User`s guide

ADAT Bridge I/O42
Configuring Pro Tools
1 Choose Setups > Peripherals and open
the Peripherals/Synchronization window.
2 Select “Generic timecode reader” as the
synchronization Device, then choose the
port that your MIDI interface is connected
to (if in doubt, select Any).
3 Now click the Machine Control tab to
open the Peripherals/Machine Control
page
4 In the MIDI Machine Control section (in
the lower left of the window), do the fol-
lowing:
• Enable MIDI Machine Control
• Set the MMC port by selecting BRC (Mac-
intosh) or the appropriate hardware port
(Windows) from the Send To popup, and
leave the (channel) ID to 127
5 Click OK to close the Peripherals win-
dow.
6 Choose Display > Session Setup Window.
7 In the Generate Time Code area of the
Session Setup window, enable MTC to Port
and then choose from the port popup.
8 Check to make sure the session start time
is correct for the current ADAT project.
9 Put Pro Tools online by clicking the On-
line button in the Pro Tools Transport win-
dow.
10 Press the Play button in the Pro Tools
Transport window and the ADAT(s) should
locate to the current Pro Tools playback lo-
cation.
Troubleshooting MMC
If when you press Play the ADAT(s) locate
but Pro Tools won’t start, make sure that
Pro Tools is getting timecode. To do this,
press Play on the BRC and check the Cur-
rent TC field in Pro Tools Session Setup
window to make sure Pro Tools is receiving
timecode. If it’s not, check your cable con-
nections.
On the Macintosh, double-check your
OMS or FreeMIDI configurations. In Win-
dows, check to make sure your MIDI inter-
face is properly connected and recognized
by your system.
If the ADAT(s) do not locate, check your
settings in the Peripherals > Synchroniza-
tion window (double-check your port se-
lection).
Setup B: Synchronizing
Pro Tools and ADAT with a
DataSync2
The following example uses a JL Cooper
DataSync2 and MIDI Interface to Slave
Pro Tools to the ADAT. In this case, the
ADAT provides both the clock reference
signal and the positional reference. This
enables you to synchronize the ADAT and
Pro Tools with better than 1/4 frame accu-
racy (typically accurate to within a few
samples). The Pro Tools Transport is con-
trolled by the ADAT. To achieve near-sam-
ple accuracy, a Universal Slave Driver or
other Slave Clock-capable sync peripheral
is required.
Recording Tracks from an ADAT to
Pro Tools with a DataSync2
This setup explains how to perform a syn-
chronized ADAT-to-Pro Tools track trans-
fer.