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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.
Example: A studio uses two MX-2424 recorders, locked via the TL-Bus as a single 48 track
system. The engineer wishes to connect both MX-2424 machines to two individual P2 output
ports on the console, so that the console can arm all 48 tracks with its track arm buttons.
By having the slave only respond to P2 track arming commands and not transport commands,
the slave is able to have it's tracks armed remotely, yet still stay synchronized with the master
machine.
NOTE: When controlling the MX-2424 with the TASCAM DM-24 digital mixer via P2, set Menu
361 to Console in order to have track arming status displayed on the console when tracks are
armed locally on the MX-2424.
New Behavior for Tape Mode Projects
Previously, when working in a Tape Mode project, it was possible to change the project to "Non-
Destructive" status by setting the machine to non-destructive in Menu 200 while the project is
loaded. However, if no edits or recordings were performed on the project before unloading, the
project would still load as a Tape Mode project the next time
With version 3.01, it is no longer necessary the user to record some audio, after changing a
project to non-destructive, to "preserve" the non-destructive status. The project will load the
next time as a non-destructive project, whether or not additional audio has been recordeds.
Default disk format is now HFS+
Previously, the default disk format was HFS. Since most hard disk drives sold today are larger
than 9 gigabytes and would require FAT-32 or HFS+ formatting, the HFS formatting option no
longer the default.
Mandatory HFS+ formatting for drives larger than 9 gigabytes
Drives larger than 9 gigabytes must always be formatted as HFS+ as opposed to HFS to be
used on the MX-2424. Operators unaware of this would often format large drives as HFS, which
would cause immediate problems upon recording. With version 3.01 if it is attempted to format a
drive larger than 9 gigabyte as HFS, the MX-2424 will not allow it, prompting to format the disk
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