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[Simon Burges]

v3 of the Portadrive software is now available from the download section of the website www.portadrive.info.

Included in this release is:
· Mirror of only Secondary Session (mix tracks)
It is now possible to select both a split session format (primary for iso-tracks; secondary for stereo mix tracks) and mirroring, and choose which session is mirrored. One application for this is production of a DVD-RAM containing just the stereo mix tracks for dailies.

· Start a Slate from any take number
Useful where a Slate or scene is split between two days

· Confirmation screen when moving a take
This provides a chance to abort a take move, which may have been instigated in error!

· Bypass of input sample-rate converter
To maximise the sound quality when feeding digital audio from a synchronous source, it is now possible to bypass the in-circuit sample-rate converter for each channel-pair.

· Broadcast-wave metadata enhancements
Several additions to the BEXT (Broadcast-wave EXTension) metadata have been made (SPEED, TAPE and TRK) to increase the information available to post editors (e.g., Avid)

· Start-up override for nominal battery voltage setting
This prevents the unit switching off because of low battery when powering for the first time in a session from an external 12V battery

· Restore default LCD contrast value
Helps alleviate the problem or changing top panel display contrast with temperature.

· DVD-RAM drive will spin down after 20 seconds of no activity
This will help minimise the noise generated by the external DVD-RAM