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1. Choosing Project Track To Be Loaded To load a Project or track it is first necessary to select which Project or track is to be loaded by clicking on the Project or track name The selected Project or track will appear highlighted Projects or tracks may only be selected one at a time Choosing A Destination Track Once a source Project or track 1s selected for loading choose the destination track in the MX 2424 by selecting a track number from the drop down list of available destination tracks Faq Load project track Miel Fa Machine name Me 2424 2 Ident 2 serial number 1430 EA Warmness 11 0 303 a Bass_1 Y Kick_3 B s are_5 Y Hi Hat_7 E Drums L_9 E Drums R_11 Y PadL_13 4 Pad R15 Y Synth Bend L_17 Y Synth Bend R_19 To track Load 1 9 44 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Loading Projects To load a Project click on the desired Project from the list to select 1t then with the destination track from the To track list set to 1 press the Load button When a Project is loaded starting with track 1 the project attributes sample rate timecode type are also loaded Loading Tracks To load an individual track open the list of tracks contained in a Project by double clicking on the folder icon or project name Select the desired track from the list only one track may be selected at a time by clicking on 1t Choose the desired destination
2. Although transport commands are also communicated in this mode they are sent in sequence as an active connection is established for each machine and the transports will therefore not be synchronized To accurately synchronize multiple machines use the TL Bus and control the group from the TL Bus Master machine Starting Multi machine Mode To start the Multi machine mode select the machines which will be part of the multi machine group by selecting them in the Network Screen Use Shift to select a range of machines and Ctrl Click to select discontiguous machines from the list If all machines belonging to a sync group or a machine set are to be used these do not need to be selected in the Network Screen After all desired machines are selected choose Start multi machine from the Machine menu to open the Multi machine mode window ESR el ee el ee ee ee ee rara Machine Macros Start multi machine 96 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Selecting the Multi machine Group Es Multi machine mode send actions to CO Original machine Mame Mx 2424 1 Ident1 Serial number1430 Syne group All Machine set All x Stan Use the selection buttons in the Multi machine mode window to choose which machines will be part of the multi machine group To select machines which were chosen in the Network Screen choose Original machine s To choose all members of a selected sync group choose fr
3. Reverse Play 4 The Reverse Play button will cause the playhead to move in reverse at normal play speed If any audio tracks are present they will play from disk backwards during the reverse play operation Recording is not possible during Reverse Play Stop L The Stop button will cause play reverse play rewind and fast forward transport functions to stop If the unit is in loop mode while any of these transport functions are active the Stop button will stop the transport and cancel the loop mode state ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 57 e wNe Play gt The Play button will cause the MX s transport to move forward at the nominal play speed If Play is pressed while the system is in a record or rehearse state the record or rehearse state will be inactivated and the transport will continue to play Fast Forward The Fast Forward button will cause the playhead to move forwards faster than play speed No audio will be played during fast forward Rehearse The Rehearse button is used to put tracks which are armed for recording into input monitor status rather than playing from disk while the transport is moving Tracks which are not armed for recording will be unaffected by the rehearse function To use the rehearse function press the Rehearse button to place it in a ready state then press the Play button Alternatively the Rehearse button can be activated anytime the system is in pla
4. ViewNet MX 000 Basic Setup E Machine settings A x 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control 600 Empty 200 Transport 700 Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital O 900 System Control mode Local TL Bus v Frame reference Automatic v Sample reference InternalFrame v Sample ref status Internal Timecode type 30NDF v Sample rate 44100 v Varispeed rate 100 00 Applies to Apply all e Original machine Name Mx 2424 1 Ident1 Serial number 1430 O Syne group Machine set Revert Open Save This menu bank has settings for the most fundamental settings governing how the MX 2424 responds to external clocks and control The items in this bank are Control Mode Frame Reference Sample Reference Sample Ref Status Timecode Type Sample Rate Varispeed Rate Control Mode The control mode governs what signal source controls the MX 2424 s transport functions The control mode choices are described below Local TL Bus In local mode offline the front panel transport buttons offer direct control over the all transport functions When the TL Bus mode 1s active and the unit is online the MX 2424 can function as either a master or a slave to other TL Bus devices as set through Setup menu 110 TL Bus This is the default value Timecode Chase When Timecode chase is active and the unit is online the MX 2424 will chase incoming LT
5. 1 2 9 10 17 18 2 Channel Input This setting allows the MX to take its clock from one of the stereo digital inputs AES EBU or SPDIF You must choose between AES and SPDIF in the 400 Menu tab Sample Ref Status This is simply a status display for the value selected in the above menu 82 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Timecode Type The following timecode types are provided as choices in this setting 30ND default 30DF 25 25 24 24 29ND 29DF Sample Rate The following digital sample rates are provided as choices in this setting e 44056 44100 e 44100 e 44144 44100 e 47952 4800 e 48000 default e 48048 4800 Varispeed Rate This setting allows for setting a varispeed playback rate This function allows playback of audio over a range of speeds from 87 5 to 112 5 of nominal play speed Varispeed varies the playback frequency as well as the digital sample clock on the digital output The precise speed can be set from ViewNet in increments of 01 over the entire range This function works by changing the sampling rate of the unit and this is reflected in the sample rate of the digital audio output stream from the MX 2424 which will vary according to the speed set in this menu This is different from the jog shuttle mode because that mode produces a constant sample rate output while scrubbing audio off speed Note that the Varispeed Mode is mutually exclusive with
6. To select a clip for editing use the grab hand cursor tool and click on the desired clip The In and Out marks will automatically be set to the bounds of the selected clip and the track will be enabled for editing 70 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Multiple Clip Selection J i 59 00 02 00 59 1 0 02 00 59 20 02 E You reach Escape Velo Y dal A A W Devil s in the Details ar E MMF Trk3_0098 MMR Trks_00551_150 gt Tibetan Singing Tibetan Singing pi Bubbles L To select multiple clips hold the shift key while clicking on each clip Multiple clips will be selected and the edit region will encompass the area from the beginning of the first selected clip to the end of the last selected clip If the selected clips are edited using commands from the Edit menu the entire range of material on tracks selected for editing between the In and Out marks is affected If multiple selected clips are moved by dragging them within the EDL view only the selected clips will be included in the drag edit operation Unselected material within the selected region will not be affected by dragging the multiple clip selection Selecting Regions 31 0011 0 0140 20 00 l l Selected Region To select a region set the In and Out marks then enable the Edit buttons for the tracks which will be included in the selection The fastest way to select a region is to drag across the desired regio
7. MX SOWAT C sit ah te e hee E S 95 Update MN SWAF A A A N Aa 96 MOLCTENAC HIN venien N 96 SORE VIM PTO CIVITELLO vi a E A AA 96 DELE CAS the Multi machine Roads 97 Multi machine Mode Indicator lt lt lt ia a la pais 97 ati MULA machine Mode ee iO 97 MoleMann ED AA dls 97 Propao ate Edit A des 98 Propao abe ROU innana 0 A A 98 Propao ae TA OUE soane a E EE e a edo 98 Propao de oe 98 Propano A 98 CHAPTER 7 MACROS miaa soeces 99 MACROS ME i al 99 MALM ATO RCCOMAIN So lo e ae ON a 99 STOP VICI O TCCON INO a e ta derlale 99 UN VUES MOCOS Ser E TEE E A ah ae E E O een ead eaenecad 99 MANAGE PEAY MACROS uns are a a a aa 100 10 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Smole nons pecie machine Macros ini A Gagne ans 101 Multiple specie machine INGCIOS A A es ete 101 A Sicha ei ete aka senda See RS aha ee Meta teeta an A E Daa ate E a sats etna 102 o ee ee ee eer eee ee eee 102 1B i RR ORNS E O 103 FUNCTION TK CV ASI ON ed een 103 Checking Macro Function Key ASssignment ccccccssseeseesseseseeeeseeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 103 A Re Ree NTE DOOD E OI O re mn REE Or eer 103 PI Lo Destinada pa tas 103 Original MACIAS A ad 103 pyne Group Machine dci 103 CHAPTERS HELE WHEN Usos 104 TOR HELPME NU A O O SARA 104 ABOUT NTE WNET AUDIO ati 104 NEXTAVALAPLE TP ie tessa Si as 104 TIMECODE CALCULATOR 5 c26 n E 105 Entering Numbers In The Timecode Calculator 105 Arithmetic Operator CROIC omic ir a W
8. Network EES Identification Services Protocols Adapters Bindings Network Protocols ETCPAIP Protocol Add Remove Properties Update Descriptor Transport Control Protocol nternet Protocol The default wide area network protocol that provides communication across diverse interconnected networks Make sure the TCP IP Protocol installed If it 1s not click on Add to open the window called Select Network Protocol and then select TCP IP from the available choices Complete the installation of the TCP IP protocol then return to the Network window Select Network Protocol 21 x Click the Network Protocol that you want to install then click OK IF gt E you have an installation disk for this component click Have Disk Network Protocol Y NetBEUI Protocol Y NWLink IPX SPX Compatible Transport Y Point To Point Tunneling Protocol Y Streams Environment Have Disk OK Cancel 22 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Windows NT Network Adapter Selection In the Windows NT Network window click on the Adapters tab You must have a working network adapter in your hardware profile in this example the Intel 82557 based 10 100 Ethernet PCI Adapter 1s installed If you do not please consult your Windows NT documentation or see your network administrator for help installing your Network Interface hardware Network El ES Identification Services Protoc
9. New project Load project ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 107 ViewNet MX Other Ctrl 1 through 9 Activate machine ID in edit window Ctrl Q Quit 108 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual Edit Commands Audio clips in the Project EDL view may be edited by using the edit command buttons at the top of the Project EDL screen or the edit commands in the Edit menu All possible edit operations are represented in the Edit menu along with some of their corresponding keyboard shortcuts Edit View Machine Undo Ctitz Redo Cte y Cut Ctrl Copy Ctrl C Faste Etrit Clear Insert Open Select all in edittracks Ctrl Left cut Ctl Event local cut Ctri H Event local left cut Discard Paste lett Ctrl ki Paste at out Paste at playhead Sync paste Ctri B sync insert split Ctri s In to nov Duplicate Ctri D Rename event Render Reverse Mudge lett Mudge right Coarse nudge lett Coarse nudge right 107 Preparing to Edit Two important things must occur before any edit operations can be performed First the material to be edited must be selected Second the desired tracks must be selected for editing Selecting Range of Material to Edit To edit a time span or range of material must first be defined To select a range or span of time set the In mark to the beginning of the region to be edited and place the Out mark at the end of the range of material to be edited There are several ways to accomplish setti
10. Nudge Right The Nudge Right command will move the selected material to the right later in time by an amount equal to the Nudge amount set in the Preferences window The keyboard shortcut for this is Coarse Nudge Left The Coarse Nudge Left command will move the selected material to the left earlier in time by an amount equal to the Coarse Nudge amount set in the Preferences window The keyboard shortcut for this is Shift Coarse Nudge Right The Coarse Nudge Right command will move the selected material to the right later in time by an amount equal to the Coarse Nudge amount set in the Preferences window The keyboard shortcut for this is Shift 119
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12. open the Machine settings window If it is desired to broadcast new settings to multiple machines change the Applied to button from Original machine to Machine Set then click on Apply Changes to apply only changes that have been made since the Machine Settings window was opened or Apply All to apply all current settings to the selected machine s Name This is the Machine Name as entered in Setup Menu 940 of the MX 2424 The name can also be entered by using the Machine Information window which is available in the Machine menu of ViewNet Ident This is the machine ID number which is assigned in Setup Menu 111 of the MX 2424 This number will have a value between 01 and 32 and must be unique for each MX 2424 connected together via the TL Bus This number can be changed by using the Ident Request item under the 100 tab in the Machine Settings window Serial Number This displays the unique serial number of an MM series machine This number is not displayed for the MX 2424 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 29 ViewNet MX Type This field shows that the connected machine is an MX 2424 Project This is the name of the currently loaded Project as indicated in Setup Menu 800 of the MX 2424 Note that if no Project is loaded this will show the default name MX Project tl This name can also be changed by using the Project Name item under the 800 tab in the ViewNet MX Machine Settings window Cre
13. 00 02 00 Tape Mode Start TapeMode uses a start time as a basis for time stamping of recorded audio files Set the TapeMode start time using this setting The default value is 01 00 00 00 Tape Mode Length TapeMode requires a defined project length Set the TapeMode length using this setting The default value is 00 10 00 00 Rollback Length This is a setting you can use to define a playhead jump Pressing the key will move the transport back by the value that you enter in this menu Pressing the key will advance the playhead forward by the same amount The default setting is 00 00 10 00 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 87 ViewNet MX 300 Midi This setting allows the Midi Device ID of the MX 2424 to be set The default 1s 74 ES Machine settings Iof xi 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control 600 Empty 200 Transport 700 Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project Applies to n iant Apply all Original machine Name MxX 2424 1 Ident1 Serial number 1430 Sync group v Machine set All v 88 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX 400 Input Output E Machine settings 000 Basic setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control 600 Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 200 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital 10 900 System Inputs 9 16 48 kHz Analog T Inputs 17 24 48 kHz Analog Inputs 96 kHz Digital 96kHz mono Digital in
14. 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Timecode Calculator The Timecode Calculator is provided as a convenience for calculating sums and differences of SMPTE time code numbers or feet and frames numbers Entering Numbers In The Timecode Calculator Click in the number field and then type the desired numbers Use TAB and SHIFT TAB to move between the number fields Arithmetic Operator Choice Choose the or item after the second number field to choose the arithmetic operator used to generate the timecode result TC Calculator Parameter Choices Use the drop down lists and check boxes to choose the parameters used by the Timecode Calculator for its operations Timecode Type Choose the desired timecode type from the drop down menu Sample Rate Choose the desired sample rate type from the drop down menu Show Subframes Click the appropriate check box to select whether or not subframes will be shown Show Feet Frames Click the appropriate check box to view timecode or feet frames in the display Time Field The field labeled Time at the bottom of the Timecode Calculator shows the current timecode feet frames display offset also called the local zero offset This is the value currently stored in the Time register which can be accessed at the top of the Project View Screen If it is desired to make calculations without taking into account the Time register or based on a different local zero offset simp
15. 59 17 13 This register shows the duration between the In and Out marks If a new value is entered by typing in numbers and pressing Enter on the keyboard the current Out mark location will remain fixed and the In mark will move to encompass the requested duration Time Ruler and Marks A Time Ruler extends across the top of the project EDL view The ruler shows a time scale and provides a place to display graphic marks corresponding to various time registers 01 00 54 00 01 00 57 00 at Audio 3 01 01 Audio 8 06 00 Time Ruler Scale The Time Ruler Scale indicates the time location in terms of either timecode or feet frames according to the display style designated in the View menu The scale will automatically adjust to indicate major time divisions with numbers while sub divisions are indicated by small tic marks between the major time division numbers The number and spacing of numbers and sub divisions is automatically adjusted depending on the zoom level of the display Playhead Current Time Register 54 00 The playhead shows the current time location It is represented by a green triangle pointing to the right on the Time Ruler with an extended green line running down across the entire project EDL view The playhead can be moved by clicking anywhere in the project EDL view with the marker placement cursor or by adjusting the current time register The playhead can also be moved by dragging it using the grab han
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17. Audio Before Paste At Playhead In Clipboard rs re Playhead Audio After Paste At Playhead Playhead 115 SYNC PASTE SHIFT then PASTE Sync paste 1s similar to PASTE but 1t allows the user to reference a location defined by the position of the play head other than the IN point Essentially the difference between the play head and the IN point when the audio is copied is maintained when a SYNC PASTE is performed New IN and OUT points are generated at the Sync Past location This allows the user to reference a downbeat in music or visual event in a video playback Audio When Copied or Cut Time X time x In Clipboard Play Head In Out Audio After Sync Paste Play Head In Out SYNC INSERT SHIFT then INSERT Sync insert is similar to SYNC PASTE except instead of pasting over existing audio the audio is moved later in time an amount equal to the pasted audio Essentially the difference between the play head and the IN point when the audio is copied is maintained when a SYNC INSERT is performed New IN and OUT points are generated at the Sync Insert location This allows the user to reference a downbeat in music or a visual event in a video playback Audio When Copied or Cut Time X _ time x_ In Clipboard Play Head In Out Pog Audio Before Sync Insert Play Head Audio After Sync Insert Time X Play Head In Out 116 SPLIT SHIFT then COPY The SPLIT function
18. In Multiple Specific Machine Macros ooooccnnnnnnnnccncnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononononininnnineness 36 THE PREFERENCES WINDOW sde 36 Net Delay Compensation 2 3 ts cs lo lant woth ata Liceos lotto lote 37 MACRI Offline WONNE ihe aE E E clea A A EN aS 37 PAW AY S eee eee cde A O EEE AEE AAU 37 SUC ae aly Hace resin Ai oalea eid Aion We areas oe ars a iat oe Ble deat ds oe saat Hs oe Ba tans to a oe ae ae Dea de 37 WENGE aonne Tn E o eee 37 NDA SAD e E E E E E 38 Coarse Nude AMOUNT sereen nnee A nero tahiace San an easeanativonenbeasstauloaeesensete 38 MAME ASE S A TEA A a T A A 38 canna Machine Soiree n E oia 38 Die he tine Machine ds dd 38 Multi Macame BENV OF airiran a T i Dacca ences ds 38 Creatine New Projects dis 38 Propasgate Edit Hacks a a ut o dde 39 Propasate A iia 39 Machine Sets EV caba 39 VIEWNET DEFAULT PREFERENCES FILE ticas 40 SAVING AND OPENING NAMED PREFERENCES FILES 0 00sssesseseesseseeseseeesseseeeesseeseeseeeeeeeeeeees 40 Openg Preferences eS LCE NT e ENN CTT sedoso 40 SAVIANO TARO CREA COMO AAA A AA A A RS 41 REVOCA oa 4l CHAPTER 4 PROJECTS AND TRACKS eeeeessseseeccccssssecccocssssseccoccssesecoocsssesceccosssesseccosssssseeooo 42 TUE LOAD PROJECT TRACK WINDOW 42 Opening Load Project Track from the Network VieW ooococcccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 42 Opening Load Project Track Windows for Multiple Machines ooooonnnnnnnnnnnccncnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnss 42 SECTIONS OF THE LOAD PROJEC
19. Installing ViewNet MX on a Macintosh To install ViewNet MX on a Macintosh I 3 11 12 16 Insert the CD ROM included with the MX 2424 into your computer s CD ROM drive Open the CD ROM and open the folder named ViewNetMX1_1 Install Copy the folder named ViewNet from the CD ROM to your computer s hard drive by dragging its icon to your computer s Hard Drive icon Double click the MRJ Installer icon on the CD ROM This will place an MRJ Install icon on your desktop Open the MRJ Install icon from your desktop inside will be an Installer icon Double click that icon to install the Java Runtime Environment Accept all default choices by pressing AGREE in the License screen and pressing INSTALL in the MRJ Installer screen Once the MRJ installation is complete drag MRJ Install icon on the desktop into the trash and remove the CD ROM from the computer Access Menu 950 on the MX 2424 by pressing SETUP the numerical key 0 then the Down Arrow Key six times There will be an IP Address displayed similar to this 192 168 100 001 NOTE Your number may be different but will follow the XXX XXX XXX XXX rule Open the TCI IP control panel which is accessible under the Apple menu in the Control Panels folder Set the Connect via option to Ethernet and the Configure option to Using Mac IP Manually Enter the first three groups of numbers from Menu 950 on the MX 2424 into the IP Address field exac
20. Project view screen or the Network view screen To load Projects or individual tracks into the MX 2424 from the Project view screen simply choose Load project track from the File menu or press Ctrl 0 from the keyboard E ViewNet Audio Edit E Mew project Ctri H Load project track Ctri O Opening Load Project Track from the Network View To open the Load project track window from the Network View screen first select a machine by clicking anywhere in the row of settings for the desired machine and then choose Load project track from the File menu to open the Load project track window for that machine File Edit View Machine Macros Help Sync group All Machine set All Network l Name Ident _Serial number Type Project Syne group Bus status Sample rate Frame rate Machine sets Conn online t desc Mx 2424 1 1 lt MMRIP only gt MX 2424 MX Project tl 1 Master 44100 30NDF _J Tracks 1 24 a MX 2424 2 2 lt MMRIP only gt MxX 2424 MX Project 1 Slave 44100 30NDF _j J Tracks 25 48 Opening Load Project Track Windows for Multiple Machines It is possible to open Load project track Windows for multiple machines by first selecting multiple machines using Shift Click or Ctrl Click in the Network View screen then choosing Load project track from the Machine menu A Load project track window will open for the first machine When this window is di
21. Record arm Load __ 7 be pol Elsen e Edit selection Het pact Le Track Name e Track Name when the EDL Hee a pr height is expanded A Bates Normal EDL Height Expanded EDL Height Track Name The name for each track is shown just below the track function buttons for that track when the EDL height is expanded Track names can be changed under the File Utilities Menu Load Project Track To load a project click the Folder icon at the top of the track function and information panel or choose Load Project Track from the File menu or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl O To pre select a particular channel as the destination track for loading click the number at the left of the panel for the desired track The Load Project Track window will open with the selected track set as the destination track in the track selector menu Input The Input button may be used to set tracks to monitor signals coming through the audio inputs analog or digital as set in Machine Settings bank 400 62 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Record The Record button is used to arm a track for recording If a track is armed but not actually recording the Record button will blink alternately red and gray If the track 1s actually recording the record light will stay red with a black letter R Edit Use the Edit buttons to select tracks for edit operations or to select tracks for unloading When a track 1s selected for editing the region
22. Serial number 1430 C Syne group 1 Machine set E oe ae Project Name This field is used to set the name for a new project Once a new project name 1s applied the existing project will be unmounted and a new blank project with the project name indicated here will be created as soon as some audio is recorded into the project The default name is MX Project Another way to start a new project is to choose New project from the file menu Using the New project function also enters the project name into this field ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 93 ViewNet MX Track Prefix This field is used to set the track prefix used for any newly created tracks The default name is MX Trk File Prefix When new audio is recorded onto the MX 2424 this user definable default prefix will become part of the File Name The default is MX Audio 900 System fe Machine settings A ES 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control 600 Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital VO 900 System 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Store User settings User 1 w store Recall Date and time TON 0 00 04 56 06 Phi Machine name his 2424 1 Software version his 2424 Yer 1 13 Applies to MandgE Apply all Original machine Name M2424 1 Identd Serial number 1430 gt Syne group y e Machine set Ec Ee ie Store User Settings
23. Store Recall This Menu allows the current MX 2424 configuration to stored to one of eleven User Presets The Store button is used to save the information into the User Setting and the Recall button is used to make the selected User File current Date and Time This sets the date and time for the system Machine Name This field sets the name of the MX 2424 This name can also be set using the Machine Information window available in the Machine menu The machine name is shown in the Network and Project View screens 94 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Software version This is a status display that shows the software version of the currently selected MX 2424 Machine Information Choose the item labeled Machine Information from the Machine menu to open the Machine information window aT o z E Machine information Serial number 1430 Ident 1 IP 206 19 192 228 Mame W 2424 35 Description short Tracks 1 24 f Description dongi Tracks 1 24 The Machine information window is designed to give a quick overview of the selected MX 2424 Serial number TL Bus ID and IP are read only displays showing those values Machine Name To create a name for an MX 2424 enter it here When this window is closed the name will be communicated to the machine and entered into Setup menu 940 as the machine name This name is stored in the flash memory of the MX 2424 Description s
24. Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 33 ViewNet MX Description The machine description to the right of the Conn and online buttons in the System Status Panel can be entered by the user in the Machine Information window which is available in the Machine menu of ViewNet T it serial number 1430 Ident 1 IP 206 194192 228 Mame Wh 2424 1 Description dongi Tracks 1 24 Type the description which will appear in the System Status Panel in the space labeled Description short After the description is entered close the Information window and the description will appear on the right side of the System Status Panel for the selected machine Machine Information is saved as a part of the ViewNet Preferences file and will not affect the descriptions shown at other ViewNet MX workstations Online Click in this box to toggle the Online status of the machine between Online and Offline The color of the box indicates the current status of the machine Black indicates the machine 1s offline Orange indicates the machine 1s online Green indicates the machine is online and locked to the sync source Red indicates the machine 1s locked and in record The keyboard shortcut Ctrl J can be used to toggle the Online status of all selected machines simultaneously If less than half of the selected machines are Online using this shortcut will put all of them Online If half or more of the selected machines are Online using the s
25. ViewN et Audio MX File Edi View Machine Macros Help MA 1 Se ee Ee ee l poena ma i I i Cut Copy y Clear an Ea Paste insert op Open E unag JE peco ojii j wag Network Access 5 A A _ e e e e a e e e e a a a e a m m a m m m Memory Locations for 1 00 05 22 o 00 05 22 01 06 20 26 01 00 06 22 Current MM offset Ben ora Button and Displays Current Capt mf Outen out in out Torea Ret sto Loc cir o 1 2 3 4 s gi JE ars l b ae 00 F jo1 01 00 00 4 01 02 00 00 01 03 00 00 i jor 04 00 00 5 pr 1 an l l l l Sint Pad fi Project Edit View Network Panel Track Function Panel poea e P PPE ECO a E apa A a a a Control mode LocaifL us Disk encoding SDI 24 bit A l Sample ref TL Bus Record mode Nondestructive I E a a a E E Te Pe a a Ea O ee E SEO DA oa PAStart 14 3 Eviennet Audio MX B8 11 25 AM Transport Controls ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 55 ViewNet MX Summary of Sections in the Project View Screen These sections are described in more detail after this brief summary Transport Controls Activates transport control functions plus toggles the online and loop functions Network Panel Shows li
26. and write any new audio files thus allowing this process to be used as an incremental backup to a work In progress 48 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX When the system detects that a project of the same name already exists 1t will ask if you want to overwrite the existing project The machine Name MxX 2424 2 Ident 2 Serial number 1430 Description Tracks 25 48 requests information Overwrite Existing Project Yes Ho Click OK to clear the box and return to normal operation Disk Status Progress Display Once the copy process begins the system will indicate progress of the copy operation as a Smart copy in the Disk Status display at the top of the File Utilities window fs File utilities Machine name hx 2424 2 Ident 2 serial number 1430 Disk status smart copy 0 00 Abort Once the Smart Copy is complete the Disk status will show No backups active Smart Copy Abort To cancel abort a Smart Copy in progress click the Abort button next to the Disk status indicator The system will ask if you are sure you want to really abort the Smart Copy To abort the Smart Copy click Yes To system will inform you that the Smart Copy operation has been successfully aborted Click OK to clear the box and return to normal operation ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 49 ViewNet MX TapeMode Convert The TASCAM MX 2424 has a special recording mode known as Tap
27. by the project or track Since it 1s possible for more than one project per track to reference the same audio files this safeguards files from being accidentally deleted that are referenced by some other project or track To delete the audio files that were referenced by the deleted project or track use the 52 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Disk Cleanup function in the 700 bank of the Machine Settings window See Chapter 7 Machine Settings for more information Creating a New Project To create a new Project choose New project from the File menu while in the Project View window Ha ViewNet Audio MX Edit View New project Ct Load project track Ctri 0 Utilities Preferences Exit Cti o This will bring up the dialog box to enter the name for the new project Es New project Enter new project name Pe o Cancel Creating a new project will automatically unmount all of the tracks for any currently loaded project The new project exists first in the MX 2424 s RAM memory only and will not be written to the disk until some audio has been recorded on at least one track of the project Naming the project using this function sets the project up but 1t will not exist in the disk directory unless audio has been recorded to it ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 53 ViewNet MX Unloading Tracks To unload a track or tracks 1t 1s first necessary t
28. creates an event boundary at the play head location Audio Before Split Audio After Split Play Head Play Head IN gt NOW SHIFT then OPEN This function will move the audio defined by the In and Out points to the current position of the play head overwriting any existing audio event s The audio s In point is placed at the play head Audio Before In gt Now Play Head In Out Audio After In Now Play Head 117 DUPLICATE The Duplicate command will create a new copy duplicate of the selected material and will automatically append it to the end of the selected edit region The keyboard shortcut for this function is Ctrl D Audio Before Duplicate In Out Audio After Duplicate RENAME EVENT This function allows the name of selected audio event to be changed RENDER The Render function creates a single continuous audio file from multiple audio events on edit enabled track s between the In and Out points Audio Before Render In Out Audio After Render 118 REVERSE The Reverse function reverses the audio on edit enabled track s between the In and Out points This function will split audio events 1f necessary Audio Before Reverse In Out Audio After Reverse Nudge Left The Nudge Left command will move the selected material to the left earlier in time by an amount equal to the Nudge amount set in the Preferences window The keyboard shortcut for this is
29. group Bus status Sample rate Frame rate Conn t online desc SFX 2 MMP 16 MMR Project 1 Off 48000 30ND _ i MMP Stg2 12 R_mach_rm2 1 152 MMR 8 MMR Project 1 Off 44100 30DF i El MMR stg2 4 Click settings row to select machine Opening Multiple Machine Settings Windows It is possible to open Machine Settings Windows for multiple machines by first selecting multiple machines using Shift Click or Ctrl Click in the Network View screen then choosing Settings from the Machine menu A Machine Settings window will open for the first machine When this window is dismissed by clicking in the close box the Machine Settings window for the next machine will appear and so on Remember that opening the Machine Settings window establishes an active network connection to the selected machine ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 77 ViewNet MX Sections of The Machine Settings Window The Machine Settings window has several different sections as shown below a Machine settings of x 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous Legend for 100 Bus Contral BOO Empty 200 Transport 700 Disk Numbered Tabs 300 MIDI 300 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital lO 900 System 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Numbered Tabs for Control mode Local TL Bus Selecting Banks of Frame reference Automatic v Settings Sample reference InternallFrame Y Sample ref statusi Internal Settings for Timecode t
30. included in the macro when it is run For example a macro which disarms all tracks for recording on two different machines will disarm the first machine then establish an active connection to the second machine disarm those tracks then close the active connection to that machine While this 1s occurring the system status panel will indicate each active connection as 1t occurs by switching the Conn box from gray to blue then back again This behavior helps to 1llustrate that a multiple machine macro executes sequentially across machines not simultaneously thus cueing the operator to give the macro time to run across all machines The Preferences Window The Preferences window contains user selectable settings that govern the behavior of certain aspects of ViewNet MX The Preferences window can be opened from the File menu fe Preferences Al ES Met delay compensation hone advance playhead Machine offline warning Always Mudge amount 00 00 00 07 Coarse nudge amount 00 00 04 00 Moulti rmachine behavior Propogate editiracks ever T Propogate infout On edit operation T Machine sets server IP 000 000 000 000 stage machines All T Machine sets This is a screenshot of the Preferences window for ViewNet MX The Preferences window are described in detail in the following sections 36 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Net Delay Compensation Factors such as the numbe
31. mute automation in the project EDL display when playing imported Open TL files which have mute information Mute Automation Overlay blue line The mute automation data appears as a blue line with break points layered on top of the track The mute automation data is for display only and cannot be edited within the ViewNet application View Whole Project The View Whole Project menu item is a command to force the range of the Project EDL view to encompass the whole project from the head time to the tail time 76 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Chapter 6 Machine Settings Opening the Machine Settings Window The Machine Settings window allows for viewing and changing any of the Setup menu items for An MX 2424 To open the Machine Settings window from the Project View screen choose Settings from the Machine menu Macros Machine Settings Information Start multi machine Opening Machine Settings from the Network View To open the Machine Settings window from the Network View screen first select a machine by clicking anywhere in the row of settings for the desired machine and then choose Settings from the Machine menu to open the Machine Settings window for that machine ES ViewNet Audio BE x File Edit View Machine Macros Help Sync group All x Machine set Al Stage A ho Network y Name Ident Serialnumber Type Project Syne
32. rate converter Off T 2 Channel 56k mona 2 Channel in rate converter Off T 2 Channel input source AES EBU z 2 Channel output select 1 2 T 2 Channel output encoding Professional Applies to n Irie Apply all gt Original machine Name mM2424 1 Identt Serial number 1430 Syne group A Machine set All 7 coat oan see Inputs 1 8 Inputs 9 16 Inputs 17 24 These settings allow selection of input source for each group of eight channels Analog When selected input to tracks are taken from the corresponding inputs of the analog I O module IF AN24 if installed Digital In When selected input to tracks are taken from the corresponding inputs of a digital I O module IF AE24 IF AD24 IF TD24 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 89 ViewNet MX 2 Channel in When selected the dedicated stereo digital inputs are routed to a group of eight tracks with the left input routed to the odd numbered tracks 1 3 5 7 and the right input routed to the even numbered tracks 2 4 6 8 In addition to this menu it will be necessary to choose which stereo digital I O to use in menu 462 and to select 2CH as the Sample Reference in Menu 002 Analog 1 8 When selected input to tracks are taken from inputs 1 8 of the analog I O module IF AN24 if installed This allows the MX 2424 to be used with analog 8 buss mixers Digital 1 8 When selected input to tracks are t
33. the Load project track window is a read only display of the machine s unique factory identification number not the TASCAM inventory serial number This number is set during manufacture and can not be changed Project List The Project list shows all Projects OpenTL files and tracks within the projects available for loading When first opened the list will show only project names next to file folder icons which indicate that the named item is a Project and not a track The SCSI device ID number of the drive where the Project is located 1s indicated in brackets If there are more projects than can be shown a scroll bar will appear so the list can be scrolled If there are no projects shown in the list then either the drive has no Project files or the MX 2424 has no drives mounted For information on mounting drives refer to the MX 2424 operations manual ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 43 ViewNet MX Showing Tracks To show the list of tracks contained within a Project double click on the folder icon or on the Project name This will expand the list to show the names of all tracks within the selected Project Double click again to hide the list of tracks so that only the Project name is shown EPA FE E3 Machine name Mx 2424 dent 2 Serial number 1430 E Warmness 10 3031 Ey Bass_1 E O Kick_3 H C snare_5 Ly Hi Hat_7 y Drums L_9 C Drums R11 are oF Rant Load Double click to show hide tracks
34. the MX 2424 or the computer or an associated network hub or router 1s not an acceptable means of breaking the connection and is strongly discouraged Doing so may require a restart of the MX 2424 the computer running ViewNet MX or both in order to restore normal operation Ethernet Cables and Connectors The 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet used by ViewNet MX has a different set of cabling rules from 10 Mbps Ethernet Fast Ethernet requires Category 5 cabling Some existing installed networks however may have Category 3 cabling or poorly installed Category 5 cabling Such cabling is adequate for 10 Mbps Ethernet however it can result in dropped or corrupted packets network noise and even failure when called upon to transmit Fast Ethernet To achieve the best performance make sure all network cabling meets Category 5 standards 100Base TX Specifications Maximum Stations per Segment 1024 Cable 2 Pair Category 5 UTP cable Maximum Length of Segments 100 meters ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 27 ViewNet MX Ethernet Patch Cable In a standard Fast Ethernet configuration with more than twodevices a hub is used to provide a central means of connecting the units to each other The cables used to connect each of the devices to the hub are standard Ethernet patch cables These are typically available at computer stores in a variety of lengths Keep in mind that only cat 5 UTP type cable should be used with ViewNet MX These c
35. 5 48 Playhead Ot a an ea ln Ar rd Head Time Zoom EDL height Sample rate 44100 Timecode type 30MDF Control mode Locgl TL Bus Disk encoding SBIl 24 bit Sample ref Intgrnal Record mode Nandestructive Current Selection Tail Time The project overview will always show a representation of the entire project from the beginning of the first audio clip Head to the end of the last audio clip Tail Clips are represented as gray blocks that are proportional in size to their length relative to the span of time represented by the entire overview Crossfades of any length are represented in green at the beginning and end of clips where they occur Head and Tail The time location of the head is shown in the lower left corner of the overview and the time location of the tail 1s shown in the lower right corner 60 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Navigating With The Overview The Overview also functions as a tool for instantly navigating to any area for viewing in the project EDL display above the overview To select an area for viewing simply click and drag anywhere within the overview The region will be selected in a highlighted color in the overview and that region of material will be shown in the project EDL above Selecting a region in the overview will create a new view of the material in the project EDL but 1t will not move the playhead The Pl
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37. ATUSANEORMATIO N lt i ccsi5550525325 13 canoer E NA 62 TRACK FUNCTION AND INFORMATION posia a e a 62 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX TACENS AA A dio 62 LORENA dd e ed tet a eae 62 DEAL ARARE ANAA EN ON MC ES MR POUR ee DOOR ee ROT me Ct TUE ene ENE pene eee ee Dee ret 62 US CC OW taxis atts te bisa e GETTIN RATAN OIE 63 NO 63 SECC AIL BUON ii 63 TIME REGISTERS AND DISPLAY Srita ora 63 ThE ENUY REO T sess cob se ita hart eae N 63 Chaneinns The Value In The Entry Reoister cucire nunc ai 64 Time Register F uneton BUON ads 64 CAPO A PP E R 64 da A 64 A A ct denen Senna tr une tue tee nee taney 64 CNC OP sete et seh bees ta atten ets tanta steered wate esha wall alec la ong wah teed ata ie wat edad one ka tentative tae 64 Reaga Only DISPARES ers Ricas 64 i Gad A A A Taree Tan ee emer 65 ANI e O E a ea eaen T 65 A oo te eee A A A A oe eae Tm A 65 Dee eater tek ee ed E E A A A VO AE E E 65 OI EAE A ERA E OAE E A E E E OAA E ANE A E on E 66 TS E EE E AEE E E EE E E EE E E E 66 MEMO RE lleida 66 DF TORES a ii 66 A OE E EE EET acest tak E Sat ae slat cada ase stash acne cat ea a teased 66 A tia Sader iid hit tad panived ers lea tee 67 TIME RULER AND MARKS an 67 TIMES Cl A is 67 Playhead Current Time Re ISI A ial tne A as 67 A E 5 o Pr O A 68 IA A A E 68 MEMO MAKT ales alanine ake 68 PROJECT E DIS T Wen ere err rer eer eer err coer er een eer ere eer ee rh Cee et er eet 68 VEDA A A aan 69 sr A AA A A A 69 A A A EA 69
38. C ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 81 ViewNet MX MTC Chase When MTC Chase 1s active and the unit is online the MX 2424 will chase incoming Midi Time Code Varispeed Varispeed mode allows for setting playback speed within a range of 87 5 to 112 5 of nominal play speed Varispeed varies the playback frequency as well as the digital sample clock on the digital output Frame Reference These settings determine the source of the MX 2424 s video frame reference signal Automatic Sets the unit to automatically use the sample reference defined by the Sample Reference pull down menu This 1s the default value Video When set to Video the MX 2424 will reference the video signal connected to the Video In port on the back of the machine Sample Reference These settings determine the source of the MX 2424 s digital sample clock reference signal Internal Frame Sets the unit to use an internal word clock reference if no external reference is available This is the default value Ext Wordclock When set to external word clock Input the MX 2424 will reference the external word clock signal connected to the machine s Word Clock In connector Digital In 1 2 Digital In 9 10 Digital In 17 18 When one of these is selected the MX 2424 derives its sample clock from the digital expansion I O with this setting the MX 2424 takes its clock from the first two channels of one of the three groups of eight
39. INGS A A ected abet ie Geeta 79 Orion Mn 79 Syne Group Machine Ed ida 79 APPEAR a lc 79 AD DIV ASOME A tics de ee 79 DENOS CS oes II tiietal dll Ie lata lead dieser 79 DS P ce le eases era eee o 80 A RL 80 REVOT a arten E etek stain va tect cn aie tay cece dag aus manatee necneamanee sins ag aloes T sees Rane ree 80 DOO BASIC SETUP mido 81 EMPLOI o cdas amp 1 LOSE a dl Lo a naam 81 TAC COAG NA odas edades 81 A O E ANN 82 o A ea ee eC reed eee eee ee 82 PrO E RETROE ie tcc cts a ete See ts ie ee ens te th eee oases 82 AOMA id ais 82 IW LLG A A A A duane mee RN 82 SAMPER CONCE 01 td al 8 amp 2 Internal Tt aS a as et a e o ds e Oa 82 FU W iaa eat a 82 o ON 82 Sample Reference Statis A a A is 2 LOOTE IDO ia loas 83 DOMPIERRE A A E T ee 83 VPA IO E A RO 83 100 BUS CONTROL naar T R E E NE 84 LIBUS REUS Ci E E A E EA Babe unsnenmastet 84 PE BUS ASSI ONCA ea E E EE A Wate O AA E A O aE oem 84 Lan ES AAA a O a Neen Sur edt Sealant 85 la CU ASS ONE eiir td OTTE 8 amp 5 20O TRANSPOR Toda aci 86 RECI MOTE A A ON econ a i ats 86 IN ORES CU cv AS 86 Tape WW OO So ates te hat Goatees Stel Gato techie ase beter eee Stout E toca teas EE 86 LOOD MOL oe eae E TRO ce Rem ce Oe a ee O 86 o E ET E E E E A E E E 87 POO EAE N a A ON 87 POSEER E A cease Mat E IR A aac den E E Eat 8 amp 7 TPE MOLE Md di EA Del had thats a ds is 7 Lane Mole Len Mi ld tt taba 8 amp 7 FROM OCC US AAA AAA A AAA AA A A AA N 8 amp 7 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5
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41. Owners Manual ViewNet MX 00 MIDE a 88 MIDEN COD O dt E SS AOO INPUT OUTPUT A a A 89 ANDU atc carson techn ct acre Serene hein 2e N Ae RE Gata SERGE RAE 89 Analt inanon A E a E A 89 DITA E ALAE ad AEEA A ia 89 DEMI AA N A E EEEN I E E E E A E EEST 90 GAT OE dde 90 DUTT Ne asian E in a alee Sh ci EN an SS ies a telco A ka ts cat olen hae Aiea tata tecd a lah Ae ian 90 Diertal ln Rate Conversion il idad 90 2H Rie CON ESO taria aia illa 90 A o II r aah 8 Goh ac aah Scale aac hades 90 ZT OULDUL SE C AA A O A 90 CAP ACI io 90 SOOT UDIO CONTROLES salda 91 Gs ELIS 010 AA A A A EA 91 CADIS PA O E 91 600 RESERVED FOR FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS e erotic to diles cio odos 91 A O A A ts ceemedtee seas 92 VOUS TCO ar ern A dois 92 RECTA DISKS GST TDD cities aac e do ahahaha oes 92 PROC OVA SST cda T E ao toa 93 Taree DSI C1 CON UD ita icie 93 DUS ICS IVIOUNT E ce secrets tage acia 93 SUERO Ged BSR eer Pee OR eerste tree es ene Ree re eee ea ee er rere et ee 93 PPV OJECE NOME da ai ls eat laredo ld are te acidos Dias 93 IFAR Gh GD eT e o ee ener ee ner eee eer ene 94 DOO SYSTEM A alee pisses ete peice A o stele et ese pecans ee ee eee eee 94 SOVE RECOU O SCF SCL O SET EE dd a 94 E A A E RNG eh eee EST 94 Machine Name seirene En caneesaneantyene leiesaotcantep cance neat yaemand a aatunes cane dananaten A 95 SOME Oe eaten 95 MACHINE INFORMATION tit Net ne ad he ae a 95 MacM NAME tots a ts tratadas 95 Deser nion a aa 95 DESTINO S E E E ai 95 BACKUP
42. Play To play the macro click the Play button Play To Destination Play to Play a Original machine Mame Dlog 1 Identi Serial number 1521 O Syne group Machine set This section of the window allows for setting to which machine or machines the macro will be sent when it is played Original Machine For single nonspecific machine macros macros can be sent to the specific machine listed here The machine listed will be the current selection when the Macro window is opened This setting is not available for multiple specific machine macros Sync Group Machine Set For single nonspecific machine macros macros can be sent to all machines belonging to the machine set listed here This setting is not available for multiple specific machine macros ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 103 ViewNet MX Chapter 8 Help Menu The Help Menu The Help menu provides several utilities and some information about ViewNet About ViewRet Audio Keyboard shortcuts Next available IP Timecode calculator About ViewNet Audio This window shows the version number for ViewNet Next Available IP If the TimeLine network address 1s used the ViewNet Audio application can see which unique host IDs have been used by MX 2424 units on the network and suggest the next valid host IP address for new units which will be added to the network This function is listed under the ViewNet Help menu 104 ViewNet MX Version 1
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44. TASCAM a whole world of recording ViewNet MX Graphic Interface Network MX 2424 Modular Multitrack ViewNet MX 1 15 OWNER S MANUAL CR1100 ViewNet MX Assistance and Information Technical support is available free of charge only to registered owners of a TASCAM MX 2424 Be prepared to provide the serial number of your TASCAM MX 2424 when calling for technical support For future reference please write your serial number here You may register your TASCAM MX 2424 via the internet Email mxteam tascam com Web http www tascam com Copyright and Trademark Software Copyright O 2000 by TimeLine Vista Inc All rights reserved The software described in this document is supplied under license The software may be used and or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement The purchaser may make copies of the software for backup purposes only Manual Copyright O 1999 by TimeLine Vista Inc Copyright O 2000 by TEAC America Inc All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose other than those specified in the license without prior written permission of TimeLine Vista Inc and TEAC America Inc TASCAM 1s a registered trademark of TEAC Corporation Disclaimer Information in this document is subject to change without notice TimeLine Vista Inc and TEAC
45. Timecode Chase or MTCChase and thus the unit cannot be synchronized to an external source while in this mode The default value is 100 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 83 ViewNet MX 100 Bus Control E Machine settings 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control BOO Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital Ifo 900 System 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 TL Bus request of T TL Bus assigned Off Ident request Auto assign Auto assign Ident assigned 1 Applies to MOE Apply all Original machine Name Mx242431 Identd Serial number1430 8 Syne group Machine set All 7 acen oven sam TLBus Request Sets the status request for the MX2424on the TL Bus Off The MX2424 will not be active on the TLBus default Slave The MX2424will request to be a Slave on the TL Bus Master The MX2424will request to be the Master on the TL Bus TL Bus Assigned This setting shows the status assigned for the MX 2424unit on the TL Bus Since there can be only one TL Bus Master at a time it is possible that some units will be assigned a status other than that requested NOTE When a TL Bus request is made with only one machine Viewnet MX will display Master regardless of the actual setting on the MX 2424 This is because there is nothing else on the TL Bus to Slave to 84 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Own
46. a black ViewNet Install screen and indication that a total of 76 files have been copied You will be prompted to proceed with the installation of the Java Runtime Environment 1 1 8 Press YES Accept all default choices by pressing NEXT in the Welcome screen YES in the Software License screen NEXT in the Select Components screen and NEXT in the Start Copying Files screen When Java has finished installation press FINISH in the Setup Complete screen This will take you back to the ViewNet Install screen press the Space bar and close the window You may delete the ViewNetl_15 MX Install folder on your desktop Access Menu 950 on the MX 2424 by pressing SETUP the numerical key 0 then the Down Arrow Key six times There will be an IP Address displayed similar to this 192 168 100 001 NOTE Your number may be different but will follow the XXX XXX XXX XXX rule On your computer s desktop right click the Network Neighborhood icon and select Properties Highlight the TCP IP icon that corresponds to the Ethernet card installed in your computer and press Properties Select Specify an IP address and enter the first three groups of numbers from Menu 950 on the MX 2424 into the IP Address field exactly as they are displayed on the MX 2424 Enter a different value for the last group of numbers Example If Menu 950 displays 192 168 100 001 then the IP Address field on the computer should display 192 168 100 XXX where XXX is anything except 001 On t
47. ables are wired directly through pin to pin For direct connection between two Ethernet devices where no hub 1s used see the next section on crossover cables Ethernet Crossover Cable Wiring When connecting two Ethernet devices together directly without a Hub a crossover cable must be used This type of cable is available from TASCAM or most computer stores Ethernet Hubs When more than one MX 2424 is used in a network configuration with ViewNet MX an Ethernet hub is required to connect the individual MX 2424 s and computers running the ViewNet MX software into a networked system There are many commercially available hubs which can be used with ViewNet MX Any computer network hub that is a 100BaseT hub Fast Ethernet should work Using ViewNet with existing LANs It is not recommended that the ViewNet MX network be run on the same physical network as a regular business LAN Local Area Network which also carries other network traffic such as company email and Internet access Running the ViewNet MX network under these circumstances may adversely affect the speed of the network and the responsiveness of the ViewNet MX application If the ViewNet MX network must coexist with a company LAN it is advisable that it be segregated from the rest of the network traffic by means of a network switch or router which isolates traffic of the two sections of the network to minimize interference Check with the Information Systems manager or N
48. achine macros If a macro has been created in reference to a single MX 2424 1t will be added to this list These macros can be played to any machine specified in the Play destination area at the bottom of the Manage play macros window Multiple specific machine macros If more than one machine was included in the creation of a macro for example by creating a command on one machine then choosing a different machine from the System Status panel and creating a command targeting that machine then that macro will appear in this list after it is named These macros will be sent only to the specific machines IP addresses which were addressed when the macro was originally created Note that this does not mean a macro created while the system was in Multi machine mode but only when multiple specific machines were addressed during creation of the macro The Play to destination area at the bottom of the window will be grayed out when a multiple specific machine macro is selected Multiple specific machine macros Set all Machine Cut marks Set all machine In Marks Pull up all machines Multi Cot and Paste co oo Function key F T Assign iH Play to Play Machine set ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 101 ViewNet MX Import To open a macro that has been saved to disk select the Import button The Import window will open Import macro Look irr E3 viewNet e A c ES bo a viewN et __ Da
49. ail The range of the current view relative to the entire project will be reflected in the size of the blue scroll selection handle within the scroll bar To scroll the view drag the selection handle within the scroll bar 72 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Project View Adjustment Ea ae are Adjustment Cursor The relative sizes of the Project EDL Panel and the Overview Panel can be adjusted by using the Project View Adjustment bar which is located directly beneath the horizontal scroll bar The cursor shape automatically changes when it is placed over the adjustment bar to show that the bar can now be dragged to resize the division of the screen between the overview and the EDL view Panel Resize Triangles There are two triangular shaped buttons at the left side of the project view adjustment bar that can be used to immediately resize the Project EDL Panel and Overview Panel From the default position when the Project EDL View is first opened click the upward facing triangle to maximize the Overview Panel or the Downward facing triangle to maximize the Project EDL View Panel If a view is maximized click the triangle facing the direction toward the middle of the screen to resize the panel to the previous position Zoom Zoom E Sync group 1 EDL height ES Bus status Off A slider labeled Zoom on the left side of the screen below the head time in the overview display provides an alte
50. aken from inputs 1 8 of a digital I O module IF AE24 IF AD24 IF TD24 This allows the MX 2424 to be used with digital 8 buss mixers Digital In rate converter This setting allows real time sample rate conversion in conjunction with the optional F AE24 AES EBU digital I O The default is set to off 2 Channel in rate converter This setting enables the sample rate converters on the stereo AES EBU and SPDIF interfaces This setting defaults to off 2 Channel input source This setting allows you to choose between the stereo AES EBU and SPDIF interfaces as inputs 2 Channel output select This setting selects the pair of coincident tracks from the MX 2424 as the output source for the AES EBU and S PIF stereo outputs 2 Channel output encoding This setting allows the chosen stereo digital outputs to send out either AES EBU professional or SPDIF consumer protocol The default setting is professional 90 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX 500 Audio Controls These settings are used to control the behavior of the system audio functions ES Machine settings 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control BOO Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital NO 900 System Crossfade 10 mes T Gapless punchout an T Applies to arie Apply all Original machine NamecMe 2424 1 Identd Serial nomber 1430 w Sync group Machine se
51. all available machines in the Network Screen and in the System Status Panel There are two filters for selecting which machines will appear in the list These Network View Filters are placed directly underneath the menu bar in the Network Screen The list of machines shown will be filtered through both of these before appearing in the Network Screen and the System Status Panel Machine Set View Filter r All Stage A Project SFX 1 1221 WMP 16 MMR Project Romach rm 1 1521 Wiii g MMR Project Sync Group Filter This is a function relevant only to MMR series machines and should always be left at the All setting when using MX 2424 s Viewnet will not communicate properly with the MX2424 should this setting be changed Machine Set Filter The list of machines can also be filtered to show only those units belonging to a specified Machine Set A Machine Set is any set of machines selected by the user from among all machines available on the network and then saved as a named Machine Set Once created these will appear in a pop up list of available Machine Sets as shown here a Machine Macros Help Machine set All x lt MMRIP onlyfStudio B Editing Room ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 31 ViewNet MX Defining Machine Sets To define a Machine Set first select the machines to be included in the set by clicking anywhere on the Machine Status Information row for each machine using Shift click to
52. ate a new project by using the New Project item in the File menu This menu item is only available when in the Project View Screen Sync Group This field is only used by MM series machines Bus status This field shows the current status of the machine on the TL Bus Off Master or Slave This status can be changed by using the TL Bus Request item under the 100 tab in the ViewNet Machine Settings window or Menu 110 on the MX 2424 If there is only one machine activating the bus as either slave or master will show master in this field because there is nothing to slave to Sample Rate This field shows the digital sample rate of the MX 2424 as assigned in Setup Menu 005 of the MX 2424 This value can be changed by using the Sample Rate item under the 000 tab in the ViewNet Machine Settings window Frame Rate This field shows the Timecode Type of the MX 2424 as assigned in Setup Menu 004 of the MX 2424 This value can be changed by using the Timecode Type item under the 000 tab in the ViewNet Machine Settings window Machine Sets This field is only used by MM series machines 30 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Network View Filters Since ViewNet MX works via a Fast Ethernet connection to all machines on the network it can view all machines connected In a facility with machines assigned to multiple studios 1t may be useful to have a particular ViewNet MX application show only a subset of
53. ayhead In The Overview The playhead position is represented as a vertical green line running through the overview The playhead will move through the overview showing its relative location whenever the transport is in play If the playhead moves to a location outside the bounds of the project before the head or after the tail it will be off screen and not be visible until it is once again within the bounds of the project View Follows Playhead If the View menu item labeled Follows Playhead is selected the playhead and the region selection will move continuously together in the Overview to show the current position whenever any of the transport functions causes the playhead to move The region viewed can be changed by clicking and dragging in the overview but this will disengage Follows Playhead If View Follows Playhead is enabled and the view region and playhead are in different locations in the overview the region will snap to the playhead position when a transport function is initiated The keyboard shortcut for this function 1s Ctrl F View Pages With Playhead If the View menu item Pages with Playhead is selected the playhead will move through the selection region until it reaches the end of the region then the selection region will jump forward page to show the next region of the same length on the timeline The keyboard shortcut for this function is Ctrl P Selecting A Region While In Play If the selectio
54. boxes sitting on the track dividing lines The duration of an audio event is shown by its length along the timeline and can be measured against the Time Ruler at the top of the project EDL view Fades 4 Fade Out F Tibetan Singing bowls E Fades are indicated by a green color at the edge of any clip where a fade is present The fade shape is a linear ramp up from the baseline for a fade in and a ramp down for a fade out The length of the fade 1s indicated by the length of the ramp Whenever an edit or recording 1s made the default fade amount defined in Setup Menu 510 will be applied at the ends of the clip Fades also be edited by CTRL ALT Clicking with the Hand Tool on a lower corner of an audio event Splice Points Every clip has a Splice Point which defines the precise location of the clip edit point If an edit does not have a crossfade it will still have a splice point The splice points can be shown by choosing Show Splice Points from the View menu ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 69 ViewNet MX Selecting Material To Edit 0 3 10 02 oo 20 0 Selected Region Edit operations are performed only on selected material so 1t 1s first necessary to select a clip or region before editing Selecting material means setting the In and Out marks and then enabling the Edit button for the desired track s Selecting Clips AA d o 01 00 20 00 l Single Selected Clip Tibetan Singing bowls
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56. ch hold a numeric value will only allow values to be entered that are within the valid range for that item Settings Application Controls When settings are changed for an item the change is not communicated to the MX 2424 until they are applied by using the Settings Application Controls at the bottom of the Machine Settings window These controls provide a convenient method for choosing which settings and machines will be updated Applies to Ap hand Apply all a Original machine Name Miaz 1 Ident1 Serial number 1430 CO Syne group Machine set E eer eee Selecting Machines Before applying changes first select to which machines the settings will apply Original Machine To change settings to the original machine identified by Name Ident and Serial number choose this selection by clicking the radio button as shown above Sync Group Machine Set To broadcast settings changes to all members of a selected Machine Set choose this selection by clicking the radio button As a reminder Sync Groups pertain only to MM series machines Apply Changes To apply only changes that have been made since the Machine Settings window was opened for the selected machine s click the Apply changes button 7 Apply All Settings To apply all current settings to the selected machine s click the Apply all button Settings Files Named settings can be created opened and saved from the Machine Settings window The syst
57. cros menu the system will ask you to name the macro Enter the name for the macro and click OK to add it to the list of macros or click cancel to close the Recorded macro window and void the macro faa Recorded macro Enter macro name Mew hiacro Mame Cancel ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 99 e wNe Macro names cannot contain characters that are forbidden for file names by the computer file system If an illegal name is entered the system will provide a warning fa ViewNet Audio error Macro names cannot contain a aha slash backslash or colon If this warning appears click OK then choose a different name Manage Play Macros Macros Start macro recording Manage play macros To work with macros after they have been created open the Manage play macros window from the Macros menu Single nonspecific machine macros Sel Markers to Hours Set Current to 00 Set All Edit Tracks Select All Clips Multi set Edit points Edit Macro 1 Clear Entry Register All Tracks Record Multiple specific machine macros Set all Machine Cut marks Set all machine In Marks Pull up all machines Multi Cut and Paste Import Export Delete Function key F Assign Play to Play dul Original machine MameDlog 1 Ident1 Serial number1521 2 Sync group Machine set 100 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Single nonspecific m
58. d cursor If View follows playhead is selected in the View menu the playhead will remain stationary when the system is in play If View follows playhead is not selected the playhead will move across the screen when the system is in play ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 67 e wNe In Mark The location of the In mark is indicated by a red arrow which points to the right sitting on the Time Ruler The In mark can be set by clicking anywhere in the project EDL view using the Marker Placement cursor when the In mark is selected as the active time register Dragging across a region with the Select In Out cursor will automatically set the In mark to the left boundary of the drag region The In mark can also be moved by dragging it using the grab hand cursor Out Mark 4 01 The location of the Out mark is indicated by a red arrow which points to the left sitting on the Time Ruler The Out mark can be set by clicking anywhere in the project EDL view using the Marker Placement cursor when the Out mark is selected as the active time register Dragging across a region with the Select In Out cursor will automatically set the Out mark to the right boundary of the drag region The Out mark can also be moved by dragging it using the grab hand cursor Memory Markers Memory Markers are graphic representations of the locations stored in the Memory Register and are indicatedon the Time Ruler by diamond shaped boxes containing th
59. d discusses some details concerning implementation of a 100 Mbps Megabit per second Ethernet network As an aid to further research links to additional information which can be found on the World Wide Web are also provided Important Network Set Up Considerations Once the ViewNet MX software has been installed and the IP addresses have been set the components must be physically connected before the network can be used If the MX 2424 1s being connected directly to the computer a special type of Ethernet cable called a crossover cable must be used To connect an MX 2424 or computer to an Ethernet hub switch or router use a normal Ethernet cable For more detailed information see the section in this chapter called Ethernet Cables and Connectors If the ViewNet MX network is going to be used in conjunction with an existing company Ethernet network it is also vitally important that all ViewNet MX computers and MX 2424 s be located behind a network router to segregate the ViewNet MX components from the rest of the network Please review the section in this chapter called Using ViewNet MX With Existing LANs and the sections on network switches routers and hubs for more information Terminating the Network Connection To properly terminate the network connection exit the ViewNet Audio application or turn the MX 2424 off before unplugging the cable A physical disconnection 1 e unplugging the cable from the back of either
60. e number of the marker To move the marker directly in the Time Ruler use the grab hand cursor to drag the marker to the desired location Project EDL View The project EDL view shows a graphic representation of the project edit decision list EDL and makes up the major portion of the project view screen 01 01 00 00 91 02 00 00 01 03 00 00 01 04 00 00 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 E E RIE E E E E E E E BEY Es EEJ BEA E zE RIE E E E El E HEN 68 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Tibetan Singing bowl A ees The project EDL view is subdivided into tracks displayed horizontally across the page The track 1s defined on the left side by a row of track function selection buttons above the track name The track number is shown on the leftmost button Track height can be adjusted using the EDL Height adjustment slider at the bottom of the Project View screen Shown here with the EDL Height expanded to show track names Hidden Track Names 56 01 J J RJE EE KIC 2 j I RJE 3 track 1 Bass 1 ET E AAA ey If the track height is adjusted below a certain amount the track name will be hidden To see the track name in this case place the cursor over the track number do not click and a pop up will show the name of the track Audio Events Audio events are indicated by gray
61. eMode which creates a single audio file per track This mode makes efficient use of disk space and processor resources for recording and works especially well when there are a lot of punch in and out events edits over multiple tracks Non destructive projects which may have many separate sound files referenced per track can be converted to TapeMode This process will convert all audio in each track to a new track writing new audio files which incorporate all sound elements on that track into a single audio file To TapeMode convert a project select a project to be converted from the list of projects then click the TapeMode convert button The TapeMode convert dialog box will appear Type the SCSI ID number of the target drive and click OK to begin the conversion process Individual tracks may also be TapeMode converted by double clicking on the Project folder to open 1t and selecting an individual track to be converted to TapeMode Only one track at a time can be selected Ei Tape mode convert Target drive AA A on Cancel Auto Naming of TapeMode Converted Files The TapeMode conversion process will use the same name as the original file but will append TAPE to the end of the name Since the name of the new project will always be different than the original the system will keep appending TAPE each time a conversion is made it is not possible to overwrite an existing project using TapeMode convert 50 ViewNet MX Versio
62. edit when a change is made e On Edit Operation only send edit when an edit occurs Propagate In Out This setting governs the conditions under which the action of setting In and Out marks is propagated to other machines in the Multi machine group in Multi machine mode e Never don t send In Out selection to other machines e On Modify only send In Out when a change is made e On Edit Operation only send In Out when an edit occurs Machine Sets Server IP This function is used by TASCAM MM Series machines and should not be changed when operating ViewNet MX ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 39 ViewNet MX ViewNet Default Preferences File The ViewNet MX application always maintains a default Preferences file Whenever ViewNet MX 1s started the settings stored in this default preferences file are used This default Preferences file stores all information which is entered in the Preferences window Any changes made to items in the Preferences window are written immediately to this default Preferences file on disk as soon as the change 1s made Saving and Opening Named Preferences Files It 1s possible to create save and open named preference files These files can be stored anywhere and may be copied to floppy disk or the network so that preference files can be duplicated on different ViewNet MX systems Opening Preferences Files Click the Open button in the Preferences window to browse for a pr
63. eferences file Open preferences xj File name Files of type as Lancel Select the desired preferences file and click Open The preferences file will open and these values will now be stored in memory These preferences will be written to disk as the current values for the preferences and automatically recalled the next time ViewNet is started 40 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Saving Preference Files To save the current preferences settings as a named preferences file click Save This will open a Save preferences as dialog box Name the preferences file and save To update an existing preferences data file select the named file you wish to update click Save then answer yes when the program asks 1f you want to replace the existing file Revert to Default To return to the default preferences values click Revert The default preferences values are e Net delay compensation Almost all the way to the left e Machine offline warning Stage e Nudge amount 00 00 00 01 H M S F e Coarse nudge amount 00 00 01 00 H M S F e Propagate Edit Tracks Never e Propagate In Out On edit operation e Stage Machines All ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 41 ViewNet MX Chapter 4 Projects and Tracks The Load Project Track Window Projects and tracks can be loaded into an MX 2424 by using the Load project track window This window can be opened from either the
64. em default location for these files 1s the ViewNet folder but settings files may be stored in any disk directory and copied to floppy or network drives for ease of distribution ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 79 ViewNet MX Save To save the current settings all settings for all menu banks click the Save button to open the window called Save machine settings as Save in a ViewNet A ee dao E ll Data a feet ViewN et images a Ron settings 1 aa 6_23_prefs a Ron settings 2 ss b_ b_prets sa Stage 4 prefs el i Bia iim setti 13 48 df a Stage B Prefs an Mach Blan Prefs 7 9 an awingall jar la PAL set a8 ViewNet jar a Filename Big Film settings 48 30d Saweas type A Files Cancel Type the name of the settings file to be saved then click Save Open To open a Machine settings file click the Open button in the Machine Settings window choose the desired file then click Open The new settings will be loaded into ViewNet Note that the settings will not be transmitted to any MX 2424 s on the network until they are applied by clicking Apply changes or Apply all Revert To revert to the previous settings for all Setup menus click Revert To recall the default settings for all menus choose the default item from the Store user settings drop down list in the 900 settings menu bank and then click Recall 80 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual
65. ers Manual ViewNet MX Ident Request Sets the TL Bus unit ID Ident request for the MX 2424 This value can be any number between 01 and 32 or can be set to Auto which 1s the default When Auto request 1s on the system will automatically assign ID numbers to the machines on the TL Bus Ident Assigned This is a status display of the MX 2424 s TL Bus ID number ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 85 ViewNet MX 200 Transport ES Machine settings 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control 600 Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital Ka 900 System 000 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Record mode Non destructive x Loop mode Play repeatedly x Loop record Auto unload off x Pre roll 00 00 03 00 Pastrall O0 00 02 00 Tape mode start 01 00 00 00 Tape mode length 00 10 00 00 Rollback length 00 00 05 00 Applies to Hange Apply all Ci Original machine Mame Mx2424 1 Identiti Serial number 1430 Syne group Al gt Machine set All y even open saw Record Mode Sets the record mode on the MX 2424 Non destructive Sets the MX 2424 to non destructive record mode In non destructive record mode every new recording creates a new audio file on the disk and recordings can be undone with the Undo button Default setting Tape Mode Sets the MX 2424 to TapeMode also called Destr
66. es 105 TE Calculator Parameter CROSS til 105 Ii AAA ETE EE EE IA 105 SDE A acet tals ctact eh Aact tals sGacte etd ger eattlecgaaie nat alee etn ctec sh dats 105 BNO WOU DinaMMes cda re T 105 Sl CCl ae os clas cee tte Bi heen Rate act E heeetne st 105 MEA a idas 105 CHAPTER 9 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS vissccccscccoscsssvesssscasccsssvsssvccenessvcessovessscasscessssccesceseeeses 106 CHAPTER 10 EDITING COMMAND irnos I Ann esanins 107 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 11 ViewNet MX Chapter 1 ViewNet MX Installation About ViewNet MX ViewNet MX is a graphical interface network created by TimeLine for the TASCAM MX 2424 It provides a graphical interface application which runs on personal computers using the Apple Macintosh or Microsoft Windows 98 NT operating systems This interface provides for viewing and editing of audio tracks loaded on the TASCAM MX 2424 and also provides access to all machine and system setup parameters ViewNet MX works via a 100 Mbps Megabit per second Fast Ethernet connection linking the MX 2424 and the 100Mbit Ethernet interface port of computers on the network running the ViewNet MX application Steps to Complete ViewNet Setup Complete the following steps explained in detail in this chapter to operate ViewNet MX 1 Set the IP address IP Net Mask and IP Gateway settings for MX 2424 machines 2 Install the ViewNet MX application in the computer s that will be on the network 3 Set
67. etwork manager for your company network to properly configure such systems 28 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Chapter 3 The Network Screen When the ViewNet MX application is first started 1t will open to the Network screen This screen shows a list of all MX 2424 s currently operating and connected to the network Ifno machines are connected then nothing will appear in the list most menu items will be grayed and unavailable and the Project View screen can not be accessed Click the button labeled Network upper right corner at any time to return to the Network View screen Sections of the Network Screen The Network Screen consists of the following sections Network View Filters C syne grou y Are den come T Type Project Sync group Bus status Sample rate Framerate Machine sets ono online desc Machine Status Info mea 1 lt MMRIP only gt MX2424 MM Project 1 Master 44100 30NDF Mx 2424 2 2 lt MMR P only gt MH 2424 MX Projecttl 1 Slave 44100 30MDF System Status Panel These are described in detail below Machine Status Information Columns When a network broadcast is received from one or more MX 2424 s columns in the Network screen will show a list of setup parameters for each machine To change any of the Setup parameters select a machine by clicking in the row of settings then choose the Settings item in the Machine menu to
68. from the list of destination tracks then click Load The selected track will be loaded into the destination but no other tracks will be affected When a track 1s loaded the Project attributes are not loaded only the track itself Faq Load project track Miel Fa Machine name Me 2424 2 Ident E serial number 1430 QA wWarmness 11 0 303 a Bass_1 Y Kick_3 a snare 5 Y Hi Hat_7 a Drums L_9 a Drums R_11 4 Pad L123 4 Pad R15 Y Synth Bend L_17 Y Synth Bend R_19 To track Load 1 g ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 45 ViewNet MX File Utilities The File Utilities window contains a number of functions relating to disk and file management Functions available in this window include Rename Smart Copy TapeMode Convert Delete To open the File Utilities window from the Project view screen choose Utilities from the File menu Opening File Utilities from the Network View To open the File Utilities window from the Network View screen first select a machine by clicking anywhere in the row of settings for the desired machine and then choose Utilities from the File menu to open the File Utilities window for that machine File Edit View Machine Macros Help Syne group All v Machine set All Network MxX 2424 2 12 lt MMRIP only gt MX 2424 MX Project 1 Slave 44100 30NDF Name Ident_ Serial number Type Project Sync group Bus
69. he computer enter 255 255 255 000 as the value for Subnet Mask Press OK twice and restart the computer When the computer has restarted run ViewNet MX by double clicking its icon on the Desktop You will see the ViewNet Network screen with connected machines listed on the right Click the Connection box next to the desired machine to activate it ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 17 ViewNet MX Configuring Computer Network Settings To use the ViewNet MX application with an MX 2424 the computer running the ViewNet MX application must be configured with the proper IP Internet Protocol address and other network settings Installing A Network Interface Card in the Computer A Windows PC running ViewNet MX must have a properly functioning Network Interface Card NIC installed before the ViewNet MX software will work A NIC configured for operation with Fast Ethernet 100 Mbps 100BaseT networks 1s required for proper function of ViewNet MX Setting Windows TCP IP Properties Right click on the desktop icon Network Neighborhood and select Properties from the pop up menu Open Explore Find Computer Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive Create Shortcut Rename After clicking on properties the Properties window will open Click on the Configuration tab to bring the configuration page to the front Network El ES Configuration Identification Access Control The follow
70. hine opening that machine s Project View Screen Active Connections Opening certain information or settings windows will also cause ViewNet to establish an active connection even when the Project View Screen is not open These active connections are always indicated by the blue color of the Conn box for the machine which has the connection Opening the following windows will always open an active connection to an MX 2424 e Machine Settings e Load Project track e Utilities Active Connections In Multi Machine Operation When ViewNet is working with more than one machine actions are transmitted to all machines that are part of the network group To do this ViewNet establishes an active connection with each machine in turn executes the command closes the connection then moves on to the next machine until the commands are executed across all machines While this is occurring the system status panel will indicate each active connection as it occurs by switching the Conn box from gray to blue then back again This provides useful feedback to the user which shows each active connection as it occurs and is then terminated ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 35 ViewNet MX Active Connections In Multiple Specific Machine Macros Multiple specific machine macros can be created by including the action of switching to a different machine while building the macro These macros will establish a momentary active connection to each machine
71. hort Use this field to enter the short description that will be used in the column labeled desc in the System Status Panel This information is stored locally as part of ViewNet Audio s preferences file This means each instance of the ViewNet application on the network can have a different description Description long Use this field to enter any relevant information about the machine This information can be recalled and viewed only in this window and is stored locally as part of ViewNet Audio s preferences file Each instance of ViewNet can have a different description Backup MX software Selecting this from the Machine Menu creates a backup file of the current MX OS in use A dialog will ask where it should be saved ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 95 ViewNet MX Update MX software This menu updates the MX OS on a Smart Card in an MX 2424 the OS must be downloaded from Tascam s website first The dialog will ask where the file is on the computer s hard drive that you wish to update When downloaded the file will be a self extracting archive The archive must be expanded and the resulting file used to update the card Multi Machine When the Multi machine mode is on operations and commands issued for one machine are automatically propagated to all other machines which are part of the Multi machine group Multi machine mode is especially intended for use when conforming edits across multiple machines
72. hortcut takes all of them offline 34 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Connection Box The left column of the System Status Panel is labeled Conn abbreviation for Connection and shows a box for each machine listed This box operates as both a status indicator and also as a command button Click in this box to establish an active connection directly to an MX 2424 and open the Project View Screen EDL view for that machine When an active connection 1s established with a particular MX 2424 this box will be colored blue When an active connection 1s not currently established with this MM series machine the Connection box will remain light gray When multiple machines are displayed in the System Status Panel the Conn box color 1s also used to indicate which machine currently has or most recently had an active connection to ViewNet Audio Dark gray indicates the machine was the most recent to have an active connection but does not have one now Remember that clicking on any Conn box will always automatically open the Project View Screen for that MX 2424 e Blue indicates active connection established with this machine e Light Gray indicates no active connection established with this machine e Dark Gray indicates this machine had the most recently established active connection but has no current active connection The keyboard shortcut Ctrl Any Numerical Key 1 9 can be used to toggle the Connection status of any mac
73. ime upon reasonable notice Maintenance Service TimeLine shall provide maintenance service for the Software at a reasonable fee if not pursuant to TimeLine s limited warranty in accordance with standard industry practices Export Law Assurances You agree that the Software will not be removed transferred or exported from the United States in violation of the restrictions and controls imposed by the United States Export Administration Act and the regulations thereunder nor will it be transferred to anyone who intends to do so ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 111 ViewNet MX Limited Warranty The Software 1s provided with a limited warranty as described in the User Manual No other warranties express or implied shall apply Limitation of Liability TimeLine and or TEAC America Inc will not be liable under any subject matter of this software license agreement under any contract statute tort negligence or strict liability or other theory for a loss or inaccuracy of data cost of procurement of substitute goods services or technology b any indirect incidental or consequential damages including but not limited to lost profits and c any matter beyond its reasonable control General This license agreement for the Software and the limited warranty and related provisions in this manual will be governed exclusively by the laws of the State of California without regard to the conflict of law provisions thereof Th
74. immediately to the splice point at the beginning of the previous edit event for tracks which are selected for editing If no tracks are selected for editing this command moves the playhead to the splice point at the beginning of the previous edit on any track Shuttle Shuttle oe mea is T ER 5 IEA The Shuttle control will move the playhead forward or backward and play audio at some percentage of nominal play speed according to the scale shown on the shuttle control The range of the shuttle function is from 0 to 1 5 times nominal play speed Once the Shuttle control is moved it will remain in the position set until some other transport button is activated The shuttle function will preempt any other transport function and any other transport function will preempt the shuttle function ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 59 ViewNet MX System Status Panel To the right of the Network screen 1s the System Status Panel which shows a brief description of each machine the Online status of the machine and which machines if any have a direct network connection established This panel is always present and active for both the Network Screen and the Project View shown here Project Overview The project overview is in the bottom part of the project view screen between the machine status displays and the scroll bar for the project EDL view Project View Resize Tab Conn online desc E E Tracks 1 24 E Tracks 2
75. ing network components are installed Chenttor Microsoft Networks Com OfficeConnect NIE SCSOHO1OU TA E Remove Properties Primar Network Logon Highlight the correct TCP IP for your NIC and click on Properties to open the TCP IP Properties window 18 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX TCP IP Properties Window The TCP IP Properties Window has several tabs used for setting up various aspects of the TCP IP network configuration for the computer TCPAP Properties Bindings Advanced ONS Configuration Gateway WINS Configuration IF Address An IF address can be automatically assigned to this computer If your network does not automatically assign IP addresses ask your network administrator for an address and then type itin the space below Obtain an IP address automatically IP Address 206 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 O 19 192 164 conest_ Click on the IP Address tab click the button for Specify an IP address and enter an appropriate IP address in the field provided Please note that no two computers may share an IP address See the discussion on IP addresses earlier in this chapter for more information Use the Subnet Mask field to enter the IP Net mask Set this value to 255 255 255 000 unless your network administrator advises that you should use a different setting ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Setting IP Gate
76. is entered press Yes to save it and reboot the MX 2424 for the change to take effect Important Rules for IP Addresses It is important to make sure the first nine numbers of the IP address should be the same for all host machines on that network and the final three numbers should set to a number which is unique for each device on the network If the MX 2424 is to be used in a facility where IP addresses are managed by a network administrator that person should assign and log the IP addresses for each MX 2424 and ViewNet MX computer according to the address scheme for the facility IP addresses for MX 2424 s can always be changed by using Setup menu 950 Using the Default IP Address The Default network address can be safely used as a valid IP address for host machines on self contained ViewNet MX networks A self contained network is one that is not being used for access to the Internet and which will be dedicated to running ViewNet MX within a facility If your ViewNet MX network will be connected to the Internet you should be using your facility s assigned IP addresses not the default IP addresses Next Available IP If the Default network address is used the ViewNet MX application can see which unique host IDs have been used by MX 2424 units on the network and suggest the next valid host IP address for new units which will be added to the network This function is listed under the ViewNet MX Help menu About ViewMet Audio Ke
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78. lete the Disk status will show No backups active ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 51 ViewNet MX Cancel TapeMode Convert To cancel abort a TapeMode conversion in progress click the Abort button next to the Disk status indicator The system will ask if you are sure you want to abort the process To abort the conversion click Yes To inform you that the TapeMode conversion has been successfully aborted the system will show this message y ViewNet Audio info The machine Name R_mach_rm2 Ident 1 Serial number 1521 Description Undefined reported the following condition TapeMode convert aborted By User Click OK to clear the box and return to normal operation Delete To delete a project from the disk select the project in the project list then click on the Delete button The following safety warning will appear fas Delete Really delete project Yes Ho To cancel the deletion and return to normal operation click No To delete the project click yes It 1s also possible to delete single tracks from a project by first selecting a track then clicking the Delete button The following safety warning will appear Fes Delete Really delete track s Yes Ho To cancel the deletion and return to normal operation click No To delete the track click yes Note that this operation will only delete the project or track EDL file but will not delete any audio files referenced
79. ll give the following message f Next available IP Your ViewNet Audio network is not using the isolated network IP address system This is probably because you have integrated your TimeLine machines into an existing ethernet This does work however the next available IP function is not available in such a setting Please consult your WewHNet Audio manual and or your network administrator IP Net Mask Use this field to enter the IP Net mask Set this value to 255 255 255 000 unless your network administrator advises that you should use a different setting 01234567890123456789 LCD characters indicate 951 Ip Net Mask Top menu name 255 255 255 000 Bottom IP Net Mask address 14 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX IP Gateway Use this field to enter the IP Gateway 1f the ViewNet MX network 1s part of a larger network which uses a Gateway If there is no Gateway in use there is no need to enter any data in this menu 01234567890123456789 LCD characters indicate 952 Ip Gateway Top menu name 000 000 000 000 Bottom IP Gateway address ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 15 ViewNet MX Installing the ViewNet MX Application The ViewNet MX application 1s a software program designed to run on a personal computer Each instance of the ViewNet MX application installed on a network computer operates independently and can view any MX 2424 or show an overview of the entire network
80. ly enter the desired value in the Time field in the Timecode Calculator This will not change the value of the actual Time register but it will remove that offset as a factor for the Timecode Calculator If the Timecode Calculator is closed and opened again the Time value will default to show the setting of the Time register again For more information on using the Time register see the entry labeled Time in Chapter 5 The Project View Screen ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 105 ViewNet MX Chapter 9 Shortcut Keys Zoom modifiers Click Zoom Shift click Zoom out Ctrl shift click Zoom out all the way Grab cursor hand mode operation Click Select Shift click Select additional events Click amp drag Move Alt click amp drag Move constrained in time Ctrl click amp drag Copy Ctrl alt click amp drag Event corner trim individual gains fade length Ctrl shift click amp drag Event edge trim whole event gain event edit points ESC Terminate a drag View keys Z Zoom Shift Z Zoom out Ctrl shift Z Zoom out all the way Move view to in out Shift Move view to head tail Ctrl F View follows playhead Ctrl P View pages with playhead Ctrl L Toggle loop mode Ctrl J Toggle online works on network panel too toggles Ctrl shift J online for selected machines Toggle online to a previously established synch point when in Biphase Chase mode MM series machines only works on network panel too toggle
81. measure for facilities which have more than one room using MX 2424 s on the ViewNet MX network a pre filter for machine sets is provided in the Preferences window The drop down list labeled Stage Machines shows a list of all machine sets that are part of the current preferences settings stage machines Machine sets Editing Room Editing Room The choice labeled All in the machine sets filter in the Network Screen will use the machine set chosen here to be all machines that can be viewed on the network from this particular computer running the ViewNet MX application Other computers on the network would have their own separate list of machine sets The Stage Machines filter in Preferences will prevent an operator from accidentally choosing all machines from the Network Screen and affecting a machine in another room By setting this preference here the machines which can be chosen from the Network Screen will be limited to only those machines which are part of the chosen stage machine set System Status Panel To the right of the Network screen is the System Status Panel which shows a brief description of each machine the Online status of the machine and which machines if any have a direct network connection established This panel is always present and active for both the Network Screen and the Project View shown here Conni online dese a Ml Tracks 1 24 eelere E Tracks 25 48 HH ViewNet MX
82. n 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Not Enough Space Warning The TapeMode Convert process will always write the converted tracks to disk as new audio files but will not delete the existing audio files In some cases there may not be enough space left on the target drive to perform the TapeMode Conversion If this condition occurs a warning message will alert you E EE The machine Hame R_mach_rm2 Ident 1 Serial number 1521 Description FX stem rec 1 reported the following condition Hot Enough Space for TapeMode conversion If this occurs it will be necessary to dismiss the warning then delete some existing material on the disk and perform a disk cleanup before the TapeMode Convert operation can be performed Or select another target disk with more space availabe Note that since TapeMode Convert writes data for the entire length of the track even in places where no audio was recorded these will be filled with digital zeros which still take up disk space it is more likely for this situation to occur with TapeMode Convert than with Smart Copy TapeMode Convert Progress Display Once the TapeMode conversion process begins the system will indicate progress of the conversion operation as Tape convert in the Disk Status display at the top of the File Utilities window Mal ES Machine name R_imach_rim2 Ident A serial number 12 Disk status Tape convert17 40 Abort Once the conversion is comp
83. n region is changed while the MX 2424 is playing it will automatically disable the View Follows Playhead setting or the Pages with Playhead setting The new region selection will be shown but the playhead will remain where it is and continue to move through the overview To reset View Follows Playhead or Pages with Playhead choose them again from the View menu or use the keyboard shortcuts ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 61 ViewNet MX Machine Status Information Sync group 1 sample rate 44100 Control mode LocalMMhiA Disk encoding Protools 16 bit Bus status Off Frame rate 300DF Input source Analog Record mode Nondestructive Important machine settings are shown in the machine status information display between the overview and the transport buttons The settings shown are Sample Rate Timecode Type Control Mode Sample Reference Disk Encoding Record Mode The settings shown in the Project View screen are information displays only To change settings use the Machine Settings window from the Machine menu Track Function and Information The track function and information panel is in the left center area of the Project View screen This panel is used to show track names and provide selection buttons for setting the following functions for each track e Load Project track aout Record e Input e
84. n the Entry Register Current In Out or Memory directly on the Time Ruler Select In Out Cursor del Drag the Select In Out cursor within the Project EDL view to automatically set the In and Out marks around the selected region Grab Cursor Le Use the Grab hand cursor to select clips in the Project EDL view Use the grab cursor with Shift Click to select multiple clips The grab cursor can also be used to directly drag the playhead In mark Out Mark and Memory Markers on the Time Ruler Zoom Cursor a Drag the Zoom cursor within the Project EDL view to automatically zoom in around the selected region Use Shift Click with the zoom cursor to zoom out 74 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX View Menu Settings Items in the View menu affect what will be shown in the Project EDL view and how some elements within the view will behave Items with a box act as view settings When the box 1s selected checked the listed View menu setting will apply The last item View whole project is a direct command and will show the entire project EDL View Machine Macros M Follows playhead Ctrl F Li Fages with playhead Ctrl P 1 Show subtrames I Show feetframes 1 Show splice points IM Show volume automation IM Show mute automation View whole project Follows Playhead If View Follows playhead is selected in the View menu the playhead will remain stationary on screen when the system i
85. n using the In Out selection tool All edit operations performed on a region will include all material within the selected region This may cause edits to occur within a clip rather than on clip boundaries ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 71 ViewNet MX Audio event Appearance In Record When material is being recorded the new event s will appear as a new red colored clip streaming onto the EDL view at the playhead position on the track s being recorded Once recording is stopped the system will finish writing the recorded data into the file on disk and the event will change to the normal gray color with the event name inside The red event shown during the recording 1s actually an estimate of the event s true location based on the time when the recording was detected by ViewNet Audio The true location and duration of the event will be displayed after the recording 1s finished Recording Clip Blan 16 519 Oo P2 00 00 p 01 00 02 15 00 01 g 0 00 01 00 03 15 00 01 00 04 00 00 01 00 04 15 00 pi E 14 1 RIE Gl Blank a 15 R E k kt Blan 17 1 RI E PORTE Oo Horizontal Scroll Bar A ee en ee A A A A AAA RATA Scroll Selection Handle RTARTA ERT The Horizontal Scroll Bar at the bottom of the EDL view panel allows for scrolling the EDL view panel over the duration of the project from head to t
86. ng In and Out marks A location can be entered for the In or Out register by clicking the In or Out register button typing the desired location into the Entry Register and pressing Enter Return The In and Out marks will move to the selected location A more graphical way to enter In and Out marks is to use the Select In Out cursor and drag across the selected range in the Project EDL view When selecting an individual clip or group of clips use the Grab hand cursor and click directly on the desired clip Use Shift Click to select multiple clips Selecting Edit Tracks In addition to selecting the range of material to be edited the tracks to be included in the edit operation must be selected from the Tracks Function and Information panel Click on the button labeled with the letter E for Edit to select a track for editing Selected edit buttons will appear with a yellow background Use the button with the clipboard icon at the top of the edit button column to select all tracks for editing If less than half of the tracks are selected using the Select All button will select all of the tracks If some tracks are already selected the logic used will be to deselect all tracks if half or more of them are already selected Refer to the section called Selecting Material To Edit in Chapter 5 The Project View Screen for more information on selecting regions and clips 108 Editing Behaviors UNDO This steps backward through the Undo hist
87. nly display of the name given to the MX 2424 in the Machine Information window ViewNet MX Machine menu This name can also be viewed and changed in the Machine Information window the 900 bank of the Machine Settings window ViewNet Machine menu and from the front panel of the MM series unit in Setup menu 940 The Machine name is stored internally on the MX 2424 Ident The Ident number in the Load project track window 1s a read only display of the machine TL Bus ID number This number can be set in the 100 bank of the Machine Settings window and from the front panel of the MX 2424 in Setup menu 111 Serial Number The Serial number in the Load project track window is a read only display of the machine s unique factory identification number not the TASCAM inventory serial number This number is set during manufacture and can not be changed Disk Status This 1s an information display that shows the current status of any File Utility disk activity If there is no current activity the display will indicate No backups active ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 47 ViewNet MX Project Track Selection When the File Utilities window is first opened no projects are selected and the command buttons are grayed out and not available To select a project click on the name of the project in the project list The project will then be highlighted and the command buttons will become operational Rename To rename a project selec
88. ntry Register then change the value in the Entry Register and press Enter Return to store the new value Memory Registers oj 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 The MX2424 supports 99 timecode memory locations and these can be accessed by the ten Memory Register buttons on the top right side of the screen labeled 0 9 It should be noted that the MX remembers these location points as two digit entries so location number 1 would be entered as 01 To capture a timecode location number on the fly click Capture or the keyboard up arrow and then enter a two digit location number using the Memory Register buttons or the keyboard To Recall a Memory Location simply type in the number and it will be displayed in the Entry Register To store a value from the Entry Register into a Memory Register click Sto or S on the keyboard then enter the desired memory number Duration Registers These registers show the duration of time between the In and Out marks They have a special behavior for setting these marks to a specific duration value as described below In gt Out 00 59 37 20 aa mow This register shows the duration between the In and Out marks If a new value is entered by typing in numbers and pressing Enter Return on the keyboard the current In mark time location will remain fixed and the Out mark will move to encompass the requested duration 66 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Out gt In 00
89. o be in the Project View screen Select the track or tracks to be unloaded by first selecting them for editing To do this click the box with the letter E in the track information and settings panel ey WiewNet ES File Edit Wiel Machine ident 2 M2424 2 Project Wwarmness t Select track for editing unloading 01 00 05 22 01 Current After the track is selected for editing unloading choose Unload tracks from the File menu E ViewNet Audio Edit E Mew project Ctrl N Load project track Ctri O Unload tracks 3 Utilities The track will be unloaded The track will now be blank so that if any new recording is done to this track a new track will be created in the project 54 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Chapter 5 The Project View Screen Overview The Project View screen provides a graphical view of project OpenTL files as well as transport and editing functions for a selected MX 2424 To open the Project View screen click the Conn Box for the desired machine in the Network View screen System Status panel Side Cann bex to open Project View LA Tracks 1 24 J 7 Tracks 25 48 The Project View screen for the selected machine will open Components of the Project View Screen The Project View screen has a number of different components and functional sections These are indicated here Machine amp Project Name Edit Buttons E
90. ols Adapters Bindings Network Adapters Add Remove e Update ltem Hotes ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 23 ViewNet MX Windows NT TCP IP Properties Select the Protocols tab in Network window then select TCP IP and click on Properties This will open the TCP IP Properties window Microsoft TCP IP Properties Ei ES IP Address DNS WINS Address Routing An F address can be automatically assigned to this network card by a DHCP server If your network does not have a DHCP server ask pour network administrator for an address and then type it in the space below Adapter 1 Intel 8 557 bazed 107100 Ethernet PC Adapter Obtain an IF address from a DHCP server Specify an IP address IP Address 06 19 192 137 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 06 19 192 1 Advanced OF Cancel Apt Click on the IP Address tab click on Specify an IP address and enter an appropriate IP address in the field provided Please note that no two computers may share an IP address and that unpredictable behavior 1s likely to occur if they do See the discussion on IP addresses earlier in this chapter for more information Use the Subnet Mask field to enter the IP Net mask Set this value to 255 255 255 000 unless your network administrator advises that you should use a different setting If you plan to connect two or more networks then you must enter an IP Gateway addre
91. om the drop down lists Once the machine selection 1s made click Start to begin operating in Multi machine mode Multi machine Mode Indicator A bright red button labeled Multi machine will appear directly above the Entry Register in the Project View Screen when this mode is on This is a safety reminder that commands sent to one machine in the group will be echoed to all other machines Exiting Multi machine Mode To exit the Multi machine mode choose the command labeled Stop multi machine from the Machine menu Machine Macros Information Stop multi machine Multi Machine Behavior Molti machine behavior Propogate edit tracks Meyer Propogate infout On edit operation v The Preferences window has two items relating to the Multi machine mode of operation These are described below ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 97 ViewNet MX Propagate Edit Tracks This setting governs the conditions under which the action of selecting or deselecting track edit buttons 1s propagated to other machines in the Multi machine group when Multi machine mode is on e Never don t send edit selection to other machines e On Modify only send edit selection when a change is made e On Edit Operation only send edit selection when an edit occurs Choosing On Modify will send the edit track status whenever any track edit button is enabled or disabled Choosing On Edit Operation only changes track edit status for othe
92. on the Store button to cancel the pending store operation Locate Ci Clicking on Locate or the L key on your keyboard will automatically paste the value shown in the Entry Register to the current playhead location In other words 1t will move the current location of the playhead directly to the time value shown in the Entry Register This value will then be shown in the current display and be entered in the current time register Clear Clr Clicking Clear will set the value of the Entry Register to 0 00 00 00 00 for timecode and 000000 00 for feet frames Read Only Display Registers Some registers may not be written into directly and serve as a read only display of time information in the Entry Register 64 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual e wNe TC Read TC read Click this button to display the value of timecode coming into the selected MX2424 s rear panel TC input User Registers The buttons that act as time registers where numbers can be stored by the user are shown in blue If a number other than 0 is stored in one of these registers the color of the button will change to dark blue These registers are Current In Out Memory 0 9 Offset Current 00 59 10 12 Current Capt The Current time register shows the position of the playhead The display shows the time as green numbers on a black background Click the Current button to show the current time value in the Ent
93. on the track between the In and Out marks will be highlighted blue to indicate 1t 1s selected for editing To unload tracks select the edit buttons then choose Unload from the File menu Select All Buttons o iea e At the top of the panel are special buttons which will select all tracks for the specified function If some tracks are already selected the logic used will be to deselect all tracks 1f half or more of them are already selected If less than half of the tracks are selected using the select all button will select all of the tracks Time Registers and Displays 101 00 05 22 01 00 23 23 01 01 01 18 01 00 05 22 Current Offset curent capt in outen out n 0ut TCread Rel sto Loc cir lola 2fa a s 5 7 8 9 Directly above the main EDL view panel is a collection of time registers for storing and retrieving timecode or feet frame numbers and numeric displays to indicate the contents of some of these registers Use the View menu to select between timecode or feet frames and to toggle subframes on and off The contents of the Current In and Out registers are always shown directly above their buttons Other selected registers will display their contents in the Entry Register when they are selected The behavior of all registers and displays is described in this section The Entry Register 00 59 10 12 Current Tc read Free sto Loc cir The Entry Register
94. ory REDO This steps forward through the Undo history CUT The CUT function removes the audio from the selected track s between the In and the Out points and places it into the clipboard All subsequent audio will be slipped earlier in time to replace the audio that was cut Audio Before Cut In Out Audio After Cut In Clipboard 109 COPY The COPY function copies the audio from the selected track s between the In and Out points and places it into the clipboard Audio Before Copy In Out Audio After Copy In Clipboard PASTE PASTE places the contents of the clipboard into the selected track s at the position of the In point and overwrites any existing material on those selected tracks starting at the In point and extending for the duration of the clipboard contents PASTE does not alter the placement of any other material on the track s Audio Before Paste In Clipboard In Audio After Paste 110 CLEAR The CLEAR function removes the audio between the In and Out points replacing 1t with silence It does not affect the position of any other audio material on the track s The clipboard is not affected Audio Before Clear In Out Audio After Clear In Clipboard INSERT INSERT places the contents of the clipboard into the selected track s at the In point while slipping all subsequent audio on the selected tracks later in time an amount equal to the inserted audio A
95. r or computers that are part of a ViewNet MX network b make copies of the software for backup purposes only and c transfer the Software and your rights under this license with the exception of the source code rights but only to another party and only if such party is given a copy of this Agreement and agrees in writing delivered to TimeLine to accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement Restrictions You may not use copy modify or transfer the software in whole or in part except as expressly permitted by this Agreement Any attempt to transfer any of your rights duties or obligations hereunder except as expressly permitted in this Agreement is void YOU SHALL NOT NOR SHALL YOU ALLOW ANY THIRD PARTY TO DECOMPILE DISASSEMBLE OR OTHERWISE REVERSE ENGINEER THE SOFTWARE BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER Terms This license is effective until terminated and will immediately and automatically terminate without notice if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this license You agree upon termination to promptly destroy the software together with all copies thereof in any form Termination is not an exclusive remedy and all other remedies remain available whether or not the license is terminated Compliance You agree to certify to TimeLine from time to time upon TimeLine s request your compliance with the terms and conditions of the license TimeLine shall have the right to audit such compliance at any reasonable t
96. r machines in the multi machine group when an actual edit operation is performed To use multi machine for performing edits across multiple machines the On Edit Operation setting 1s the safest since only edit operations will be propagated This also allows operations such as Edit mode selection or unloading a track the edit track button must be enabled to unload a track to be performed independently on the local machine without propagating to other machines in the multi machine group Propagate In Out This setting governs the conditions under which the action of setting In and Out marks is propagated to other machines in the Multi machine group when Multi machine mode is on e Never don t send In Out selection to other machines e On Modify only send In Out when a change is made e On Edit Operation only send In Out when an edit occurs Choosing On Edit Operation 1s safest since changes to the In and Out marks are only sent when an actual edit operation is performed Auto rehearse This setting enables Auto rehearse mode The Rehearse button will flash indicating that an Auto Rehearse operation will be performed using the In and Out points when PLAY is started Auto record This setting enables Auto record mode The Record button will flash indicating that an Auto record operation will performed using the In and Out points when PLAY is started Free space Click this button to show the available disc space on
97. r of machines using the network and the total volume of network traffic can influence the responsiveness of an MX 2424 to the ViewNet MX application This in turn can influence the relationship between what 1s seen on the screen in ViewNet MX and the sound produced by the MX 2424 The Net Delay Compensation item allows the user to adjust this relationship so that for example an audio clip shown in the Project View Screen will be seen to pass by the playhead in perfect synchronization with the sound The default setting will probably work well for most systems but the user can experiment with this control to find the optimum setting Machine Offline Warning It 1s often important to know when a machine goes offline and ViewNet can be set to bring up a warning message 1f this happens Ea ViewN et Audio warning The machine z Hame MX 2424 2 Ident 2 Serial number 2466 Description Tracks 25 48 went offline The Machine Offline Warning item in the Preferences window allows the user to set criteria for when the warning will be shown Machine offline warning Mudge amount Coarse nudge amount Always This setting will always bring up a machine offline warning if any machine on the entire network goes offline Stage This setting will only bring up a machine offline warning if a machine belonging to the currently active Stage machines pre filter in the Preferences window goes offline Machines not part of the c
98. racks It 1s possible to have both 16 and 24 bit files in the same session but not SDI and Broadcast Wave files since those file formats require different disk formats SDI 16 bit Records 16 bit Sound Designer II audio files to a Mac formatted disc SDI 24 bit Records 24 bit Sound Designer II audio files to a Mac formatted disc Broadcast wave 16 bit Records 16 bit Broadcast Wave audio files to a PC formatted disc Broadcast wave Records 24 bit Broadcast Wave audio files to a PC formatted disc Record disk SCSI ID This field determines which connected SCSI disk the MX 2424 will record to It defaults to 0 which is the standard internal drive 92 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Record disk status This 1s a status page showing the format of the record disc Target Disk Cleanup This field has two purposes The first is to determine which disc in the SCSI chain will be cleaned up and the second is to initiate the procedure The default disc is 0 Disks mounted This window displays the SCSI ID numbers of the drives currently mounted on the MX 2424 800 Project ES Machine settings 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control 600 Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 200 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital 110 400 System Project name hi Projecttl Track prefix bi Trk File prefix hi Audio Applies to rige Apply all Original machine NamecMs 2424 1 Identd
99. rnate method to adjust the range of material displayed in the Project EDL View Drag the Zoom slider to the right to show a smaller range of material centered on the current display region Drag the Zoom slider to the left to show a wider range of material in the Project EDL View EDL Height A slider labeled EDL Height on the left side of the screen below the head time in the Overview display provides a method to adjust the vertical height of tracks displayed in the Project EDL View Drag the EDL Height slider to the right to increase the vertical height of tracks in the EDL Drag the EDL Height slider to the left to decrease the vertical height of tracks in the EDL View Edit Buttons There is a row of Edit command buttons at the upper right side of the Project EDL View screen These buttons provide a quick and convenient shortcut for the most commonly used edit commands There is a full description of the operation of these edit commands in Chapter 6 Edit Commands ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 73 e wNe Cursor Function Selection Marker Placement h Select In Out A set of icons between the Project EDL View display and the System Status Panel are used to set the function of the cursor for operations in the project EDL view Click directly on the desired icon to set the function of the mouse cursor Marker Placement Cursor p Use the Marker Placement cursor to place the mark currently selected i
100. ry Register In 00 59 17 13 The In time register display shows the position of the In mark directly above the In button Click the In button to show the In mark time value in the Entry Register To change the In time select the In time for display in the Entry Register then change the value in the Entry Register and press Enter Return to store the new value The In value can also be changed by using the In Out mark cursor function or by using the hand cursor function to drag the red In mark in the Time Ruler area of the Project View display ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 65 ViewNet MX Out 00 59 37 20 EE The Out time register display shows the position of the Out mark directly above the Out button Click the Out button to show the Out mark time value in the Entry Register To change the Out time select the Out time for display in the Entry Register then change the value in the Entry Register and press Enter Return to store the new value The Out value can also be changed by using the In Out mark cursor function or by using the hand cursor function to drag the red Out mark in the Time Ruler area of the Project View display Offset The Offset time register holds the time offset of the selected MX2424 machine relative to the external time reference timecode orMTC Click the Offset button to show the offset time value in the Entry Register To change the offset time select the offset time for display in the E
101. s Madan Monitors amp Sound m til at Mouse Anubis Utility 3 04 Sorte Aani Numbers OMS Preferred Device OpenDoc Setup QuickTime Settings Remote Access Speech Startup Disk ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 25 ViewNet MX The Macintosh TCP IP Window From the TCP IP window select Ethernet in the box labeled Connect Via P Connect wia Ethernet hz Setup Configure Manually IF Address 206 19 192 148 Subnet mask 255 255 2550 Router address Search domains Mame server addr timelinewista com In the Configure box choose Manually Enter an appropriate IP address in the field provided Please note that no two computers may share an IP address and that unpredictable behavior is likely to occur if they do See the discussion on IP addresses earlier in this chapter for more information Use the Subnet Mask field to enter the IP Net mask Set this value to 255 255 255 000 unless your network administrator advises that you should use a different setting If you plan to connect two networks or more then you must enter a Router IP address Gateway address To specify a router IP address move the cursor to Router Address box and enter the appropriate number 26 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Chapter 2 Setting Up The Network This chapter gives a brief overview of the Fast Ethernet 100BaseT networking protocol used by ViewNet MX an
102. s in play If View Follows playhead is not selected the playhead will move across the screen when the system is in play Pages with Playhead If View Pages With Playhead is selected in the View menu the playhead will move across the screen when the system is in play then the next screen will automatically appear when the playhead gets near the right side of the screen If View Pages with Playhead is not selected the playhead will move across the screen when the system is in play and will move off the screen when it plays beyond the current view Show Subframes Choose this setting to show subframes in the Time Ruler and Time Displays Show Feet Frames Choose this setting to show feet frames in the Time Ruler and Time Displays ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 75 ViewNet MX Show Splice Points Choose this setting to show splice points in the Project EDL display Splice Points at Fade fl h R Trk3_00961_1239 Splice Point at Edit No Fade DIALOG B 144 Show Volume Automation Choose this setting to show volume automation in the project EDL display when playing imported Open TL files which have volume automation Volume Automation Overlay red line The volume automation data appears as a red line with break points layered on top of the track The volume automation data is for display only and cannot be edited within the ViewNet application Show Mute Automation Choose this setting to show
103. s online for the selected machines Transport keys Right arrow Play Ctrl right arrow Record Down arrow Stop Left arrow Reverse play F From follow with In or Out T To Follow with In or Out Y Through follow with In or Out Ctrl shift L Last play H In to Out 106 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual Register keys Up arrow pan O SO Shift SN db Ctrl A Ctrl shift Ctrl or Ctrl shift or Editing keys Ctrl Z Ctrl Y Ctrl X Ctrl C Ctrl V Delete or backspace Shift I Shift U Shift O Ctrl S Ctrl D Ctrl shift D Ctrl B Ctrl K Ctrl shift O Ctrl shift P Shift N Ctrl G Ctrl H Shift G or Shift or Back quote tilde Project keys Ctrl N Ctrl O ViewNet MX Capture Store Locate Recall Memory location two digit address Current In Out From To Move playhead to next prev edit Move in or out to prev or next edit moving out to prev edit goes to the end of the next edit Rollback roll forward Move in to head and out to tail for the selected tracks Move in to head or out to tail for the selected tracks Nudge Entry Register Coarse nudge Entry Register Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Clear Insert Sync insert Open Split Duplicate Discard Sync paste Paste at left Paste at out Paste at playhead In to now Left cut Event local cut Event local left cut Nudge Coarse nudge Toggle edit mode
104. select a range group of machines or Control click to select separate non adjacent machines EA Audio MX File Edit View Machine Macros Help Sync group All w Machine set All Network Name a Serial number Type Project group Bus status Sample rate os rate Machine sets Conn j online s desc IM 2424 1 lt MMRIP only gt Mx 2424 MX Projecttl Master 44100 Mx 2424 2 p lt MMRIP only gt Mx 2424 MX Project tl r Slave 44100 TIT 7 1 Tracks 1 24 a C Tracks 25 48 Once the machines are selected open the window labeled Define set from the File menu then type a name for the set and click OK Es Define set Enter set name Mew Machine Sel Co conc The Machine Set will be created and will now appear in the list of available Machine Sets When this item 1s selected as a Network View filter only machines belonging to the defined Machine Set will be listed in the Network View Screen and in the System Status Panel Machine Sets are saved as part of the ViewNet MX Preferences file For more information on ViewNet MX Preferences see the section in this chapter entitled ViewNet MX Preference Files To delete Machine Sets open the Preferences windows under the File Menu select a Machine Set by clicking on it and press Delete There is no Undo for this 32 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Stage Machines Pre Filter In Preferences As a safety
105. shows the value and name of the currently selected register The name of the current function of the Entry Register is indicated in the space just to the right of the numeric display The Entry Register value is used by functions such as Sto Clr Loc and the Edit In and Out points Changing The Value In The Entry Register To change the value displayed in the Entry Register click in the box to place the cursor there type a new value and press Enter Return on the keyboard The new value will be shown and written directly to the indicated register This method can be used to enter or change any register values ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 63 e wNe Time Register Function Buttons Some of the buttons in this section are used to perform operations on the value of the Entry Register and other time registers These are described here Capture The Capture button 1s next to the Current button on the left side of the screen Clicking on this button or the up arrow on your keyboard will automatically copy the location of the playhead to the Entry Register and prepare to store this value into the next selected user register Store Clicking on Store or the S key on your keyboard will prepare to copy the value of the Entry Register into the next selected user register The Store button will flash while the store operation is pending Click on any register to complete the store operation or click again
106. smissed by clicking in the close box the Load project track window for the next machine will appear and so on until all windows have been dismissed 42 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Sections of the Load Project Track Window The Load project track window has several different sections as shown below Machine Name from Machine Information Window E Load project track fol x Machine name Mx 2424 2 Ident 2 TL Bus ID Number Serial number 1430 CI mx Demo t 0 228 Machine Identification Number EA NoWayOut t 0 23 EJ On The Spot tl 0 65 J StaProject tl 0 90 C The Teac Folkstl tl 0 1 38 CA Warnness tl 0 303 Ed vveight tl 0 174 Project Track List Load command button Totrack 1 Y Load Project Track Load destination Machine Name The Machine name in the Load project track window is a read only display of the name given to the MX 2424 in the Machine Information window ViewNet MX Machine menu This name can also be viewed and changed in the Machine Information window the 900 bank of the Machine Settings window ViewNet MX Machine menu and from the front panel of the MX 2424 in Setup menu 940 Ident The Ident number in the Load project track window 1s a read only display of the machine TL Bus ID number This number can be set in the 100 bank of the Machine Settings window and from the front panel of the MX 2424 in Setup menu 111 Serial Number The Serial number in
107. ss To designate a gateway address simply move the cursor to the Default Gateway field and enter the appropriate numbers 24 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Apple Macintosh Network Configuration The following assumes a dedicated Ethernet network of MX 2424 s and computers running ViewNet MX software When running MX 2424 s or ViewNet MX on an existing local area network please consult the network administrator for assistance in setting up the computer network To configure networking support on the Macintosh follow these steps Click on the apple menu in the upper left corner of the menu bar From the pull down menu select Control Panels and then select TCP IP within the Control Panels menu File Edit View Special Help About This Computer Ej Adaptec Toast 3 5 3 alias E Adobe Photoshop 5 0 alias Adobe Photoshop 3 0 4 alias AppleCD Audio Player Ej BoonchotKrap gt CS Chooser amp Control Panels Appearance E Dreamwecver k d alias Apple Menu Options 49 Fetch 3 0 2 alias ill T a E E A Para Control Strip Ey Hard Disk Toolkin alias Date amp Tim fj IPEGView alias DialAssist gt NCSA Telnet 2 6 alias Energy Saver F Netscape Navigator alias Extensions Manager 4 Recent Applications b File Exchange 5 Recent Documents p General Controls ES Recent Servers gt ipsa o Sherlock 5 SimpleText alias A a Memory a studiomac alia
108. st of machines on network and their connection and online status Project Overview Shows an overview of the entire project and indicates time for head and tail Machine Status Shows important status information about the selected machine Track Function Panel This panel has function controls for each track Memory Locations and Displays Buttons permit capturing and storing times and displays show time locations Network Access Button Press this to access and display the Network ScreenProject Edit View Machine Project Name Displays the name of the machine currently active in the Project Edit View and the currently loaded project Edit Buttons Allows quick access to most common edit functions 56 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Transport Buttons The transport Buttons for the selected machine are presented in a strip across the bottom of the Project View window Their functions are described here O AA ADO AAA mm a Online ONLINE aay The Online button toggles the unit between online and offline status The function of this button is exactly the same as on the front panel of the MX 2424 Loop a The Loop button toggles the loop status on and off When off the loop indicator is black and when on the loop indicator turns green Rewind The Rewind button will cause the playhead to move backwards faster than play speed No audio will be played during rewind
109. status Sample rate Frame rate Machine sets Conn online desc Mx 2424 1 1 lt MMRIP only gt Mx2424 MX Project tl 1 Master 44100 30NDF L Tracks 1 24 z _j O Tracks 25 48 Opening File Utilities Windows for Multiple Machines It is possible to open File Utilities windows for multiple machines by first selecting multiple machines using Shift Click or Ctrl Click in the Network View screen then choosing Utilities from the File menu A File Utilities window will open for the first machine When this window is dismissed by clicking in the close box the File Utilities window for the next machine will appear and so on until all File Utilities windows have been dismissed 46 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Sections of the File Utilities Window The File Utilities window has several different sections as shown below Machine Name from Machine Information window ES File utilities machine name Mx 24243 2 Ident 2 Serial number 1430 TL Bus ID Number Machine Identification Number Disk status No backups active Disk copy status Wix Demo tl 0 226 MowayDut 11 0 23 On The Spot ltl 0 65 otaProject t 0 90 The Teac Folkstltl 0 138 Vwarmness tl 0 303 Weight tl 0 17 4 Project Track list Rename aman copy Tape mode conver Utility command buttons Machine Name The Machine name in the File Utilities window is a read o
110. t All x Ee Crossfade This sets the crossfade amount used at punch in out and edit points The available settings are in milliseconds and are as follows 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 18 22 30 45 and 90 The default value 1s 10 ms Gapless Punchout This setting toggles the gapless punchout feature Gapless punchout allows underlying audio material to be heard immediately when a record punchout occurs on a track this only affects the monitor section as all punches are gapless This setting will have no effect in TL Tape Mode as it is gapless by nature The default value for gapless punchout is on ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 91 ViewNet MX 600 Reserved for future enhancements 700 Disk ES Machine settings 000 Basic Setup 500 Miscellaneous 100 Bus Control BOO Empty 200 Transport FOO Disk 300 MIDI 800 Tracks Project 400 Analog Digital VO 900 System Disk encoding Broadcastwave 24 bit Record disk SCSIID o Record disk status PE FAT 32 Target disk E Cleanup Disks mounted 0 2 Applies to anie Apply all Ci Original machine MName M242441 Ident Serial number 1430 Syne group A Machine set All el La a ea Disk Encoding The setting of this menu determines the file type and bit depth for the audio files the MX 2424 writes The setting of the this menu only affects newly recorded files thus it will not affect previously recorded t
111. t a project to be renamed from the list then click this button The Rename dialog box will appear Es Rename Enter new file name E ox Cancel Enter the new project name and click OK The renamed project will appear at the bottom of the project list The next time the File Utilities window is called up the renamed project will appear in alphabetical order in the project list To rename a track double click the project containing the track to be renamed and select that track by clicking on it with the mouse With the track selected click the Rename button Smart Copy To create a Smart Copy of a project select a project to be copied from the list then click the Smart Copy button The Smart Copy dialog box will appear Type the name of the file to be created or keep the same name and the number of the target drive SCSI ID Exa Smart copy Mew name On The Spot tl Target drive 13 Ok Cancel Finally click OK to begin the Smart Copy process Smart Copying Over An Existing Project Smart Copy will create an identical copy of the selected project both EDL and audio files using the new project name on the target drive If any of the audio files required for the Smart Copy operation already exist on the target drive they will not be copied redundantly to the target drive If the name of the project is the same but there is new information in the EDL then the Smart Copy operation will update the EDL
112. ta A OLD VN a8 Conform Macro 1 cfe dit Macro 1 a8 Set Markers to Hours File name Edit Macro 1 Files of type E Files Cancel Select the desired macro and click Open to import the macro into the list Export Export macro as Save I E ViewNet e Al E 8 Edit Macro 1 88 Set Markers to Hours Wiewh et File name Conform Macro 1 Save as type E Files Cancel Select the desired macro and click Export to name and save the macro to disk 102 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Delete To delete a macro permanently from the list select the macro then click the delete button The system will not provide a safety warning and the macro will be immediately deleted There is no UNDO for this operation Function Key Assign Any listed macro may be assigned to a function key This allows the macro to be played from the keyboard with a single keystroke To assign a macro to a function key select the desired function key from the list then select the macro to be assigned to that key and click the button labeled Assign The selected function key is now assigned to the desired macro Checking Macro Function Key Assignments To check which macro 1s currently assigned to a particular function key select the function key from the drop down list of function keys The macro assigned to the selected key will highlight and will become the currently selected macro
113. the record drive in the Entry Register based on the number of tracks enabled for record If there are no tracks selected for record 1t will calculate for one track Subsequent additions to record enabled status will decrease the calculated free space 98 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Chapter 7 Macros Macros Menu The Macros menu has selections for recording and managing macros Macros are series of commands that may be captured into a macro file and replayed at another time They are useful for creating shortcuts that allow sending an entire string of commands with a single keystroke Start Macro Recording Macros start macro recording Manage play macros To begin recording a Macro select Start macro recording from the Macros menu The system will now record any commands sent to the MX 2424 into a new macro from the ViewNet MX appliction The only indication that the system 1s actively recording macros is that the Macros menu will have the Start macro recording item grayed out and the Stop macro recording item will be available Actions that only occur in the ViewNet interface and are not communicated to the MX 2424 will not be recorded as part of the macro Stop Macro Recording Macros Help stop macro recording Manage play macros To finish recording the macro choose Stop macro recording from the Macros menu Naming Macros After selecting Stop macro recording from the Ma
114. tions to Original machine Name Mx 2424 1 Ident1 Serial number 1430 Syne group Machine set Start To enable Multi Machine Mode select Start multi machine from the Machine menu select the machine or machine set to be included and press Start The Preferences window has two items relating to the Multi machine mode of operation When the Multi machine mode is on operations and commands issued for one machine are automatically propagated to all other machines which are part of the Multi machine group Multi machine mode operation is discussed in more detail at the end of Chapter 7 Machine Settings Creating New Projects When operating in Multi Machine Mode and a new project is created on any machine on the network that new project will be created on all connected machines Before creating a new project in this manner it is extremely important to verify that a project with the desired name of the new project does not exist on any machine on the network 38 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Propagate Edit Tracks This setting governs the conditions under which edit actions and the selection or de selection of track edit buttons 1s propagated to other machines in the Multi machine group when Multi machine mode is on Molti machine behavior Propogate editiracks Meyer Propogate infout On edit operation x e Never don t send edit to other machines e On Modify only send
115. tly as they are displayed on the MX 2424 Enter a different value for the last group of numbers Example If Menu 950 displays 192 168 100 001 then the IP Address field on the computer should display 192 168 100 XXX where XXX 1s anything except 001 Close the TCP IP control panel saving changes and restart the computer Double click the ViewNet icon in the folder on your hard drive that you copied from the CD ROM in step 3 above to run ViewNet You will see the ViewNet Network screen with connected machines listed on the right Click the Connection box next to the desired machine to activate 1t ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Installing ViewNet MX on a Windows Computer To install ViewNet Audio on a Windows PC ee bays ID 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Insert the CD ROM included with the MX 2424 into your computer s CD ROM drive Open the CD ROM and double click on the file named ViewNetl_15MX Win In the space provided type C Windows Desktop Press Unzip The file will extract to your Windows Desktop and you will see an information box that 78 files have been unzipped successfully Press OK and Close the WinZip Self Extractor dialog box You may remove the MX 2424 CD ROM On your desktop will be a folder named ViewNetl_15 MX Install Open that folder and double click on the ViewNet Install icon for Windows 98 or the ViewNet Install NT icon for Windows NT You will see
116. track will be moved There is no Keyboard shortcut for this command Audio Before Event Local Left Cut In Out Audio After Event Local Left Cut In Clipboard 113 DISCARD The DISCARD function removes the audio on both sides of the In and Out points replacing 1t with silence but will NOT remove audio beyond the next or previous edit boundaries The clipboard is not affected Audio Before Discard In Out Audio After Discard KN 4 In Out PASTE LEFT Paste Left will paste the contents of the clipboard on the selected track so that the right side of the clip the point later in time is placed at the In mark The In and Out marks will then automatically surround the pasted clip The keyboard shortcut for this command is Ctrl K Audio Before Paste Left In Clipboard In Out Audio After Paste Left lt In Out 114 PASTE AT OUT Paste at Out will paste the contents of the clipboard on the selected track so that the beginning of the clip is placed at the Out mark The keyboard shortcut for this command is Ctrl shift O Audio Before Paste At Out In Clipboard rs re In Out Audio After Paste At Out In Out PASTE AT PLAYHEAD Paste at Playhead will paste the contents of the clipboard on the selected track so that the beginning of the clip is placed at the Playhead Current Time Register The keyboard shortcut for this command is Ctrl shift P
117. uctive record mode In TapeMode each track 1s always a single audio file no matter how many punch in and out operations occur on that track This means that when a track is being recorded all previous material on the track is being destructively recorded over There is no editing or undo function for recording TapeMode Loop Mode Sets the behavior of the MX 2424 when the Loop function is active The choices for the setting are Play Repeatedly Loops between the In and Out points until the transport 1s stopped default Play Once and Cue Plays once from pre roll before In to post roll after Out then cues to pre roll before In point and stops Play Once and Stop Plays once from pre roll before In to post roll after Out then stops at end of post roll 86 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Loop Record Sets the behavior of the MX 2424 during Loop Record operation Auto Unload On Off With this setting on the MX 2424 will create a new virtual track each time a record operation 1s performed This is done by unloading the track last recorded on before recording a new one The MX defaults to Auto Unload Off Pre roll Sets the amount of time before the In point called the pre roll amount used for loop play and record functions The default value is 00 00 03 00 Post roll Sets the amount of time after the Out point called the post roll amount used for loop play and record functions The default value is 00
118. udio Before Insert In In Clipboard Audio After Insert 111 OPEN OPEN places a segment of silence into the selected track s at the In point equal to the time between the In and Out points while slipping all subsequent audio later in time an amount equal to the time between the In and Out points Audio Before Open In Out Audio After Open LEFT CUT Left Cut removes the audio from the selected track s between the In mark and the Out mark and places it into the clipboard while slipping all previous events on the track later in time by an amount equal to the length of the cut track segment The keyboard shortcut for this command is Ctrl G Audio Before Left Cut In Out Audio After Left Cut In Clipboard 112 EVENT LOCAL CUT The EVENT LOCAL CUT function removes the audio from the selected track s between the In and the Out points within an audio event and places it into the clipboard Subsequent audio within that event will be slipped earlier in time to replace the audio that was cut Subsequent events will not move Audio Before Local Cut In Out Audio After Local Cut In Clipboard EVENT LOCAL LEFT CUT Event Local Left Cut removes the audio from the selected clip between the In and Out marks and places it on the clipboard The remainder of the clip to the left of the In mark will be pulled up to the right later in time to the position of the Out mark but no other clips on the
119. up TCP IP settings on all computers running the ViewNet MX application 4 Connect the MX 2424 s and Computer s using cat 5 UTP Ethernet cable and Fast Ethernet hubs as appropriate See Chapter 2 Setting Up The Network for more information on Ethernet cables and connections including hubs switches and routers Network Configuration for the MX 2424 Before the ViewNet MX application can work with a TASCAM MX 2424 the proper network settings must be configured on the MX 2424 Once the network settings have been configured the MX 2424 must be rebooted before these settings will take effect There are three Setup Menu items on the MX 2424 related to ViewNet network configuration IP Address The IP Internet Protocol address for each machine must be entered manually at the front panel of the MX 2424 before that machine can be seen by the network and appear as a machine to the ViewNet MX software application To set the IP address press Setup on the front panel of the MX 2424 and use the wheel or arrows to move to Setup menu 950 01234567890123456789 LCD characters indicate 950 IP Address Top menu name 000 000 000 000 Bottom Shows IP Address 12 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Setting the IP Address Enter the value for the IP Address by pressing Trim then using the Shuttle Ring to move the cursor and the Up Down Arrows or Scrub Wheel to change the value of a single digit When the desired value
120. urrently selected Stage machine pre filter will not bring up the machine offline warning Never This setting will ignore the offline status of all machines on the network and never bring up a machine offline warning ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 37 ViewNet MX Nudge Amount This is the amount of time by which selected edit regions or clips in the Project View Screen will be moved when the Nudge left or Nudge right commands from the Edit menu are used Coarse Nudge Amount This is the amount of time by which selected edit regions or clips in the Project View Screen will be moved when the Coarse nudge left or Coarse nudge right commands from the Edit menu are used Machine Sets List This list shows all currently available machine sets Click on the name of a machine set to select 1t for deleting Creating Machine Sets For information on creating machine sets see the section in this chapter labeled Defining Machine Sets Deleting Machine Sets To delete a machine set from the current preferences file first select the machine set by clicking on the name of the set to be deleted then press the Delete key Multi Machine Behavior Machine Macros Help Settings Information Project Syne group Bus status Sample rate Frame rate Backup MX software a E oject tl 1 Master 44100 30NDF Update MA sofware oo 1 Slave 44100 30NDF Start multi machine Es Multi machine mode A ES Send ac
121. way Address If you plan to connect two or more networks then you must enter a gateway IP address To enter a gateway IP address click on the Gateway tab and enter the appropriate address in the provided field After the new number has been entered click on Add The new gateway address will then appear in the installed gateways box If you are unsure about this please contact your network administrator TCPAP Properties A 06 19 1921 20 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Windows NT 4 0 Network Configuration It is a good idea to have the Windows NT CD ROM available when changing Windows network settings because Windows may require that certain files be copied from the CD to the hard drive The following assumes a dedicated Ethernet network of MX 2424 s and computers running ViewNet MX software When running MX 2424 s or ViewNet MX on an existing local area network please consult the network administrator for assistance in setting up the computer network Right click on the desktop icon Network Neighborhood and select Properties from the pop up menu Open Explore Find Computer Inbox Map Network Drive Disconnect Network Drive k la Create Shortcut Internet Rename Explorer Properties eg as ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 21 ViewNet MX Windows NT Network Window This will open the Windows NT Network window Click on the Protocols tab
122. y To deactivate the rehearse state press Play or Stop Record The Record button is used to put tracks which are armed for recording into record while the transport is moving Tracks which are not armed for recording will be unaffected by the record function To use the record function press the Record button to place it in a ready state then press the Play button Alternatively the Record button can be activated anytime the system is in play To deactivate the record state press Play or Stop Go to Head M The Go to Head button will move the playhead immediately to the beginning of the project The precise time location of the project head is always indicated in the lower left corner of the project overview area 58 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual e wNe Go to Tail The Go to Tail button will move the playhead immediately to the end of the project The precise time location of the project end 1s always indicated in the lower right corner of the project overview area Go to Next Edit gt I The Go to Next Edit button will move the playhead immediately to the splice point at the beginning of the next edit event of the tracks which are selected for editing If no tracks are selected for editing this command will move the playhead to the splice point at the beginning of the next edit on any track Go to Previous Edit mM The Go to Previous Edit button will move the playhead
123. yboard shortcuts Next available IP Timecode calculator ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual 13 ViewNet MX Reserved IP Numbers When looking at the network for the next available IP address the system will only see the IP addresses in use by MX 2424 s which are turned on and connected to the network and will not detect the IP addresses of other host computers running the ViewNet MX application The automatic next available IP function views IP host address numbers 1 through 15 as automatically reserved for computers on the network running the ViewNet MX application It 1s therefore recommended that computers on the ViewNet MX network using the default IP address set the last three numbers of the IP address to a value between 1 and 15 in order for this scheme to work This scheme will only report as available IP address numbers whose last three numbers have a value of 16 and above and are not currently being used by an MX 2424 To summarize when using the default IP address system for a ViewNet MX network allocate IP address numbers according to this plan Host Computers 192 168 001 001 through 192 168 001 015 ViewNet MX application MX 2424 s 192 168 001 016 through 192 168 001 254 Errors Setting Next Available IP Address If the IP address of the computer requesting the next available IP is set to a host address number higher than 15 the system will not be able to suggest the next available IP number and wi
124. ype 30NDF dl Selected Bank Sample rate 44100 Y Varispeed rate 100 00 Applies to Ap Apply all Setting 8 Original machine Name MX 2424 1 Ident Serial number1430 Application Revert to Default Syne group Machine set Controls Open and Save Settings s SCiS Revert Open Save Legend for Numbered Tabs The Machine Settings window organizes the Setup menus of the MX 2424 under tabs that are labeled in banks according to function These are numbered according to the way they appear on the front panel Setup menu system of the MX 2424 The menu banks and their functions are as follows 000 Rates and References 100 Bus Controls 200 System Controls 300 MIDI 400 Input Output 500 Audio Controls 600 Reserved for future use 700 Disk 800 Project 900 System To open the Machine Settings page for any bank of settings click the tab with the appropriate number The selected bank will come to the front 78 ViewNet MX Version 1 1 1 5 Owners Manual ViewNet MX Working With Settings Most settings have a limited number of choices organized in a drop down list To select a setting click the box to open the list of choices then click on the desired choice to select it and automatically close the box Use the TAB key to automatically select the next settings item moving top to bottom on the page in a bank Use Shift TAB to select the previous item moving from bottom to top on the page Settings whi

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