User guide

MOTU SMPTE CONSOLE
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MOTU
The UltraLite-mk3 cannot freewheel address
without clock. Therefore, the Freewheel Address
setting will always be lower than or equal to the
Freewheel Clock setting, and both menus will
update as needed, depending on what you choose.
The ‘Infinite’ freewheel setting
The Infinite freewheel setting in the Freewheel
Clock menu causes the UltraLite-mk3 to freewheel
indefinitely, until it receives readable time code
again. To make it stop, click the Stop Freewheeling
button.
Stop Freewheeling
The Stop Freewheeling button stops the system if it
is currently freewheeling.
GENERATOR SECTION
The Generator section (on the right-hand side of
the window in Figure 11-1) provides settings for
generating SMPTE time code.
Level
Turn the level knob to adjust the volume of the
SMPTE time code being generated by the
UltraLite-mk3. The level knob disappears when
the Destination is set to None.
Tach light
The Tach light blinks once per second when the
UltraLite-mk3 is generating SMPTE time code.
Destination
In the Destination menu, choose either SMPTE (to
generate time code) or None (to turn it off).
Stripe
Click this button to start or stop time code. To set
the start time, click directly on the SMPTE time
code display in the Generator section and type in
the desired start time. Or drag vertically on the
numbers.
Figure 11-2: Setting the time code start time.
Regenerate
This option, when enabled, causes the generator to
generate time code whenever the UltraLite-mk3 is
receiving SMPTE time code.
RESOLVING CUBASE OR NUENDO TO
SMPTE TIME CODE
To resolve your UltraLite-mk3 and Cubase or
Nuendo directly to SMPTE time code with no
additional synchronization devices, use the setup
shown in Figure 11-3 on page 106. Make sure the
Clock Source setting in the MOTU Audio Console
window is set to SMPTE. Also, make sure that
you’ve connected an LTC input signal to an
UltraLite-mk3 analog input, and that you’ve
specified that input in the SMPTE Setup.
Click here to edit
the start time, or
drag vertically on
the numbers.