Specifications

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7 Use the Down and Up switches to scroll
through the parameter values and select a VITC
line pair.
8 Press Set.
9 Using the Positional Reference switch, select
Generate.
10 Set the timecode start time. See “Generator
Start Time” on page 51 for instructions.
11 Arm the destination VTR to record video, so
that VITC can be inserted into the video signal,
and be recorded on the destination videotape.
12 Make sure that your chosen clock reference is
actually present and running, then press the
SYNC peripheral Run switch.
The timecode addresses will begin to increment.
To pause or stop VITC using the front panel
controls:
 Press and release the Run/Stop/Clear/Esc
switch when you want to pause or stop the gen-
erating process.
To generate VITC Internally using the SYNC Setup
software utility (Windows only):
1 Ensure that the SYNC peripheral is connected
in-line with a video source and video destina-
tion.
2 Ensure that VITC Insertion Enabled is selected,
and that you have selected the appropriate for-
mat (NTSC or PAL).
3 If necessary, select onto which line pair to gen-
erate VITC, using the
VITC Generate Lines pop-
up menu.
4 Select the appropriate clock reference, using
SYNC Setup
Clock Ref pop-up menu.
5 From the Positional Ref pop-up menu, select
Generate.
6 In the Generator/Bi-Phase Preset section,
enter the timecode start time, in
Hrs:Min:Sec:Frm. To reset to 00:00:00:00, click
Zero.
7 Click Set. Typically, at this point you would
arm the destination VTR to record video, so that
VITC can be inserted into the video signal, and
be recorded on the destination videotape. Make
sure that your chosen clock reference is actually
present and running, and that it is synchronized
with the incoming video signal.
8 Click Run to start. The timecode addresses will
begin to increment.
9 Click Stop when you want to pause or stop the
generating process.
MTC Generation/Regeneration
MTC (MIDI Timecode) is a serial digital signal.
In many ways, you can think of it as an inaudible
type of LTC that can be used by various MIDI de-
vices.
MTC is available from the SYNC peripheral MTC
Out connector, which is a standard DIN-style 5-
pin female MIDI connector.
To use MTC, connect MTC Out to a MIDI In con-
nector of a device that can recognize and use
MTC. Typically, this would be a console, se-
quencer, synthesizer or sampler keyboard, a
drum machine or other device.
Regardless of whether you are generating or
regenerating, an active video signal will
need to be present at one of the SYNC pe-
ripheral video inputs. Check to see if the ma-
chine is paused, stopped or unlaced.