MOTU MIDI Timepiece AV User Manual

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Page 1: Usb Midi
USB MIDI ™ User’s Guide for Macintosh...
Page 2 (b) rent, lease or grant sublicenses or other rights to the program; (c) permission of MOTU, or if the product serial number has been removed or defaced. provide use of the program in a computer service business, network, time-sharing,...
Page 3 User’s Guide For MOTU USB MIDI Interfaces MIDI Timepiece AV-USB MIDI Express XT-USB micro express-USB Mark of the Unicorn, Inc. 1280 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 Business voice: (617) 576-2760 Business fax: (617) 576-3609 Tech support fax: (617) 354-3068 Tech support email: techsupport@motu.com...
Page 4 MOTU USB MIDI interface. 9. Lightning - For added protection for the MOTU USB MIDI interface during a lightning storm, unplug it from the wall outlet. This will prevent damage to the MOTU USB MIDI interface due to lightning and power line surges.
Page 5: Table Of Contents
Packing List and Glossary System Requirements SMPTE Synchronization Basics Installing Your MOTU Interface Installing Multiple Interfaces Troubleshooting and Customer Support Installing the MOTU USB Software Index Using Performer & Digital Performer ClockWorks Device Settings & Routing Channel Map Muting Sync and MIDI Machine Control...
Page 7 Part I For All Users...
Page 9: Packing List And System Requirements
USB-equipped Macintosh running Mac OS 8.6 or support email and announcements about product later. If you are attempting to use your MOTU USB enhancements as soon as they become available. interface with an older Macintosh model equipped...
Page 10 P A C K I N G L I S T A N D S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S...
Page 11: For All Motu Interface Models For All Motu Interface Models
FOR ALL MOTU INTERFACE MODELS CONNECTING A USB MACINTOSH For all MOTU interface models ....9 Using the USB cable included with your MOTU MIDI interface, put the Type A plug into a Type A Connecting a serial port Macintosh .
Page 12: Installing Your Motu Interface
Connecting additional gear with MIDI THRUs one of the MIDI IN jacks on your MOTU MIDI If you use up all of the MIDI OUTs on your MOTU interface as shown by Connection B. MIDI interface, and you still have more gear to...
Page 13: Midi Connections Worksheet
Here’s a suggestion. If you have more than a few FreeMIDI, which makes your MIDI devices appear pieces of gear connected to your MOTU MIDI by name (rather than cable number) in the interface, jot down which device is connected to software.
Page 14: Smpte Time Code Sync Connections
Connect any SMPTE time code source, such as the SMPTE timecode track on an analog multitrack SMPTE or Audio in tape deck, to the SMPTE IN port on your MOTU Examples of a SMPTE MIDI interface as shown in Figure 2-5. (For...
Page 15: Connecting A Pedal Or Foot Switch
If you would like to use a foot pedal or foot switch If you would like to convert an audio click to MIDI, with your MOTU MIDI interface, connect it as connect the audio click source to the Pedal input as shown below in Figure 2-7.
Page 16: Connecting Adats
CONNECTING ADATS CONNECTING VIDEO (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) The MIDI Timepiece AV can serve as an ADAT The MIDI Timepiece AV can synchronize to any sync master device, providing sample-accurate incoming video signal, from a standard video tape address and phase lock to one or more ADATs (or recorder (VTR) to distributed house sync other ADAT sync-compatible devices).
Page 17: Connecting Word Clock
CONNECTING WORD CLOCK CONNECTING PRO TOOLS “SUPERCLOCK” (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) The MIDI Timepiece AV can serve as a word clock The MIDI Timepiece AV can serve as a Digidesign sync master device, providing sample-accurate Pro Tools “superclock”...
Page 18: Connecting An Alesis Lrc
CONNECTING AN ALESIS LRC alleviates irregular timing problems that occur (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) when too much data is being transmitted (a The Pedal B jack on the front panel of the MIDI situation commonly referred to as MIDI logjam). Timepiece AV can serve as an input for the Please note: one drawback of FAST mode is Alesis LRC™...
Page 19 If you have several MOTU interfaces and need xm i t t o m a c 1 x to connect them all to the same computer... MOTU’s latest line of USB interfaces can be mixed and matched as a network using a standard USB Figure 2-17 hub.
Page 20 I N S T A L L I N G Y O U R M O T U I N T E R F A C E...
Page 21: Installing Multiple Interfaces
Figure 3-1: An inexpensive, standard USB hub, such as the machub4U™ shown above from Entrega, allows you to connect multiple MOTU USB MIDI interfaces. You can even mix and match different models of MOTU interfaces, using the combination that best suites your needs for synchronization, number of MIDI ports, etc.
Page 22: Networking Two Midi Timepieces
To connect multiple MOTU interfaces to a INSTALLING A MIDI TIMEPIECE NETWORK (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) macintosh, you’ll need an inexpensive device called To network a second MIDI Timepiece to a MIDI a USB Hub (purchased separately from your Timepiece AV-USB: computer peripherals dealer).
Page 23: Networking A Serial Midi Device
NETWORKING A SERIAL MIDI DEVICE CONNECTING A 2ND MACINTOSH (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) When two MIDI Timepieces are networked If you have a third-party serial MIDI device instead together as shown in Figure 3-2 on page 20, the of a second MIDI Timepiece, you can connect it to 2nd MIDI Timepiece (box 9-16) has a free Mac the NET serial port on your MIDI Timepiece as...
Page 24: What Next
WHAT NEXT? N E T P O R T = M AC You’re ready to install software. Turn to chapter 4, “Installing the MOTU USB Software” (page 23). Figure 3-6 4 Choose the appropriate setting (1-8 or 9-16) by turning the VALUE knob.
Page 25: Running The Motu Usb Installer
CHAPTER OVERVIEW WHAT DOES THE INSTALLER DO? Running the MOTU USB installer... .23 The installer checks the computer to make sure it satisﬁes the minimum system requirements for What does the installer do? ....23 your MOTU interface.
Page 26: Installing The Motu Usb Software
FreeMIDI and OMS are industry standard MIDI For existing FreeMIDI users System Extensions for Mac OS. They allow MIDI If you’re adding a new MOTU interface to a software to talk to your MOTU interface and the USB-equipped Mac that already has FreeMIDI devices connected to it.
Page 27 Done, and the FreeMIDI Conﬁguration window appears. Figure 4-1: You should see your MOTU interface by name in the list on the right. I N S T A L L I N G T H E M O T U U S B S O F T W A R E...
Page 28 If you indicated what devices are connected to your This chapter only covered FreeMIDI bare MOTU interface, your conﬁguration will look essentials to get your MOTU interface running. If something like Figure 4-3 after you position the you have Performer, Digital Performer, Mosaic, MIDI device icons as desired.
Page 29: Oms
3 From the Studio menu, choose MIDI cards & interfaces. You’ll see the following alert. Figure 4-4: A MOTU interface in the OMS studio setup window. 4 Click Update Setup. 6 Save your OMS Setup. You’ll see the following dialog.
Page 30: Freemidi And Oms Separately
FreeMIDI: FreeMIDI: 1 Make sure that your MOTU interface is 1 Make sure that your MOTU interface is connected and powered up. connected and powered up.
Page 31: Toggling Freemidi's Use Of Oms
OMS and FreeMIDI drivers. The hardware talks to the system extension. Figure 4-5: The USB drivers for your MOTU USB interface establish communication between the interface hardware and your FreeMIDI and OMS compatible MIDI software. I N S T A L L I N G T H E M O T U U S B S O F T W A R E...
Page 32: Where To Go Next
If you want to program your interface with ClockWorks... ClockWorks is the software “front end” for the features in your MOTU interface. It allows you to conﬁgure and program the powerful MIDI routing and processing features in the interface. You can...
Page 33: Midi Input And Output
Figure 5-1: The devices in your FreeMIDI or OMS studio setup connected to your MOTU MIDI interface will automatically appear as Slaving Pro Tools ......35 MIDI sources and destinations in Digital Performer’s MIDI I/O menus.
Page 34: Using Performer & Digital Performer
Roland VS-880 Akai DR8 Figure 5-3: Your MOTU MIDI interface/synchronizer can serve as a time code “hub” while you control it from Digital Performer via MMC transport commands. How you conﬁgure Performer or Digital Performer depends for MMC on what version you have.
Page 35 2 As shown in Figure 5-2, open Performer’s ports (it doesn’t matter which one). It also must have the MIDI Machine property, and the Device ID must match the ID in the MOTU Receive Sync dialog (Basics menu) and prepare interface itself.
Page 36: Adat Sync
(or later) automatically and continually scan the zation between Digital Performer any ADATs MIDI Timepiece AV for the presence of ADATs connected to the 2408, see “Slaving a MOTU 2408 (any model) or other ADAT SYNC-compatible system” on page 145. Sample-accurate sync allows...
Page 37: Word Clock Sync
Digidesign hardware slaves via the “superclock” word clock connection between the MIDI Timepiece AV and the Digidesign hardware. To slave Digital Performer and Pro Tools to the MIDI Timepiece AV: 1 Connect the “Word Sync out” of the MIDI Timepiece AV to the “Slave Clock input” of your Digidesign audio interface.
Page 38: Using Fast Mode
will automatically switch to Slave mode when you connect the BNC word clock cable to its “superclock” input. USING FAST MODE (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) This section only applies to a MIDI Timepiece AV connected to the computer via its ‘Mac’...
Page 39: Opening Clockworks
ClockWorks. This ensures smooth hand-shaking between ClockWorks and the If your MOTU interface doesn’t appear ..38 interface. The Device List window.....38 1 Double-click the ClockWorks icon.
Page 40: Clockworks
Working with several MOTU devices APPEAR ClockWorks serves as the control center for all If your MOTU interface doesn’t show up in the MOTU interface and synchronizer products, Device List, check the following things: including the Digital Timepiece synchronizer. If you have several MOTU devices, they will all Your MOTU interface is turned off.
Page 41 Every time you click a button in a ClockWorks window, ClockWorks sends a corresponding Figure 6-6: A check box grid. command to your MOTU interface/synchronizer. Therefore, the buttons in the window always reﬂect the state of the interface hardware. C L O C K W O R K S...
Page 42 If, at any time, you suspect that the windows in the software don’t accurately reﬂect When you have two or more MOTU interfaces what’s going on in the hardware for some reason, connected to your Mac, you need to choose which choose Verify Network from the Utilities menu.
Page 43: Obtaining The Rom Version
This allows you to store an unlimited number of MOTU Other changes you make in the LCD of a MIDI Timepiece AV, such as changing a speciﬁc interface setups.
Page 44 Here’s the basic procedure to save a ﬁle: Reverting to a previously saved version is useful when experimenting with a ﬁle. You can quickly 1 Choose the Save command from the File menu. remove any changes by using this command. Make sure that you save the ﬁle in the state you want it 2 If you are saving the ﬁle for the ﬁrst time, a before beginning to experiment.
Page 45 Closing a ﬁle To close a ﬁle, choose Close ‘ﬁlename’ from the File menu, where ﬁlename is the name of the currently open ﬁle. If you have made changes in ClockWorks windows that are not yet saved, you will be asked if you want to save them before closing.
Page 46 C L O C K W O R K S...
Page 47: Device Settings & Routing
The MMC Out and MMC In ports ...52 Figure 7-1: The Device Settings & Routing window provides graphic access to all of your MOTU interface’s MIDI routing, merging and splitting capabilities. If you have two MIDI Timepieces networked...
Page 48: Device Settings & Routing
NAMING DEVICES WITH FREEMIDI OR OMS MAKING A CONNECTION If you conﬁgured your FreeMIDI or OMS setup to To connect any MIDI device to another in the accurately reﬂect the names of the devices network: connected to your interface, you’ll see device 1 Click the source cable icon on the left and drag names as shown below in Figure 7-2.
Page 49: Connecting One Input To Multiple Outputs
3 Press return to conﬁrm the cable connection. DESELECTING ALL CONNECTIONS To deselect all connections, click anywhere in the middle of the window between the two columns of cables. Figure 7-8: Click anywhere on the background to deselect all connec- Figure 7-5: A completed cable connection.
Page 50: Specifying Channels In A Connection
SPECIFYING CHANNELS IN A CONNECTION shown below. This is useful if you are using a Your MOTU interface lets you specify channels keyboard split on your controller and you want to when you make a connection from one piece of send the splits to different channels of the same gear to another.
Page 51: Making Computer Connections
If you would like to send MIDI Timepiece AV. If you have done so, you can make Time Code from your MOTU interface to devices routings to and from the network port device with connected to its MIDI Out ports, create a the Device Settings &...
Page 52 MTC Out port (on the left) to the desired devices on the right as shown here. In this example, the MOTU interface (an Express XT in this example) is programmed to send MTC to the Roland VS-880 hard disk recorder (and the computer, too, of course).
Page 53: The Adat Ports
wired” and is therefore not represented graphically in the Device Settings & Routing window. The ADAT ports have no impact on the AV’s control over ADATs. ADAT PORT SETTINGS (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) If you click on either ADAT icon in the Device Settings &...
Page 54: The Mmc Out And Mmc In Ports
ADATs in between. Figure 7-20: When you want to trigger another MMC device with your MOTU MIDI interface, or if you want the interface to redistribute MMC THE MMC OUT AND MMC IN PORTS transport commands from your sequencer or an Alesis LRC, connect the MMC Out port to any device you wish to control.
Page 55 MMC In port as demonstrated below. Figure 7-21: The selected connection shown above is required when you want to control your MOTU interface — and any devices slaving to it — from your sequencer or other MMC software on the computer.
Page 56 D E V I C E S E T T I N G S & R O U T I N G...
Page 57: Channel Map
MIDI IN or MIDI OUT port remapping” on page 58. connected to your MOTU interface has a ﬁlter just inside the socket. MIDI data enters the ﬁlter on one channel and as it passes through the ﬁlter, it gets...
Page 58 C H A N N E L M A P...
Page 59: Muting
The Event Muting window shows the muting status for 1 If you have more than one MOTU interface, each type of data on all MIDI channels and all select the box you want to mute in the Device List cables at once, giving you immediate feedback on window in ClockWorks.
Page 60 MUTING MIDI BEAT CLOCKS channels 1-8. When MIDI beat clocks are transmitted to your MOTU interface (via a MIDI device or the Here’s another example: Let’s say you are mapping Macintosh) they are echoed to all cables. If you do...
Page 61: Sync And Midi Machine Control
ADAT List ....... . .64 wish into the SMPTE Readout to cue your MOTU ADAT preferences .
Page 62: Sync And Midi Machine Control
When your MOTU interface is set to slave to an TIME BASE AND FRAME RATE SETTINGS The Time Base and SMPTE Frame rate settings let external time code source, you can click the offset button as shown below in Figure 10-3 to type in a you choose the overall time base and SMPTE frame rate for your MOTU interface.
Page 63: Vtr Recording Options
The right-hand menu has two choices: ClockWorks or Digital Performer, you are most likely slaving only and Any application. When ClockWorks only them to MTC from your MOTU interface. In this is chosen, recording will only occur when case, be sure to turn off FreeMIDI Sync.
Page 64: Ltc And Mtc Settings
MOTU interface is locking to external locked. SMPTE time code (in any form — MTC, LTC or Turn on Frame lock when you want your MOTU VITC). It is not available when your MOTU interface’s frame times to match incoming frame...
Page 65: Word Clock Settings (Mtp Av Only)
Auto-detect input frame rate (MTP AV only) This option is only available for the MIDI MOTU interface is in a time base mode where it Timepiece AV. When this option is checked, your should determine the word clock rate on its own,...
Page 66: Mmc Id
MOTU interface’s ID is 20. If you change your MOTU interface device ID for some reason, make sure that it does not match the ID of another device connected to it.
Page 67 Transport status Device Record Transport Current SMPTE SMTPE On line/ icon source Status Location Display Offset Off line The transport status area of the ADAT panel as button shown in Figure 10-14 shows you the current status of the transports of the ADAT. The chart below explains each possible transport status icon.
Page 68: Adat Preferences
Click here to choose a Click here positive or to enter an offset. negative Figure 10-17: To enter a track offset, click the track offset button as offset shown and then enter the desired number of samples by typing or by Figure 10-16: Each ADAT can have its own individual SMPTE offset.
Page 69: Sony 9-Pin Calibration
MIDI Timepiece AV to wait for the the MOTU Digital Timepiece synchronizer. It is ADAT to cue to the current playback location grayed out when you are using a MOTU MIDI before it begins generating or converting time interface.
Page 70 S Y N C A N D M I D I M A C H I N E C O N T R O L...
Page 71: Smpte Reader
Figure 11-1: The SMPTE Reader provides a running update of your MOTU interface while it is generating or converting time code. Video Out Phase Lock ..... .71 If you click the triangle in the lower left-hand Output phase lock .
Page 72: Smpte Reader Status Display
SMPTE Reader, as shown in Figure 11-2. your MOTU interface is in Internal mode The status area provides detailed information about what state your MOTU interface is in as a your MOTU interface is set to receive external synchronizer. The following sections provide a sync (MTC, LTC, word clock, etc.) and it has...
Page 73: Timebase Measure
When this status indicator is illuminated, it means LTC). It is also affected by the sample rate settings that time code generated by your MOTU interface in the MIDI Timepiece AV, so it can help you chase (MTC and LTC) is in sync with the current time down discrepancies with pull-up and pull-down base.
Page 74: Input Frame Phase Lock
EXTERNAL TIME CODE DETECT When this status indicator is illuminated, it means When this status indicator is illuminated, it means that your MOTU interface has successfully that your MOTU interface has successfully achieved lockup with incoming LTC/MTC full detected external time code (MTC, LTC).
Page 75: Utilities Menu
ClockWorks has detected that one of serial ports for MIDI. your pieces of MOTU hardware has gone off line. EDIT FREEMIDI CONFIGURATION SEND DATA TO The Edit FreeMIDI Conﬁguration command in the...
Page 76 Digital Timepiece or multiple MOTU interfaces. ALL NOTES OFF The All Notes Off command causes FreeMIDI to send out All Notes Off messages to all devices. In addition, it sends out a MIDI note off command for every note on every channel.
Page 77: Part Ii: For Xt & Micro Users
Part II For XT & Micro Users...
Page 79: Working With Presets
Working with Presets CHAPTER OVERVIEW FACTORY VERSUS USER PRESETS This chapter describes your MOTU Express Your Express interface provides eight factory interface’s eight factory presets and explains how presets and eight more user presets. Factory presets are “hard-wired” and cannot be permanently changed.
Page 80 MIDI IN and MIDI OUT of your keyboard controller to your Express interface, it is best to match the input/output MIDI port numbers on your MOTU interface. For example, if micro express front panel preset controls the controller is connected to MIDI IN port 3, connect it to MIDI OUT port 3 as well.
Page 81 Use this troubleshooting technique if you cannot 6, 7 and 8. Input 7 routes MMC to the MIDI successfully record data into your sequencer on the Express XT only. Input 8 does a combination of computer. inputs 6 and 7. Merge Some MIDI Machine/for the micro express The Merge Some preset is similar to the Merge All...
Page 82 This preset can be used effectively to solve THE PRESETS WINDOW IN CLOCKWORKS The Presets window in ClockWorks (as shown in problems with non-standard MIDI data transfers. For example, some samplers transmit sample Figure 13-2) gives you an overview of information about all the presets.
Page 83 Viewing the preset script SWITCHING PRESETS USING A PATCH CHANGE The preset script is an itemized list of settings for Each preset has a MIDI patch change number the currently selected preset. The script is shown in assigned to it; the patch change number is the right-hand portion of the window with the displayed in a text box to the right of the preset in name of the current preset shown at the top, as...
Page 84 Your Express interface preset select message is as follows: F0 00 00 33 08 22 00 00 xx F7 The “xx” byte speciﬁes the preset number. Use the value shown in the table below. For example, to select the Live Keyboards preset, plug in “0B” in the message to get: F0 00 00 33 08 22 00 00 0B F7 Figure 13-4: The Set Trigger Source dialog lets you indicate the source...
Page 85 If a factory preset is selected when you make the Select one of the eight user presets from the pop-up modiﬁcation, the change remains in effect until menu, type in a new name for it if you like, and you switch to a different preset. Since the click OK.
Page 86 W O R K I N G W I T H P R E S E T S...
Page 87: Working With A Foot Pedal
Working with a Foot Pedal CHAPTER OVERVIEW PEDAL WINDOW BASICS This chapter explains how you can use a foot pedal The pedal input is controlled by the Pedal window, with your Express interface to: which can be opened from the Windows menu. This window lets you indicate the type of input you Generate MIDI data, such as notes, controllers, are using (click input or foot switch).
Page 88 Using a foot switch Pedal setup overview You can use any standard momentary foot switch Here is an overview of how to set up your Express with your Express interface. Note, however, that interface to use a foot switch: your Express interface does not support 1 Be sure the foot switch is connected to your “expression”...
Page 89 Setting up the foot switch output data To program pedal off data, add it to the Pedal Off If you choose “Foot Switch” from the “Pedal type” column as discussed in the previous section, pop-up menu, the window displays the data for the “Setting up the foot switch output data”.
Page 90 through a series of events quickly. Rather than 3 Check the Foot switch option, choose a MIDI having to press down for each event, which channel, and click OK. involves two motions (up and down), you can use 4 Back in the Presets window, make note of the just one motion––a quick press or release.
Page 91 To convert an audio click into MIDI: You have three categories here: Note, Controller, and Hex. The hex option lets you enter any MIDI 1 Be sure that the audio click source is connected event in its raw, hexadecimal form as shown below, to the PEDAL phone jack on your Express interface with a status byte followed by data byte 1 and data as shown in Figure 2-7 on page 13.
Page 92 W O R K I N G W I T H A F O O T P E D A L...
Page 93 This chapter also explains how to: ACCESSING SMPTE SETTINGS You can access the sync settings in your MOTU Slave your Express interface and other devices to interface via ClockWorks in the Sync/MMC MIDI Time Code window.
Page 94: Synchronization
Routing MIDI Time Code to other devices Red TACH light At times, you may need to route MIDI Time Code to a device connected to one of your Express interface’s MIDI OUTs. Similarly, you may have the need to route MTC to serial port B on your Express interface.
Page 95 on reading 29.97 SMPTE, be sure to manually set 5 Click on the Play or Record button in the the SMPTE format to 29.97 so that freewheeling Controls window. will occur at the proper rate. The Play button will begin ﬂashing (or turn grey on When you increase the freewheel amount, you also a black and white monitor), meaning that increase the amount of time that your Express...
Page 96 We recommend that you do not pass the time code window, and you can even switch to another output from your Express interface through a application or Quit your Express interface mixer or any form of signal processor. If you must software.
Page 97 Analyzes incoming time code and responds in several useful ways, depending on what happens to the incoming time code Measures incoming time code with an extremely accurate internal clock to see how fast or slow it is running and displays the results in the SMPTE Original Fresh SMPTE SMPTE Time...
Page 98 Measuring incoming time code computer for some reason, See “Routing MTC to In LTC mode, your Express interface measures your MOTU interface” on page 50 for important incoming time code with an extremely accurate information about routing MTC to your Express internal clock to see how fast or slow it is running interface.
Page 99: Midi Machine Control
MIDI Machine Control CHAPTER OVERVIEW HOW MMC WORKS Your Express interface can serve as a MIDI An MMC controller (which has transport and Machine Control (MMC) transport control “hub” cueing controls) sends transport commands (play, for all MMC-compatible devices, allowing you to stop, cue, etc.) to an MMC device that is serving as manipulate the transport controls of everything a time code source.
Page 100: Setting Mmc Device Id's
this case, you would set your Express interface SETTING UP OTHER MMC DEVICES If you have an MMC-compatible device, you can master sync mode to LTC QuikLock and feed the LTC into your Express interface, which would then slave it to your Express interface. But ﬁrst, you need to make your Express interface send MTC (or LTC drive all other devices.
Page 101: Setting Up A Hardware Mmc Controller
SETTING UP A HARDWARE MMC the factory, the default MMC device ID for your CONTROLLER Express interface is 20. If you need to, you can To use any MMC transport controller, such as the change it as described in “Setting MMC device JL Cooper CuePoint™: ID’s”...
Page 102: Mmc Routing Example
If the device transmits LTC, you can simply Performer is slaving to MTC from your Express connect it to your Express interface’s SMPTE input interface, while at the same time issuing MMC and set your Express interface’s master sync mode transport commands to your Express interface.
Page 103: Part Iii: For Mtp Av Users
Part III For MTP AV Users...
Page 105: Using The Lcd Display
Using the Front Panel LCD CHAPTER OVERVIEW USING THE LCD DISPLAY This chapter explains how to program the MIDI The MIDI Timepiece AV front panel liquid crystal Timepiece AV from the front panel. It also explains display (LCD) is a 2 by 16 character, back-lit what the PANIC button does, and how to restore display.
Page 106: Using Front Panel Lcd
MIDI Timepiece AV LCD Window Structure (continued on opposite page) BASE SETUP IMPORT/EXPORT PATCH SELECT GLOBAL MIDI DATA SYNC MTP 1 HARDWARE DUMP (only appears with SETUP networked MTP 1) MODIFIER MAC SPEED MASTER SYNC BASE SETUP BOX ID WORD CLOCK MODIFIER &...
Page 107 (continued from opposite page) PEDALS KNOBS MIDI MUTE MIDI MIDI CHANNEL BASE SETUP ROUTING DATA NAME PEDAL TYPE KNOB START/ ROUTING BY MUTING INPUT CHANNEL STEP SIZE CABLE PARAMETERS REMAP POLARITY RANGE ROUTING BY OUTPUT CHAN- CHANNEL NEL REMAP THRESHOLD/ DECAY RANGE DATA ASSIGN-...
Page 108 Getting familiar with the LCD conventions If you ﬁnd yourself in a window that asks you to Here are several conventions that will help you save settings that you have made, and you do not navigate through the LCD display: want to save the changes, turn the WINDOW knob to exit the window and cancel the operation.
Page 109: Working With Base Setups
WORKING WITH BASE SETUPS Notice that only one base setup can be called up at For a complete deﬁnition of base setups, see “What a time. is a “base setup”?” on page 128 before reading this Making changes to a base setup section.
Page 110 Changing the name of a base setup Building a patch Use the same procedure as “Making changes to a For a deﬁnition of a patch, see “What is a patch?” base setup” on page 107 to rename a base setup. on page 133.
Page 111: Making The Global Hardware Settings
6 Turn the CURSOR knob one click to the right to MAKING THE GLOBAL HARDWARE SETTINGS the TRIGGER window. Go to the GLOBAL HARDWARE window using The trigger is the MIDI patch change event that will the WINDOW knob. Make the global hardware call up the patch.
Page 112: Performing A Midi Data Dump
M M C d e v i c e I D DIRECT CONNECT M T P - A V CABLE X <> Running Status Note: the MIDI device must be connected to a By default, the MIDI Timepiece AV uses running MIDI IN and a MIDI OUT with the same number.
Page 113: Using The Smpte Controls
display. If it says “No TB”, this means that it is waiting to receive a valid time base, as determined DA T A D UM P < E > by its MASTER SYNC setting. If MASTER SYNC is CU R R E N T S T A T E set to LTC or MTC, you'll see the “No TB”...
Page 114 Master Sync master. If you are working with video, be sure to Use the VALUE knob to choose the appropriate choose 29.97 (either drop or non-drop as needed time base and address sources. See “Choosing a or desired) instead of 30. master SYNC mode”...
Page 115: Programming The Pedal Inputs
out. To stop striping in this case, use the CURSOR knob to go back to the STRIPE START window and If you are not sure whether your pedal is a KORG press ENTER. type or Roland type, choose one and then see “Verifying that the pedal is working”...
Page 116 For the data type byte, enter one of the following values: P E D A L R A N G E S E L A > 0 - 127 To generate this Enter this as the data type byte Note PEDAL OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT Polyphonic pressure To select the pedal, use the CURSOR knob to go...
Page 117: Programming Knobs To Send Data
Verifying that the pedal is working You may need to experiment to adjust these values. To verify that the pedal you have programmed is See “Checking the Click-to-MIDI settings” on working properly, use the WINDOW knob to go to page 115. the PEDALS window.
Page 118: Midi Routing
1 Turn the CURSOR knob one click to the right to The knob output assignment window works in the go to the KNOB START/STEP SIZE window. same fashion as the pedal output assignment window described in the section “PEDAL OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT” on page 114. Please K N O B S T A R T refer to that section for details.
Page 119: Muting Midi Data
Output Channel Remap Use the SELECT knob to choose an output cable. RO U T E BY C H A N N EL Use the CURSOR and VALUE knobs to select the In _ 1 CH 1 O U T 1 N source and destination channels.
Page 120: Calibrating The Click Input
2 Turn the CURSOR knob all the way clockwise. 3 Go to the THRESHOLD window using the CURSOR knob. The RESET ALL DATA window appears. 4 With silence on the audio click input (no click 3 Press the ENTER button. being played), press ENTER in the THRESHOLD window.
Page 121: Knobs And Pedals
Knobs and Pedals CHAPTER OVERVIEW CHOOSING A PEDAL OR KNOB TO PROGRAM This chapter explains how you can use the four The ﬁrst thing you need to do is select which knob knobs on the front panel of the MIDI or pedal you are going to program.
Page 122: Knobs And Pedals
SETTING UP A KNOB You can either type in the controller number or Note: before you set up a knob, you should decide choose it by name from the pop-up menu. whether you want to save the knob settings as a modiﬁer which can be remembered by the MIDI Timepiece AV and recalled either with the software, the front panel LCD, or a MIDI patch...
Page 123: Making A Pedal Or Knob Output Assignment
vice versa). If you aren’t sure which to choose, use A knob or pedal can generate MIDI notes, pitch positive and then check it by going to “Verifying bend, controllers, patch changes, or sysex data. that the pedal is working” on page 115. 6 If you chose controller, select the type of 2 Describe the type of pedal or input that is controller you wish to generate.
Page 124: Sending Knob Data
When the red LED is lit, the knobs control the MIDI Timepiece AV LCD display. When the green LED is lit, the knobs switch into their data transmission mode and send MIDI data instead. 2 Turn the knobs to send the data. Notice that the four knob values are displayed in the LCD on the front panel.
Page 125: Using An Audio Click As A Tempo Source
USING AN AUDIO CLICK AS A TEMPO SOURCE The MIDI Timepiece AV can convert an audio click into any MIDI event. The audio click can be played back from a tape deck or generated live by a drummer. This feature can be used for many purposes.
Page 126: Click Input Hints
See “Checking the Click-to-MIDI settings” on Once you have selected system exclusive as the type page 115. of data, you’ll see the sysex data entry window. CLICK INPUT HINTS If the MIDI Timepiece AV reads the audio click erratically, such as generating doubled attacks, try adjusting the threshold and decay values.
Page 127 To save a pedal curve, it must be part of a Modiﬁer. Pedal curves cannot be saved as part of Base Setup. 2 Choose Pedal Curve from the Windows menu. The Pedal Curve window appears. 5 Save the Modiﬁer and “Pedal Curve Message” appears in the script for that Modiﬁer in the Setups &...
Page 128 K N O B S A N D P E D A L S...
Page 129: Setups And Modiﬁers
Setups and Modiﬁers CHAPTER OVERVIEW What is a “base setup”? ....128 This chapter explains how to manage multiple What is a modiﬁer?......128 internal settings in the MIDI Timepiece AV.
Page 130: Setups And Modifiers
WHAT IS A “BASE SETUP”? WHAT IS A MODIFIER? Think of a setup as a basic conﬁguration of all the A modiﬁer is any set of commands that you can MIDI Timepiece AV’s current internal settings. issue to the MIDI Time Piece. It could be just one This includes its cable routing connections, muting command, such as “Connect MIDI IN cable 5 to and rechannelizing settings, SMPTE convert...
Page 131: Using The Setups & Modiﬁers Window
can tweak an individual parameter (modiﬁer) Current setup or Setup list Status bar modiﬁer script without affecting any of the other current parameters of the patch (base setup). This kind of ﬂexibility is what makes the MTP AV so powerful. Rather than provide you with only 128 patches (whole setups), the MTP AV has so many settings that you will often want to change an individual setting without affecting the others.
Page 132: Using The Script
Only one base setup can be current at a time. But as 2 Open the necessary window in the windows many modiﬁers as you like can be recalled on top menu and execute the command you wish to make. of the current setup. For example, if you want to add a cable connection When you recall a modiﬁer, any commands that it such as “Route Kurzweil K2000 to Proteus sound...
Page 133: Creating A New Modiﬁer
Routings window. To change a SMPTE setting, go 4 Add commands to the new modiﬁer as to the SMPTE Controls window and change the necessary. setting. Basically, in this step you will uncheck a See “Adding commands to a setup or modiﬁer” on check box, delete a connection, or change a setting, page 130.
Page 134: Saving As Another Modiﬁer
SAVING AS ANOTHER MODIFIER HINTS FOR USING SETUPS AND MODIFIERS The procedure for this is the same as described Setups and modiﬁers provide you with efﬁciency above in “Saving new script commands as a and ﬂexibility in managing the MIDI modiﬁer”.
Page 135: Patches
Patches CHAPTER OVERVIEW WHAT IS A PATCH? This chapter explains how to deﬁne a patch in the A patch in the MIDI Timepiece AV can consist of MIDI Timepiece AV and recall the patch via one of the following: ClockWorks, a sequencer, a MIDI device, or the A single base setup front panel LCD.
Page 136 If an original MIDI Time Piece is currently selected in the Device List window, this window cannot be opened and it becomes grayed out in the Windows menu. Figure 20-3: Enabling patch selection from the Mac and Net ports. To build a patch: 4 In the Patch column, type in a patch number.
Page 137 You can assign more than one patch to the same patch number; however, if two or more patches have the same patch number, and they also have the Figure 20-5: Assigning modiﬁers to a patch. A patch can have up to same receive cable and channel, only one of them four modiﬁers assigned to it.
Page 138 P A T C H E S...
Page 139: Midi Cannon
MIDI Cannon CHAPTER OVERVIEW 2 Select MIDI Cannon from the Windows menu. The MIDI Cannon allows you to store a group of The MIDI Cannon window appears. MIDI events in a Modiﬁer to be sent to any or all MIDI devices on an MTP network when the 3 Select a MIDI event from the Insert mini-menu Modiﬁer becomes current.
Page 140 The maximum size for a Modiﬁer is To change the events in a MIDI Cannon message: determined by the amount of free RAM in the 1 Make the Modiﬁer that contains the MIDI MTP AV’s memory. Cannon message you wish to edit current by 7 Test the MIDI Cannon message by clicking the selecting it in the Setups &...
Page 141: A Sync Hub For Your Studio
Slaving ADATs ......144 Slaving a MOTU 2408 system ....145...
Page 142: Synchronization With The Av
rewind, and cue). In turn, it can redistribute MMC knob to proceed through the menu. The ﬁrst transport messages to ADATs connected to its setting, MASTER SYNC, is explained in the next ADAT Sync Out port, as well as other MMC section.
Page 143 loop, allowing the AV to serve as a SMPTE-to- When the MIDI Timepiece AV MASTER SYNC MIDI converter only. With the digital audio mode is set to MTC, it locks to any MTC coming features “switched-off, ” lock-up time (the time it from your computer.
Page 144: Common Synchronization Scenarios
ensures that the sample rate being generated by the COMMON SYNCHRONIZATION SCENARIOS Here are some common synchronization scenarios MIDI Timepiece AV is exactly as it is set in the front-panel LCD. and the correct setting for each: Typical scenario MTP AV Master Sync setting MTC/Video Choose this setting when you want the MIDI You have Digidesign hardware...
Page 145 to compensate for the fact that it is being forced to this brief period, there is a possibility — depending operate at 29.97 (due to video gen-lock). You can on your digital audio hardware and the nature of keep things simple and straightforward by making any audio you may be playing back —...
Page 146: Slaving Adats
48kHz, just set the desired sample rate on the Working with ADATs and the 2408 front panel of the MIDI Timepiece AV. Please note, MOTU’s 2408 audio interface for Macintosh and however, that when you choose 44.1 kHz, there will PC provides a ﬁber-optic, 24-channel digital...
Page 147: Slaving A Motu 2408 System
This lets you do transport control from your software. ADAT Sync versus Word Clock There are two ways to slave a MOTU 2408 system 2408 system In the PCI-324 Console window, set the Clock Source menu to ‘PCI-324: ADAT’.
Page 148: Slaving A Computer To The Mtp Av
Slaving the 2408 to the AV with Word Clock SLAVING A COMPUTER TO THE MTP AV Use this scenario if when you don’t have any The MIDI Timepiece AV ships from the factory ADATs. Connect the MIDI Timepiece AV’s Word ready to lock the computer to SMPTE time code Clock Out to the 2408 audio interface’s Word Clock via the MIDI Time Code (MTC) routing shown in...
Page 149 MIDI time code to the computer. To correct the If you encounter a time code drop out that causes settings, see “Getting a running update of SMPTE” the MIDI Timepiece AV to stop converting for a on page 147. moment, try increasing the freewheel amount in the Sync/MMC window pop-up menu as shown in Routing MIDI Time Code Figure 10-11 on page 62.
Page 150: Striping Smpte
STRIPING SMPTE 2 If you are recording to video, set the MIDI The MIDI Timepiece AV can stripe SMPTE time Timepiece AV MASTER SYNC mode to INTERN/ code (LTC) — even while it is resolved to video. VIDEO. This causes the MIDI Timepiece AV to You can stripe LTC onto video without the time generate fresh time code while resolved to video.
Page 151 Striping will begin at the frame shown in the Start video signal coming from Deck 1 to the MIDI Time box. The SMPTE Reader will begin to roll. Timepiece AV, which is set to INTERN/VIDEO While striping, you can close the SMPTE Controls sync mode.
Page 152 deteriorates so much that it will not be 2 Set the freewheel option in the SMPTE Controls recognizable by any SMPTE-to-MIDI converter, window to a high enough number of frames to including the MIDI Timepiece AV, and you will no cover any drop outs that may exist in the current longer be able to lock to it.
Page 153 Synchronizing to discontinuous time code The Play button will ﬂash (or turn grey on a black The MIDI Timepiece AV has the ability to stay in and white monitor), meaning that Performer is sync with discontinuous time code — that is, time waiting for sync information to start.
Page 154 S Y N C H R O N I Z A T I O N W I T H T H E A V...
Page 155: Midi Machine Control With The Av
MIDI Machine Control with the AV CHAPTER OVERVIEW HOW MMC WORKS The MIDI Timepiece AV can serve as a MIDI MIDI Machine Control involves all three Machine Control (MMC) transport control “hub” components of synchronization: for ADATs and all other connected devices, time base allowing you to manipulate the transport controls of everything from one master set of controls:...
Page 156 to time code being generated by the MIDI Without either of these capabilities in your video Timepiece AV. In this scenario, time base is deck, the MIDI Timepiece AV has no way to provided either by the MIDI Timepiece AV or by control the video deck transports.
Page 157 will slave to MIDI Time Code (MTC) generated by the MIDI Timepiece AV. This will ensure that your MM C d e vi c e I D # software chases and locks with all other MMC a d at devices. Check to make your software is set up to the proper frame rate, and that it is in “external sync”...
Page 158 From the standpoint of achieving MMC transport Setting up Performer or Digital Performer as an MMC controller control over the MIDI Timepiece AV, the above Performer and Digital Performer have features to preparations are all you need. There may, of course, make using MMC with the MIDI Timepiece AV be other preparations necessary in the controller even easier.
Page 159 If the device transmits LTC, you can simply changeably as your transport master controls, connect it to the MIDI Timepiece AV’s SMPTE without having to change any settings when input and set the MIDI Timepiece AV’s master sync switching between them. mode to LTC (or LTC QuikLock).
Page 160 4 Use the SELECT knob to choose PEDAL B and use the VALUE knob to choose LRC. PEDAL TYPE PEDAL B >LRC Transport control and shuttling with the LRC All basic transport buttons (PLAY, STOP, REW, etc.) should function as labeled on the LRC. The Fast Forward and Rewind buttons shuttle forwards and backwards in ten-second intervals.
Page 161 With an Alesis LRC for the ADAT XT, the LRC With a Fostex LRC connected, the LRC buttons buttons function as follows: function as follows: MTP AV Associated MTP AV Associated Button Function MMC Field Button Function MMC Field SET LOCATE Set Locate None AUTO REC...
Page 162 M I D I M A C H I N E C O N T R O L W I T H T H E A V...
Page 163: Synchronizing Pro Tools
Synchronizing Pro Tools CHAPTER OVERVIEW 2 In the front panel LCD of the MIDI The MIDI Timepiece AV serves as a digital audio Timepiece AV, use the WINDOW knob to go to the synchronizer for all current Digidesign hard disk SMPTE/SYNC menu, and use the CURSOR and recording systems, including: VALUE knobs to set the sample rate as desired...
Page 164 In Digital Performer 1.71, you do this by unchecking the “Sync Audio To Time Code” command in the Basics menu. Software synchroni- zation is not necessary because your Digidesign hardware will be driven by the MIDI Timepiece AV. 6 Set up your software so that it will slave to MTC. In Digital Performer 1.71, set the Receive Sync command (Basics menu) to MTC and check the “Slave to External Sync”...
Page 165 Part IV Appendices...
Page 167 Glossary APPENDIX Address Track: A third audio track, used for time Drop Frame: A SMPTE time code format used to code, located on the edge of the video signal on a 3/ compensate for an accumulating timing error in 4” VTR. Because of its proximity to the video color video.
Page 168 FreeMIDI: A Macintosh system extension LTC: Longitudinal Time Code. The Society of developed by Mark of the Unicorn for Mark of the Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Unicorn MIDI software products. FreeMIDI time code format, expressed in audio form as an provides centralized, comprehensive MIDI system 80-bit binary audio signal, that describes the management.
Page 169 required only with color video programs in which a video signal recorded in the vertical blanking the SMPTE time code numbers must precisely segment of video frames, called Vertical Interval match the actual elapsed time. Time Code (VITC). In either form, SMPTE Time Code has four different formats for counting NTSC: National Television Systems Committee frames per second (fps): 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, and...
Page 170 Video Frame: One complete video scanning cycle, their own information in the time code, such as the shooting date, take identiﬁcation, reel number, and which consists of two video ﬁelds. so on. VITC: Vertical Interval Time Code. The Society of Vertical Blanking: The area on video tape between Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) video frames, which can be seen as the “black bar”...
Page 171 What is MIDI Time Code?....172 mid 1970’s, the society established a timing Locking a MOTU interface to SMPTE ..172 standard, called SMPTE time code, that is now an international standard.
Page 172: Two Forms Of Smpte: Ltc Versus Vitc
TWO FORMS OF SMPTE: LTC VERSUS VITC VITC is part of the video signal; it does not have its SMPTE time code consists of a series of binary own “track” on the video tape. It is therefore not impulses that are recorded onto each frame on ﬁlm possible to stripe VITC by itself onto video tape.
Page 173: Should I Use Ltc Or Vitc
SHOULD I USE LTC OR VITC? Keep in mind that only numbers are skipped, not Since VITC only works with video, you must use actual frames of the picture. In other words, every LTC for synchronizing a multi-track tape deck. But picture frame gets a frame number and the don’t fret: LTC is affordable and more than numbers skip every once in a while.
Page 174: Should I Use Drop Frame
LOCKING A MOTU INTERFACE TO SMPTE In order to sync your MIDI device to tape, you HOW DOES SMPTE SYNCHRONIZATION must ﬁrst successfully lock your MOTU interface/ WORK? synchronizer to the SMPTE on the tape. To do so, The syncing process is straightforward. It involves one device following another.
Page 175 COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS the boxes sit for a moment, and then turn them My MOTU USB interface just won’t show up in back on again. You may want to try turning them FreeMIDI or OMS, no matter what I do.
Page 176 I should on my sound The SMPTE Reader window just sits there when sources. my MOTU interface is syncing to SMPTE, even This means that you are probably routing data to when its LTC LOCK LED shows that it seems to be the sound source twice by accident, either via the locked up just ﬁne.
Page 177 On-line tech support database: www.motu.com occurrence of the problem. This may not enable If you decide to call, please have your MOTU you to solve the problem at once, but will greatly interface manual at hand, and be prepared to aid in isolating the problem should it reoccur.
Page 178 Our technical support telephone line is dedicated to helping registered users solve their problems quickly. In the past, many people have also taken the time to write to us with their comments, criticism and suggestions for improved versions of our products. We thank them; many of those ideas have been addressed in our development efforts.
Page 179 Index 1 MHz mode calibrating 2408 connecting cables for Edit FreeMIDI Configuration command slaving Click-to-MIDI conversion syncing with Digital Performer Click-to-MIDI option Editor/librarian software 3rd party software compatibility Clock FAST mode for Digidesign systems 35, 161 Enable automatic device detection option ClockWorks ADAT ports Actual Frame Rate...
Page 180 LTC/Video sync mode deleting saving settings recalling 119-125 Pedals using in LCD checking Machine Preferences dialog Monitoring decay Macintosh MOTU output assignment from LCD routing MIDI devices to FreeMIDI Driver programming from LCD I N D E X...
Page 181 96, 151 Receive channel installing drivers using the LCD Rechannelizing using a USB hub SMPTE Reader Record setting using old MOTU software with in LCD 96, 151 Recording SMPTE (striping) User bits troubleshooting Reestablish communication command User preset SMPTE Reader window...
Page 182 VITC Memory meter generating time code when paused Pedal window Wait for device on play option using WINDOW knob still-frame sensitivity Word Clock settings Windows basic knowledge is required connecting Windows menu Recording options xmit to Mac I N D E X...

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Installing Your Motu Interface

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Installing the Motu Usb Software

Using Performer & Digital Performer

Clockworks

Device Settings & Routing

Sync and MIDI Machine Control

Smpte Reader

MIDI Machine Control

Using the Front Panel LCD

Knobs and Pedals

Setups and Modiﬁers

Synchronization with the Av

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