- System Requirements
- Disk Formats Supported
- File Formats Supported
- Audio Conversions
- Audio Waveforms
- Clip Level Information
Media Magic is deigned
to run on a Macintosh computer with the following minimum specifications:
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Power Mac 604e/200
Mhz processor (G3/266 Mhz or better recommended)
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64 MB RAM or more
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Mac OS 8.6 or
later (Mac OS 9.x recommended); also supported in Mac OSX Classic
environment.
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Mac OS compliant
SCSI card (for connection of external drives)
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USB port (for
connection of license key)
Media Magic includes dedicated support for accessing the following format
SCSI drives.
FORMAT |
READ |
WRITE
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Akai DD1000 |
|
-
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Akai Normal/Extended |
|
-
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Akai DD-PLUS |
|
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Fairlight (OS-9/RBF) |
|
-
|
Fairlight (FLFS) |
|
See Note Below
|
Waveframe/Tascam |
|
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Media Magic is also able to format media for use on Akai, Fairlight or
Waveframe/Tascam systems.
Media Magic will also read and write files to any drive mounted on the
Macintosh desktop. This includes any HFS or HFSplus formatted drive, FAT
formatted drives (using PC Exchange/File Exchange) or any network drive.
NOTE: Support
for formatting and writing to FLFS format disks has been temporarily removed
at the request of Fairlight ESP Ltd due to some potential problems in
the Fairlight MFX/QDC if disks written to by third-party software are
used on these systems. Fairlight ESP Pty Ltd are investigating a possible
solution to this problem. Meanwhile, files can still be exported by Media
Magic in ML format to either HFS or FAT32 disks for use on Fairlight systems.
FORMAT |
READ |
WRITE |
AES-31 |
|
|
Akai |
|
|
Fairlight DL |
|
-
|
Fairlight ML / ML4 |
|
|
Nagra V |
|
-
|
OMF 1 |
|
|
OMF 2 |
|
|
Protools 3.2 |
|
-
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Protools 4.x/Protools 24 |
|
|
Protools 5.0 |
|
|
Sonic Solutions 5.3 EDL |
|
|
Sonic Studio HD EDL |
|
|
Waveframe/Tascam MMR/MMP |
|
|
Zaxcom Deva |
|
-
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Media Magic is able to convert from any format marked as readable to
any format marked as writeable in the table above.
When copying a project from one format to another, Media Magic will translate
all audio files into a format suitable for the target system. During the
conversion process, the bit-length of audio data can be altered. Media
Magic includes support for reading and writing 16-bit, 20-bit and 24-bit
audio (including the proprietary 'packed' 20-bit modes used on Akai and
Fairlight systems).
When converting to an Akai format project, Media Magic can automatically
generate accurate 'ENVELOPE' files for each audio file converted. (This
envelope file is used to provide waveform displays on the Akai DL1500
remote controller).
When converting to a Protools Session file, Media Magic can automatically
generate an 'OVERVIEW' in each SD-II audio created. This can reduce the
time needed to open the converted project on Protools systems which would
otherwise need to recalculate these overviews when the Session was first
opened.
When converting between project formats that store 'clip-based' level
information, Media Magic will convert the clip-level information into
a format suitable for use on the target system. When creating Protools
Session files, all clip-level information will be converted into a Protools
volume-automation graph.
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