Specifications

MOTU
DIGITAL TIMEPIECE
COMPUTER AUDIO
989
PHOTO - VIDEO - PRO AUDIO
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Digital Synchronization Hub
The Digital Timepiece
synchronizes digital
audio equipment with
knife-edge precision:
MOTU 2408MK3,
Digidesign ProTools systems (without a VSD or SDD), Alesis ADAT (without a BRC),Tascam DA-88 (without an SY-88 or
RC-848), ADAT and DA-88 compatibles, SONY 9-pin video decks, word clock, S/PDIF DAT decks, Digidesign Audiomedia
II & III, NTSC/PAL video (all formats), computer software and digital audio workstations - including support for SMPTE
time code, VITC, MIDI Time Code and MIDI Machine Control.
Until now, phase-locked synchronization between these systems has been difficult or impossible. The Digital Timepiece is the
first synchronizer to lock them all together with a stable, high-resolution time base - with no dithering, rounding, or soft-
ware delays. Choose any one device as the master; all the rest slave precisely and reliably. And drive everything from a MMC
controller, computer sequencer or digital audio workstation.
◆ Universal synchronizer for SMPTE,digital
audio,and video systems
◆ Supplies all components necessary for
accurate,stable synchronization: address
(SMPTE time code location and audio
sample number), time base (word clock),
and machine control (transport and cueing)
◆ Choose any source as the time base master,
and the Digital Timepiece continuously and
simultaneously generates all other synchro-
nization formats to drive all connected
devices in perfect phase lock
◆ Sample accurate phase-lock during play-
back for all word clock devices, including
ProTools
◆ Sample accurate locating for all devices that
support it, including ADATs, DA-88s and
ADAT/DA-88 compatibles
◆ Front panel selection of any time base
includes ADAT, DA-88, MTC, SMPTE
(LTC),Video (VITC),word clock (1x),
Digidesign “superclock” (Word Word
256x), S/PDIF, Control Track, or Internal
◆ Generates extremely stable,high-resolution
time base with custom-designed VLSI tech-
nology and a proprietary high-frequency
phase engine
◆ Fast lock-up time
◆ No dithering, rounding,or software delays
for pristine sound
◆ Eliminates the need for expensive synchro-
nization add-on equipment, such as the
Digidesign SMPTE Slave Driver,Video
Slave Driver,Alesis BRC, Tascam SY-88
card, and more
◆ Supports MIDI Machine Control - serves as
either an MMC master or slave, distributes
MMC transport commands from a
sequencer, or any MMC transport con-
troller to all other devices, including SONY
9-pin VCRs, ADAT and DA-88
◆ Proprietary control track sync format pro-
vides address,time base, and machine con-
trol - allows multiple DTP's to be synchro-
nized together, also allows support for
future devices
◆ 44.1 or 48 kHz samples rates with 0.1%
pull-up
Video Features
◆ Supports SONY 9-pin
◆ Video sync generator
◆ Reads and writes VITC
◆ SMPTE burn-in and status display
◆ Sequencer-triggered streamers with full-
screen punch
◆ 0.1% pull-up/pull-down at either 44.1 or 48
KHz for drop-frame conversion
FEATURES
Supported Devices
◆ Alesis ADAT or any other ADAT-sync
compatible device (without Alesis BRC)
◆ Tascam DA-88 and DA-38 (without an
SY-88 sync card or RC-848 controller)
◆ Digidesign hard disk recording systems
such as Pro Tools III and Pro Tools
Project (without a SMPTE Slave Driver
or Video Slave Driver)
◆ Any digital audio recording system
that can slave to (and, optionally,
generate) standard word clock
◆ S/PDIF-compatible audio devices, such
as DAT decks and hard disk recording
cards like Digidesign’s Audiomedia III
- includes S/PDIF thru button on front
panel.
◆ SONY 9-pin compatible video decks
◆ MIDI Machine Control (MMC) devices
◆ Computer software or any hardware
system that can slave (or generate)
SMPTE Time Code (LTC or VITC in
all formats, including 29.97 drop and
non-drop)
◆ Video (VITC and Video Black)
◆ Any devices that slave to (or generate)
MIDI Time Code (MTC)