Specifications

Live Recording Guide56
To connect Pro Tools and VENUE for
synchronization:
1 Connect the provided SD or HD (SYNC HD
only) video ref signal to a SYNC peripheral
Video Ref connector.
2 To connect the cable carrying timecode to the
appropriate In port on the SYNC peripheral, do
the following depending on the type of timecode
provided:
• If using LTC, connect the cable to the
LTC In
port.
• If using VITC, connect the cable to the
Video In port.
3 Connect a coaxial cable from the Word Clock
Out
port of the SYNC peripheral to the Word
Clock In
port on the VENUE system. The VENUE
system automatically detects incoming word
clock and displays
EXT in the Mode box on-
screen
.
4 If you are also using an Avid audio peripheral
such as a 192 I/O, connect a coaxial cable from
the Loop SYNC Out port of the SYNC peripheral
to Loop Sync In port on the audio interface. Con-
tinue to loop to the last audio interface in the
chain. Leave the last Loop Sync Out connector in
the chain unconnected.
5 Connect a DigiSerial cable from the SYNC pe-
ripheral serial connector to the DigiSerial port
on the Pro Tools HD Core card.
To configure Pro Tools:
6 In Pro Tools, choose Setup > Peripherals, click
the Synchronization tab, and choose
Enable
Sync HD
or Enable SYNC I/O depending on the
peripheral used.
7 Choose Setup > Session, and in the Format
section of the Session Setup window, do the fol-
lowing:
•From the
Clock Source pop-up menu,
choose
SYNC as the clock source.
– and –
If the SYNC peripheral is the last device in the
video sync chain, a 75-ohm BNC terminator
must be attached to the unused Video Ref con-
nector.
If you are using an external third-party
MADI device connected to a MADI card, the
MADI device must be clocked to the same
source as everything thing else. See the MADI
Card guide for information on synchronizing
external MADI devices to your VENUE sys-
tem.
Enabling the SYNC peripheral in Pro Tools (SYNC HD
shown)
Choosing Sync as the Clock Source