor d Levels A professional analog recorder has meters that indicate 0 VU at a +4 dBu nominal signal level. Generally you can record peaks 10 to 15 dB above that before distortion becomes objectionable. This 10-15 dB range above the nominal level is called “headroom.” On digital recorder meters, ze[...]

37 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide doesn’ t clip while the recorder is still within its working range. Most professional consoles can output +22 dBu without breaking a sweat (like the Mackie Analog and Digital 8•Bus consoles). But beware that semi-pro consoles often operate at a nominal output level of –10 dBV and will run out of steam befo[...]

38 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Use the increment ( Inc ) and decrement ( Dec ) buttons to change the highlighted numeral. Use the >> button to move to the next numeral. 6. Press the Page Left button when finished, and then select OK to save the new locate time. 7. Repeat steps 1-6 for Loc4 . T o per form Aut opunch rec ording: 1. Arm one or more tra[...]

39 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide SETUP MENU > Record I/O Sync Transp < SETUP MENU Disk System SYSTEM MENU > USBMS SDRSw RemSw Load SDR FOOTSW: Stop/Play << >> OK REMOTE FOOTSW: Stop/Play << >> OK SETUP F ootswitch Oper ation Using a footswitch with the SDR24/96 gives you hands-free access to several of the most-[...]

40 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Editing Delete Last Pressing the DELETE LAST button removes the last record pass and automatically deletes the recorded audio, but only if the record pass is the last entry in the history list. If any other action is performed after the record pass that is recorded in the history list, pressing the DELETE LAST button results[...]

41 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide If you choose to delete followed by splicing ( Ye s ): ♦ The audio in the selected area is deleted. ♦ The audio on either side of the deleted area is joined together . The earlier audio stays put, and the later audio slides backward in time to join it. ♦ The clipboard content is unchanged. ♦ The delete a[...]

42 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 the clipboard are not copied. If there are less tracks on the clipboard than selected tracks, the remaining selected tracks remain unchanged. ♦ The audio before and after the pasted area remains at its position. ♦ Audio regions pasted from the clipboard replace any existing audio on the selected tracks. Silence gaps past[...]

43 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide If you choose to splice before placing ( Ye s ): ♦ The selected audio is copied into the arrangement: 1. starting at the current locator , towards higher locators. 2. on the first selected track. If there are no selected tracks, nothing is copied into the arrangement. If more than one track is selected, all tr[...]

44 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Undo, Redo, and Delete Last ♦ The history list contains all edit operations and recording passes in chronological order . ♦ The undo command moves up one entry on the history list; the redo command moves down one entry . ♦ Performing an edit operation or record pass permanently removes the undone actions from the histo[...]

45 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Defrag Driv e The Defrag option ( SETUP:Page Right:Disk:Defrag ) allows you to defragment a drive. As files are written, edited, and deleted on a disk, the files can become fragmented. The SDR24/96 still keeps track of the data, but it can slow down access to the files. Defragmenting a drive puts all the files b[...]

46 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Connect a USB cable between the USB port on the SDR24/96 and the USB port on your computer . Support for USB mass storage mode varies depending on the Operating System you are running on your computer . Here is an overview of USB mass storage support in various operating systems: ♦ W indows NT 4.0 has no USB support at all[...]

47 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide DATE: 02/02/02 m/d/y > OK Cancel < DATE: 02/02/02 m/d/y << >> Inc Dec TIME: 14:30:45 h:m:s > OK Cancel < TIME: 15:31:22 h:m:s << >> Inc Dec Date The Date option ( SETUP:Page Right:System:Page Right:Date ) allows you to enter the current date. This is used to timestamp new and [...]

48 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Appendix A: T roubleshooting and Servic e If you think your SDR24/96 has a problem, please do everything you can to confirm it before calling for service, including reading through the following T roubleshooting section. Doing so might save you from the deprivation of your Mackie Digital Audio Recorder and the associated suf[...]

49 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Repair Service for the SDR24/96 Digital Audio Recorders purchased in the USA is available only from one of our authorized domestic service stations. It is also available at the factory , located in sunny W oodinville, W ashington. (Service for Mackie products living outside the United States can be obtained thro[...]

50 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Appendix B: T echnical Info SDR24/96 Specifica tions Electronic Frequency Response (Digital, 48 kHz sampling rate): 20 Hz to 20 kHz (+ 0 dB, – 0.5 dB) Harmonic Distortion: 0.005% @ 1 kHz sine wave at –1 dBFS with 20 kHz brick-wall low-pass filter Dynamic Range: 108 dB digital (A-Weighted) Adjacent Channel Crosstalk (+10 [...]

51 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide Pin 1 + Ch 8 Ch16 Ch24 Pin 2 shield Ch 8 Ch16 Ch24 Pin 3 – Ch 7 Ch15 Ch23 Pin 4 + Ch 6 Ch14 Ch22 Pin 5 shield Ch 6 Ch14 Ch22 Pin 6 – Ch 5 Ch13 Ch21 Pin 7 + Ch 4 Ch12 Ch20 Pin 8 shield Ch 4 Ch12 Ch20 Pin 9 – Ch 3 Ch11 Ch19 Pin 10 + Ch 2 Ch10 Ch18 Pin 11 shield Ch 2 Ch10 Ch18 Pin 12 – Ch 1 Ch 9 Ch17 Pin 13[...]

52 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 Appendix E: Compa tible Cables Analog and Digital Multitr ack Cables The following companies supply analog and digital multitrack cables for use with the SDR24/96 Input and Output connectors: Horizon Music, Inc. P .O. Box 1988, Cape Girardeau MO 63702-1988 T el: (800) 255-9822; Fax: (800) 455-3460 http://www .horizonmusic.co[...]

53 Opera tion Guide Oper ation Guide © 2002 Mackie Designs Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Other Cables In addition to the companies listed above, the following companies supply individual 110 Ω AES/EBU and/or 75 Ω word clock and video cables: Apogee Electr onics Corpora tion 3145 Donald Douglas Loop South Santa Monica, CA 9040[...]

54 SDR 24/96 SDR 24/ 96 PROJECT: Feel the Love AVAIL: 02:27:26 on EXT 44. 1k VARI 48k 24 BIT 16 BIT TC ERROR MINUTES HOURS SECONDS FR AMES EXT CLOCK SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT POWER 24 TRACK/24 BIT DIGIT AL AUDIO RECORDER ALL INPUT AUTO INPUT PUNCH REHRSE LOOP LOCATE STORE DELETE LAST SETUP EDIT T-CODE CHASE AUTO TAKE TRACK PROJECT 24 23 22 21 20 [...]

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