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Digital Timepiece
User's Guide
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
Web site: http://www.motu.com

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  • Page 1 Digital Timepiece User’s Guide 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 Web site: http://www.motu.com...
  • Page 2 7. Power Sources - This Digital Timepiece should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your location, consult your local power company.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5 Packing list 37 Word 1x/LTC 5 About this guide 37 Word 256x/Internal 5 Register for technical support 37 Word 256x/MTC 5 What is the Digital Timepiece? 38 Word 256x/LTC 38 Word 1x/Video/Internal Degrees of Accuracy Chapter 2 – 38 Word 1x/Video/MTC 9 Before you go any further…...
  • Page 4 85 Enabling OMS emulation in FreeMIDI Chapter 9 – 85 Preparing OMS 67 Overview 86 Pro Tools as master 67 Getting the Digital Timepiece to appear in Per- 88 Pro Tools as slave former’s MMC window 91 Pro Tools and Triple-sync 67 Slaving Performer...

  • Page 5: About The Digital Timepiece

    About the Digital Timepiece CHAPTER Thank you for purchasing the Digital Timepiece™! WHAT IS THE DIGITAL TIMEPIECE? Think of the Digital Timepiece as the synchroni- PACKING LIST zation hub for your recording studio. It provides Your Digital Timepiece box should have the stable, centralized synchronization services for following items in it.
  • Page 6 The components of sync such as Digidesign’s SMPTE Slave Driver™, the The Digital Timepiece supplies all of the necessary Digidesign Video Slave Driver™, Alesis BRC™, components for stable, sample-accurate synchro- Tascam SY-88™ sync card and others. The Digital...
  • Page 7 SONY 9-pin compatible video deck, between the film transfer rate of 30fps and the which can then be slaved to the Digital Timepiece. NTSC video playback rate of 29.97fps. This allows you to control the video deck, along...
  • Page 8 For example, the console allows you to program SMPTE time code offsets The Digital Timepiece rear panel The Digital Timepiece rear panel has three input/ for individual devices connected to the Digital output pairs of BNC connectors for video, word Timepiece, such as a single ADAT within a chain of clock and Digidesign superclock.

  • Page 9: Degrees Of Accuracy

    BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER… continuous phase-lock). But even more signifi- Digital audio devices found in today’s studio cantly, the Digital Timepiece can also make a stack support varying degrees of accuracy when it comes of ADATs synchronize with a stack of DA-88s to synchronization.

  • Page 10: Frame-Accurate Sync

    Digital Timepiece. they play, since the timing reference (30 frame per second time code) has such a lower resolution than their internal sample clocks.

  • Page 13: Installation

    Each section explains how to connect your device falls in that category. If it does, the an individual type of gear to the Digital Timepiece. general description provided — together with your It may also briefly discuss other important device’s instructions —...

  • Page 14: Computers

    COMPUTERS The Digital Timepiece serves as an excellent way to MIDI software and/or synchronize MIDI software and computer-based digital audio workstation digital audio workstations with the rest of the gear in your studio. If your software supports MIDI Machine Control (MMC), you can control the transports of everything from your computer.
  • Page 15 Remote port Figure 3-2: An example of how to connect a Macintosh computer to the Digital Timepiece via their serial ports. Figure 3-4: Connecting a Digital Timepiece to the Net port of a MIDI Timepiece AV. Connecting via a MIDI interface...

  • Page 16: Digital Multitrack Tape Decks

    Figure 3-6: How modular digital multi-track recorders like the ADAT, DA-88, DA-38 and RD-8 synchronize with the Digital Timepiece. a whole. The Digital Timepiece synchronizes multiple unit systems just as easily and effectively Refer to the sections below for specific information...
  • Page 17 Sync In Sync In port Sync Out Figure 3-7: Connecting an ADAT as a slave to the Digital Timepiece. etc. If you have several ADATs, you can chain the rest of them to the first one as shown in Figure 3-8.

  • Page 18: Working With The Tascam

    DA-88 displays ABS time, as does intervals to maintain sample-accurate sync. For the MMC/Sync window in the Digital Timepiece’s example, if you cue the Digital Timepiece to 5 ClockWorks software. For example, if you start minutes and 2 seconds from the transport controls...
  • Page 19 Device ID 3 Timepiece instead. Sync Out Figure 3-12: Connecting a slaved Digital Timepiece as the last device in a DA-88 chain. In this example, the RC-848 is master of the chain. etc. Make sure you set the RC-848 ID to zero (0) so that Figure 3-11: Connecting multiple DA-88s.
  • Page 20 Figure 3-13: To use the time code track on a DA-88 equipped with an SY-88 sync card, the DA-88 serves as the time code master. In this setup, it also serves as the time base master. The Digital Timepiece slaves to the word clock and SMPTE it receives from the DA-88. The MMC remote control from the computer as shown here is optional.
  • Page 21 Figure 3-14: To use the sub code track on a DA-88 equipped with an SY-88 sync card as the address master while using house sync as the time base, connect the DA-88/SY-88 to the Digital Timepiece as shown here. Notice that the time base mode for the Digital Timepiece is Word 1x/ video/LTC (or Word 1x/video/LTC).

  • Page 22: Word Clock Devices

    Word clock carries no address (time code) information Figure 3-16: In this example, the Digital Timepiece is the word clock (time base) master and the Akai DR8 hard disk recorder is the address (e.g.
  • Page 23 Timepiece’s LTC SMPTE output. Alternately, you could feed MIDI Time scenario, you can try chaining the second device to Code (MTC) from the Digital Timepiece’s MIDI OUT. the first, connecting the word clock output of the first to the word clock input of the second. Keep in mind, however, that some devices don’t support...

  • Page 24: Pdif Devices

    If S/PDIF is similar to word clock in the sense that it you want to slave the Digital Timepiece to an S/ is a time base reference, providing an accurate PDIF device, release the THRU button. If you want measurement of the passage of time and the speed to pass the device’s S/PDIF signal to another device...
  • Page 25 S/PDIF THRU button is pushed out (off ), the Digital Timepiece If you have two S/PDIF devices, you can connect “swallows” the signal from Device A. The Digital Timepiece can slave them as shown in Figure 3-18 on page 24. But only to Device A only when THRU is turned off.
  • Page 26 Audiomedia card for the transfer, which often involves physically plugging and unplugging Figure 3-21: Before the Digital Timepiece, was available Audiomedia cables. But the Digital Timepiece solves this would either run on its own internal clock or be driven by software problem because both Audiomedia and the other synchronization.

  • Page 27: Video

    Connect any video destination to the VIDEO OUT The Digital Timepiece can synchronize to any of the Digital Timepiece. Most often this will be a video signal, including blackburst (“house sync”) video monitor, so you can see the time code burn...

  • Page 28: Smpte Time Code Devices

    For example, time code can be recorded on an outside track of a multitrack tape recorder so that The Digital Timepiece is also a VITC reader and everything can subsequently be synchronized to generator. For information, see “Video” on the multitrack.

  • Page 29: Midi Time Code Devices

    The LRC REMOTE jack on the front panel of the (MTC) to any device (or computer software) that Digital Timepiece can serve as an input for the requires it. MTC is transmitted from the Digital Alesis LRC™ remote controller, or any device that Timepiece’s two MIDI OUT ports, as well as the...

  • Page 30: Mmc Control Surfaces

    Some controllers let you do more elaborate record Figure 3-27: When the Digital Timepiece is the time code address functions, such as set automatic punch-in and master (i.e. it is in one of its Internal time base modes), you can control it (and everything connected to it) directly from a MMC punch-out recording.
  • Page 31 While the Digital Timepiece itself is not a recording device, you can do all of these things with MMC devices that are connected to the Digital Timepiece, such as ADATs, DA-88s or SONY 9-pin video decks. Record-related MMC commands supported by the Digital Timepiece and your sequencer fall into two categories: global and device -specific.
  • Page 32 I N S T A L L A T I O N...

  • Page 33: Front Panel Settings

    About synchronization ..... 34 The front panel settings on the Digital Timepiece Choosing a time base mode ....34 determine how it will act as a synchronizer.

  • Page 34: About Synchronization

    MIDI sequencers — all from single source. For example, you can control your SONY 9-pin compatible Figure 4-1: The time base selection controls on the Digital Timepiece front panel. video deck, rack of ADATs, and other MIDI...
  • Page 35 Figure 4-2. For more information about Summary of synchronization modes The Digital Timepiece offers 28 different time base ClockWorks, see the separate ClockWorks User’s modes. Each mode provides a unique combination Guide that accompanies this manual. of sources for a time base master and an address (SMPTE time code) master.

  • Page 36: Internal

    LTC onto video. If the SMPTE frame format on the port. This mode offers the least amount of time front panel of the Digital Timepiece is set to 30 base stability, so we recommend that you try to set when you choose this video mode, it will things up so that you can use one of the other automatically switch to 29.97.

  • Page 37: Video/Vitc

    If the SMPTE frame format WORD 256X/INTERNAL Choose this setting when you want the Digital on the front panel of the Digital Timepiece is set to Timepiece to use a word clock generated by a 30 when you choose this video mode, it will automatically switch to 29.97.

  • Page 38: Word 256X/Ltc

    Choose this setting when you want the like the Digital Timepiece to be referenced to video. Digital Timepiece to use an external word clock In this mode, however, VITC (vertical interval time...

  • Page 39: P Dif/Internal

    Digital Timepiece to the word clock output of the standards converter, while at the same time slaving CONTROL TRACK 1 OR 2 the DA-88 to the Digital Timepiece (as well as the Choose this setting when you want the Digital digital audio system to which you are transferring Timepiece to use a device connected to one of its audio).

  • Page 40: The Smpte Frame Rate Setting

    Figure 4-3: Setting the SMPTE frame rate manually using the controls panel of the Digital Timepiece is set to 30 when you on the Digital Timepiece front panel. This is only necessary for the time base modes listed earlier in this section. For any time base mode choose one of the Digital Timepiece’s video modes,...

  • Page 41: The Word Clock Rate Setting

    Figure 4-5: Setting the sample rate manually using the controls on 24 frames per second. Video runs at 30 frames per the Digital Timepiece front panel. This is only necessary for the time base modes listed earlier in this section. For any time base mode that second —...
  • Page 42 29.97 — which runs one thousandth (0.1%) slower When the Digital Timepiece is put into one of its than the 30-frame-per-second rate assumed by the video modes, such as Video/Internal or Video/ film-to-video transfer.
  • Page 43 44100 Hz of 48kHz, just set the desired sample rate on the (for which the pull down rate is 44,056 Hz): front panel of the Digital Timepiece. Please note, Word SMPTE Actual Actual however, that when you choose 44.1 kHz on a...
  • Page 44 F R O N T P A N E L S E T T I N G S...

  • Page 45: Example Setups

    If all of your devices have the ability to slave to one of the forms of time base offered by the Digital The Digital Timepiece as master ... . .45 Timepiece, then you can choose any source as a Video as time base master .

  • Page 46: Video As Time Base Master

    Yamaha 02R Figure 5-2: This setup is ideal because you can control all of the devices connected to the Digital Timepiece from the computer, and you get the fastest possible lockup time, due to the continuous time base provided by house sync. Notice that additional video devices can be controlled by the Digital Timepiece —...

  • Page 47: Devices That Cannot Act As A Slave

    Note that the video deck in this configuration must support SONY 9-pin in order for it to be slaved to the Digital Timepiece. E X A M P L E S E T U P S...

  • Page 48: Using An Alesis Brc Or Tascam

    BRC (or RC-848). If so, the Digital Timepiece becomes a slave to the BRC or RC-848. In fact, it needs to be connected to the end of the ADAT or DA-88 chain.

  • Page 49: Converting/Generating Time Code

    Starting playback ......49 If the Digital Timepiece is in a time base made for converting external time code, just roll the time Deferred playback .

  • Page 50: Generating Or Converting Time Code

    When reading time code, there may be times when commonly be connected to a Macintosh you need to offset the Digital Timepiece — or one computer). Any devices or software connected to of the devices connected to it — by a certain these ports can immediately begin locking to the amount from the time code you are feeding it.
  • Page 51 Synchronizing to discontinuous time code the Freewheel amount can be adjusted up to 32 The Digital Timepiece has the ability to stay in sync frames. This allows the Digital Timepiece to with discontinuous time code — that is, time code...
  • Page 52 C O N V E R T I N G / G E N E R A T I N G T I M E C O D E...
  • Page 53 Striping Time Code CHAPTER OVERVIEW When the Digital Timepiece is locked to an The Digital Timepiece can be used to stripe external address source, you initiate striping by (record) both forms of SMPTE time code (LTC and rolling the external time code source.

  • Page 54: Striping Time Code

    (0:00:00:00) and your tape deck has dbx noise reduction, be — and only if the Digital Timepiece is in a time sure to defeat the noise reduction on the track you base mode that makes it the address master (one of are recording time code.

  • Page 55: Striping Frame-Locked Ltc Onto Video

    SMPTE STRIPING FRAME-LOCKED LTC ONTO VIDEO bleeds through to adjacent tracks. The Digital Timepiece can stripe SMPTE LTC onto There are several ways to handle this. One way is to video while resolved to the video, ensuring that the leave an empty track on your multi-track tape deck LTC is frame-locked (i.e.

  • Page 56: Lengthening A Smpte Track

    ClockWorks’ MIDI Machine Control window. See Digital Timepiece your ClockWorks manual for details. Figure 7-2: Regenerating time code with the Digital Timepiece. This makes the Digital Timepiece jam to the To regenerate SMPTE time code: existing time code while at the same time generating, fresh continuous frame numbers.

  • Page 57: Regeneration And Time Code Bits

    Press play on your MMC controller, sequencer Choosing a video time base mode or other transport device that you are using to On the front panel of the Digital Timepiece, choose control the Digital Timepiece. one of the video time base modes shown below,...

  • Page 58: Recording Burn-In & Other Graphics

    Press the Stop button in ClockWorks’ main RECORDING BURN-IN & OTHER GRAPHICS The Digital Timepiece provides both a large and transport controls. small SMPTE time code burn-in overlay, which Press Stop on your MMC controller, sequencer you can position vertically wherever you wish. All...

  • Page 59: Overview

    Timepiece studio. Digital Performer (or any MMC-compatible components of synchronization: software) sends MMC transport commands (play, stop, record, locate, etc.) to the Digital Timepiece, which responds to them by generating time base time code and, in some cases, redistributing the MMC commands (to devices like ADATs, DA-88s and SONY 9-pin decks).

  • Page 60: Mmc Device Ids

    Digital Timepiece, just make sure that it knows that There is no advantage to doing MMC this way; in the Digital Timepiece’s ID is one (1) — unless your fact, it will probably not provide as stable a time controller has a zero-based numbering scheme base as the Digital Timepiece does in the (0-127), in which case you should set it to zero (0).
  • Page 61 1, and make sure that your MMC transport master device or computer software knows that the As mentioned earlier, for ADATs and most other Digital Timepiece’s ID is 1 (or zero if it uses the MMC devices, you don’t have to be concerned with 0-127 numbering scheme).

  • Page 62: Setting Up Mmc Slaves

    It also explains the ID After you have connected a single DA-88 as a slave numbers you see in ClockWorks’ Sync/MMC to the Digital Timepiece, be sure to choose a hard window. ID other than zero (0) using the ID “dial” on its rear panel.

  • Page 63: Setting Up A Mmc Transport Master

    To set up the SY-88 card as the target for MMC from the Digital Timepiece to SMPTE In on the control: device with standard, shielded quarter inch audio cables. 1 Set the Machine ID on the SY-88 card using the first four DIP switches at location S2 on your SY-88...

  • Page 64: Mmc Control Of Record Functions

    The Alesis LRC (or compatibles) MMC Device ID is of the Digital Timepiece. From For details about using an Alesis LRC (Little the factory, the default MMC device ID for the Remote Control) or LRC-compatible controller, Digital Timepiece is 1 (in a 1-128 numbering see chapter 13, “Alesis LRC”...
  • Page 65 Device-specific record functions controller to send device-specific messages to the The Digital Timepiece supports the following Digital Timepiece with the “soft” MMC ID of the device-specific MMC record functions: device connected to the Digital Timepiece that you wish to control. In other words, program your Record-arming and disarming specific tracks in...
  • Page 66 M I D I M A C H I N E C O N T R O L...

  • Page 67: Digital Timepiece & Performer

    MMC record commands ....69 Figure 9-1: Setting up the Digital Timepiece in the MIDI Machine window of Performer 5.02 or Digital Performer 1.71 or later. Make Video streamers.

  • Page 68: Using Performer As Transport Master

    Timepiece follow Performer. Actually, you are just triggering it from Performer. Figure 9-2: In Performer’s receive sync dialog, choose MTC and choose the SMPTE frame format that matches the Digital Timepiece. 4 Check Performer’s Slave to External Sync command in the Basics menu.

  • Page 69: Mmc Record Commands

    Digital Timepiece Record-related MMC commands supported by the Figure 9-3: When the Digital Timepiece is the time code address Digital Timepiece and Performer fall into two master (i.e. it is in one of its Internal time base modes), you can control it (and everything connected to it) directly from Performer’s...
  • Page 70 Timepiece device that you just created (record Figure 9-4: Here is a portion of a FreeMIDI configuration showing several ADATs connected to the Digital Timepiece. Their device IDs button will appear red when engaged). match the “soft” MMC IDs that the Digital Timepiece automatically gives them.

  • Page 71: Video Streamers

    (with appropriate preroll time). punch happens on the exact frame location of the This cues the Digital Timepiece to the correct spot. marker in Performer. 2 Start recording by pressing the record button in...

  • Page 72: Controlling A Da-88/Sy-88 With Performer

    Digital Performer 2.0, you need to add a ‘virtual’ Video Time Piece to your FreeMIDI configuration and connect it to the same port as the Digital Timepiece as shown here. (This won’t be necessary in future If you have set up your DA-88 with an SY-88 card versions of Performer and Digital Performer.)
  • Page 73 3 In the MMC/Sync window, set the Digital Figure 9-6: This diagram displays a DA-88/SY-88 card connected to cable 7 of an MTP AV. The Digital Timepiece is connected to cable 2. Timepiece’s time base mode to Word 1x/MTC. The FreeMIDI Device Specification window for the DA-88/SY-88 displays FreeMIDI’s default settings, except for the Device ID, which...
  • Page 74 Video. Performer slaves to MTC from the Digital Timepiece. The Digital Timepiece slaves to MTC 3 Set the Digital Timepiece’s time base mode to from the SY-88 card. And the SY-88 card responds Word 1x/Video/MTC. to the MMC messages sent from Performer.

  • Page 75: Digital Timepiece & Other Sequencers

    If you have a Macintosh, you can alternately computer platform (Mac, Windows, SGI, etc.) connect the Digital Timepiece directly to one of the Mac’s two serial ports as shown in Figure 3-2 on Getting the Digital Timepiece to work with your page 15.

  • Page 76: Using Your Sequencer As Transport Master

    Digital Timepiece When the Digital Timepiece is the time code Figure 10-1: When the Digital Timepiece is the time code address master (i.e. it is in one of its internal modes), you master (i.e. it is in one of its Internal time base modes), you can...

  • Page 77: Mmc Record Commands

    Please see punch-out recording. your sequencer documentation for details. While the Digital Timepiece itself is not a recording However, the one important thing you need to device, you can do all of these things with MMC know is that you should use the ‘soft’...
  • Page 78 1 In the main counter, type in the location where ClockWorks): intend to record (with appropriate preroll time). This cues the Digital Timepiece to the correct spot. Set a SMPTE offset for a device 2 Start recording by pressing the record button in...

  • Page 79: Digital Timepiece & Oms

    CHAPTER OVERVIEW CLOCKWORKS AND OMS The procedures in this chapter apply to OMS for Ideally, you will want to use the Digital Timepiece Macintosh version 2.3.1 or later only. software, ClockWorks, along with your OMS applications because ClockWorks provides remote OMS is a Macintosh system extension that —...
  • Page 80 Notice that the MIDI port; when you switch back to the OMS program, it takes over the connections between the Digital Timepiece and the MIDI interface serial port. This configuration does not allow the program in the supply communication between OMS programs and the Digital background to send or receive MIDI.

  • Page 81: Preparing Clockworks

    ADDING THE DTP TO YOUR OMS SETUP If you haven’t already installed ClockWorks, the The way in which you add the Digital Timepiece to console software for the Digital Timepiece, do so your OMS setup depends on whether the Digital now.

  • Page 82: Using Av Controls

    2 of a MIDI Timepiece AV. If the DTP is connected directly to a serial port Figure 11-4: In this example, the Digital Timepiece is the MIDI inter- face and a MIDI Machine Device. If the Digital Timepiece is connected directly to one of the Mac’s serial ports:...
  • Page 83 Pro Tools and This chapter explains how to incorporate Pro other devices via the Digital Timepiece. When Tools™ (4.0 or higher) into your Digital Timepiece slaving Pro Tools, you have many choices for what system. you can use for transport control, including ClockWorks, MIDI sequencers, dedicated control Because the Digital Timepiece is so flexible, there...

  • Page 84: Digital Timepiece & Pro Tools

    Performer, it will be more convenient for you to use ClockWorks also requires MIDI communication FreeMIDI and OMS emulation. If you are using an with the Digital Timepiece. In fact, you may often OMS sequencer, you will be better off using OMS. want to run ClockWorks simultaneously with Pro...

  • Page 85: Enabling Oms Emulation In Freemidi

    You can turn off the OMS System Your OMS setup has a properly configured Extension in the Extensions Manager Control Digital Timepiece in it. OMS can send and receive Panel. Or you can drag the OMS System Extension MIDI data to and from the Digital Timepiece, out of the Extensions folder in your Macintosh’s...

  • Page 86: Pro Tools As Master

    Timepiece slaves to 256x word clock and MTC generated by Pro Tools. sequences during your Pro Tools sessions — either The Digital Timepiece time base mode is ‘Word 256x/MTC’ . from Pro Tools or from a sequencer, you can When to use this setup...
  • Page 87 OMS and FreeMIDI as described in chapter 11, ClockWorks is when you are tweaking the settings “Digital Timepiece & OMS” (page 79). in the Digital Timepiece. But you won’t be using the Pro Tools software settings transport controls in ClockWorks.

  • Page 88: Pro Tools As Slave

    91. Pro Tools Figure 12-5: Slave Pro Tools to the Digital Timepiece (and other devices) as shown here. Note that this scenario gives you many possi- ble choices for transport control over your rig. For even tighter lockup between Pro Tools and the Digital Timepiece (and other devices connected to it), see “Pro Tools and Triple-sync”...
  • Page 89 Internal modes (Internal, Video/internal, Word 1x/ Internal, etc.) — where the Digital Timepiece itself Figure 12-6: Slave Pro Tools to MIDI Time Code from Digital Timepiece is acting as the address master, you can use the by putting Pro Tools Online.
  • Page 90 Figure 12-7: Slaving Pro Tools using one of the Digital Timepiece’s ‘Triple-sync’ modes — the most accurate way to sync Pro Tools with the Digital Timepiece. In this example, house sync video (blackburst) is being fed to the Digital Timepiece, a video deck, and a DA-88 with an SY-88 card. The Digital Timepiece mode is ‘Word ‘1x/Video/LTC’...

  • Page 91: Pro Tools And Triple-Sync

    Timepiece as discussed in either “Pro Tools as synchronization and fastest lockup times possible slave” on page 88 or “Pro Tools and Triple-sync” on with the Digital Timepiece and Pro Tools. Our tests page 91. have shown that with an accurate word clock...

  • Page 92: Lockup Time

    Pro Tools as the master or when Pro Tools is The transport controls in Performer or Digital a slave and the Digital Timepiece is operating in Performer one of its internal modes. In all of these cases, the...

  • Page 93: Alesis Lrc

    Alesis LRC CHAPTER USING AN ALESIS LRC With an Alesis LRC for the ADAT XT, the LRC The Digital Timepiece LRC jack on the front panel buttons function as follows: serves as a connector for the Alesis LRC (Little Digital Remote Control).

  • Page 94: Lrc Calibration

    LRC. As the front using a third-party brand.) of the Digital Timepiece is facing you, the pot on 4 Adjust the RANGE Pot for an LRC value the right is the RANGE pot. The pot on the left is readout that toggles between 59 &...

  • Page 95: Troubleshooting

    (which is reserved for the master device of the schemes” on page 60 for further information. DA-88 chain, which is the Digital Timepiece in this case). If you have a chain of DA-88s, make sure you I’m having trouble with setting the MMC device ID for the Digital Timepiece in my sequencer or MMC give it an ID number that isn’t being used by any...
  • Page 96 My Digital Timepiece is connected to my Mac via a When parked on a video frame, the Digital MIDI Timepiece (or a MIDI Timepiece network), Timepiece looks like it’s trying to sync to the but I can’t get ClockWorks to communicate reliably continual frame, and as a result, all my devices —...
  • Page 97 DTP much longer to lock up. Why? The Digital Timepiece in its default state will “poll” When the DTP locks to LTC, it tracks the speed of for MMC devices. Because of this, the Digital the incoming time code so that it can be ready to Timepiece will transmit SysEx.

  • Page 98: Customer Support

    If you haven’t already done so, Digital Timepiece. You must be able to supply this please take a moment to complete the registration number to receive technical support.
  • Page 99 T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G...
  • Page 100 MTC time base mode Word 256x/Internal time base mode ABS time Word 256x/LTC time base mode ADAT Word 256x/MTC time base mode front panel setting Noise reduction time base mode with SMPTE transferring to/from Audiomedia 25, 26 Alesis LRC RD-8 Audiomedia Recording SMPTE (striping) transferring to/from ADAT...
  • Page 101 I N D E X...

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