Specifications

MachineControl Guide26
Testing Basic Session Settings
To check your session and MachineControl set-
tings, place the machine in Local mode and
manually start playback on the external ma-
chine. If Pro Tools is receiving time code, the
current location will be shown in the Incoming
Time display. Be sure to reset the machine to Re-
mote mode when finished.
Session Start Offsets
You can offset the display of incoming time
code in the Pro Tools application. This is useful
when you want to adjust the display of time
code to match the start time of the session (such
as with source material that starts at a different
time), or compensate for source material that is
consistently offset by a fixed number of frames
(such as with some color–corrected video mas-
ters).
Pro Tools provides three different types of Ses-
sion Start Time Code Offset settings. These off-
sets include:
• MMC (MIDI Machine Control)
• 9-Pin (Serial machine control)
• Synchronization peripherals such as the
SYNC I/O, USD, or other peripherals (for ex-
ample, MIDI interfaces that provide MIDI
Time Code).
Unique values can be defined for each of these
three types offsets, or you can link all three to
adjust in unison.
Positive and negative offset values can be en-
tered to offset Pro Tools time code display later
or earlier, respectively.
Offsets and Time Code Displays
The SYNC I/O Time Code Display continues to
display actual incoming time code, regardless of
any Session Start Offset applied in Pro Tools.
To apply an offset to the session start time:
■ In the Session Setup window, enter a new Ses-
sion Start time in an offset field.
To apply the same session start time to all
devices:
■ In the Session Setup window, select Link to
apply the same offset value to all devices.
Time Code Settings
The Time Code settings control time code gen-
eration, Freewheel, and session Pull Up and Pull
Down options.
Configure these settings as appropriate for the
current project and situation. (For complete in-
structions, refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide
and the SYNC I/O Guide.)
Incoming Time display
Incoming Time display
Session Start Offsets in the Session Setup window