Tascam MMR-8 - Manual (Page 37)

MMR-8 TASCAM MMR-8 Owner’s Manual • Chapter 2 • Installation 37
DVD RAM Support
The MMR/MMP will support SCSI backup and export to DVD RAM disks. These drives are several
times slower than Magneto-Optical disks for recording and transfers. Playback of a limited number of
tracks is possible from a DVD RAM disk, but maximum performance seen to date is 6 channels of 16-bit
material in TapeMode.
LIMDOW Optical Drives
For backing up files, and for ease of moving smaller projects around, we recommend using a
“LIM/DOW” (Light Intensity Modulation / Direct Over Write) type optical disk. The LIM/DOW
technology achieves better performance than is available on older types of Magneto-Optical media, which
must execute an erase pass before they can write new data to the disk. The Nikon Beluga AV MO
(Magneto-Optical) disk drive has been tested and rated to perform well when used with the MMR-8. A
chart of currently tested and certified disk drive media is given in Appendix B, MMR Approved Drives
List. The results from performance tests of the NIKON Beluga AV MO drive with 1K per sector media
are also given there. It is possible to use other removable media such as the IOMEGA Jaz drive and the
SyQuest Syjet, but these do not provide the same level of performance for recording as a hard drive and
they are more fragile than optical drive media. Use these devices at your own risk, as they are not
supported as primary record or playback devices. DAT, Exabyte and other streaming tape device cannot
currently be used with the MMR-8 system.