Mackie MDR 24/96 Operation Manual page 7

Pairs of SELECT buttons with << >> displayed above them are used to select
among choices or move a cursor 'v' through a text field. The (–)DEC and (+)INC
(decrement and increment) buttons scroll through choices in the active field.
Sometimes they duplicate the << >> buttons and, at other times, they interact,
where the << >> buttons select the character that will be changed by the DEC
and INC buttons.
Pressing the SELECT button labeled OK in the display performs the menu
operation in process. There's usually a button labeled Cancel should you decide
not to complete an operation. Pressing any menu button will also back out without
performing the operation.
Front Panel Display and Controls
The (–)DEC and (+)INC (decrement and increment) buttons are
used to modify an alphabetical or numerical parameter displayed in
the LCD such as Project Name or Time Code Offset. If the red LEDs
above the buttons are glowing, they're active. Generally you can tell
that a character can be edited with the (–)DEC and (+)INC buttons
if it's sitting above a pair of << >> characters. The Select buttons
below the << >> characters move a 'v' cursor along numeric field, indicating
which character will be changed by pressing the (–)DEC and (+)INC buttons.
Any time you're working in a menu, LED's will illuminate above any button that
does something within that menu. Some operations, particularly those which could
be disastrous like deleting data that can't be recovered, offer you a Cancel option,
allowing you to quit without changing anything.
Depending on the menu and how many layers it has, Exit or Cancel may bring you
back to a previous menu or all the way back to the top. You can also leave the
menu by pressing the button that got you there (its red LED will be lit to remind
you where you are), or by pressing the left < button when the ← symbol isn't
displayed. You need not completely exit one menu before moving to another; just
press another menu button to jump into a new menu.
Transport Controls
Transport operating controls are described in detail in other sections of this
manual, so they won't be repeated here. This section describes the front panel
displays and the setup and system function buttons located below the LCD.
Current Time Display
Current transport time is displayed in either
Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames (SMPTE time) or
musical score position in Bars:Beats:Ticks (BBT) if
you are working on a project brought over from an
HDR24/96. The project must be displaying BBT
when last saved on the HDR. The display cannot be changed from the MDR24/96
directly.
In BBT mode, the front panel display only shows tick numbers when the transport
is stopped. When running, the Ticks field contains hyphens (- -). Leading spaces in
the Bars field are also filled with hyphens, as: - - 73:04:45. Bar numbers greater
than 999 are displayed as hyphens. However, the display still counts beats (01
through 04) while the transport is running.
DEC
HOURS MINUTES SECONDS FRAMES
K
BARS BEATS
TICKS
Operation Guide
INC
Note: Note:
Note: Whether or not a Note: Note:
"Cancel" or "Exit"
prompt appears above a
SELECT button, it's okay
to jump directly to one
of the other top level
menus without respond-
ing to a prompt. It's a
quick "bail out" in case
you've discovered that
you're in the wrong menu
for what you want to ac-
complish. Skipping an
OK, Cancel, or Exit
prompt will not harm or
hang the MDR24/96.
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