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Synchronization
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“d” stands for “drop frame”. In “drop frame” formats, cer-
tain frames are left out according to a regular pattern. To
distinguish between them, formats without drop frame
are sometimes referred to as “nd” or “non drop”.
Auto Detect Format of MTC: With this option the in-
coming timecode is analyzed and the correct frame rate is
set automatically. In general you should leave this option
switched on.
Please note that it is not possible to automatically distin-
guish between MTC frame rates 29.97 and 30, because;
1. the MTC standard does not allow a distinction, and
2. a measured rate of 30 fps could also be 29.97 fps
timecode running too fast, and vice versa.
MAGIX midi studio generation 6 automatically interprets
frame rates with “approx. 30 fps” as either 29.97 df or 30
nd, depending on whether or not the drop frame format is
used. This interpretation will usually be correct, because
only these two formats are actually used as a standard.
“Auto Detect…” only switches to 29.97 df or 30 nd if, pre-
viously one of the other conventional formats was set. If
you want to synchronize MAGIX midi studio generation 6
to one of the unconventional frame rates, you have to de-
fine the format manually. This setting will not be altered
by “Auto Detect…”.
SMPTE Offset: This is where you set the SMPTE offset
for the song. Because songs do not always have to start
precisely at bar 1 you can select any bar position to be
played at the set SMPTE time.
The preset is 1/1/1/1 at 1:00:00:00. The SMPTE offset
1:00:00:00 is normally used, because it allows you to pre-
run some timecode.
Audio
This page of the synchronization dialog window contains
all the relevant parameters for synchronizing Audio and
MIDI.
Frame rate Typical applications
24 Video
25 Audio (Europe) and PAL Video
(30 d) Unusable (not real-time)
30 Audio (USA) and NTSC Video (s/w)
29.97 d Audio (USA) and NTSC Video (color)
29.97 Extremely rare (not real-time)