Instruction Manual

834 Synchronizing Your Gear
SMPTE/MIDI Time Code Synchronization
For more information on frame rate time formats, see the documentation for
your time code hardware.
Refer to the documentation for your MIDI interface or external MIDI device
for additional information about SMPTE/MTC.
To Use SONAR as the Master MTC Generator
1. Configure the clocks on each external device that you want to
synchronize to receive SMPTE/MTC. Make sure they’re connected to
MIDI outputs from your computer or MIDI interface.
2. Click or on SONAR’s Sync toolbar to use the Internal or Audio
clock source (to display the Sync toolbar, use the Views-Toolbars-
Sync command).
3. Use the Options-Project command to open the Project Options dialog.
4. On the Sync tab, check the Transmit MTC checkbox (you can also click
the Transmit MTC button on the Sync toolbar).
5. In the Frame Rate field (it’s just below the Transmit MTC checkbox),
choose the frame rate that your project uses (see Frame Rates, if
necessary).
6. In the MTC Output Ports field, check off the outputs that you want to
send MTC on (the outputs your external devices are connected to).
7. Click OK.
SONAR saves your sync and MTC output port settings with your project.
However, output ports are saved by their number only, not their name.
Their number is determined by the order in which they appear in the MIDI
Devices dialog under Outputs (Options-MIDI Devices command). If you
change the order of devices in this dialog, the MTC output ports in your
project will retain the same numbers, but those numbers will now refer to
different outputs. Also, if you reduce the number of highlighted outputs in
the MIDI Devices dialog, and the MTC ports you chose have higher
numbers than what are currently highlighted in the MIDI Devices dialog,
SONAR does not substitute new port numbers. Also, SONAR does not
send MTC if SONAR’s Tempo Ratio buttons are set to any value other than
1.
To Configure SONAR to Sync to SMPTE/MTC
1. Click the SMPTE/MTC mode button in the Sync toolbar.
2. Select Options-Global and click on the Timecode tab.
3. Select one of the following options: