Teac MX-2424 Tutorial - Manual (Page 25)

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TapeMode or Non-Destructive?
There are two types of recording modes, TapeMode and Non-Destructive. TapeMode is
destructive recording and does not provide editing or the ability to undo recordings. It's
just like recording on tape, when you record over something it's gone forever. The Non-
Destructive Mode allows you to perform/undo/redo edits as well as undo/redo
recordings. In Non-Destructive Mode, an Edit Decision List (EDL) called a project file is
written on the drive by the MX-2424 to keep track of all your recordings and edits. The
Non-Destructive Mode is the MX-2424's default setting.
Tape Mode writes and maintains a single unbroken audio file per track. The Non-
Destructive Mode writes many separate audio files in order to keep all the recordings
available for undo. If you plan to transfer the audio files recorded on your MX-2424 to a
computer based digital audio workstation (DAW), TapeMode makes this easy.
A project recorded in Non-Destructive Mode can be converted to a TapeMode project
using the TapeMode Convert function. You'll find TapeMode Convert under the
[PROJ/NEW] button. TapeMode convert creates a copy of the original Non-Destructive
project with new audio files created from the original EDL tracks so there will need to be
enough space available on the drive for the TapeMode project.
For most applications, Non-Destructive Mode is preferable since you will have the
option of going back to a previous recording and/or performing edits. But in some
instances, Tape Mode is more space efficient than Non-Destructive Mode. For
example, when recording many tracks in a situation where re-takes are likely, each re-
take in Non-Destructive mode could use up a significant amount of drive space.
TapeMode keeps the drive space used in this situation constant over multiple re-takes
then the project can be switched to Non-Destructive mode for overdubs/editing. Any
Non-Destructive project would need to be converted to TapeMode using TapeMode
convert if desired.