Studer Vista, Operating Instructions Manual

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D950/Vista Digital Mixing System
4-96 GC Operation
SW V3.3 Date printed: 05.08.03
TC3 Setup Window:
The setup page allows setting of the different TC Reader/Generator
options and defaults for three different sections of the TC unit:
•
Reader
• Generator
• Machine Control.
TC Reader/Generator settings are automatically stored when quitting the
system, so that the last-used defaults are available after the next system
start. To actually control the TC2/TC3 Reader/Generator, use the Machine
Control keys on the control surface keyboard and the Machine Control
keys in the Au Panel (refer to
chapter 5 ).
4.6.5.2.1 TC2 Reader Settings
The READER settings have to be set according to actual incoming
SMPTE/EBU time code format. The settings are:
Time Source: Select from the following options:
• Internal Generator = Internal D950/Vista TC Generator (TC 2);
• TC Input = External TC from the TC Input;
• 9-pin serial control = External TC from the 9-pin interface.
Setting the D950/Vista to Internal allows the AutoTouch Automation sys-
tem to run from the internal TC Generator, for instance, while testing. The
normal system setting, while using a tape machine, for example, would be
TC Input or 9-pin serial control.
Frame Rate: Select from 24/25/30/30 drop frame formats of the incoming TC signal.
Offset: This introduces an offset in the TC format, expressed by Reader TC
Value/Incoming TC Value.
•
Positive offset = Mix data will be later than the actual incoming TC;
• Negative offset = Mix data will be before the actual incoming TC.
F Tip A flashing
READY
LED on the desk’s Automation Control Panel can indi-
cate a mismatch of incoming timecode and Reader Frame Rate setting.