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USING OTHER DEVICES AS A CONTROLLER
We recommend trying to set up MMC as described in “A
recommended setup for MMC” on page 65. However, you
may have an MMC device, such as an MMC-equipped
reel-to-reel tape deck, that does not have the ability to be a
time code slave and therefore needs to be the time code
master. In this case, you need to set up your Express
interface so that it knows that this device will be the master
instead of the computer.
If the device transmits LTC, you can simply connect it to
your Express interface’s SMPTE input and set your Express
interface’s master sync mode to LTC QuikLock.
If the device only transmits MIDI Time Code (MTC),
make the connection shown below in Figure 8-3 and set
your Express interface’s master sync mode to MTC.
Figure 8-3: If you have an MMC device that can only transmit time code (and
cannot be a time code slave), then you can make it the time code master by
routing MTC to your Express interface (MTC In) as shown here. It is better to use
LTC, though, or better yet: your Express interface as the time code master. Both
are a more stable time base than MTC.
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