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Connecting via the Mac’s modem or printer port
When you connect the Digital Timepiece directly
to the Macintosh’s modem or printer port with a
standard RS422 (DIN-8) cable (Figure 3-2), it acts
as a standard 1 MHz MIDI interface. Set your
MIDI software to 1 MHz on the serial port that the
Digital Time Piece is connected to, and also be sure
that your sequencer or DAW software has the
ability to receive MTC from that serial port. Use the
other serial port for your MIDI interface, if you
have one.
Figure 3-2: An example of how to connect a Macintosh computer to
the Digital Timepiece via their serial ports.
Connecting via a MIDI interface
When you connect the Digital Timepiece to a
Macintosh via a MIDI interface (Figure 3-3), make
sure that the interface is programmed to route
MTC from the Digital Timepiece to the Macintosh.
For example, some interfaces connect to both Mac
serial ports and dedicate one serial port entirely to
time code.
Figure 3-3: An example of how to connect a Macintosh computer to
the Digital Timepiece via a MIDI interface.
If you have a MIDI Timepiece AV
The Digital Timepiece’s synchronization
capabilities far exceed those of the MIDI
Timepiece AV. Therefore, you will probably want to
make the Digital Timepiece handle synchroni-
zation chores while the MIDI Timepiece AV takes
care of MIDI processing and networking. For
optimum flexibility, connect the Digital Timepiece
to your Mac using a combination of the
connections in Figure 3-2 and Figure 3-3. Or
connect it to the Net port of the MIDI
Timepiece AV.
Figure 3-4: Connecting a Digital Timepiece to the Net port of a MIDI
Timepiece AV.
Connecting an IBM-PC or compatible
The Digital Timepiece connects to a PC like any
standard MIDI device: via MIDI cables and a MIDI
interface (Figure 3-5). Connect MIDI OUT to IN
and IN to OUT as shown. If the Windows driver for
your interface provides a special sync port for
MIDI Time Code (most of them do), make sure
your MIDI software is properly addressing it.
Figure 3-5: An example of how to connect a PC or compatible
computer to the Digital Timepiece via a MIDI interface.
Serial
cables
(RS422)
Macintosh
computer
Digital Timepiece
modem
port
MIDI interface
printer
port
MIDI interface
Serial
cable
Macintosh
computer
Digital Timepiece
modem
port
MIDI
cables
Serial cables
(RS422)
Digital Timepiece
To modem port on Mac
MIDI Timepiece AV
Mac port
Net port
Remote port
Using the MTP’s front panel LCD
controls, set the ‘Net’ port to ‘Mac’ in
the in the ‘Global Hardware’ menu.
MIDI interface
Printer
cable
IBM PC/compatible
computer
Digital Timepiece
Parallel
port
MIDI
cables