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DD8
plus Version 2.20 - September 1998
PLAY MODE - 2
When an External Time Source is selected and the SYNC key is switched on, an additional
display on the main PLAY screen indicates when the DD8 is chasing the external time:
When the DD8’s internal time is at the same position as the external time (and the sample rate is
synchronised to the speed of the external time source), the CHASE display will change to LOCK.
Pressing the VIEW key (F6) switches to the OverView display :
This page shows a static view of the entire Project, with the NOW time scrolling across the
screen. The ESCAPE key (or any mode key) is used to exit this display.
Returning to the main PLAY screen, sometimes, you may prefer to set an offset between the
DD8’s timecode display and the timecode position of an external machine. For example, your
project may start at 00:00:00:00 but the visuals start at 10:00:00:00. Using the soft keys on this
page, you may set offsets so that the two machines play in sync without having to extensively
modify the project’s start time.
Pressing the ABS/REL (F1/F2) key sets the time display in absolute mode.
Pressing the ABS/REL (F1/F2) key again sets the time display in relative mode which allows the
00:00:00:00.0 reference time to be placed at a time other than absolute zero. For example:
0
23.59
0
8
15.59
ZERO IS AT : + 08:00:00:00.0
ABS(solute)
REL(ative) -8
Pressing the RESET (F3) key resets the relative time to zero at the current position.
Pressing the OFFSET key (F4/F5) takes you to the Offset page where you can manually enter
the time offset between ABS time and REL time.
NOTE: You may find it useful when starting a project from scratch to always start at, say,
1 hour and use the relative time display so that the project effectively still starts at zero. In this
way, if you suddenly find you need to add cues before 00:00:00:00, you can. If you use abso-
lute and start at zero, you will first have to slip all cues in the project forward to accommodate
the new cues.
