Specifications

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The SYNC I/O can read VITC. With Machine-
Control and SYNC I/O, you can also read serial
time code.
To spot a region to a specific SMPTE frame:
1 Choose Display > Show Edit Window.
2 Set the Main Time Scale to time code. (See
“Setting a SMPTE Session Start Time (Start
Frame)” on page 557.)
3 Click the Spot button at the top left of the Edit
window to put Pro Tools into Spot mode.
4 Identify the SMPTE frame location where you
want to trigger playback of your region by paus-
ing your video deck on that frame.
5 With the Grabber, click a region in a track, or
in the Regions List, and drag it into a track. The
Spot dialog appears.
6 Enter the SMPTE frame location.
• If you are using VITC, you can press the
Equal key on the numeric keypad, or click
Current Time Code to enter a paused VTR’s
current SMPTE location.
• If you are using LTC, when Time Code is se-
lected for the Time Scale, press the Equal
key on the numeric keypad to capture the
incoming time code. When Bars:Beats is se-
lected for the Time Scale, press the Equal
key to capture the nearest measure.
7 If you recorded the region while online, you
can use the Original Time Stamp button to recall
and enter the SMPTE frame location at which
the region was originally recorded. You can also
access a user-defined Time Stamp in the same
fashion. See “Time Stamping” on page 570 for
more information.
8 Click OK to close this dialog. The region spots
to the chosen SMPTE frame location. When the
session is online, this frame number will trigger
playback of the region.
Auto-Spotting Regions
The Pro Tools Auto-Spot Regions option simpli-
fies the task of spotting regions even further. If
you are using VITC with this option enabled, or
MachineControl software, you can pause your
video at an appropriate SMPTE frame location,
click a region with the Grabber, and the region
will be automatically spotted to the current time
code location.
You can also use MachineControl’s serial time
code ability to auto-spot by enabling Machine-
Control and enabling serial time code in the pe-
ripheral.
To Auto-Spot a region:
1 Choose Operations > Auto-Spot Regions.
2 If you are using VITC, identify the SMPTE
frame location where you want to trigger play-
back of your region by pausing your video deck
on that frame.
To use Remote mode with MachineControl,
you will need an approved serial port. For a
complete list of currently approved ports, see
www.Digidesign.com.
Spot mode enabled