System User Guide / Owners Manual

thewholesystemwillautomaticallytracktheproject’ssamplerate.Disadvantage

isthatintheoryjitterontheCC1’soutputswillbeslightlyhigher.TheCC1’sjitter

attenuationhoweverissolargewedonotexpectthistobeaproblem.

•ConnecttheLoopSyncoutputoftheSyncI/O(whichisfirstunitinthechain)to

thewordclockinputoftheCC1.PutCC1inslavemode.

•ConnecttheoutputsofCC1’sgroup1and/orgroup2totheLoopSyncinputof

each“192”interface.Every192getsitsownconnectiontotheCC1(stardistribu-

tion).Makesuregroup1and2aresetto‘x1’.

•Softwaresettings:

Setup – session setup

1.SetSyncsourceoftheSyncI/Oto“Master”.All192interfacewillautomati-

callyswitchtoLoopSync,whichistakencareofbytheCC1.

Pro Tools in post pro.

Hereyou’llneedtosynctovideoandtimecode.Asoutlinedabove,setthevideo

equipmenttolocktowordsyncoruseavideosyncgeneratorthatacceptsaword

syncinputfromtheCC1.NaturallytheProToolshardwareisreceivingwordclock

directlyfromtheCC1.AlsoconnectvideosynctotheSyncHD,itwillbeusedjust

fortimecodesynchronisation.

Thewordclockconnectionsareasdescribedintheformerparagraphs“ProTools

inmusicproduction”.Specialattentionisneededforthetimecodeconnection.Up

tillProTools8therewasnowayofcombiningtheSonyP2“MachineControl”time

codesignalwithanexternalwordsyncliketheCC1.SelectingSonyP2forcedthe

SyncI/Otoslavetovideosync.WithcurrentversionsofProToolsyoucanlock

towordclockwhileatthesametimeusingthevideorefinputontheSyncHDfor

frameedgealignmentofP2sync.However,thisonlyworksforPALandNTSC,not

forhidefrates.Itishopedthatafuturesoftwareupdatewilladdressthis.Inthe

meantime,forhidefproduction,pleaseusethefollowingworkaround.

SincethereisnosuchissuewithLTC,wegettousethreeconnectionstotheSync

HD:wordclock,LTCandSonyP2forpuremachinecontrol.Forclocking,havePro-

Toolsslavetowordclockasdescribedinthismanual.Inthiscasedonotconnect

videosynctotheSyncHD.Thisinsuresthat,ifyouhappentoaccidentallyswitchto

thevideosyncinput,yougetaclearerrormessagetoalertyoutotheproblem.For

timecodeandmachinecontrol,followthenextsteps:

•Softwaresettings(takecaretoexecutethefollowingstepsintheorderde-

scribed):