Question:HD24

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I will be getting the HD24 soon.And was wondering if the unit would enable or recognize just 16 tracks plugged into it at a time without any harm to the unit? Reason being I only have a 16 channel board at the time.And it will take some time saving to accommodate a decent 24x8.During the wait I would like to use my new HD24 as a 16 without troubles.Can this be done?
 
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Tazwell said:
I will be getting the HD24 soon.And was wondering if the unit would enable or recognize just 16 tracks plugged into it at a time without any harm to the unit? Reason being I only have a 16 channel board at the time.And it will take some time saving to accommodate a decent 24x8.During the wait I would like to use my new HD24 as a 16 without troubles.Can this be done?
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No problem at all. What's your board btw?

Even if you're recording on only 16 tracks, you can still use the remaining 8 for copying over to (for editing purposes) later.

The HD24 is a really nice machine. I've had about 3 instances of glitches occuring during editing, otherwise, it's flawless.
 
I just read a 2002 article from the Sound on Sound magazine.Article states,based on track minutes not to waste HD space.I can set the number of tracks on a per-song basis to two,4,8,12,16 or 24.Sounds like I wont be hurting the machine at all.And saving hard disk space in the process.
My existing board is a clean Tascam M520 which I've used for 16-18 years now.Thanks for the heads up!
 
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Don't forget to get the Fireport if you plan on transfering tracks to a computer and back; it is worth the investment.
 
Tazwell said:
I just read a 2002 article from the Sound on Sound magazine.Article states,based on track minutes not to waste HD space.I can set the number of tracks on a per-song basis to two,4,8,12,16 or 24.Sounds like I wont be hurting the machine at all.And saving hard disk space in the process.
My existing board is a clean Tascam M520 which I've used for 16-18 years now.Thanks for the heads up!
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This is correct. When you create a new song, you must select the number of tracks you want that song to use. If you were to select 24, but only used 16, you'd have 8 tracks worth of wav files taking up valuable space on your drive.

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Don't forget to get the Fireport if you plan on transfering tracks to a computer and back; it is worth the investment.
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Absolutely.
 
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