MACKIE HDR24/96 - Manual (Page 220)

HDR 24/96
Bringing It All Back Home
If you want to transfer processed tracks back to the HDR24/96, you can’t always just reverse your
steps. There are a few gotchas and safety nets that you should consider.
Direct File Replacement
If you haven’t changed the length of the region in your DAW, it’s possible to overwrite the
original file (you DID save a copy of the original, didn’t you?) with the processed version, but
this is a bit risky. Better to rename the original file on the HDR24/96 (for example rename Track
4_tk1.wav to Track 4_tk1x.wav) and then move the processed version into the AudioFiles folder
with the same name as the original file. The HDR24/96 expects to find a file of the same name it
originally assigned, so you can’t just drop a file with a new name in there and expect it to play.
There’s one little hitch. The original file Track 4_tk1.wfo, the file that draws the waveform on
the screen, is still in the Cache folder. If you did anything in the DAW that changed the
appearance of the file, on screen it will still look the same as before. If you want to get around
this, you can delete the .wfo file, save the Project after transferring the processed .wav file, then
re-open the Project. Since the region you replaced longer has an associated waveform file, a new
one will be created when you open the project, which will accurately reflect the waveform shape.
Direct replacement of a file in the AudioFiles folder is a shortcut that should be used with great
caution. If you’ve done anything in the DAW that changed the length of the region, the
HDR24/96 will object. If you’ve shortened the region from its original length, it will play, but
you’ll get noise filling up the space you removed. If you’ve lengthened the region, it won’t play
at all. Importing the processed file into the Project from another folder is much safer and requires
only a couple of additional steps. Here’s how:
FTP or Copy to an IMPORTED FILES Folder
The safest way to get a reworked file into a project is to copy it to an Imported Files folder on the
recorder’s disk (it can also be imported from a Media PROJECT cartridge or even a floppy if it’s
a very tiny file), Import it from there into the Project’s Regions List, then drag that imported
region into the track area to replace the old version.
This has several benefits:
• The original audio file remains intact so you can always revert to it if necessary
• A new waveform-drawing file will go along with the processed/edited audio file so the screen
will look correct
• Most important, the new file will play correctly.
Here’s a procedure that works well. We’ll use FTP in this example, but if you have the
removable hard drive in your DAW computer, you can do the same by using your computer’s file
management utility:
• Start the HDR24/96 FTP server and your FTP client program.
• If the project doesn’t presently have an Imported folder, create one using the FTP program’s
“Make Directory” function. You’ll use that folder later.
• To keep things neat on your DAW computer, make a folder there to hold the files you’re
going to transfer from the HDR24/96.
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