User`s guide

Chapter 2: Connecting Your Studio 21
Setup D: Synchronizing Pro Tools and ADAT Using a
Digital TimePiece
The following sample setup allows
Pro Tools to act as the positional (trans-
port) master via MMC, using a Mark of the
Unicorn Digital TimePiece™. The DTP is
the clock master.
To connect this setup:
1 Connect the Digital TimePiece to the
ADAT by attaching 9-pin sync cables be-
tween these devices as shown in the illus-
tration above.
2 Connect the Digital TimePiece to your
computer’s modem or printer port via se-
rial cable as shown in the illustration.
3 Connect Word Clock Out from the ADAT
Bridge to the Word 1x In port on the Digi-
tal TimePiece.
DTP Settings:
◆ Timebase Source set to Word 1x and
MTC.
☞ For additional instructions for this set up,
see
Chapter 3: Using Your System and then re-
fer to “Setup D: Configuring Pro Tools and
ADAT sync with a Digital TimePiece” on
page 47
Figure 6. Connecting a Digital TimePiece to an ADAT Bridge, Pro Tools and ADAT
Computer
to Pro Tools card
Word clock(1x) signal from ADAT Bridge (I/O)
Word clock (from ADAT Bridge)
Interface Y-cable
serial cable to
modem or printer port
Mark of the Unicorn Digital TimePiece™
ADAT 1
ADAT 2
Digidesign ADAT Bridge
optical cables in/out
REMOTE EXPANSION
MIDI 1MIDI 2
OUT
IN OUT IN
ADAT Sync OUT
ADAT Sync INDA-88 Sync IN
WORD 1x
SMPTE VIDEO
WORD 256x
IN
12
IN OUT
OUT
IN
OUT
S/PDIF
IN
OUT
DA-88 Sync OUT
Sony 9-pin
Pro Tools card
BA
50-pin
interface cables
9-pin cable