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MachineControl

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Page 2: ... Mbox MediaComposer MIDI I O MIX MultiShell Nitris OMF OMF Interchange PRE ProControl Pro Tools M Powered Pro Tools Pro Tools HD Pro Tools LE QuickPunch Recti Fi Reel Tape Reso Reverb One ReVibe RTAS Sibelius Smack SoundReplacer Sound Designer II Strike Structure SYNC HD SYNC I O Synchronic TL Aggro TL AutoPan TL Drum Rehab TL Everyphase TL Fauxlder TL In Tune TL MasterMeter TL Metro TL Space TL U...

Page 3: ... 8 Authorizing MachineControl 8 Uninstalling MachineControl 9 Starting Up Your System 10 Chapter 3 MachineControl Communication Modes 11 Serial Deck Control Mode 11 Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode 12 Chapter 4 Setting Up Machine Control 13 Online and Offline Operation 13 Transport Controls 13 Chapter 5 Serial Deck Control Mode Configuration and Operation 17 Configuring a MachineControl Device for...

Page 4: ...es for Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode 38 Playback in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode 39 Recording in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode 39 Track Arming in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode 40 Chapter 7 Using a Paddle Device in Local Mode 41 Connecting a Supported Third Party Paddle Device to Your Pro Tools System 41 Allow Track Arm Commands in Local Mode Preference 42 Configuring Ports for a Deck ...

Page 5: ...gn com support MachineControl Components Your MachineControl package includes the fol lowing based on your operating system Windows Systems MachineControl Installer disc Serial Deck Control cable RS 232 to RS 422 9 pin Turnaround adapter for Remote 9 pin Deck Emulation mode MachineControl iLok License Card Mac Systems MachineControl Installer disc Serial Deck Control cable Male 8 pin mini DIN to m...

Page 6: ...nts A SYNC peripheral is required when running MachineControl 9 Pin Remote Deck Emulation mode as it provides frame accurate LTC Digidesign Registration Review the enclosed Digidesign Registration Information Card and follow the instructions on it to quickly register your purchase online Registering your purchase is the only way you can be eligible to receive complimentary techni cal support and f...

Page 7: ...ools com munity on the Digidesign User Conference Training and Education Study on your own using courses available online or find out how you can learn in a classroom setting at a certified Pro Tools training center Products and Developers Learn about Digidesign products download demo software or learn about our Development Partners and their plug ins applications and hardware News and Events Get ...

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Page 9: ...les MachineControl comes with the following ca bles and adapters depending on your computer platform Windows Systems Serial Deck Control Cable RS 232 to RS 422 ca ble for serial time code and all other Machine Control functions Turnaround Adapter 9 pin adapter used with RS 232 to RS 422 cable for Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mac Systems Serial Deck Control Cable Male 8 pin mini DIN to male 9 pin ca...

Page 10: ...ms a Keyspan USA28x USB serial adapter is required Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode This mode enables a form of deck emulation in Pro Tools When the Remote 9 Pin Deck Emula tion Mode cable is used on a supported system Pro Tools can respond to record arming trans port and other standard 9 pin commands from an external machine While in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation mode Pro Tools always generates tim...

Page 11: ...de Mac Systems 1 Connect a Keyspan USA28x USB serial adapter not provided to a USB port on the computer 2 Connect the provided male mini DIN 8 serial to female 9 pin Deck Emulation cable to the end of the adapter 3 Connect the end of the cable to the machine Do not use the DigiSerial port on your HD Core card or the 9 pin ports on the SYNC peripheral for Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation mode The DigiSe...

Page 12: ...ert the Installer disc into your computer 2 Locate and and double click the MachineCon trol installer application 3 Follow the on screen instructions to complete installation 4 When installation is complete click Finish Windows or Close Mac Authorizing MachineControl MachineControl is authorized using the iLok USB Smart Key iLok manufactured by PACE Anti Piracy Inc The iLok is similar to a dongle ...

Page 13: ... other software options you will be prompted to authorize them Follow the on screen instructions to complete the authori zation process Uninstalling MachineControl If you need to uninstall the MachineControl option from your system follow the instruc tions below for your computer platform Mac OS X To uninstall an option 1 Open the Pro Tools folder on your Startup drive Applications Digidesign 2 Dr...

Page 14: ...es VTR ATR synchronizer and monitors 4 Turn on any MIDI interfaces MIDI devices and synchronization peripherals 5 Lower the volume of all output devices in your system 6 Turn on Pro Tools audio interfaces Wait at least fifteen seconds for your system hardware to initialize 7 Turn on your computer 8 Launch Pro Tools Machine Local and Remote Modes Be sure to set your machine controllable device to r...

Page 15: ...eference settings let you optimize MachineControl operation including adjust able machine pre roll selectable edit and mem ory location chasing Track Arming When the Transport Master is set to Transport Machine you can arm tracks of external ma chines from within Pro Tools for layback and transfer Features include individual record en ables for up to 48 external tracks with selectable record proto...

Page 16: ...te LTC Chase Modes When using an external machine controller to control Pro Tools you can configure Pro Tools to emulate a 9 pin deck in either of the follow ing modes Remote mode Pro Tools emulates a device that can be the time code master or time code slave Remote LTC Chase mode Pro Tools emulates a device that receives track and transport arming commands while chasing incoming LTC Track Arming ...

Page 17: ...Alt Spacebar Windows or Option Spacebar Mac The Online button in the Transport window in dicates online status It flashes while enabled and waiting for synchronization and stays lit when lock is achieved Transport Controls With MachineControl the Pro Tools Transport window becomes a multi function controller Counter Display The Pro Tools Edit window counter displays the current machine 9 pin or se...

Page 18: ...ected and enabled for Serial Deck Control mode Record commands are sent to the machine only When the transport is online Pro Tools slaves to the machine The Transport window controls the machine and Pro Tools chases and locks to it In addition when Auto Spot is turned on re gions are spotted to the current machine time and the Trimmer tool trims to the current ma chine time When the transport is o...

Page 19: ...uring MachineControl use as follows When Pro Tools is online the Transport On line button flashes Waiting for Sync will be displayed in the status box in the lower left corner of the Edit window The Transport Online button continues to flash until you click Play and time code lock occurs all devices locked and responding in sync The Time Code display in the Edit window shows the Machine Time when ...

Page 20: ...ro Tools out of Remote mode it operates in Local mode and ignores commands from the 9 pin machine controller Pro Tools responds only to requests from the 9 pin machine controller for machine type and status and returns that it is in Local mode To put Pro Tools in Remote mode 1 Choose View Transport Synchronization 2 Click the Remote button in the Transport win dow For more information on Remote mo...

Page 21: ...ughout this chapter Configuring Pro Tools for Serial Deck Control Overview To configure Pro Tools for Serial Deck Control do the following 1 Open an existing session or create a new session 2 Set up a MachineControl device See Config uring a MachineControl Device for Deck Con trol on page 18 3 Configure Pro Tools Machine Control prefer ences and Online Options in the Preferences di alog See Prefer...

Page 22: ...rter pre roll val ues are usually better for non linear machines Longer pre roll values are usually better for older tape transports The Machine pre roll value is added to any pre roll specified in the Pro Tools Transport window To set MachineControl pre roll 1 In Pro Tools choose Setup Peripherals and click the Machine Control tab 2 In the 9 pin Machine Control Deck Control section type the numbe...

Page 23: ...u are using a Digidesign SYNC peripheral connected to your DigiSerial port and your ma chine has 9 pin serial time code capability you can use serial time code for positional reference This will help achieve faster lockup times To use serial time code for positional reference a Video Reference signal must be present as indi cated by the Ref Present indicator in the Session Setup window Both the SY...

Page 24: ... Zero Causes Pro Tools to send a Stop command whenever you stop shut tling This is useful if you have a machine that requires an explicit stop command to park cor rectly Non Linear Transport Error Suppression When Transport Pro Tools keeps Pro Tools from sending a Stop command when taken offline This prevents Pro Tools from stopping any other 9 pin devices connected to the system Synchronization S...

Page 25: ... Insertion Selection When se lected online recording begins at the edit cursor location Recording continues until Pro Tools stops receiving time code If you make a selec tion Pro Tools records online for the length of the selection To set Serial Deck Control mode recording options 1 Choose Setup Preferences and click the Operation tab 2 Select or set the above Online options in the Record section ...

Page 26: ...nd Positional Reference Video Reference format and Video Input format Time Code Settings Lets you configure Time Code Freewheel settings and Audio and Video Pull Up Down amounts To show SYNC Setup and Time Code Offsets Click the SYNC Setup and Time Code Offsets show hide button To show Time Code settings Click the Time Code Settings show hide but ton Figure 1 Session Setup window Clock Source Time...

Page 27: ...Clock Refer ence and Positional Reference These settings must be configured based on the signal connec tions between Pro Tools the SYNC peripheral and external devices To configure Clock Source and Reference settings 1 Choose Setup Session 2 In the Format section select a Clock Source a SYNC peripheral or a Pro Tools HD audio inter face from the Clock Source pop up menu 3 In the SYNC Setup section...

Page 28: ...and negative offset values can be en tered to offset Pro Tools time code display later or earlier respectively Sample Offset This field lets you set an offset value for incom ing time code up to the equivalent of plus or minus one frame at the current session sample rate This lets you create a permanent offset to fine tune the point at which Pro Tools synchro nizes relative to incoming time code F...

Page 29: ...ginning of the rele vant material usually the first audio of a scene a 2 pop or similar 4 If appropriate cue the external time code source to the location where you want to align the current Pro Tools insertion point Note the time code location or copy it to the clipboard 5 Choose Setup Current Time Code Position 6 Type the new time code position in the Desired Time Code Position text box 7 Click ...

Page 30: ...ndow is online the machine locates to a position ahead of the cur rent Timeline insertion point This location ahead is equal to the sum of the machine pre roll and the Transport pre roll Once the ma chine has located to this total pre roll position it plays sending time code to Pro Tools which chases that incoming time code The machine follows the Preferences settings for Serial Deck Control See P...

Page 31: ...d in the Ses sion Setup window during fast wind and switches during playback to display the current positional reference To automatically locate your deck to pre roll into your current Timeline insertion time each time you play back 1 Select Transport Pro Tools in the Pro Tools Transport window 2 Put Pro Tools online 3 Click Play in the Transport window If the tape in the machine is striped with t...

Page 32: ...speed mode 1 Select Transport Machine in the Transport window 2 To unlace the tape click Stop in the Transport window or press Command period 3 Click Fast Forward or Rewind in the Transport window The Pro Tools cursor indicates the cur rent machine location 4 Press the Spacebar to pause the machine Spotting to the Machine To spot regions to the machine s current loca tion use Pro Tools Spot mode a...

Page 33: ...o define save and load customized device profiles See Creating a Track Arming Profile on page 30 Identifying Your Machine When you configure Pro Tools for MachineCon trol it automatically loads the track arming pro file for the identified machines If Pro Tools does not recognize your machine or if you want your machine to emulate a different type of device for example to use a different track layo...

Page 34: ... Identify Machine MachineControl queries the connected ma chine for its machine ID which is then dis played below the Identify Machine button You can edit or replace the ID manually if needed See Entering a New Byte Code on page 31 for more information Configuring a Profile The Create Track Arming window lets you spec ify track names and track mapping Customizing Names for Track Arming Buttons You...

Page 35: ...be armed when an arm command is re ceived from a remote master The standard pro file the default setup corresponds to the Sony P 2 protocol but many decks have their own unique mapping of byte codes to track numbers for a particular deck If an audio or video track or the deck time code track do not arm when you click its correspond ing track arming button you may need to assign a different hex val...

Page 36: ...lays timing with Punch In Punch Out mode cannot guarantee frame accuracy though it will almost always be within 2 to 3 frames Choosing a Record Mode The Machine Track Arming window provides two choices for Record mode Insert Insert mode is used to perform insert editing punching in individual tracks where one or more audio tracks is replaced by new material and the video material is retained Assem...

Page 37: ...ew Rehearse mode In Edit Preview mode instead of performing an edit insert recording on armed remote tracks the input is monitored without recording While in Edit Preview mode the Transport Record button flashes yellow when armed and lights solid yellow when rehearsing Armed tracks are indicated by yellow track buttons in the Track Arming window To rehearse a layback 1 In Pro Tools select the audi...

Page 38: ...g window arm the appropriate tracks on the machine 3 Select Transport Machine in the Pro Tools Transport window 4 Make sure the Pro Tools Transport is online 5 Click Record in the Transport window to arm recording 6 Click Play in the Transport window Your machine will cue to the selection start mi nus all relevant pre roll then begin to play back Pro Tools will then sync to the deck and the tar ge...

Page 39: ...eral can generate frame edge aligned time code at 1x play speed while in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation mode Configuring Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode To configure Pro Tools for Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation mode 1 Choose Setup Peripherals and click the Syn chronization tab 2 Choose SYNC from the Device pop up menu 3 Click the Machine Control tab in the Peripher als dialog 4 In the 9 Pin Remote Deck...

Page 40: ...rming When Pro Tools is in Remote mode Remote 9 pin Deck Emulation operates in Full Remote mode or in Remote LTC Chase mode When Pro Tools is not in Remote mode it ig nores commands from the 9 pin machine con troller Pro Tools responds only to requests from the 9 pin machine controller for machine type and status and responds that it is in Local mode Full Remote Mode In Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation...

Page 41: ...pecific transport record and track record commands from the machine When Chase LTC is not enabled Pro Tools lis tens to all transport commands coming through the serial connection including bump and crawl commands necessary for a tape machine to locate Scrubbing and Chase LTC The Chase LTC option does not affect scrubbing Pro Tools video playback will always respond to locate and scrubbing command...

Page 42: ... Tools track commands while in Local mode Input monitoring Record Enable Record Safe Solo Solo Mute Punch In Frame Offset Sets an offset in frames to compensate for punch in timing advances or delays Punch Out Frame Offset Sets an offset in frames to compensate for punch out timing advances or delays Delay After Play Command Sets the amount of time in frames for Pro Tools to wait after re ceiving ...

Page 43: ...cording in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Mode MachineControl lets Pro Tools support Auto Edit selection based and Punch in Punch Out QuickPunch commands Pro Tools must have QuickPunch or TrackPunch with tracks enabled when recording in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation mode with an edit con troller Auto Edit Recording When a machine sends Auto Edit commands to Pro Tools in Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation mode...

Page 44: ...ack Set In Out Point for Auto Edit Set Pre Post Roll for Auto Edit Perform Auto Edit Record Perform Punch In Punch Out Record re quires QuickPunch mode and voices Return Status Online State Tracks Armed Servo Lock Clear In Point Ignore Track Arming Commands You can set Pro Tools to ignore incoming track arming record enable commands Use this to record safe Pro Tools if for example you are us ing a...

Page 45: ...pported third party paddle de vice to your system 2 Make sure the Allow Track Arm Commands in Local Mode preference is enabled 3 Serial Deck Control and Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation ports must be configured simulta neously Connecting a Supported Third Party Paddle Device to Your Pro Tools System To connect a supported third party paddle de vice to your Pro Tools system use the same method you would...

Page 46: ... chronization tab 4 Choose SYNC from the Device pop up menu 5 Click the Machine Control tab 6 In the 9 pin Machine Control Deck Control section select Enable 7 Select the 9 pin MachineControl port from the Port pop up menu 8 Choose the appropriate machine profile from the Machine Type pop up menu 9 In the 9 Pin Remote Deck Emulation section select Enable 10 Select the 9 pin MachineControl port fro...

Page 47: ...Command Control All Transport Buttons Off Unthread Tape Command period Control period Search Mode Toggle Play Pause Stop Spacebar Com mand period Spacebar Ctrl period When Transport Machine Cue to Selection Start Command Left Arrow Control Left Arrow Cue to Selection End Command Right Arrow Control Right Arrow Cue to Selection Start Minus Preroll Option Left Arrow Alt Left Arrow Cue to Selection E...

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Page 49: ...ed out Possible Solutions Choose Setup Peripherals click the Machine Control tab and confirm that the correct 9 Pin Serial port is chosen for your MachineControl operating mode Make certain that all cables are securely connected at both ends Verify that the machine is powered on Choose Setup Peripherals and click the Ma chine Control tab Reset the 9 Pin Serial port and close the dialog This causes...

Page 50: ...s the movie machine frame rate Also check the frame format drop or non drop If the values differ by a significant margin such as an hour or more the Start Frame num ber may be set incorrectly Open the Session Setup window and check the Session Start Frame number Changing Session Start Time Dropped Frames and Drop Frame Time Code When you change the session frame rate from a non drop to drop rate o...

Page 51: ...hine 0x0000 Generic 1 0x0001 Generic 2 0x1000 BVU 800 0x101C BVU 950 0x1019 BVU 920 0x1080 BVU 900 0x104C VO 9850 0x1048 VO 9800 0x102C SVO 9600 0x2000 BVW 10 0x2001 BVW 40 0x2002 BVW 11 0x2003 BVW 15 0x2010 BVW 35 0x2020 BVW 60 0x2021 BVW 65 0x2022 BVW 95 0x2023 BVW 96 0x2024 BVW 70 0x2025 BVW 75 0x2125 BVW 75P 0x4000 DVR 10 0x4003 DVR 18 0x4002 DVRC 10 0x4020 DVR 20 0x4022 DVR 28 0xF019 AJ D350 ...

Page 52: ...D640 0x2051 UVW 1800 0xB000 DVW 500 0xB010 DVW 500 0xA050 V1 0x1021 SVP 5600 0x2124 BCB 70 0x2101 BVW 40P 0x8017 DSR 1500A 0x6007 3348HR 0x6005 3348HRV 0x6003 3324 Machines by ID number ID number Machine 0xA0A1 SoundMaster ATOM 0xD0E1 Pro Tools 0x20E0 HDW 500 0x20A0 SRW 5000 Tascam DA 88 and other decks can be set to emulate other machines If a deck is set to emulate another type of machine the ma...

Page 53: ...Appendix D 9 Pin Cable Pinouts 49 appendix d 9 Pin Cable Pinouts Serial Deck Control Mode Cable D Sub 9 Pin Male to D Sub 9 Pin Female Windows Only 1 ...

Page 54: ...MachineControl Guide 50 MachineControl Master Slave Adapter ...

Page 55: ...Appendix D 9 Pin Cable Pinouts 51 Serial Deck Control Cable Mini DIN 8 Male to D Sub 9 Pin Male Mac Only ...

Page 56: ... Guide 52 Remote 9 Pin Deck Emulation Cable Mini DIN 8 Pin to D Sub 9 Pin Female Mac Only Shielding The outside shielding of the D Sub 9 pin fe male should be wired to the outside shielding of the Mini DIN 8 pin male ...

Page 57: ... Delay Before Locking to Time Code option 20 E External Time Code Offsets 24 H hi speed mode 28 I IDs machine 47 Ignore Track Arming option 38 40 iLok USB Smart Key 8 Incoming Time 24 Insert mode 32 installing MachineControl 8 L layback 34 Local Remote 27 M machine pre roll 18 profiles 30 47 Transport Master 14 26 Machine Chases Memory Location option 20 Machine Cues Intelligently option 20 Machin...

Page 58: ...s 7 preferences 38 see also Remote mode Remote LTC mode Transport Master 16 36 37 Remote mode and track arming 40 Auto Edit 39 commands 40 playback 39 recording 39 Transport Master 16 36 37 S Sample Offset Sync Offset 24 search mode 28 Serial Deck Control mode 10 serial time code 19 servo lock 18 start time 23 Stop at Shuttle Speed Zero option 20 Sync Offset 24 system requirements 2 T time code qu...

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