Tonino Lamborghini OperationGuide MDR24/96 - Manual (Page 18)

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MDR 24/96
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DISK UTILITY MENU
Mount Format Verify
or 2000 on it, or with any Mac that has File Exchange or PC Exchange installed
(Mac OS 7 or later). You can format your own UDMA IDE drives with any PC that
has Windows 98 SE, Millenium, or 2000 on it, or with any Mac that has OS 10
installed.
Mackie Media drives can also be read by any system that can Format them. So, for
example, you can insert a Mackie Media PROJECT disk into your Macintosh SCSI
or IDE ORB drive and copy your Projects’ Recorded (WAV) and Rendered (WAV or
AIFF) files directly onto your Mac’s hard drive.
To format and verify media performance from the MDR24/96:
1. Press the DISK UTIL button.
2. Now select Format. The LCD
displays a message asking
you to verify the drive speed
for recording and playback.
3. Select OK. When the format operation has completed, another message
appears asking you to verify the drive speed for recording and playback.
4. If a UDMA drive is installed, select OK. After the performance verification
is completed, select Continue. If a Mackie Media PROJECT drive is
installed, select Cancel; they are too slow to be used for recording and
playback.
5. Press DISK UTIL to exit.
Verify Drive Performance
Verify Drive Performance tests the read/write speed and overall transfer rate of
the external drive under simulated worst-case scenarios to determine whether it
can sustain 24 tracks of recording and playback. Although any IDE drive can be
used for backup, only UDMA IDE drives that pass the performance verification
test can be used for recording and playback.
When a drive passes the performance verification test, it is designated as a real-
time drive. Formatting erases this designation, so each time you Format a
real-time drive you must re-run the test. If a drive fails the test, that drive can be
used for backup, but not recording. Drives tagged for backup-only service will be
designated as External* (with the asterisk) in the front panel menus.
After a Format operation, the MDR24/96 automatically prompts you to run the
performance verification test. The test should be run only on UDMA IDE drives.
Don’t run the test on Mackie Media PROJECT drives – the cows will come home
before the test finishes.