User manual ZOOM MRS8CM

[. . . ] Smith III All other trademarks, product names, and company names are the property of their respective owners. Introduction About the MRS-8 Card Manager The MRS-8 Card Manager is an Apple Macintosh application designed to manage projects and V-takes of the MRS-8 on an Apple Macintosh. When a MRS-8 SD card is inserted into a SD USB Reader connected to your Macintosh, the MRS-8 Card Manager can perform the following functions: • Convert V-takes into AIFF files The audio data recorded on any V-take of the MRS-8 can be converted into an AIFF file (Macintosh standard audio file). This makes it possible to edit them for example with a waveform editor. • Convert WAV/AIFF files into V-take files WAV files (Windows standard audio files) and AIFF files (Macintosh standard audio files) can be converted into any desired V-take for the MRS-8. This allows you for example to edit data on a computer with a waveform editor and then load them back onto the MRS-8. • Export a stereo mix to an AIFF file You can select up to four V-takes (one per track), set the volume and pan for each and export a mix of them to an AIFF file. [. . . ] In the Finder click to select the “Slave. aiff” file, or another stereo AIFF or WAV file, hold the mouse button down and drag the file onto the MRS-8 Card Manager window and over the V-Takes area. Since the file you are dragging is stereo, two adjacent takes will get highlighted at a time. Notice where the file will be imported, the left channel to track 2, take 3, and the right channel to track 3, take 3: After you let go of the mouse button, a progress dialog will appear indicating how the operation is advancing. After the audio file has been imported, you can see that two new takes have been created:  Now you are ready to export eight individual takes, each to a separate mono AIFF file. This time hold down the OPTION key and drag your selection to the Finder. At the end of the operation you will notice that 8 mono AIFF files have been created named “Slave-Tr1-Tk1. aiff, ” “Slave-Tr2-Tk1. aiff, ” an so on:” Working with Projects Selecting a SD Card or Projects Folder When you start the MRS-8 Card Manager it will look for a SD card. If it finds one, then all your projects will be displayed in the Project List area of the window: However, you can select other folders containing MRS-8 projects, like SD cards that you have copied to the hard drive of your Macintosh. To select a different projects folder, click on the SELECT FOLDER button. A “Choose” dialog will be displayed (this dialog may look different depending on your Mac OS version): Navigate until you see the Folder you wish to select, and then click the “Choose” button. Once you have chosen a SD card or a projects folder, you can select a project in the Project List Area by clicking on its name or number. As an alternative to the SELECT FOLDER button you can use the menu item “File>Select MRS-8 Card or Folder. ” The full path to the selected card or folder is displayed right under the list of projects. Sorting Projects Each project is displayed on a row of the Project List. The first one shows the number of the project, the second one shows the name of the project. To sort by number, click in the “Project Number” header column. To sort by project name, click in the header column labeled “Project Name:” To toggle between ascending order and descending order: • In Mac OS 9, click on the triangle in the top right corner of the Project List (above the scroll bar). • In Mac OS X, click again on the column header you wish to toggle: Working with V-takes Once you selected a project from the Project List, its non-empty V-takes will show up in the Tracks and V-Takes grid of the MRS-8 Card Manager window. Selecting V-takes To make a single selection, click on a V-take. A non-empty V-Take may be exported to an AIFF file or it can be used as the target for importing a WAVE or AIFF file. An empty V-Take may be used only as the target for importing an audio file. To make multiple selections hold the SHIFT key as you click in the V-Takes you want selected. You can select up to ten V-Takes, but only one V-Take in each track, master left, or master right may be part of the selection. Here is an example of eight selected V-Takes, one in each track: When importing a stereo file you can indicate which two V-Takes should be the target of your import by selecting exactly two V-Takes. If you drag a stereo file over one of the two selections, that V-Take will be the target for the left channel of the stereo file, while the other V-Take will be the target for the right channel. Playback You can use the transport buttons to play a mix of your selected V-takes, to fast-forward, or rewind. When your selection contains at least one non-empty V-Take, the transport buttons become enabled: Click on the PLAY ( ) button to hear a mix of the selection. If you click on the ZERO button while playing, the playback will not stop – it will simply continue from he beginning. [. . . ] The resulting file will be named after the name of the selected project. Alternately, you can use the EXPORT MIX button or the “File Manager>Export Mix to AIFF” menu command. Select the V-Takes you want to mix, adjust the volume and pan settings, then click on the EXPORT MIX button or select the “Export Mix to AIFF” menu command. In the “Save As” dialog that appears, select the destination folder, optionally name your file, and then click “Save. ” A progress dialog will indicate how the export operation is advancing. Exporting Raw V-Takes Select the V-Takes you want to export. [. . . ]