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a
nel Quick Ref
e
renc
e
To
c
onnec
t the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e dir
ec
tly t
o a Macin-
tosh c
omput
er (without a
separ
at
e MIDI in
te
rf
ac
e),
co
nnec
t this RS422 por
t t
o the
modem or prin
ter por
t of the
Macin
tosh.
T
his allo
ws the
Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o talk t
o an
y
MIDI soft
w
ar
e,
and it ac
ts as a
standar
d 1 MHz MIDI in
te
rf
ac
e.
The Digital
Ti
mepiec
e ev
en
allo
ws MIDI devic
es c
onnec
ted
to
its MIDI por
ts t
o c
ommuni-
ca
te
with MIDI soft
w
ar
e
running on the c
omput
er
.
U
se the MIDI por
ts t
o c
onnec
t the follo
wing
types of MIDI de
vic
es:
■
A MIDI in
te
rfac
e c
onnec
ted t
o a
co
mput
er (not nec
essar
y if the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e is c
onnec
ted t
o a Macin
tosh
via the RS422 REMO
TE por
t)
■
An
y MIDI Machine C
on
tr
ol (MMC)
co
mpa
tible devic
e
■
An
y MMC c
on
tr
oller
, such as a JL C
ooper
CueP
oin
t™ or CS10™
■
An
y MIDI devic
e or c
omput
er soft
w
ar
e
tha
t y
ou w
ould lik
e t
o sla
ve
to
MT
C (MIDI
Ti
me C
ode)
■
An
y MIDI instr
umen
t, such as a syn
the-
siz
er
, sampler
, drum machine
, et
c.
The Digital
Ti
mepiec
e must either be a
t the
beginning or end of a chain of ADA
Ts.
Ac
co
rd
ingly
, nev
er c
onnec
t both the S
ync In
and S
ync Out sock
ets a
t the same time
. Only
use one or the other
. In most cir
cumstanc
es
,
yo
u will w
an
t the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o be the
sync mast
er o
ver y
our ADA
T (or chain of
ADA
Ts).
If so
, c
onnec
t the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e’
s
ADA
T S
ync Out por
t t
o the S
ync In of y
our
ADA
T, and
, if y
ou ha
ve
others
, chain them off
of the first ADA
T as dir
ec
ted in y
our ADA
T
manual.
T
he ADA
T S
ync In por
t allo
ws the
Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o be the sla
ve
of an ADA
T
(or a
t the end of a chain of ADA
Ts),
which,
in
turn,
c
ould be c
on
tr
olled b
y a BRC.
Not
e tha
t
all of this applies t
o other ADA
T-c
ompa
tible
decks as w
ell,
such as the F
ost
ex
RD-8.
W
ORD 256x is Digidesign
’s
own special fla
vo
r of w
or
d
clock.
It w
orks with Digidesign
syst
ems only — ones tha
t
ha
ve
w
or
d clock jacks with a
label on them something lik
e:
■
“Sla
ve
clock”
■
“Super
clock”
■
“W
or
d 256x
”
Co
mpa
tible sy
st
ems include
Pr
o T
ools™,
P
ro T
ools
Pr
ojec
t™
(formerly called
“S
ession 8”)
and P
ro
Tools III™.
Co
nnec
t a SONY 9-pin
co
mpa
tible video
tape r
ec
or
der (
VTR)
her
e.
T
his
co
nnec
tion
allo
ws the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o be
either a mast
er of or
sla
ve
to
a SONY 9-pin
co
mpa
tible video
deck or other de
vic
e.
CO
NTROL
TRA
CK is the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e’
s o
wn,
pr
oprietar
y
synchr
oniza
tion forma
t. It
carries all thr
ee c
omponen
ts of
synchr
oniza
tion:
w
or
d r
at
e,
addr
ess and tr
anspor
t infor-
ma
tion.
C
onnec
t an
y devic
e
tha
t suppor
ts it
, such as
another Digital
Ti
mepiec
e.
If y
ou w
an
t t
o sla
ve
the
Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o an
S/PDIF de
vic
e,
c
onnec
t
the mast
er S/PDIF signal
to
the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e
S/PDIF IN c
onnec
to
r. An
S/PDIF de
vic
e can be
sla
ved t
o the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e via the S/
PDIF output c
onnec
to
r,
which c
on
tinuously
gener
at
es S/PDIF sync
,
unless the
THRU butt
on
is pushed in on the fr
on
t
panel,
in which case it
simply passes input t
o
its output
.
Co
nnec
t an
y standar
d
digital audio w
or
d
clock devic
e,
such as a
stand-alone har
d disk
re
co
rder
, t
o these
co
nnec
to
rs.
D
o not
co
nnec
t Digidesign
har
d disk r
ec
or
ding
syst
ems her
e.
F
or
Digidesign sy
st
ems
,
use the
W
ORD 256x
co
nnec
to
rs inst
ead
.
To
VIDEO IN,
c
onnec
t an
y video
sour
ce
, such as house sync black-
burst or a
VTR.
To
VIDEO OUT
,
co
nnec
t an
y video destina
tion,
such as a video monit
or or an
y
devic
e tha
t r
equir
es video sync
.
The Digital
Ti
mepiec
e’
s time c
ode
burn-in displa
y and other video
displa
y options ar
e view
ed fr
om
its video output
.
The Digital
Ti
mepiec
e has a built-
in video sync gener
at
or
. F
or
impor
tan
t informa
tion about
ho
w the video sync gener
at
or
in
te
ra
ct
s with the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e’
s synchr
oniza
tion
fea
tur
es
, see chapt
er
9,
“W
orking
with Video
” (page
67).
The SMPTE IN and OUT jacks ar
e standar
d tip/
ring
, balanc
ed +4dB
co
nnec
to
rs for SMTPE
LT
C.
C
onnec
t a L
TC
sour
ce
, such as a
multitr
ack tape deck
or the audio fr
om a
VTR,
to
SMTPE IN.
T
he
SMPTE OUT jack can go to
an
y destina
tion,
such as a stand-alone har
d disk r
ec
or
der
, a
time c
ode tr
ack on a
tape deck,
et
c.
The Digital
Ti
mepiec
e must either be a
t the
beginning or end of a chain of DA-
88s.
Ac
co
rd
ingly
, nev
er c
onnec
t both the S
ync In
and S
ync Out sock
ets a
t the same time
. Only
use one or the other
. In most cir
cumstanc
es
,
yo
u will w
an
t the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o be the
sync mast
er o
ver y
our DA-88 (or chain of
DA-88s).
If so
, c
onnec
t the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e’
s DA-88 S
ync Out por
t t
o the S
ync
In of y
our DA-88,
and
, if y
ou ha
ve
others
,
chain them off of the fi
rst DA-88 as dir
ec
ted
in y
our DA-88 manual.
T
he DA-88 S
ync In
por
t allo
ws the Digital
Ti
mepiec
e t
o be the
sla
ve
of an DA-88 (or a
t the end of a chain of
DA-88s),
which,
in turn,
c
ould be c
on
tr
olled
by
a RC-848.
Not
e tha
t all of this applies t
o
other DA-88 c
ompa
tible decks as w
ell,
such
as the
Ta
scam DA-38.