MACKIE HDR 24/96 - Manual (Page 7)

HD24/96 Technical Reference 7
Foreword
Welcome Aboard! Thank you for choosing the Mackie Designs HDR24/96 Hard Disk Recorder -
- a benchmark in affordable professional multitrack audio recording. Occupying only 4U of rack
mount space, the HDR combines the familiarity of a multitrack tape recorder with a powerful,
built-in DAW-style editor.
About This Manual/How To Use This Guide
Your HDR24/96 instruction manual comes in three parts. The Quick Start Guide is intended
to help you get your HDR24/96 installed, interfaced to your console, and configured so you
can start recording quickly. The Applications Guide walks you step-by-step through the
processes of recording, overdubbing, and editing, showing you the HDR24/96’s way of
doing familiar tasks and introducing you to the power features that bring it capabilities far
beyond those of a conventional multitrack recorder.
Finally, this Technical Reference gives detailed explanations of all the controls, displays,
and menus. Keep it handy while you’re learning your way around. Here you’ll find more
detailed information on controls, indicators, and functions, files and file management, the
complexities of clocking, synchronization, and interfacing unique to the world of digital
recording. Here you’ll find some shortcuts to frequently and infrequently used features.
If you haven’t already done so, break open the Quick Start Guide, hook up your recorder,
connect the optional monitor, keyboard, or remote controller, and get rolling. This is a
hands-on process.
Conventions
Text Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this guide:
Keyboard Keys – SHIFT, A, a
Key combinations – CTRL+SHIFT+6
Functions – Record
Names of GUI objects (buttons, arrows) or panel controls – TC CHASE
Window Navigation Conventions
This manual uses a shortcut notation that will lead you to a window in which a described
operation is performed or a parameter is viewed. The various levels leading to the desired
window are separated by a vertical bar “|”. For example: Windows | Setup | Locator-MMC
means: Select Windows from the top level menu, then Setup from that list, then Locator-
MMC from the Setup dialog box.