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AIFF File Support
Pro Tools and OMF EDLs may reference standard AIFF (Audio Interleaved File Format) files for
playback or file utility (export) operations. To be recognized, these audio files must end in one of the
following suffixes: .aiff, .AIFF, .aif, or .AIF. No mixed case suffixes may be used (e.g. Aiff). Both AIFF
files and Sound Designer II (SDII) files can be recognized and played in the same EDL, even in the same
track. Note that the MM series machines will only read or play back AIFF files, and will not export or
record to the AIFF format. If a Pro Tools track containing AIFF files is loaded, any new recording made
to that track on the MMR-8 will be made in the SD II format.
To properly play back on the MM series unit, the file which has the .aiff suffix must actually be a real
AIFF audio file. On the Pro Tools system, a Macintosh system file identifier is used by the software to
understand the true identity of a file. Thus, if a Sound Designer II file is erroneously named xxxx.aiff, the
Pro Tools application will understand that it is actually an SDII file and will play it back correctly. This is
a service provided by the Macintosh operating system. This is not the case for an MM series machine. If a
file which is not an actual AIFF audio file is named xxxx.aiff, the MM unit will try to play it as a true
AIFF audio file. The result will be “garbage” audio because of the difference between the actual file type
(e.g. SD II) and the .aiff file that the MM series machine is attempting to play. File names are in important
in this regard, particularly the suffix after a period. Do not rename files without regard to this fact.
OMF Files
The TASCAM MM Series machines can playback and export OMF composition (EDL) files which
reference external Sound Designer II or AIFF audio files. As of MM software Version 4.0, only sample
accurate OMF files conforming to version 1.0 of the OMF specification can be played or exported. To be
recognized by the MM series machines as a valid OMF file, it is required that the OMF composition
follow the naming convention xxx.omf, where xxx is any file name, and the suffix .omf is all lower case.
Files which do not have the .omf suffix will not be recognized as valid OMF files and will not be
displayed in the list of available files for loading or file utility operations. Frame accurate exports such as
those created by the Avid Media Composer are not directly supported. For more information on working
with OMF files and moving files between OMF compliant applications and the TASCAM MM series
machines, see the technical support page on the TimeLine web site at
http://www.timelinevista.com .
Zaxcom DEVA Broadcast Wave File Support
TASCAM MM Series units support playback of Projects and audio files created on the Zaxcom DEVA
hard disk recorder. This is a field recorder which records digital audio to an internal hard drive and can
immediately mirror recordings to an external SCSI device such as an Iomega Jaz disk. The MMR/MMP
can read DEVA files which have been recorded as mono sound files in the Broadcast Wave format to an
external SCSI drive formatted as a DOS volume. Only DEVA files recorded in precisely this way can be
read by the MMR/MMP. Polyphonic sound files (stereo or more tracks interleaved) can not be read, nor
can Sound Designer II files recorded to a DOS disk. Projects and Track Names of files recorded on a
DEVA unit will show the designation [DV] at the end of the name when it is displayed in the
MMR/MMP LCD window. Support is also provided for Export of DEVA files to the WaveFrame, Pro
Tools, and OMF/SDII formats.