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Using ClockWorks™ for Windows with the Digital Timepiece OVERVIEW RUNNING CLOCKWORKS About clockWorks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Familiarity with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installing ClockWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
■ The Digital Timepiece is not connected to the MIDI interface, or it is connected improperly. Make sure your cable connection(s) to the Digital Timepiece match Figure 1. Then choose Refresh Device from the File menu. Trying again If you make any adjustments to your hardware, you can make ClockWorks retry a handshake with the Digital Timepiece by choosing Refresh Device from the File menu. Once the handshake is successfully completed, you should see ClockWorks open up as shown in Figure 2 on page 4.
Rename Hardware Lets you modify the name of the currently selected device in the Device List window. Reset to Factory Settings Restores the factory default settings in the Digital Timepiece. SAVING AND LOADING CONFIGURATIONS ClockWorks lets you save the entire contents of the Digital Timepiece’s memory as a file on disk. The file can later be opened and modified at any time. This allows you to store an unlimited number of Digital Timepiece setups.
Rehearse This mode causes MMC devices to act as if they are recording, punching in, punching out, etc. but no recording actually occurs. ☛ Make sure that your MMC device supports rehearse mode before attempting to use this record feature. If it doesn’t, rehearse mode may actually record. Consult the manual for your MMC device for details. Record This mode allows recording on the currently record-enabled track(s) for any MMC device.
Status section The status section provides detailed information about what state the Digital Timepiece is in as a synchronizer. The following sections provide a brief explanation of each term. Figure 8: Frame Lock and other check box options. If the Frame lock option is turned on (checked), and the Digital Timepiece detects more than five frames in a row that are not continuous with respect to previous frames received, then it will stop converting altogether. Figure 7: The Status section.
Auto-detect input frame rate When this option is checked, the Digital Timepiece will automatically detect the frame rate of incoming SMPTE time code (VITC, LTC or MTC). In most situations, this is desirable because it ensures that the Digital Timepiece is properly interpreting and synchronizing to the time code. If, however, you find yourself in a situation where you would like to set the frame rate manually, uncheck this option and set the frame rate in ClockWorks.
Offset external timebase by This setting lets you create an offset, positive or negative, between the time code generated by the Digital Timepiece and the time code to which it is resolved. Click the +/- button to create a positive (later) or negative (earlier) offset. For example, if you create an offset of +1 hour, and you feed the Digital Timepiece time code starting at two hours (2:00:00:00), it will generate time code starting at 3 hours (3:00:00:00).
Adjusting the position of the video display To adjust the position of the video display on your video monitor, drag any edge of the text box as shown in Figure 11. Adjusting the contrast The Text attributes controls shown in Figure 11 let you adjust the amount of black border around the white overlay text. Increase the border in situations where the white text requires more contrast with a white (or light) background.
