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CHAPTER

10 Digital Timepiece & Other

Sequencers

OVERVIEW

If you have another sequencer, we strongly urge

you to switch to Performer or Digital Performer.

(Sorry. We couldn’t help that one.)

But if you decide to stick with what you have, you

can still enjoy many of the features the Digital

Timepiece has to offer.

This chapter applies to sequencers running on any

computer platform (Mac, Windows, SGI, etc.)

Getting the Digital Timepiece to work with your

sequencer involves the following:

■ Getting your sequencer to communicate with

the Digital Timepiece

■ Slaving your sequencer to MIDI Time Code

generated by the Digital Timepiece

■ Cueing, starting and stopping the Digital

Timepiece from your sequencer’s transport

controls

■ Sending record-enable commands and other

MMC record functions from your sequencer to

devices connected to the Digital Timepiece

■ Triggering video streamers from your sequencer

(if it supports Mark of the Unicorn’s Video Time

Piece streamer implementation)

Establishing communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Slaving your sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Using your sequencer as transport master. . . . .76

MMC record commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION

The Digital Timepiece is a standard MIDI device

that can be connected to a MIDI interface. Just be

sure to connect it bidirectionally (both MIDI IN

and MIDI OUT) as shown in Figure 3-3 and

Figure 3-5 on page 15 so that there is two-way

communication between your sequencer and the

Digital Timepiece.

If you have a Macintosh, you can alternately

connect the Digital Timepiece directly to one of the

Mac’s two serial ports as shown in Figure 3-2 on

page 15.

Once you’ve made the hardware connections,

establish MIDI communication between your

sequencer and the Digital Timepiece in the same

fashion that your sequencer does so for any MIDI

device.

If you’ve connected the Digital Timepiece directly

to a Macintosh, treat it as a standard 1 Mhz MIDI

interface in your sequencer.

If you are using your sequencer with OMS, refer to

chapter 11, “Digital Timepiece & OMS” (page 79)

for details about how to add the Digital Timepiece

to your OMS setup.

SLAVING YOUR SEQUENCER

In order to synchronize the two, you must slave

your sequencer to the Digital Timepiece. Follow

the normal procedure in your sequencer for slaving

it to MIDI Time Code.

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