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Included Effect Plug-ins
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Offset timecode display
This display is only available if Link to Transport is activated. It allows you to
set an offset with regard to the timecode used by your host application. The
offset affects the generated SMPTE signal, the current cursor position
remains unaffected.
For example, use this when playing back video using an external device, where
the video starts at a different timecode position than in your host. A scenario
could be as follows: You have placed the same video several times on the
timeline, in order to record different audio versions for that video one after the
other. However, since video playback is done via an external machine
(replaying the same video), you need an offset to match the different timecode
positions in your host with the (unchanging) start position on the external
machine.
Generate Code
If this button is activated, the plug-in generates SMPTE timecode in free run
mode, meaning that it outputs continuous timecode independent from the
Transport panel. Use this mode if you want to stripe tape with SMPTE.
Link to Transport
If this button is activated, the timecode is synchronized to the Transport panel.
Timecode in Still Mode
If this button is activated, the plug-in also generates SMPTE timecode in stop
mode. However, note that this is not continuous timecode, but timecode
generated at the current cursor position. For example, this can be useful when
working with video editing software that interprets the absence of timecode
as a stop command. By using this option, the video software can enter still
mode instead so that a still frame is shown instead of a blank screen.
NOTE
To change one of the timecode values (main and offset timecode displays),
double-click on any of the timecode fields and enter a new value.
Synchronizing a Device to Your Host
PROCEDURE
1. Use the SMPTE Generator as an insert effect on an audio track, and route that
track to a separate output.
Make sure that no other insert or send effect is used on this track. Deactivate any EQ
settings for this track.
2. Connect the corresponding output on the audio hardware to the timecode
input on the device that you want to synchronize to your host application.
Make all necessary settings for the external device so that it synchronizes to incoming
timecode.