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choices. Access to the new "Post Production" input mode can only be done through Menu
01.
Menu 301: MMC Tracks/ID
Many consoles with MIDI Machine Control (MMC) capability have been designed to control
banks of 8-track machines, such as the DA-88. While transport commands such as PLAY and
STOP are sent to the first 8-track machine, with the others synchronized to the first, MMC track
"record-ready" commands need to be sent to each machine individually.
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.
However, when "MMC Tracks/ID" is set to "8 [three ID's]", the 24 tracks of the MX-2424 are
split into three groups of 8, with each group of 8 assigned its own MIDI device ID. Tracks 1 thru
8 are armed using the Device ID specified in Menu 300. Tracks 9 thru 16 are armed at the same
address plus 1. Tracks 17 thru 24 are armed using the same base address plus 2.
Example: Setting up the TASCAM TMD-4000 console to record arm tracks on the MX-2424.
This example assumes a “closed loop” MMC connection with both MIDI In and Out connected
between the MX-2424 and the TM-D4000.
1. On the MX-2424: Set Menu "301 MMC Tracks/ID" to "8 [three ID's]".
2. On the MX-2424: Confirm that Menu "300 MIDI Device ID" reads "74 [Hex 49]".
3. On the TMD-4000: Set up a "closed loop" device at address "49". This device should be
enabled for transport commands as well as for the first 8 tracks to be armed.
4. On the TMD-4000: Set up an "open loop" device at address "4A" (the next hexadecimal
number after 49). This device should be enabled for the second group of 8 tracks to be
armed.
5. On the TMD-4000: Set up a second "open loop" device at address "4B". This device
should be enabled for the third group of 8 tracks to be armed.
Note that, on the TMD-4000, the first group of 8 tracks which can be armed is attached to faders
9 thru 16; the second group to faders 17 thru 24; and the third group to faders 25 thru 32.
Menu 501 “Post Production” input mode
Menu 501 adds a “post production” mode of input monitoring. When in this mode, armed tracks
ill monitor input only when recording, but not when the transport is stopped.
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NOTE: The front panel auto input key can be used to toggle between the two "original" input
mode
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