Mackie MDR24/96 Operation Manual page 6

The MDR24/96 Quick Start Guide uses the following conventions to help you find
information quickly:
a) File or folder names (example: C:\HDR Projects\Ode To Masters\Ode
To Masters.hdr)
b) Software or hardware controls (example: Punch)
c) Proper names of objects on front/rear panel (example: PLAY)
This icon identifies in-depth explanations of features and practical tips. Though
not required reading, they do offer some choice tidbits of knowledge that will
leave you wiser for the reading.
This icon identifies information that is critically important to the operation of the
MDR24/96. So for your own sake, please read these sections.
Most of the buttons on the front panel need no explanation (don't worry, we'll
explain them anyway). The display (LCD) and the buttons immediately below it
control the computer that's at the heart of the MDR24/96. Once you understand
the functions, you'll find them to be intuitive.
Originally we plopped all of the controls onto the MDR24/96 front panel and found
that after a while, it was entirely filled with buttons. So we decided to lose a few
along the way, and hide the ones that were used less frequently (as often as you
visited Aunt Sadie) somewhere under an LCD menu. To make up for missing
buttons and the need for a road map, we stuck in a few Go Here and Go There
buttons and here's what we came up with:
Most of the group of buttons
immediately above the transport
("tape deck") controls open menus in
the LCD. These are the entry points to
the LCD menus and are called System
Control buttons.
The large < and > buttons are page navigators. If a menu consists of more than
one page, the top line on the 24 character by 4 line LCD readout will display a ←
or → in the upper left or upper right corner to indicate the direction in which you
may page to find more choices within
that menu.
The four SELECT buttons under the
LCD are aligned under text describing the choices available within that menu.
Examples include Exit, confirmation (OK), increment or decrement a number,
scroll through choices, or advance through operational tiers ("follow the signs, you
won't get lost"). Select buttons are soft buttons whose function changes depending
on the operation you're performing.
TRACK/
DELETE LAST PROJECT BACKUP DISK UTIL SYSTEM DIGI-I/O
EDIT
SELECT SELECT SELECT
SYNC DEC INC
SELECT