MACKIE HDR24/96 - Manual (Page 7)

HDR 24/96
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 and How To Use It
Your HDR24/96 instruction manual comes in three parts. The Quick Start Guide is intended to help
you get your HDR24/96 up and running quickly, and it serves as a handy reference to the most
common operations. The Operation Guide provides details about interfacing, setup, and operation. It
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’s where 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. You’ll also find
some shortcuts to frequently and infrequently used features.
If you haven’t already done so, install your I/O cards (don’t forget to read their instructions!) 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.
Text Conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this guide:
Keyboard Keys – [S HIFT ] - [A] - [a]
Key combinations – [C TRL +S HIFT +6]
Key sequences – [A LT +f], [o]
Key modified mouse actions – [C TRL +click]
Mouse button actions – right-click
Functions or type of button group– Record
LCD Display text (and associated SELECT button) – Audio New Open Save Delete
Names of front panel or Remote buttons – TC CHASE
Names of GUI objects (buttons, arrows) or panel controls – TC CHASE
Names of GUI Menus, Menu Items, & Dialog Responders – File | Open
Window / Menu 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.
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