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TIME BASE

Table of Contents

77 Connections

78 Connections on the rear panel
78

VITC-Reader/Generator/
Inserter

Video Sync In/Out

LTC – Longitudinal Time
Code

VST System Link

Word Clock OUT 1-4

USB

9-Pin

GPI/O | MIDI

Wiring Examples – GPI/O

Power and Protection
Circuit

82 Technical Data

83 VST System Link

84 What is VST System Link?
85 How does VST System Link

work?

86 VST System Link –

Troubleshooting

87 Glossary

Summary of Contents for Nuendo Time Base

Page 1: ...Time Base Operation Manual...

Page 2: ...of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH No part of this publication may be copied reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded for any purpose without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Techn...

Page 3: ...Table of Contents...

Page 4: ...Master 30 Machine Control 34 Video functions 36 Digital Varispeed 37 Reference 38 Basics 40 Selecting Pages in the Display 40 The Main Page Display page P 1 48 VITC and Time Code Inserter Display pag...

Page 5: ...deo Sync In Out 78 LTC Longitudinal Time Code 79 VST System Link 79 Word Clock OUT 1 4 79 USB 79 9 Pin 80 GPI O MIDI 80 Wiring Examples GPI O 81 Power and Protection Circuit 82 Technical Data 83 VST S...

Page 6: ...TIME BASE 6 Table of Contents...

Page 7: ...1 Preface...

Page 8: ...er Tascam DA88 DA98 MMR8 or Doremi V1 Time Base can also be used as a Virtual Machine This lets you for in stance remote control Nuendo from 9 pin Edit Controllers and mixing desks that provide 9 pin...

Page 9: ...2 Package Contents and Installation...

Page 10: ...and be damaged Proximity to heating or cooling equipment should be avoided operational temperature range 15 35 degrees Celsius The power connector should only be connected to an earthed power socket...

Page 11: ...ake care that no foreign objects get inside the machine They could come into contact with current conducting components or cause a short circuit which in turn could cause a fire or an electric shock U...

Page 12: ...ver will now be installed during two separate installation processes You can safely ignore alert messages like Digital signature not found Do not install driver Driver not certified Simply continue wi...

Page 13: ...3 Features and Basic Settings...

Page 14: ...use Sync Blackburst video AES EBU digital audio LTC Longitudinal Time Code e g coming from an analog 24 track tape recorder Supports all sample rates between 16 and 192 kHz including pull up pull down...

Page 15: ...be set to the same value When you make the settings for a new Project in Time Base Nuendo will automat ically recognize them When you load a Project in Nuendo Time Base will automatically be set to th...

Page 16: ...e standard if the latter please do so while synchronized When you install and check out Time Base for the first time it is a good idea to start out with one of the Time Base presets see page 65 The in...

Page 17: ...4 Typical Setup Examples...

Page 18: ...data Time Code numbers in LTC digital audio in AES EBU happens to be included Precisely because of this unavoidable passing on to slave machines of errors caused in part by the system itself special c...

Page 19: ...computer via its USB port which is located on the rear panel USB is used to transfer control and configura tion data VST System Link is used for synchronization All time related data is therefore tra...

Page 20: ...p parameter sets are available in Nuendo s Devices Setup dialog for the differ ent Time Base setup options 2 You can open this dialog by selecting Device Setup on the Devices menu 3 First use the ADD...

Page 21: ...lable in the Clock Source pop up menu Clock Source Internal V SYNC LTC Norm LTC Hold The available Clock source options Timecode Inserter Ticked On No tick Off When this option is activated Time Base...

Page 22: ...ble and can be controlled from the 9 pin device control panel Aux 1 Aux 2 Activate tick Deactivate no tick When you activate these parameters the analog audio tracks appears in the 9 pin device contro...

Page 23: ...ontrol panel The set up number of audio tracks These can be armed with a mouse click The Aux 1 and 2 tracks which some devices make available separately or which may also be hidden as well as the time...

Page 24: ...Time Base as a virtual machine Which functions are actu ally available for the virtual 9 pin machine depends mainly on the options available in the external controller unit Time Base Slave dialog view...

Page 25: ...ternal sources It is impossible to pass on a stable jitter free Word Clock from such an MTC signal However as it is sometimes necessary to perform this conversion to continue with a production begun i...

Page 26: ...in having connected it to a Word Clock output on the Time Base If you now use the MTC produced by the recorder as a positional reference your entire system will follow the exter nal device Time Base...

Page 27: ...ssarily the Positional Master A hard disk recorder that is synchro nized to Word Clock and has a MIDI Time Code output which must of course be synchronized to Word Clock can e g control a digital mixe...

Page 28: ...used whenever audio is being edited in sync with video picture If several studios are housed in the same building they can be linked to gether via the house clock and can work in sync without having t...

Page 29: ...mation from the quartz stable controlling blackburst generator This prevents that jitter is passed on and increased Another technically perfect solution Connections Blackburst as the Master with both...

Page 30: ...re three different ways of handling Preroll see page 54 Settings e g Pre Loc 06 00 6 seconds 00 frames see page 54 It is better to enter this setting on Time Base than in the sequencer so that the seq...

Page 31: ...9 Pin Machine The Virtual 9 pin Machine option VTM 9 contains all the functions of the Virtual MIDI Machine In addition a 9 pin machine is emulated Four emulations are available BVW 75 DVW A500 PCM33...

Page 32: ...s used as a Virtual 9 pin Machine P2x Tx and Rx connec tions are crossed inverted within Time Base Therefore no special cable is required Output to a non controllable machine Using Time Base you can a...

Page 33: ...rminator To check if this is working properly switch off a device in the middle of the chain and see if the subsequent devices remain locked Time Code LTC can be connected to several inputs just like...

Page 34: ...from a paused picture allowing the exact positional information to be read from the frame currently visible VITC Generator The video signal being passed through will have VITC added to it Settings VIT...

Page 35: ...rectly read in With a setting of TC9 and a connected 9 pin RS422 or the SONY pro tocol machine when the Master Time Code is not available the Inserter automatically switches over to the Time Code bein...

Page 36: ...ape machine i e if playback is a tone lower the track runs slower In such cases the MIDI instruments must be recorded first as a rough mix as their pitch doesn t alter Film Video After the fact sound...

Page 37: ...5 Reference...

Page 38: ...corresponding program is connected to Time Base via the USB port As mentioned above all relevant settings of a project are transferred to the Time Base when you load it The ten Display Pages seven use...

Page 39: ...d is set to ON and not to zero MC green This LED lights up when the connected machine responds to 9 pin Machine Control commands In Virtual 9 pin Machine mode the LED indicates that commands are recei...

Page 40: ...ture of Time Base is organized in pages This cursor position lets you turn the individual pages Page 1 to Page 5 P A P V Parameter Time Code Frame rate Description FRM 24 24 frames per second Cinemati...

Page 41: ...9 pin Time Code is only possible in conjunction with video synchronization i e the Word Clock is set to video sync CL V SYNC Parameter Explanation TCIN Time Code Input This is where you select a Time...

Page 42: ...Time Base has been switched to Virtual Time Machine Mode The parameter TCIN changes to VTM VTM M V MIDI Virtual MIDI Machine Time Base behaves like a tape machine that is controlled by MMC commands T...

Page 43: ...vices must be set to the same value Parameter Sample rate Application SR 16 00 16 kHz Multimedia SR 22 05 22 05 kHz Multimedia SR 24 00 24 kHz Multimedia SR 32 00 32 kHz Originally provided for Digita...

Page 44: ...requency INTERNAL The internal quartz oscillator is the Clock Master V_SYNC The House Clock Blackburst connected to the Video Sync In is the Clock Master AES EBU An externally connected AES EBU signal...

Page 45: ...nerator is running RESET By pressing the Left or Right button on the Time Base the Generator is re set to zero EDIT This function makes it possible to set any Start position by changing the numbers in...

Page 46: ...us Still pause still frame Play Status Play Rec Status Record FstFw Status Fast Forward Rwnd Status Rewind ShtFw Status Shuttle Forward ShtRv Status Shuttle Reverse JogFw Status Jog Forward variable f...

Page 47: ...rameter Explanation RESET Pressing the Left or Right button resets the Start point to zero EDIT This lets you set any desired Start position by changing the numbers in the TX field PRESET By changing...

Page 48: ...ds both VITC lines xx xx In special cases both readlines can be manually set in the range from 10 to 40 NTSC or 6 to 36 PAL Parameter Explanation WL Write Lines for VITC OFF The VITC Generator is swit...

Page 49: ...input Time Code as soon as this is readable INS TC9 If no LTC VITC is read the Inserter display is generated from 9 pin Time Code On suitable 9 pin Video machines this works in all ma chine states eve...

Page 50: ...t 44 1 88 1 or 176 4kHz If you have set SR to 48 00 on P 1 or to 16 00 24 00 32 00 64 00 96 00 128 0 192 0 WS2 WS3 and WS4 will deliver 48 00kHz and the respective multiples Parameter Explanation WS2...

Page 51: ...he VST System Link AES EBU output Dout AES EBU Professional format digital zero see below Dout S P DIF Consumer format Format digital zero see below The Audio content of the data stream is digital zer...

Page 52: ...til set back to WAIT Parameter Explanation OFFSET xx xx xx The time value entered here is added to the incoming value dur ing the Time Code Regeneration In Time Code Generator Mode the Offset is ignor...

Page 53: ...e machines to get up to their proper speed before there is any attempt to sync to them The time is set in Frames Parameter Explanation DROP xxF Dropout compensation The regenerated Time Code continues...

Page 54: ...LTC output sends the Time Code selected in P 1 under TC IN Offset LTCOUT Standing The LTC Generator is always active even during Stop or FF Rew when it generates standing or winding code LTCOUT LocBu...

Page 55: ...the video tape machine starts for example 6 sec onds before the actual Locate Point This allows you to set the Locate Points for a Cycle in Nuendo ac cording to musical criteria and the machine will...

Page 56: ...tandard of the country you are in This parameter is protected i e you must hold the Up or Down button for at least one second before the parameter value can be changed Parameter Frames per Second Appl...

Page 57: ...automatically detects a connected 9 pin Machine Autosetup and displays it correspondingly on the Display page P A The Display page P A in the illustration above shows the Track remote of a BVW 40 75...

Page 58: ...age P A depends on the connected machine that is detected by Time Base s Autodetect function Parameter Explanation 123r5678 Digital Audio tracks 1 8 If a track is armed its number is replaced by a sma...

Page 59: ...page show the Track Ready controls of the first 64 tracks in Nuendo If the host application is set up correctly bidirectional track selection and confirmation Remote Track Ready are possible When the...

Page 60: ...TIME BASE 5 60 Reference...

Page 61: ...6 Service and Machine Pages...

Page 62: ...anges from P x to M A To get to Service page 1 SP1 press the Down button By pressing the Down button again you can get to Service page 2 SP2 Scrolling any further up or down takes you back to the main...

Page 63: ...f the controlling devices must be set to the MMCRx ID of the Time Base Time Base has standard MMCRx ID setting 002 just like Nuendo Parameter Explanation Tx Rx Tx Transmit ID The MMC ID Time Base uses...

Page 64: ...ends MMC Record Exit as its Record exit command In Nuendo this is the default command to stop recording Rexit RS For use with the applications of other manufacturers Time Base sends a MMC Record Strob...

Page 65: ...an also save and load a user preset 25f 25 frame video and 25 frame Time Code Standard in Europe 29f 29 97 frame video and 29 97 frame TC music standard in Japan and USA 29d 29 97 frame video and 29 9...

Page 66: ...Parameter Explanation AR OFF Auto Response OFF AR ON Auto Response ON Enables precise status reports to the connected Nuendo system e g the track arm status of the connected 9 pin Machine When you us...

Page 67: ...ED C102 Red light remote control via Controller 102 103 119 also possible In Nuendo starting with version 2 1 C102 has been defined as default Controller for this purpose 9 PIN Red light remote contro...

Page 68: ...ave Time Base is the controlled device virtual 9 pin Machine Parameter Explanation ID 004 MMC ID of the 9 pin Machine An individual ID is necessary for each machine to enable track arming both from Nu...

Page 69: ...and is sent after each Locate command This is for older machines that do not show an image after a Locate Parameter Explanation FF REW commands are sent as FF REW 9 pin commands S4 FF REW commands are...

Page 70: ...n Machine Hex code is displayed for machines that are not implemented V Virtual 9 pin Machine is active VTM9 function VTM9 Virtual Time Base Virtual 9 pin Machine with 64 track control BVW 75 Virtual...

Page 71: ...FUN Play Parameter Explanation REC Barring or releasing the Record functions REC OFF 9 pin record control via Time Base is barred REC AUD Insert Only audio tracks can be activated REC TC Insert Audio...

Page 72: ...nd Video Standard Presets Page Parameter 25f 29f 29d P 1 FRM 25 29 29D P 2 VIDEO BNC BNC BNC VITC RL AUTO AUTO AUTO WL OFF 19 21 OFF 19 21 OFF 19 21 INS IN IN IN POS V 119 119 119 H 014 014 014 VIEW C...

Page 73: ...WS2 44 1 48 44 1 48 WS3 44 1 48 44 1 48 WS4 44 1 48 44 48 VARSP Off 00 00 Off 00 00 Off 00 00 Off 00 00 P 4 TC OUT OnLock OnLock OnLock OnLock OFFSET 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 T...

Page 74: ...E 6 74 Service and Machine Pages Nuendo Presets Page Parameter Nuendo P 3 Dout AES VST P 4 MTC STD FF Loc P 5 USBPORT ON SP 1 VTM WS x8 IL MMCRx 002 Tx Rx Rexit RE REM PAR SP 2 SYSEX OFF AR ON RED C 1...

Page 75: ...6 75 User Presets Page Parameter User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 P 1 FRM TCIN SR CL TX PRESET P 2 VIDEO VITC RL WL INS POS V H VIEW co VIEW sz WS2 WS3 WS4 VARSP Dout P 4 TC OUT OFFSET MTC STD TCVAL DROP...

Page 76: ...TIME BASE 6 76 Service and Machine Pages SP1 VTM WS MMCRx Tx Rexit REM SP2 TCLEV SYSEX AR RED M A MA ID FUN V M REC Page Parameter User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4...

Page 77: ...7 Connections...

Page 78: ...ode into the picture and to insert VITC into the video signal which lets you create VITC encoded video copies Video Sync In Out These high impedance thru put sockets BNC are provided for the Video Syn...

Page 79: ...1 port You can find the necessary drivers on the Driver CD that came with Time Base You can find the necessary driver updates on the Steinberg web site www steinberg net 9 Pin SubD 9 pin female Connec...

Page 80: ...case PIN Signal 1 Gnd 0V GPI O Gnd 2 GPI O 7 3 GPI O 5 GPO Red light 4 GPI O 3 5 GPI O 1 6 Gnd screen MIDI out screen DIN out pin 2 and case 7 MIDI OUT MIDI out DIN out pin 4 8 MIDI IN MIDI in DIN in...

Page 81: ...r is used as galvanic separator e g opto coupler input in the studio red light control Rear panel connectors detail Power and Protection Circuit IEC Power Connector 100 240V automatic switching The fu...

Page 82: ...udio output 32 to 96kHz 4V p p an 110 Ohm XLR balanced Switchable output format AES zero or S P DIF zero This signal contains VST System Link data Video Sync Thru BNC High Impedance PAL NTSC format sw...

Page 83: ...8 VST System Link...

Page 84: ...Public Beta When you set up a VST System Link network the OS question Windows PC or Macintosh computer doesn t play a dominant role anymore The network is freely expandable You can therefore also use...

Page 85: ...he audio stream as a carrier for sample accurate synchronization of all comput ers transport command and MIDI data transfer of up to 16 MIDI chan nels For instance if you use an ADAT bus for this you...

Page 86: ...work correctly VST System Link can only function properly if 100 data integrity is given No bit in the data stream may therefore be modified Hardware or Driver software that do this are not suitable...

Page 87: ...9 Glossary...

Page 88: ...Biphase Mark Encoding of LTC SMPTE EBU Time Code The binary numerical values 0 and 1 are provided with extra clock information and set in a frequency range which allows them to be recorded on analog a...

Page 89: ...half frames a complete Time Code word Frame rate Number of full frames which pass in a second of audio film or video frames per second fps Film and various video systems have different Frame Rates fo...

Page 90: ...rt control commands from basic motion commands synchronization to more complex edit ing functions like electronic video editing Machine Machine refers to an audio or video tape record playback system...

Page 91: ...ying early so that when the actual Locate Point is reached all devices are sure to be running in proper sync RAM Random Access Memory Here The battery buffered storage of Time Base Setups are recalled...

Page 92: ...nserter Allows visible Time Code to be inserted into the video picture Video Sync A reference video signal generated by an extremely stable source SPG sync pulse generator blackburst generator house s...

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