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ABOUT THE DIGITAL TIMEPIECE

Synchronization ﬁrsts

The Digital Timepiece offers several synchroni-

zation ﬁrsts. For example, you can now

synchronize a stack of Alesis ADAT™ recorders

with a stack of Tascam DA-88™ recorders with

‘plug-and-play’ ease and sample-accurate timing.

The Digital Timepiece also works with other

devices that support the ADAT and DA-88

proprietary sync protocols, such as the Panasonic

MDA-1™, SONY PCM-800™ and Tascam

DA-38™.

The components of sync

The Digital Timepiece supplies all of the necessary

components for stable, sample-accurate synchro-

nization: address (SMPTE time code location and

audio sample number), time base (word clock),

and machine control (for transport and cueing).

You choose an external source — or the Digital

Timepiece itself — as a time base and address

master, and then the Digital Timepiece

continuously generates all other synchronization

formats, locking together all connected devices

with frame-accurate timing. Sample-accurate

timing is achieved with devices that allow it, such

as ADATs and DA-88s.

The ﬂexibility you need

The Digital Timepiece is more ﬂexible than most

synchronizers because it allows you to choose

different master sources for time base, address and

transport, as best ﬁts your studio setup. For

example, you could choose house sync video as the

master time base, the Digital Timepiece as the

address (time code) master, and your computer

software as the transport master.

All standard digital audio sync formats

Digital audio synchronization formats supported

include word clock, Digidesign 256x ‘superclock’

and S/PDIF. These industry standard formats allow

the Digital Timepiece to synchronize a wide variety

of digital audio systems, including Digidesign Pro

Tools™ 4.0, Pro Tools Project™, stand-alone hard

disk recorders, digital mixers, computer-based

digital audio workstations, S/PDIF devices (such as

DAT recorders) and Digidesign’s Audiomedia™ II

and III cards.

Expensive add-ons are not needed

Because the Digital Timepiece directly supports

third-party synchronization formats like

‘superclock’ and ADAT Sync, it eliminates the need

for expensive synchronization add-on equipment

such as Digidesign’s SMPTE Slave Driver™, the

Digidesign Video Slave Driver™, Alesis BRC™,

Tascam SY-88™ sync card and others. The Digital

Timepiece dramatically undercuts the cost and

setup overhead of these other devices while

offering most of the same features in a compact,

efﬁcient, single rack-space unit.

All SMPTE time code formats

The Digital Timepiece can also generate and slave

to all forms of SMPTE time code, including LTC,

VITC and MTC (MIDI Time Code). All SMPTE

frame formats are supported when generating and

reading time code, including 29.97 drop and non-

drop for NTSC video applications. These SMPTE

sync features allow the Digital Timepiece to

synchronize with computers, analog tape decks,

stand-alone hard disk recorders, MIDI devices,

and virtually anything that can either generate or

slave to SMPTE or MIDI Time Code.

MIDI Machine Control

The Digital Timepiece supports MIDI Machine

Control (MMC) transport and record functions.

These features allow you to control your entire rig

from a single source (such as your MMC-

compatible computer software), eliminating the

need for expensive, dedicated hardware control

surface add-ons such as the Alesis BRC™ and

Tascam RC-848™ for basic machine control tasks.

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