MACKIE HDR24/96 - Manual (Page 128)

HDR 24/96
channel status bits for each channel pair. Generally AES/EBU devices use the Professional
format while S/PDIF devices use the Consume format. Some don’t care about this setting,
others do. The setting has nothing to do with sound quality, so don’t be afraid to use the
Consumer setting if that’s required to work with whatever you’re connecting.
DIO-8 Setup from the Front Panel
Digital I/O settings are set from the
menus opened with the DIG-IO System
Control button. Selecting In or Out
displays the type of card in each of the
three slots.
If a DIO-8 card is installed in one or
more slots, the LED above its SELECT
button will be illuminated and its input or
output format will be displayed.
Pressing the slot’s SELECT button
toggles the input or output format selection.
The Stat Bits and Rate Convert options apply to the PDI-8 card only. Pressing either of those
SELECT buttons displays the status for each pair of channels. The large < and > Page
buttons move among the card slots. N/A is displayed for cards other than the PDI-8.
Pressing the illuminated SELECT button toggles the channel status bit format.
DIGITAL I/O Card Setup
Stat
Rate
In Out Bits Convert
SETUP TAPE INPUTS
1-8 9-16 17-24
ANLG ADAT AES
SETUP STATUS BITS
9-10 11-12 13-14 15-16
N/A N/A N/A N/A
SETUP STATUS BITS
17-18 19-20 21-22 23-24
Pro Consu Pro Pro
Selecting Rate Convert displays the ON/OFF status for channel pairs of PDI-8 cards, and N/A
for cards other than the PDI-8. Pressing the illuminated SELECT button toggles sample rate
conversion on those channel pairs.
If you’re familiar with DIO-8 or PDI-8 cards in a Mackie d8b console, you’ll notice that the
UV22 settings are absent here. This is a function of the console, not the card.
MIDI
This is a multi-function dialog. Most of the settings here relate only to the GUI display so they don’t
have counterparts on the front panel LCD. This is where the parameters affecting the BBT display -
Default Tempo, Song Offset, and Tempo Map are set. The MIDI Machine Control (MMC) Device
ID and Pre-Roll are also set from this window.
MMC Device ID Setup from the GUI
The Device ID pull-down menus select the recorder’s MMC Device ID. There are two
conventions for MMC track arming, a separate device ID for each 8-channel “block” of
devices (such as an 8-track digital multitrack recorder) or a single device ID for all tracks. If
you’re using a Mackie d8b console to send MMC commands to the HDR24/96, set both the
d8b and HDR24/96 Device ID to the same value for all tracks. If you’re using a controller
designed for 8-track devices, set each group of tracks to a different ID.
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