Appendix A - SoundCraft Ghost User Manual

GHOST Application Guide
U U s s i i n n g g t t h h e e M M a a c c h h i i n n e e C C o o n n t t r r o o l l
C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g T T h h e e M M a a c c h h i i n n e e
Depending on which kind of machine is being used, there are two ways of con-
necting them to Ghost:
1 Two standard MIDI cables, plus a separate timecode cable if using LTC.
2 A 9-pin D-type serial cable, plus separate timecode cable.
The timecode cable (if needed) will need a 1/4 jack plug on one end, to connect to
Ghost's LTC input, and a suitable connector on the other end to match the
machine's timecode output.
The 9-pin D-type cable is a pin-to-pin cable with a 9-pin D-type connector at each
end.
For details of connections and information about machine parameters on various
supported machines, please turn to Appendix A -"Notes for Machine Control", at
the back of this manual.
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The machine control interface on Ghost has to be configured to match the type of
machine you are using.
Press the DISPLAY MODE button (6) repeatedly until the Setup LED next to the
switch is illuminated. This switches Ghost's timecode display to show setup para-
meters, instead of timecode.
Press the UP/DOWN buttons (4) repeatedly until the three digits on the right
hand side of the display (labelled Snapshot Number) start to flash.
Notice that each press of the UP/DOWN buttons causes a different set of digits
in the display to start flashing, and each set of digits controls a different parameter,
as described by the legend under the display. The UP button moves through the
parameters to the right, while the DOWN button moves to the left. Press the UP
or DOWN carefully until the Snapshot Number is flashing.
Turn the Jog Wheel (2) in either direction until the flashing Snapshot Number dis-
plays the letters GLO.
Notice that as the Jog Wheel is turned clockwise, the number in the display is changed
through the range 1, 2, 4, 5, ....128, ALL, GLO, then repeated. Turning anticlockwise
changes the numbers in the reverse direction.
The console is now in Global Setup mode. In this mode, three parameters can be
set:
l The Global MIDI tx/rx channel, used for note-on and prog change data.
(see later)
l The Frame rate of the timecode reader/generator. (see next section)
l The type of machine being controlled by Ghost's transport switches.
To select the required machine control driver, press the DOWN button once,
which will select the Mach Sel (Machine Select) field in the display. (If the Mach Sel
field does not flash, continue to press the UP or DOWN buttons until it is flash-
ing).
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