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TASCAM MMR-8 Owner’s Manual • Appendix E • Glossary

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Appendix E: MMR-8 Glossary

Abbreviations

and Terms Definitions

24 frames The standard film frame rate per second.

25 frames The standard PAL and SECAM video frame rate per second.

29.97 frames The standard NTSC video frame rate for color broadcasting per second.

30 frames The standard audio-only and black and white video frame rate per second.

AES/EBU Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union. The two main

organizations that set the standards for audio production. Digital audio

connections are often referred to as AES/EBU since these organizations

standardized the digital audio interconnection methods.

Autolocator An analog tape function to position the transport to previously marked

locations that is emulated in the MMR-8 using the LOC key and a register or

memory location to instantly locate the “play head.”

Biphase The two-pulse sync signal generated by a film transport that the MMR-8 uses

to generate time code or feet & frames timing.

Bus Any signal that is daisy chained between multiple devices. In the case of the

MMR-8, there are two main buses: the MMR bus and the Lynx Bus.

Calibrate Adjusting a signal to match a reference or standard. The MMR-8’s inputs can

be calibrated so that a +4 dBu signal will correctly drive the MMR-8, and the

outputs can be calibrated for a +4 dBu output from the MMR-8. In these cases

the calibration references are the level meters.

Capture During play or stop saves the current time code into the bottom line of the LCD

display for subsequent saving to a memory or position register.

Chase The process whereby one device controls another device to synchronize their

playback. Chase implies there is both a synchronization signal as well as a

device control signal.

Clear A function to remove audio between the In and Out times on one or more

tracks of audio.

Clip Indicates the maximum signal level has been exceeded going into the analog-

digital converter. Typically this will cause severe distortion (popping, snapping,

crackling sounds) in the output signal.

Control Mode The mode (menu 000) which sets how the MMR-8 is being controlled.

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