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Tascam MX-2424 Manual Update

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TASCAM
TEAC Professional Division
MX-2424
24-Bit 24-Track Hard Disk Recorder
MX-2424 Manual Updates
MX-View 1.00 – 1.40
MX-OS 1.10 – 3.11

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  • Page 1 TASCAM TEAC Professional Division MX-2424 24-Bit 24-Track Hard Disk Recorder MX-2424 Manual Updates MX-View 1.00 – 1.40 MX-OS 1.10 – 3.11...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ROADCAST FILE Support for Volumes Larger than 9GB (FAT-32)...6 Menu 710 and FAT-32 Initializing of Disks on the MX-2424 ...7 Menu 702 displays HFS or FAT-32 disk status ...7 Menu 700 supports 16 bit and 24 bit WAV encoding ...7 Ability to Smart Copy from FAT-32 to Mac HFS and vice versa ...7...
  • Page 3 Fix for Uploading Nuendo Generated Files in ViewNet MX...32 ...32 NOWN SSUES Smart Copy of TapeMode Projects...32 Switching Between HFS and HFS+ Drives ...32 MX-2424 3.01 R ...33 ELEASE OTES Menu 280 Mix Mode / Menu 801 Mixdown Project Name ...33 "A "...
  • Page 4 Tape Mode Now Stored In User Default Settings...40 Negative and "Double Positive" Timecode Locations ...40 Larger File Lengths in HFS+ mode ...40 Increased Functionality of Sony P2 protocol ...41 New Behavior for Tape Mode Projects...41 Default disk format is now HFS+ ...41 Mandatory HFS+ formatting for drives larger than 9 gigabytes ...41 ISCELLANEOUS AINTENANCE...
  • Page 5 Timecode Chase Update The MX-2424 will now better detect the current state of the time code master. More specifically, there have been improvements in the method by which it distinguishes between a master, which is no longer at play speed, and one that is still playing but has either drifted or jumped to a new position.

  • Page 6: Changes In Version 1.10

    FAT-32 and Broadcast .WAV file (BWF) Support The MX-2424 Version 1.10 supports disks formatted in the FAT-32 file format. In this format, a project consists of an OpenTL EDL referencing 16 or 24 bit Broadcast WAV files. Broadcast WAV files (.BWF) can be imported into any audio software that utilizes the WAV format.

  • Page 7: Menu 710 And Fat-32 Initializing Of Disks On The Mx-2424

    (or TapeMode Convert) from an HFS disk to a FAT-32 disk is performed, all SDII files automatically get converted to Broadcast WAV files. This feature allows MX-2424 projects to move to both Macintosh and Windows audio software with ease during various stages of a project.

  • Page 8: Formatting Fat-32 Discs On The Pc

    Formatting Fat-32 Discs on the PC A disk can be formatted and initialized as a FAT-32 volume on the MX-2424 as well as on a PC. To format a disk on the PC using a Windows 98 system: 1) Connect drive to a Windows-98 machine (via SCSI card).

  • Page 9: New "Busy Led" Feature

    Smart Copy to a DVD-RAM in Backup (BU) format DVD-RAMs that have never been initialized to FAT-32 or HFS may be used for the MX-2424 BU format. This is a proprietary backup format used on both DVD-RAM and Travan Tapes and CANNOT be mounted on a PC or Mac.

  • Page 10: Changes In Version 1.53

    Verify Option on Smart Copy The MX-2424 now has an option to verify a Smart Copy. When initiating a copy, perform all functions as done previously. There will now be a prompt that displays “Verify?” At this point “NO” can be pressed to skip the verify function, and the copy will perform without verification.

  • Page 11: New Menu 205 Punch To In/Out (Front Panel Only)

    MX-2424’s memory. evice - Allows you to select the SCSI ID of the MX-2424 disk. To change the selected device, enter the desired device number and press ENTER or RETURN on the computer keyboard.

  • Page 12: Fix For Smart Copying Of Tapemode Projects

    MX) via "Original Time", audio files may appear earlier by a few frames. This is because the MX-2424 starts and ends recordings on sector boundaries. The actual audio is being placed in the correct time stamp position. The audio file is simply a few frames longer on each end. The silence can be trimmed in the EDL.

  • Page 13: Changes In Version 1.54

    Performing an Import at "Original Time" of a non-time-stamped audio file now works properly. Improved Network Reliability Maintenance changes have been made to the MX-2424 networking functions for increased reliability with ViewNet. Known Version 1.54 Issues Using ViewNet 1.51 for Audio File Transfers and Project Smart Copies: Whenever performing audio file transfers or project backups and restores, make sure to close all other applications.

  • Page 14: Mx-2424 2.0 And Viewnet 2.0 Release Notes

    This light combines with the "base" sample rate setting to indicate the operating sample rat or example, if the 48k and the 2x lights are both lit, the MX-2424 is set to record at 96k. NOTE: Whenever the MX-2424 is switched between a sample rate in the base ("1X") range and one of the high sample rates in the ("2X") range, it will mute all of its audio outputs for the...

  • Page 15: Menu 115: Tl Bus Rate Mult

    When set to “Use Master 1x,2x”, the slave machine’s sample clock will automatically be set to the sample rate of the master machine. This is the way the MX-2424 has always operated. When set to “Use Local 1x,2x”, the slave machine will not switch to or from the double sample rate ("2X") range of the master.

  • Page 16: Menu 450: Dig I/O 2X Mode

    This menu determines the transmission method used when a working with high sample rates enu 460 applies specifically to the AES/EBU and S/PDIF 2 channel inputs and outputs When set to "High Speed", the MX-2424 sends and receives a stereo pair of audio tracks through he 2 channel connection.

  • Page 17: Menu 465: 2 Ch Out Select

    3.0 or higher in order to mount an HFS+ disk on the Macintosh. Addition of this driver can be done without erasing the contents of the disk, so the driver can be added after the MX-2424 initializes the isk and records program material to it.

  • Page 18: Miscellaneous Enhancements

    New Menu 000 "Theatre Play" mode The MX-2424 can now be set to a special mode where it steps through location points as a series of "cues". This can be useful when triggering material and sound effects for Theatre, Radio Stations, etc.

  • Page 19: Menu 020: Auto Chase

    Many other front panel functions are also disabled, including editing, capturing and locating to IN and OUT points, TO/FROM functions, and the LOOP function. The ONLINE button remains active so that an MX-2424 in "Theatre Play" mode ma master on the TL-Bus and thus expand the number of available "Theatre Play" tracks. When operating in "Theatre Play"...

  • Page 20: Menu 030: Timecode Muting Options

    For Example: If set to mute time code, the MX-2424 will still send MTC positional information that can be read by a mixer’s time code display. However, the MX-2424 will not send MTC information that the mixer’s automation would chase.

  • Page 21: Menu 206: Track Key Punch

    The text in this menu has been modified to display both the decimal and hexadecimal vers the Device ID value. The hexadecimal version is often used by TASCAM cons The decimal ID range is 1 thru 127, while the hexadecim The default setting of the menu is decimal 74 [Hex 49].

  • Page 22: Menu 301: Mmc Tracks/Id

    Menu "301 MMC Tracks/ID" allows the MX-2424 to support this track arming arrangement. When this menu is set to "24 [one ID]", the MX-2424 behaves as it has in the past, and all 24 tracks may be armed via the MIDI Device ID specified in Menu 300.

  • Page 23: New Front Panel "Multi-Paste" Edit Function

    The "Reverse" function may now be accessed via Menu 290 "More Edits" (see below). Implementation of the MIDI Machine Control "STEP" Command The addition of this command allows the MX-2424 to respond correctly to the Jog Wheel on the Mackie Digital 8-Bus Console, which issues STEP commands when the wheel is turned.

  • Page 24: New Master Selection Method For Rc-2424

    TL-Sync Synchronizer module.) “TL_Imports” Folder now automatically created When you initialize a disk on the MX-2424 in any format, and create at least one project, the “TL_Imports” folder will now automatically be created on that disk. It is no longer necessary to manually create this folder when the disk is mounted on a computer.

  • Page 25: New Error Message "Can't Verify Tapemode To Non-Destr

    New error message “Can’t Verify TapeMode to Non-Destr" Due to the nature of a TapeMode project, certain bits will change when the project is copied from one disk format to another. Therefore a verify request on a SmartCopy of a Tape Mode project will display this error message, because the copy is being performed from one file format to another.

  • Page 26: Miscellaneous Software Maintenance

    Previously, the MX-2424 would respond to MIDI messages from devices set to any MIDI Device ID, even if it was not the same MIDI Device ID as the MX-2424. The MX-2424 will now only respond to MMC messages sent from a device transmitting on the device ID set in Menu 300 of the MX-2424.

  • Page 27: Longitudinal Time Code (Ltc) Reader And "Drop Frame" Flag

    This has been corrected. NON-STD LED The NON-STD light will now flash when the MX-2424 is set to a Varispeeded in Menu 000. Remote MIDI LED Previously, the MIDI led would not illuminate on the RC-2424 when MIDI activity was detected by the MX-2424’s MIDI ports.
  • Page 28 • The MX-2424 can synchronize its sample clock to a multiple or divisible of the chosen clock rate. For example, if you are working on a project with a 96KHz sample rate, you can lock the MX- 2424 to an external word clock of 48KHz or 96KHz.

  • Page 29: Mx-Os 2.1 And Viewnet 2.1 Release Notes

    • Known Issues Support for 9-pin Control Protocol With version 2.1 software, the MX-2424 can now use the Sony P2 (9-Pin) machine control protocol. Four new menus have been added to allow the new functions: Menu 340: Remote Assign. Menu 340 selects the function of the rear-panel Remote connector. To use the MX-2424 with the RC-2424 remote control unit, select “RC-2424”.
  • Page 30 Traditional P2 controllers expect such a delay. This menu allows the operator to set the MX-2424 delay to match that expected by the controller. P2 controllers designed for manual, unsynchronized operation may have no notion of this delay, and for these controllers the best menu setting may be "Off".

  • Page 31: Enhancements

    23.976 (The "pull down" variant of 24 frames per second) 24.975 (The "pull-down" variant of 25 frames per second) These new time code rates will allow the MX-2424 to synchronize with formats that use these rates, such as video for High Definition Television.

  • Page 32: Maintenance Changes

    HFS+ FAT-32 Switching Between HFS and HFS+ Drives The MX-2424 must be rebooted before switching between HFS and HFS+ for the same SCSI ID. bly with DVD-RAM disks that had been intain TapeMode status when the two drives have HFS+...

  • Page 33: Mx-2424 3.01 Release Notes

    When set to "Off" the MX-2424 acts as it always has. Mix mode is not available. Record Mode When set to Record, the MX-2424 will play the currently loaded project out of its outputs, as it usually does. However, the MX-2424's inputs will simultaneously record any incoming signal to a separate, "Mix Project".
  • Page 34 With Mix Mode, using an external mixdown machine is no longer necessary. The stereo mix routed back to the MX-2424 and recorded onto 2 channels. You now have two mono digital audio files that are the left and right side of your mix. These files can then be taken to a acintosh or PC through removable hard drives or via an Ethernet file transfer for CD mastering.

  • Page 35: New "Auto" Project Names

    44.1kHz / 24-bit project on an HFS+ drive. The mixdown files need to be recorded on an external removable FAT-32 drive to be taken to a PC for ma 1. Connect the 24 outputs of the MX-2424 to an analog console to mix the 24 tracks down to stereo.

  • Page 36: Auto Project Name Priorities

    Auto Project Name Priorities The MX-2424 will look for "autoloop" first, then "autoplay", then "autoload" and act on the first one found. The project name can contain either upper or lower case character, because project names are not case sensitive.

  • Page 37: New Expanded Ram Options

    RAM required by the MX-2424. Other types of RAM may not perform reliably. Menu 988 will display the amount of installed memory in the MX-2424 If unsupported RAM that is not compatible with the MX-2424 is installed, the machine will not ower up i n a normal manner.

  • Page 38: Menu 570-Waveform Record

    Menu 570-Waveform Record With the 3.01 release, it will be possible to use your MX-2424 recorder with the new graphical user interface, "MX-View", which among other things, will display audio waveform data of MX- 2424 recordings. Turning Menu 570 to "on" allows the MX-2424 to record waveform data along with the audio files.

  • Page 39: Menu 364: P2 Chase Control

    The MX-2424's P2 section now allows for receiving the P2 "chase" command from an appropriate P2 9-pin controller. If the MX-2424's menu 340 is set to "P2 In", and an attached P2 controller sends a "chase" command the MX-2424 will go online and menu 000 will change to "Timecode Chase"...

  • Page 40: Faster "Catch Up" Times For Long Recordings

    NOTE: The MX-2424 does not permit recording or editing prior to zero. If the playhead is currently in the "negative region" and the machine is put into record, the MX-2424 will wait until it reaches zero before actually recording. The record LED will flash quickly to indicate this special "record-pending"...

  • Page 41: Increased Functionality Of Sony P2 Protocol

    Menu 361 adds a new "console" track arming interface that allows new options for track arming through the Sony P2 protocol. With menu 361 set to "Console" the MX-2424, if it is a TL-Bus slave, will now respond ONLY to P2 track arming commands, and will do so whether it is online or not.

  • Page 42: Miscellaneous Maintenance Items

    Previously, the RC-2424 remote would not always store user-created Macros correctly. This has been corrected with version 3.01 Previously, the MX-2424 would very rarely switch to a frame rate of 30FPS when a rate of 29.97 was chosen. This has been corrected with version 3.01 User Notes Pro Tools users should make sure to use the latest version of the Pro Tools software.

  • Page 43: Mx-Os 3.05 / Mx-View 1.30 Release Notes

    MX-OS 3.05 / MX-View 1.30 Release Notes Markers Window A Markers window is associated with a particular Edit Window. Load a project, open the edit window for that machine, then select Markers from the Window menu. As usual, window selections can be done with keyboard shortcuts also, but note that an Edit Window or User Groups Window must be the front window or the Markers window will not be accessible.

  • Page 44: 12 User Groups

    12 User Groups When a new project is created, there are no User Groups and all project tracks are considered as not belonging to any user group. Note that this means that the project file format does not really change until after user groups are specifically added to a project, so creating a new project is exactly like starting out with a pre-existing project;...
  • Page 45 Creating a new group (From the User Groups Window) Activate the user groups window. • If in single machine mode, the New Group menu item will be enabled: If there are less than 12 groups already existing for the current project. •...

  • Page 46: Creating A New Group (From The Edit Window)

    Creating a new group (From the Edit Window) A new user group can be created with one or more tracks automatically added to the new group by creating the group directly from the edit window. New groups created in this manner may be named and the group color selected at the time the group is created.

  • Page 47: New "User Group" Track Menu Item

    New "User Group" track menu item Once User Groups have been created, tracks may be added to a User Group by selecting the User Group from the track pop-up menu. With User Groups created, a new menu item "User Group" will become enabled in the track menu, from which the track can be assigned to any of the available user groups.

  • Page 48: Input, Record And Edit Select Track Button Function Changes

    Input, Record and Edit select track button function changes With no groups activated, the Input, Record and Edit select track buttons function exactly the same as in previous versions of MX-View. With one or more groups activated, these track buttons work as follows: With one or more groups activated, click on the track Input, Record or Edit buttons of ANY track belonging to ANY group to toggle Input, Record Enable or Edit Enable for ALL tracks of ALL selected groups.

  • Page 49: Maintenance Items

    Maintenance Items • Changes implemented to avoid various types of waveform database corruption • Missing sound file problem upon Render fixed • Display of Mix Mode bit depth is now correct • Improvements to the FAT-32 file system for improved Disk Cleanup performance and handling of larger files •...

  • Page 50: Mx-View 1.4 And Mx-Os 3.10

    When the mouse button is released, the altered waveform data is sent to the MX-2424 as a single unit. This action is undoable and redoable. If you make 2 pencil edits (2 mouse ups) and then select undo twice, the waveform will be back to what it was originally.

  • Page 51: Reverse Play Keyboard Shortcuts

    Reverse play keyboard shortcuts The reverse play button on the Transport Window now has a shortcut key. On Mac it is Opt-Spacebar and on Windows it is Alt-Spacebar. Selection Tool Changes Hand Tool (pointer) operations: • With any active user group(s), clicking (on mouse down) on an audio event will not select that event if the track is not in the active group(s) unless the shift key or ctrl key is held down.

  • Page 52: Virtual Track Present Indicator

    Virtual Track Present Indicator Any track that has virtual tracks created has the expander triangle colored blue. Logarithmic and Exponential Fade Types Fade Changes Multitrack Selections and the Fade Command With selector tool (arrow cursor), it is now required that multi-track selections must be such that the resulting fade will be the same on all selected tracks or the Fade command will not be enabled.

  • Page 53: Event Copy/Paste For Non-Contiguous Selections

    Event copy/paste for non-contiguous selections Using the Hand tool (arrow pointer), changes have been made to MX and MX-View software to allow for non-contiguous audio event selections. With non-contiguous selections, the clear command will only clear the selected events, leaving any non- selected events in place (previously, the clear command would clear everything on the track from the first selected event to the last).

  • Page 54: Keyboard Shortcuts For Jump To Head/Tail

    Groups Window • Up arrow • Down arrow • Enter/return key • Shift-cmd-N (Mac) or shift-ctrl-N (Windows) • Cmd-W (Mac) or Ctrl-W (Windows) • Cmd-Q (Mac) or Ctrl-Q (Windows) • Opt-Cmd-R (Mac) or Ctrl-Alt-R (Windows) • Cmd-G (Mac) or Ctrl-G (Windows) Keyboard shortcuts for jump to Head/Tail The Head and Tail buttons on the Transport Window now have shortcut keys.

  • Page 55: Timecode Chase Menus Added To Settings Menu 000 (Basic Settings)

    Timecode Chase menus added to Settings Menu 000 (Basic Settings) The MX has added 4 new machine settings menus to the basic settings (000). The new items are menus 021 (Chase Sample Ref), 022 (Chase Freewheel), 023 (Chase Relock), and 024 (Relock Threshold). These menus are also now available in MX-View on the Basic Settings (000) dialog.

  • Page 56: Lock Error Display

    024 Relock Threshold (default) Automatic 1/3 frame 1 frame 2 frames 5 frames 10 frames This menu determines the size of the error between the MX and the master which must be detected before a “relock” will take place [see above].

  • Page 57: More Memory Registers

    More MEMORY Registers • The number of memory registers in the MX-2424 has been increased to 255, all of which will be accessible from MX-View. • The number of memory registers displayed at the front panel (and RC-2424) may be controlled by a new menu, with selections for 100 or 255 Memory Registers.

  • Page 58: Memory Register Changes (Mx-View)

    Memory Register Changes (MX-View) The MX now has 255 memory registers. The following changes were also made to MX-View. • Changed the image for the memory register on the Time Ruler (wider to accommodate 3 digits). • Always display up to 255 registers (even if MX is set to only display 100). The MX always has 255, it just limits the front panel to 100 (2 keystrokes) or 255 (3 keystrokes).

  • Page 59: Maintenance Items

    Backup Erase Memory h andling of the Undo History As of MX-OS version 3.10, 256MB of RAM will be required for 100 levels of Undo. An MX-2424 with 128MB of RAM will be limited to 50 levels of U loop record.

  • Page 60: Mx-Os 3.11 Release Notes

    MX-OS 3.11 Release No This version of MX-OS Requires Version 1.40 of MX-View File System Maintenance ha ges were made to improve file system reliability and reduce rare instances of data corruption po ted from the field. Technical details follow: •...

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