Tascam X-48MKII Owner's Manual

TASCAM X-48MKII 236 Set Subnet Mask to be 255.255.255.0.7 Leave Router, DNS Servers and Search Domains blank.8 Click Apply Now and close the window.9 Open a new Finder window and click the Networkglobe on the left side of the window.10 Your X-48MKII will show up similar to this: “X48-uo0t97er5vk”. (It is possible that you may need towait a minute or so for the X-48MKII to show up inthis list.)11 Double click on the icon that represents theconnected X-48MKII.12 You should be prompted to enter a user name andpassword. The user name is “administrator” and thepassword is “admin”.13 The Finder will ask you which drive you want tomount. There is only one choice, “X48 Data Drive”.Click OK.14 Double-click on X48 Data Drive to see its contents.15 Look in the XProjects directory for projects.If you’re having trouble getting things to work, you shouldbe able to “ping” the X-48MKII from the PC. Open an MS-DOS window (Windows) or the Terminal in Applications/Utilities (Mac OS X) and type “ping 192.168.1.1”. Note thatthis example uses the IP address specified in the abovesteps. If the X-48MKII does not respond then something isnot connected or configured correctly.You can change this unit’s network name. This is the nameshown on a computer connected to the unit by a network.To change this name, click Set X48 Name in the File menushown on the display connected to the unit.Checking Free Hard Drive SpacePrior to beginning a recording project, you’ll probablywant to check your available hard drive space.Mouse/Keyboard Operation1 Click the Options menu Disk Usage Display item.2 When Disk Usage is selected, the hard disk usage(%) is shown to the left of the CPU meter on theconnected display.When Record Time Remaining is selected, the amountof recording time possible for the set Rec Tracknumber is shown.Front Panel Operation1 Press the DISK button2 Use the 5/b buttons to select Free Space, andpress CHNG button.3 Press the 5/b buttons to see the free space oneach of your drives.4 Press HOME when you’re finished.Drive Benchmarking UtilityThe X-48MKII includes a utility that you can use to testany connected drive before using it. The recorder runsa series of write/read tests and then reports how manytracks it can record to that drive disk for each sample rateby converting the transmission capability into numbers oftracks.NOTEThe number of usable tracks cannot exceed 48.•We recommend using this utility whenever you•connect a new hard disk drive (particularly whenconnecting eSATA/USB external drive enclosures withunknown disks inside) and when recording in coldtemperatures. (In cold temperatures, reading andwriting speeds might be reduced.)To run the Drive Benchmarking Tool:Mouse/Keyboard Operation (only)1 Click the File menu and choose Drive Benchmarking...2 Choose your hard drive from the pull-down menu.3 Click OK to start the test. In about a minute, theX-48MKII will report how many tracks you canrecord to this drive at 48 kHz and at 96 kHz.Maintaining good hard disk performance8In order for this unit to write 48 tracks, which is a greatamount of data, to a hard disk, the data transmission ratemust be sufficient. To assure this, it is necessary to alwayskeep hard disks in good condition. This is especiallyimportant when using external hard disk drives and whenusing 88.2 and 96 kHz “double” sampling rates.In order to prevent errors caused by insufficient datatransmission rates, please conduct the followingmaintenance operations regularly.If 3 or more projects have already been created on a•single hard disk partition, erase all the projects andformat that partition first before creating a new projecton it.Before starting a long recording, format the hard disk•and create a new project first.CAUTIONAt around 0° C and below, hard drive performancedecreases and the number of recordable tracks canbe affected. Before undertaking important recording,check the drive performance using the File menu DriveBenchmarking… item. We also recommend testingrecording for 1–2 minutes.4 – Configuration