Teac MMR-8 v1.25 - Manual (Page 7)

Tascam MMR/MMP Owner’s Manual • Version 1.25 Update Information 7
Crossfades in OMF
Occasionally a WaveFrame project will have an asymmetrical crossfade that must be adjusted in
order to perform an OMF Export, since asymmetrical crossfades in OMF files are not supported.
This is very rare, but when this situation does arise the message “OK to conform xfades?” will be
displayed. Answering YES will conform the crossfades (make them symmetrical) and the OMF
export will be performed. If NO is selected the message “EDL not exportable, try TapeMode
convert first” will be displayed. Once the project is converted to TapeMode it is possible to
perform an OMF Export without conforming the crossfades. This is because all crossfades are
rendered into a single media file per track after using the Tape Mode Convert backup function.
Support for Pro Tools ® 3.2 Session Files
With Version 1.25 software, the MMR-8 and MMP-16 now both support playback of version 3.2
as well as version 4.0 and higher of Digidesign’s Pro Tools Session file format.
Changing the default record drive
When a project is loaded from an external SCSI drive, that drive will become the new record drive.
Any subsequent new projects will be recorded to that drive until a project is loaded from either a
different external drive, or the MMR’s removable hard drive. In other words, the record drive is
always the drive from which the current project was loaded. Rebooting will return the MMR to its
default record drive, which is normally the removable hard drive.
It is possible to load tracks from other volumes into the current project. The audio recorded to
these tracks will be placed on the same volume from which the track was loaded. However,
recording onto, or editing these tracks will not make them part of the current project. These tracks
will still belong to the volumes and projects from which they were loaded, so caution should be
exercised.
Note: WaveFrame is still the only format supported for direct recording in version 1.25.
Recording four tracks each to two drives simultaneously
A valuable use for this feature is to record files simultaneously onto several different disk volumes.
Since every track will record to the disk volume and track file from which it was loaded, simply
load tracks one at a time to correspond with where you want the audio and track files to be
recorded. Here is a step by step procedure for setting up to record to two drives simultaneously,
four channels to each. There are other ways to accomplish this, but the principle should be clear
using this method.