Specifications

MachineControl Guide12
Basic Session Settings
Confirm the following settings for each session.
To configure a session for MachineControl:
1 Choose Windows > Show Session Setup.
2 In the Status and Display section, do the fol-
lowing:
• Set a Session start time.
• Set the appropriate session frame rate.
3 In the SYNC Setup section, set the appropriate
format for NTSC or PAL using the Frame Rate
and Video Format selectors.
Clock Source, Clock and Positional
Reference
The Session Setup window provides selectors for
the system Clock Source, as well as Clock and
Positional Reference. These settings must be
configured based on the signal connections be-
tween Pro Tools, the SYNC I/O, and external de-
vices.
To configure Clock Source and Reference
settings, do one of the following:
Pro Tools|HD In Session Setup, choose an appro-
priate Clock Source (the SYNC I/O, or an HD-se-
ries audio interface). Configure the Clock Refer-
ence and Positional Reference menus as
appropriate. See the SYNC I/O Guide for more in-
formation.
Pro Tools|24 MIX or Pro Tools|24 Set the Ch 1–2
Input and session Sync Mode as necessary. (Sync
Mode must be set to analog for the SYNC I/O or
USD to be clock master.)
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.
Basic session settings in the Session Setup window
Video Format selector
Incoming Time display
Session Start Time
Frame Rate
click to
show/hide
Video Format
Incoming Time display
Incoming Time display