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  • 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 MOTU USB MIDI Interfaces User’s Guide for Windows 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

    CHAPTER Part I: For All Users Packing List and Computer Requirements Installing Your MOTU Interface Installing the MOTU USB MIDI Driver and Console Software SMPTE Sync and MMC with a Windows Sequencer Part II: For XT & Micro Users Working with Presets...

  • Page 7: Part I: For All Users

    Part I For All Users...

  • Page 9: Packing List And Computer Requirements

    Computer Requirements THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MOTU MIDI CABLES NOT INCLUDED Thank you for purchasing a MOTU USB MIDI To connect each of your MIDI devices to your interface. Please read the important information in MOTU MIDI interface, you need MIDI cables, this chapter before using it.
  • Page 10 P A C K I N G L I S T A N D C O M P U T E R R E Q U I R E M E N T S...

  • Page 11: Connecting The Power Cord

    We recommend that you leave the interface switched off while making cable connections during installation. Figure 2-2: The square Type B plug goes into your MOTU interface. CONNECTING MIDI GEAR CONNECTING A USB COMPUTER Connect each MIDI device’s MIDI IN jack to a First, make sure that the interface’s power switch is...

  • Page 12: Installing Your Motu Interface

    Connecting additional gear with MIDI THRUs If you use up all of the MIDI OUTs on your MOTU MOTU MIDI interface, and you still have more gear to MIDI interface connect, run a MIDI cable from the MIDI THRU rear panel...

  • Page 13: Midi Connections Worksheet

    MIDI CONNECTIONS WORKSHEET Here’s a suggestion. If you have more than a few pieces of gear connected to your MOTU MIDI interface, jot down which device is connected to each input and output in the worksheet below. MIDI IN MIDI OUT...

  • 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 A Macintosh

    CONNECTING A MACINTOSH Making the ‘NET’ port setting After you have connected the Macintosh, you need (For the MIDI Timepiece AV only) The MIDI Timepiece AV-USB has two serial ports to tell the MIDI Timepiece AV that a Mac is for connection to serial-port equipped Macintosh connected to its NET port.

  • Page 19: Connecting Multiple Usb Interfaces

    Entrega, allows you to connect Practically speaking, regardless of how slow or fast multiple MOTU USB MIDI interfaces. You can even mix and match different models of MOTU interfaces, using the combination that best your USB-equipped computer is, you should be suites your needs for synchronization, number of MIDI ports, etc.
  • 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 The Motu Usb Midi Driver And Console Software

    The MOTU USB software installer installs drivers set up the pedal inputs, or other tasks.For details, for your MOTU USB MIDI interface, as well as a turn to the chapter that applies to you: Console application that gives you access to many chapter 6, “Using Micro Express Console”...
  • Page 22 I N S T A L L I N G T H E M O T U U S B M I D I D R I V E R A N D C O N S O L E S O F T W A R E...

  • Page 23: Smpte Sync And Mmc With A Windows Sequencer

    MMC. Using MOTU USB MIDI ports....21 Slaving a Sequencer to SMPTE....22 Your Sequencer as a MMC controller .

  • Page 24: Slaving A Sequencer To Smpte

    Akai DR8 Roland VS-880 Figure 4-4: Your MOTU interface (a MIDI Express XT in this example) can serve as a time code “hub” while you control it from your sequencer via MMC transport commands. S M P T E S Y N C A N D M M C W I T H A W I N D O W S S E Q U E N C E R...

  • Page 25: Mmc Control Of Record Functions

    For further details about using SMPTE sync and MMC, see the appropriate chapter below: punching in on the fly, and so forth. The MOTU interface’s MMC capabilities, however, do not chapter 6, “Using Micro Express Console”...
  • Page 26 S M P T E S Y N C A N D M M C W I T H A W I N D O W S S E Q U E N C E R...

  • Page 27: Part Ii: For Xt & Micro Users

    Part II For XT & Micro Users...

  • Page 29: Working With Presets

    Working with Presets CHAPTER OVERVIEW The eight user presets can be configured any way This chapter describes your MOTU Express you wish, and they can be stored in the interface interface’s eight factory presets and explains how hardware itself for later recall.
  • Page 30 MIDI port MIDI Express XT front panel preset controls numbers on your MOTU interface. For example, if the controller is connected to MIDI IN port 3, connect it to MIDI OUT port 3 as well. If you do so,...
  • Page 31 For the micro express, input 1 is routed to outputs MIDI outputs 5 and 6 are reserved for MIDI 1-3. Input 3 is routed to outputs 4-6. Machine devices, as these ports are programmed to receive MIDI Time Code and MMC transport For the Express XT, input 1 is routed to outputs commands from the micro express.
  • Page 32 USER PRESETS Your Express interface provides eight user presets, which you can configure any way you wish. From the factory, these eight user presets match the eight Factory presets described earlier in this chapter. To change one of the eight user presets, use the Express Console software as described in the next section to modify and save the user preset in your Express interface itself.

  • Page 33: Using Micro Express Console

    Using Micro Express Console CHAPTER About Micro Express console Familiarity with Windows ® Micro Express Console serves as a “control center” In explaining how to use Micro Express console, for the Micro Express. For example, you can make this chapter assumes that you are already familiar changes to the synchronization settings, filter some with the standard Windows interface conventions, data on a particular input or output, or route MIDI...
  • Page 34 ☛ THE TOOLBAR Hint: You can quickly “shrink” the Console Before covering some of the other main elements of window down to just show the toolbar by using the the toolbar, we’ll quickly define the functions of menu selection Shrink to toolbar, located in the each of the buttons, or “tools”, along the bottom.
  • Page 35 The Setup list will always contain the eight user ExpressHelp You’ll also notice a bar along the bottom of the Setups followed by the eight factory Setups. main Console window. This is the status bar where Selecting a Setup from the list with the mouse will notification and progress messages will be cause the Micro Express to change to the selected displayed from time to time while the Console...
  • Page 36 WINDOWS MIDI PORTS Sync Port You’ll also see several other special Micro Express As for data arriving and leaving your computer via ports in addition to its regular MIDI ports. The the included Windows MIDI driver, imagine it first is the “Sync” input port where all MIDI real coming a going from the Micro Express data bus as time and MIDI Time Code messages will arrive, shown in Figure 6-5.
  • Page 37 MIDI ROUTING WINDOW The processing sequence described Figure 6-5 on The MIDI Routing window is the control center for page 34 is conveniently represented in the layout of routing and processing MIDI data with your Micro the MIDI Routing window. The MIDI data flow Express.
  • Page 38 Naming ports You can also quickly route a single source to more Naming the MIDI input and output ports is easy. than one destination. Do this by holding down the Simply select the desired port and press Enter or Shift key while you drag. Each destination you directly click on the current name with the mouse.
  • Page 39 Removing routings output ports 1 through 6. No port-to-port routing To “unroute” a routing, you first must select its whatsoever is required to use the Micro Express as source and destination. The isolated routing a multi-port MIDI interface. Port-to-port routing is connection will be shown bolder than the other strictly internal to the Micro Express and is in routings (as in the right-most example in...
  • Page 40 appropriate window to be “brought to the top”-- The Transport Out and Transport In icons The Transport Out and Transport In icons provide another one will not be opened. Alternately, the routing of MIDI Machine Control (MMC) Window menu will always contain a list of all the transport commands to and from the Micro open Console windows from which you can select Express itself.
  • Page 41 Express “listens” to MMC transport commands MIDI messages (those that are not sent on a from any devices (or computer software) particular channel, such as “System Exclusive” connected to this icon. messages). For MMC transport control of the Micro Express from the computer, enable the transport master option as shown Figure 6-18 on page 45.
  • Page 42 Filtering channelized messages Clock messages are from a general class of MIDI Each channel in the Channelized section has its messages called “real time” messages. All real time own filtering settings. Think of the channel messages are from the even more general class of selection as letting you step through the 16 “non-channelized”...
  • Page 43 2 With the port selected, click on the channel map SYNC WINDOW The Sync window is used to configure the Micro button above the selected port as shown in Figure 6-7 on page 35. Express’s many synchronization features. The SMPTE stripe start time, frame rate, and audio 3 Now, with the Channel Map window open, output level settings are made in this window.
  • Page 44 Frame lock Turn on Frame lock when you want the Micro The Frame lock check box is only available when Express’s frame times to match incoming frame LTC or MTC is chosen as the master sync source. It times, and you want to stop converting altogether if is not available when you are using internal mode there are jumps in incoming time code.
  • Page 45 This slider lets you control how many frames in a LTC output These options control the SMPTE time code (LTC) row the Micro Express needs to receive to consider output from the SMTPE jack on the rear panel of incoming SMPTE as being parked on a single the Micro Express.
  • Page 46 TOOLBAR SYNC DISPLAY Stop (red box) This status indicator means that the Micro Express The toolbar Sync display provides detailed is not currently converting or generating time code information about what state the Micro Express is or is parked on a still frame. in as a synchronizer.
  • Page 47 THE ADVANCED MIDI WINDOW MMC software running on the computer, The Advanced MIDI window, shown in regardless of the MMC device the messages are Figure 6-18, has several settings that are explained intended for (as determined by the MMC device in the following sections.
  • Page 48 Modifying a user Setup Saving user Setups and banks to disk To modify a user Setup: Use the commands in the File menu to save a single Setup or a Setup bank (all eight user Setups) as a 1 Select one of the eight factory or user Setups file on disk.
  • Page 49 Opening the Pedal window 3 Check the “Reverse polarity” option To open the Pedal window, double-click the Pedal appropriately for your pedal. icon in the MIDI Routing window. 4 Adjust the settings in the Event data section of the window to show the desired note-on and note-off data settings.
  • Page 50 message to be sent immediately following the example, you could send the signal from a previous message in the list. This allows a group of microphone into the “PEDAL” jack of the Micro messages to be sent at once with a single up or Express and mic a live snare drum.
  • Page 51 attacks, but low (short) enough so that it won’t miss That's all there is to it! When an audio click occurs, the next true click. Fast tempos require a low decay; the Micro Express will send the specified message you can afford to use a longer decay for slow to the destination outputs connected to the Pedal tempos.
  • Page 52 U S I N G M I C R O E X P R E S S C O N S O L E...

  • Page 53: Using Midi Express Xt Console

    Using MIDI Express XT Console CHAPTER About MIDI Express XT Console any of the input or output ports on the MIDI MIDI Express XT Console serves as a “control Express XT. Just run your sequencer. You don’t center” for the MIDI Express XT. For example, you need to run the console at all in this case.
  • Page 54 THE TOOLBAR main window’s system menu. Shrinking the Before covering some of the other main elements of Console to just show the toolbar can be useful the toolbar, we’ll quickly define the functions of when you want to leave the Console open for each of the buttons, or “tools”, along the bottom.
  • Page 55 selected Setup. You can also use the keyboard up ExpressHelp You’ll also notice a bar along the bottom of the and down arrow keys to scroll through the list, main Console window. This is the status bar where pressing Enter to select the desired Setup. notification and progress messages will be Alternately, you may use the MIDI Express XT’s displayed from time to time while the Console...
  • Page 56 WINDOWS MIDI PORTS Sync Port You’ll also see several other special MIDI As for data arriving and leaving your computer via Express XT ports in addition to its regular MIDI the included Windows MIDI driver, imagine it ports. The first is the “Sync” input port where all coming a going from the MIDI Express XT data MIDI real time and MIDI Time Code messages will bus as shown in Figure 7-5.
  • Page 57 MIDI ROUTING WINDOW The processing sequence described Figure 7-5 on The MIDI Routing window is the control center for page 54 is conveniently represented in the layout of routing and processing MIDI data with your MIDI the MIDI Routing window. The MIDI data flow Express XT.
  • Page 58 Naming ports You can also quickly route a single source to more Naming the MIDI input and output ports is easy. than one destination. Do this by holding down the Simply select the desired port and press Enter or Shift key while you drag. Each destination you directly click on the current name with the mouse.
  • Page 59 Removing routings output ports 1 through 8. No port-to-port routing To “unroute” a routing, you first must select its whatsoever is required to use the MIDI Express XT source and destination. The isolated routing as a multi-port MIDI interface. Port-to-port routing connection will be shown bolder than the other is strictly internal to the MIDI Express XT and is in routings (as in the right-most example in...
  • Page 60 appropriate window to be “brought to the top”-- The Transport Out and Transport In icons The Transport Out and Transport In icons provide another one will not be opened. Alternately, the routing of MIDI Machine Control (MMC) Window menu will always contain a list of all the transport commands to and from the MIDI open Console windows from which you can select Express XT itself.
  • Page 61 Routing MMC to the Express XT two sections. The upper section contains filter The Transport In icon in the MIDI Routing settings for “channelized” MIDI messages (those window represents MIDI Machine Control input to that are sent on a particular MIDI channel, such as the MIDI Express XT itself.
  • Page 62 Filtering channelized messages Clock messages are from a general class of MIDI Each channel in the Channelized section has its messages called “real time” messages. All real time own filtering settings. Think of the channel messages are from the even more general class of selection as letting you step through the 16 “non-channelized”...
  • Page 63 2 With the port selected, click on the channel map SYNC WINDOW The Sync window is used to configure the MIDI button above the selected port as shown in Figure 7-7 on page 55. Express XT’s many synchronization features. The SMPTE stripe start time, frame rate, and audio 3 Now, with the Channel Map window open, output level settings are made in this window.
  • Page 64 Frame lock Turn on Frame lock when you want the MIDI The Frame lock check box is only available when Express XT’s frame times to match incoming frame LTC or MTC is chosen as the master sync source. It times, and you want to stop converting altogether if is not available when you are using internal mode there are jumps in incoming time code.
  • Page 65 This slider lets you control how many frames in a LTC output These options control the SMPTE time code (LTC) row the MIDI Express XT needs to receive to output from the SMTPE jack on the rear panel of consider incoming SMPTE as being parked on a the MIDI Express XT.
  • Page 66 TOOLBAR SYNC DISPLAY Play (green arrow) This status indicator means that the MIDI The toolbar Sync display provides detailed Express XT is generating or converting SMPTE information about what state the MIDI Express XT time code. is in as a synchronizer. The following sections provide a brief explanation of each term.
  • Page 67 THE ADVANCED MIDI WINDOW MMC software running on the computer, The Advanced MIDI window, shown in regardless of the MMC device the messages are Figure 7-18, has several settings that are explained intended for (as determined by the MMC device in the following sections.
  • Page 68 Modifying a user Setup Saving user Setups and banks to disk To modify a user Setup: Use the commands in the File menu to save a single Setup or a Setup bank (all eight user Setups) as a 1 Select one of the eight user Setups from the file on disk.
  • Page 69 Opening the Pedal window 3 Check the “Reverse polarity” option To open the Pedal window, double-click the Pedal appropriately for your pedal. icon in the MIDI Routing window. 4 Adjust the settings in the Event data section of the window to show the desired note-on and note-off data settings.
  • Page 70 message to be sent immediately following the example, you could send the signal from a previous message in the list. This allows a group of microphone into the “PEDAL” jack of the MIDI messages to be sent at once with a single up or Express XT and mic a live snare drum.
  • Page 71 prevent false attacks, but low (short) enough so That's all there is to it! When an audio click occurs, that it won’t miss the next true click. Fast tempos the MIDI Express XT will send the specified require a low decay; you can afford to use a longer message to the destination outputs connected to decay for slow tempos.
  • Page 72 U S I N G M I D I E X P R E S S X T C O N S O L E...
  • Page 73 OVERVIEW ACCESSING SMPTE SETTINGS This chapter explains how to use your MOTU You can access the sync settings in your MOTU Express interface to synchronize computer interface via Express Console software. See software and other devices to an audio tape chapter 6, “Using Micro Express Console”...

  • Page 74: Smpte Synchronization

    generating its own code to make up for the missing steadily as well. For the micro express, the lights on the front panel are arranged slightly differently than what is show here on the XT, but frames. The default freewheel value is 4 frames. they perform in an identical fashion.
  • Page 75 see “Frame lock” on page 42 (for micro express 3 Set the master sync mode in the Sync window to users) or “Frame lock” on page 62 (for Express XT Internal. users). 4 If you are recording time code on a tape deck, Slaving a sequencer to your Express interface and your tape deck has dbx noise reduction, be To slave a sequencer to your Express interface:...
  • Page 76 Take care after using the offset/start time Measures incoming time code with an extremely The LTC Start setting in the Express interface accurate internal clock to see how fast or slow it is serves as the start frame when striping, but also as running and displays the results in the SMPTE the offset when reading.
  • Page 77 Lengthening a SMPTE track If the time code on your SMPTE track ends too early and you need to add more code, you can use the “One time” jam sync option. To do so, feed the original track into your Express interface and record the fresh code onto a new track.
  • Page 78 When your Express interface operates in MTC Express interface from your computer software via mode, it locks to any MTC coming from your MIDI Machine Control as demonstrated in computer. In doing so, however, it also “swallows” Figure 4-4 on page 22. the MTC coming from the computer.

  • Page 79: Midi Machine Control

    MIDI Machine Control CHAPTER OVERVIEW source, and your computer software (or hardware Your Express interface can serve as a MIDI MMC controller) serves as your MMC transport Machine Control (MMC) transport control “hub” control master. The MMC controller sends play, for all MMC-compatible devices, allowing you to stop, start and locate commands to your Express manipulate the transport controls of everything...

  • Page 80: Setting Mmc Device Id's

    MMC and video For most MMC devices that support being an If you are working with video, and you want MMC MMC slave, routing time code (either MTC as just control of your rig from your computer software discussed or LTC) to them is all you need to do. For (or MMC-compatible controller) via your Express some devices, you may also need to get your interface, your video deck needs to have the ability...

  • Page 81: Computer Software As An Mmc Controller

    express users) or Figure 7-9 on page 58 (for master sync mode is set to Internal, your Express Express XT users) so that it can receive MIDI Time interface will respond to MMC commands coming Code from your Express interface. from the computer specifying its device ID.

  • Page 82: Mmc Routing Example

    Figure 9-2: A typical routing configuration for MIDI Machine control. Figure 9-1: If you have an MMC device that can only transmit time Here, the CuePoint is being routed to the Express’s MTC In port so that code (and cannot be a time code slave), then you can make it the time the Express XT will respond to MMC transport commands from the code master by routing MTC to the Express interface (MTC In) as CuePoint.

  • Page 83: Part Iii: For Mtp Av Users

    Part III For MTP AV Users...

  • Page 85: Using Midi Timepiece Av Console

    Using MIDI Timepiece AV Console CHAPTER About MIDI Timepiece AV Console Timepiece AV. Just run your sequencer. You don’t MIDI Timepiece AV Console serves as a “control need to run the console at all in this case. You only center” for the MIDI Timepiece AV. For example, need to use the console if you want to create your you can make changes to the synchronization own setups to suit your specific needs.
  • Page 86 ☛ THE TOOLBAR Hint: You can quickly “shrink” the Console Before covering some of the other main elements of window down to just show the toolbar by using the the toolbar, we’ll quickly define the functions of menu selection Shrink to toolbar, located in the each of the buttons, or “tools”, along the bottom.
  • Page 87 The setup list will always contain the eight factory For more information about the rest of the toolbar Base setups. Selecting a setup from the list with the Sync display, see “Toolbar sync display” on mouse will cause the MIDI Timepiece AV to page 97.
  • Page 88 is channelized and filtered again before leaving the MIDI Timepiece AV. All of this processing power is completely configurable from the Console. WINDOWS MIDI PORTS As for data arriving and leaving your computer via the included Windows MIDI driver, imagine it coming a going from the MIDI Timepiece AV data Figure 10-6: MIDI Timepiece AV ports in Cakewalk Pro.
  • Page 89 software that can do things like record-enable compete with other MIDI applications for the tracks on your ADAT, set auto-record punch Windows MIDI ports, you can freely open and points, and other MMC remote control close the Console to make adjustments or simply commands, use this port to route the MMC check the current settings during your Windows commands to the ADAT(s).
  • Page 90 “fresh”) to any of the eight outputs. Additionally, MIDI routing Routing is as simple as dragging a source icon with you can individually rechannelize and filter (apply the mouse and dropping it on a destination icon. an event filter) any type of incoming or outgoing When making port-to-port connections, the MIDI data on each input and output.
  • Page 91 Selecting individual sources and destinations Removing all routings To select a source, click on it using the mouse. You If you wish to remove all routings from a single may also select a source by pressing keys 1 through source or to a single destination, select only the 8, S, A or T.
  • Page 92 pressing Enter will bring up the appropriate window (Sync and ADAT settings will be covered shortly). You can also open the Advanced MIDI window by clicking the button in the lower left-hand corner of the window as shown in Figure 10-1 on page 83. Accessing the Filter and Channel Map windows When an input port source is selected, the filter and channelize buttons will become available and...
  • Page 93 (or redistributed by) the MIDI Timepiece AV itself Routing MMC to the MTP AV The Transport In icon in the MIDI Routing to other devices, create a connection from the window represents MIDI Machine Control input to Transport Out icon to the desired devices as shown the MIDI Timepiece AV itself.
  • Page 94 panel. For details on setting up LRC control of the 3 Now, with the port’s Filter window open, adjust MIDI Timepiece AV, see “Using an Alesis LRC- the message check boxes so the MIDI compatible controller” on page 133. Timepiece AV performs your desired message filtering as explained below in Figure 10-13.
  • Page 95 cycle through the “all not filtered”, “all filtered” and Original Remapped channel channel “combination filtered” states by adjusting the check box from “check” to “X” to “box” and back. You can use the + and - keys to scan up and down through the 16 channels at any time in the Filter window.
  • Page 96 manner similar to accessing a Filter window. In the If you are new to SMPTE synchronization If you are not familiar with the process of Channel Map window, set the left channel selection synchronizing with SMPTE time code, see (the “original” channel) to “1” and type “5” into the Appendix B, “SMPTE Synchronization Basics”...
  • Page 97 To understand the Frame lock option, you first Turning off Frame lock can be a life saver if you find need to know that the MIDI Timepiece AV yourself in a situation where you have time code on continuously monitors the time code to which it is tape (or other source) but the frame locations jump locked (either LTC or MTC) to detect any possible around to different times (because of overlapping...
  • Page 98 more likely to misinterpret ordinary transport This is because in all other cases, the MIDI shuttling. So make this value as low as you can, but Timepiece AV is merely reading and matching the raise it if you start getting improper frame timecode being received from an external source.
  • Page 99 device and route Sync to the appropriate Locked This status indicator (displayed in the MIDI destination port the MIDI Routing window as Timepiece AV front panel LCD as the current shown in Figure 10-11 on page 91. sample rate, e.g. 48000 or 41000) means that the TOOLBAR SYNC DISPLAY MIDI Timepiece AV is successfully locked to an The toolbar Sync display provides detailed...
  • Page 100 tracks on your video deck, and selecting THE ADVANCED MIDI WINDOW The Advanced MIDI window, shown in INTERNAL/VIDEO as the sync mode, you can re- stripe the tape with frame-lock accuracy. Figure 10-18, has several settings that are explained in the following sections. If it doesn’t really matter to you that the time code is not frame-locked, you can simply lock the MIDI Timepiece AV to the SMPTE time code in LTC...
  • Page 101 ID of the MIDI Timepiece AV is 20, and the default 2 Make any changes you like in the MIDI Routing ID of the ADAT connected to the MIDI Timepiece window, Filter window, Channel Map window, AV is 1. Other chained ADATs are automatically set Sync window, or Advanced MIDI windows.
  • Page 102 U S I N G M I D I T I M E P I E C E A V C O N S O L E...

  • Page 103: 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 104: Using The Front Panel Lcd

    MIDI Timepiece AV LCD Window Structure (continued on opposite page) BASE SETUP IMPORT/ PATCH SELECT GLOBAL MIDI DATA SYNC EXPORT HARDWARE DUMP MTP 1 SETUP (only appears with networked MTP 1) MODIFIER MAC SPEED MASTER SYNC BASE SETUP BOX ID WORD CLOCK MODIFIER &...
  • Page 105 (continued from opposite page) PEDALS KNOBS MIDI MUTE MIDI MIDI CHANNEL BASE SETUP ROUTING DATA NAME PEDAL TYPE KNOB START/ ROUTING BY MUTING INPUT CHAN- STEP SIZE CABLE PARAMETERS NEL REMAP POLARITY RANGE ROUTING BY OUTPUT CHAN- CHANNEL NEL REMAP THRESHOLD/ DECAY RANGE...

  • Page 106: Working With Base Setups

    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 107: Working With Modifiers

    The MIDI Timepiece AV has eight internal base You can select modifiers, change cable routings, or setups; each can store its own unique settings. One anything you want. of the eight base setups is always active, and it’s 3 Use the WINDOW knob to go to the BASE name and number are displayed in the BASE SETUP NAME window.
  • Page 108 Calling up a modifier The MODIFIER window lets you call up a modifier that you have created with MTP AV Console. To select a modifier: 3 Use the VALUE knob to select one of the eight 1 Use the WINDOW knob to get to the BASE base setups or NONE (no base setup).

  • Page 109: Making The Global Hardware Settings

    The PATCH NAME/SAVE window appears. Use MMC Device ID Use the VALUE knob to switch between two MMC the CURSOR and VALUE knobs to adjust the name device settings: MTP AV and ADAT. For each one, as desired. use the CURSOR and VALUE knobs to set the 9 Press the ENTER button to save the patch MMC device ID’s for each.

  • Page 110: Performing A Midi Data Dump

    conform to standard practices. For example, some of the MIDI Timepiece AV at the time of the bulk samplers require Direct Connect mode in order to dump (not including modifiers and base setups perform sample dump transfers to and from the other than the current base setup).
  • Page 111 External Time Base Status Display You may also see the “JAM” indicator. For a The SYNC window gives you a time base status complete explanation, see “Stable but not locked” display to the right of the “tb:”. Vid means video. on page 97.

  • Page 112: Programming The Pedal Inputs

    SMPTE Format 16, and 32 frames or “I”. Choose “I” for “infinite” Use the VALUE knob to choose the desired frame jam sync, which causes the MIDI Timepiece AV to rate for striping — or any time the MIDI begin striping on its own when it encounters a drop Timepiece AV serves as the SMPTE time code out.
  • Page 113 Momentary (for a foot switch) Pedal Range Use the SELECT knob to choose between pedal A LRC (available for Pedal B only) and pedal B. Use the CURSOR knob to select the low and high end of the range. Use the VALUE knob to set the numbers.
  • Page 114 For the data type byte, enter one of the following Verifying that the pedal is working To verify that the pedal you have programmed is values: working properly, use the WINDOW knob to go to To generate this Enter this as the data type byte the PEDALS window.

  • Page 115: Programming Knobs To Send Data

    You may need to experiment to adjust these values. 1 Turn the CURSOR knob one click to the right to See “Checking the Click-to-MIDI settings” on go to the KNOB START/STEP SIZE window. page 113. 7 Turn the CURSOR knob one click to the right to go to the CLICK TO MIDI output assignment window.

  • Page 116: Midi Routing

    The knob output assignment window works in the same fashion as the pedal output assignment window described in the section “PEDAL OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT” on page 111. Please refer to that section for details. MUTING MIDI DATA ☛ Note: similarly to pedals, knob output cannot Use the WINDOW knob to go to the MUTE MIDI be assigned directly to an output cable.

  • Page 117: Using The Panic Button

    Output Channel Remap 2 Turn the CURSOR knob all the way clockwise. Use the SELECT knob to choose an output cable. The RESET ALL DATA window appears. Use the CURSOR and VALUE knobs to select the source and destination channels. (For cable 3 Press the ENTER button.
  • Page 118 MIDI cannon These tasks can be accomplished with MTP AV Console. U S I N G T H E F R O N T P A N E L L C D...

  • Page 119: A Sync Hub For Your Studio

    Slaving ADATs ......122 all connected devices in sync with one another as Slaving a MOTU 2408 system ....122 tightly as possible.

  • Page 120: Synchronization With The Av

    CHOOSING A MASTER SYNC MODE combination of sources for a time base master and In any synchronization scenario, there is a master, an address (SMPTE time code) master. The seven and there are slaves. With the MIDI Timepiece AV, modes are as follows: you can, in most situations, choose which device will be the master.
  • Page 121 Basically, QuikLock mode is a way of achieving “swallowed” by the MIDI Timepiece AV. What you faster lock-up time in situations where you do not need to do, in this case, is have the MIDI Timepiece need the MIDI Timepiece AV’s digital audio AV send MTC to the desired MIDI device.

  • Page 122: Common Synchronization Scenarios

    to set the MIDI Timepiece AV’s frame rate to 29.97 You want to stripe SMPTE INTERN/VIDEO — this (either drop or non-drop, as necessary or desired), time code (LTC) onto a video makes the MIDI tape while resolved to video. Timepiece AV generate LTC instead of 30.
  • Page 123 the results in the last column for when pull down The above-mentioned brief period of phase-lock occurs are the same for 44100 Hz (for which the adjustment does not occur when you are feeding pull down rate is 44,056 Hz): blackburst (house sync) to the MTP AV because the video signal is continuous.

  • Page 124: Slaving Adats

    ADAT Sync versus Word Clock however, that when you choose 44.1 kHz, there will There are two ways to slave a MOTU 2408 system be no indication on the ADAT front panel that it is to the MIDI Timepiece AV: running at 44.1 kHz.
  • Page 125 Slaving the 2408 to the AV with ADAT Sync Use this scenario if you have one or more ADATs. Windows computer running audio software Add the 2408 to the very end of the ADAT sync chain via the ADAT SYN IN port on the 2408 PCI-324 card system’s PCI-324 card as shown in Figure 12-1.

  • Page 126: 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 pre programmed MIDI Time Code (MTC)

  • Page 127: Striping Smpte

    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 125. moment, try increasing the “Jam for” amount in the Sync window of the MIDI Timepiece AV Routing MIDI Time Code Console (or in the front panel LCD of the MIDI...
  • Page 128 You can use the SMPTE Controls window in the 4 Open the SMPTE Controls window in the MIDI MIDI Timepiece AV software or the MIDI Timepiece AV software. Timepiece AV front panel LCD to generate 5 Enter a start time. SMPTE.
  • Page 129 ☛ Of course, if you want to stripe a tape and Important note: our tests have shown that you meanwhile get on with other work, you can quit the will probably not get usable results if you attempt to MIDI Timepiece AV software. Striping will feed video from Deck 2 to the MIDI Timepiece AV.
  • Page 130 Timepiece AV receives a SMPTE signal on its 4 When the levels are set, roll tape and convert as SMPTE IN cable, it always regenerates a fresh normal. signal that exactly matches the incoming signal and The MIDI Timepiece AV automatically creates sends it out the SMPTE OUT cable (except for fresh SMPTE time code that matches the original drop-outs, which it eliminates with freewheeling).
  • Page 131 2 Set the frame rate in your sequencer to match the frame rate in the MIDI Timepiece AV. 3 Set the SMPTE “offset” (starting frame) — the frame at which you want the sequence to start. 4 Put your sequencer into “slave mode” such that it is waiting for external time code.
  • Page 132 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 133 MIDI Machine Control with the AV CHAPTER OVERVIEW The MMC device (address source) may also serve The MIDI Timepiece AV can serve as a MIDI as the time base master, but in a MIDI Machine Control (MMC) transport control “hub” Timepiece AV-based studio, it doesn’t necessarily for ADATs and all other connected devices, have to.

  • Page 134: Midi Machine Control With The Av

    There is no advantage to doing MMC this way; in Timepiece AV is 1. Other chained ADATs are fact, it will probably not provide as stable a time automatically set to ID’s 2, 3, and so on. You can base as the MIDI Timepiece AV does in the change these defaults if you’d like.
  • Page 135 MTC Out port in the left-hand column to the 2 Using MTP AV Console or the front panel desired destinations in the right-hand column as controls, route MTC to the MIDI OUT port that demonstrated in Figure 10-9 on page 90. the MMC controller is connected to so that it can receive MIDI Time Code from the MIDI For most MMC devices that support being an...
  • Page 136 Generally speaking, once you’ve successfully not have the ability to be a time code slave and established overall MIDI communication between therefore needs to be the time code master. In this your software and the MIDI Timepiece AV, all you case, you need to set up the MIDI Timepiece AV so have to do is tell your MMC software what the that it knows that this device will be the master...
  • Page 137 Roland VS-880 hard disk recorder The MIDI Timepiece AV master sync mode is set to INTERNAL. It is being shuttled by either the CuePoint or Cakewalk Pro Audio. Figure 13-2 and Figure 13-3 show the computer, MTC, and MMC connections needed to control everything from either Cakewalk Pro Audio or the CuePoint.
  • Page 138 With an Alesis LRC for the ADAT XT, the LRC buttons function as follows: MTP AV Associated Button Function MMC Field SET LOCATE Set Locate None Transport control and shuttling with the LRC LOCATE 2 Locate 0 All basic transport buttons (PLAY, STOP, REW, etc.) should function as labeled on the LRC.

  • Page 139: Synchronizing Pro Tools With The Av

    Synchronizing Pro Tools with the AV CHAPTER OVERVIEW 3 Make the other settings in the SMPTE/SYNC The MIDI Timepiece AV serves as a digital audio menu as desired. synchronizer for all current Windows-compatible You can slave your rig to VIDEO, LTC, MTC, or the Digidesign hard disk recording systems, including: MIDI Timepiece AV’s INTERNAL clock.
  • Page 140 S Y N C H R O N I Z I N G P R O T O O L S W I T H T H E A V...

  • Page 141: Part Iv: Appendices

    Part IV Appendices...

  • Page 143: Glossary

    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 144 Guard Track: MIDI: An empty track adjacent to the LTC Musical Instrument Digital Interface. An track on a multitrack tape recorder. A guard track information protocol developed in the early 1980’s prevents crosstalk from another track, which can by synthesizer and electronic instrument interfere with the time code and cause synchroni- manufacturers to allow devices to communicate zation problems.
  • Page 145 Patch: Striping: In the MIDI Timepiece AV, a patch can be a The process of recording SMPTE time base setup, a modifier, a combination of a base code. setup with up to four modifiers, or several (up to Switcher/Special Effect Generator: A machine that four) modifiers by themselves.
  • Page 146 VITC: Vertical Interval Time Code. The Society of counterpart is LTC (Longitudinal Time Code), Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) which is the same time code format expressed in time code format, expressed in video form as the form of a binary audio signal. binary video signal recorded in the vertical VTR: Video Tape Recorder.

  • Page 147: Smpte Synchronization Basics

    What is MIDI Time Code?....148 TWO FORMS OF SMPTE: LTC VERSUS VITC Locking a MOTU interface to SMPTE ..148 SMPTE time code consists of a series of binary impulses that are recorded onto each frame on film...

  • Page 148: What Is Ltc

    WHAT IS LTC? expression for LTC in recording studios, post- Longitudinal Time Code (LTC) is the audio form of production houses, MIDI hardware and software SMPTE Time Code. LTC consists of an audio signal manuals, and so on. that oscillates between two frequencies (approxi- Mark of the Unicorn has developed the Digital mately 2 and 4 kHz) to form an 80-bit word of 1’s Timepiece, an affordable VITC synchronizer and...

  • Page 149: What Is Drop Frame

    drop-frame, and 30. 24 is the standard frame rate time, this difference causes the time code that is for film in the US; 25 is the European format for counting the frames to fall behind actual elapsed film; 30 is the US standard for audio; and 29.97 time.

  • Page 150: How Does Smpte Synchronization Work

    In order to sync your MIDI device to tape, you audio signal into MIDI Time Code and sends the must first successfully lock your MOTU interface/ MIDI Time Code to a MIDI device such as a synchronizer to the SMPTE on the tape. To do so, sequencer.

  • Page 151: Troubleshooting And Customer Support

    My MOTU interface will not sync to SMPTE. Make sure that the SMPTE IN cable is firmly seated My MOTU USB interface ports don’t show up in my Windows MIDI software, no matter what I do. and connected to the appropriate output on the Have you unplugged the USB cable and then tape deck.
  • Page 152 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 153 It is often very helpful to have brief written notes to which to refer. The pages in the manual which refer to the parts of the MOTU interface with which you are having trouble. The version of Windows you are using to run the computer.
  • Page 154 A P P E N D I X C : T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D C U S T O M E R S U P P O R T...

  • Page 155: Index

    Index 2408 DIGI slaving Digital clock Jam for 3rd party software compatibility for digidesign systems Express XT Direct 1x6 micro express 29, 107 Direct Connect mode 72, 95 MIDI Timepiece AV Disk ADAT 42, 62, 95 Jam for setting getting a replacement connecting to MTP AV Jam sync Drop Frame...
  • Page 156 37, 57, 89 opening Synchronization 44, 64, 97 Needs Timebase indicator Sample rate defined Negative polarity slaving to video System exclusive NETWORK serial port SELECT knob bulk dumps syncing a device connected to Sequencer 32ch installing for Sequencer 96ch MTP II data dump Noise reduction Sequencing System requirements...

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