Smpte--->mtc Program??

[gungho]

Hi all

I need to sync a Digital Studio Workstation to an Analog 2” 24Trk Multi-Track Tape Machine.
To do this I must stripe Track 24 of the tape with SMPTE TIME CODE (Bi-Phase Modulation Waveform)


Does anyone know of a program that will accept SMPTE TIME CODE via the Audio inputs of a sound card… convert it to MTC and spit it out via the midi out??

A program that accepts MIDI CLOCK (Song Position Pointer) and spits out MTC would be of great use too. As I have Pocket Sync (FSK-->Midi Clock)

Thx

Gung.

[ametth]

www.jlcooper.com makes products like this I think. I havent been there in a while. But they may have something. Good luck.

[regebro]

I can't find any such product, but anyway, I'm pretty sure you would get horrendous latency. Get a sync box instead.

Now, having said that I must ask the following question. You say that you must stripe the tape with SMPTE. My question is why? There are loads of sync options availiable, sure SMPTE is probably the best, but why the "must"?

[gungho]

As far as striping Analog Tape goes I only know of

SMPTE---->MTC

AND

FSK---->Midi-Clock

FSK is fine for midi instruments.... NOT for digital recording systems.

Why must I use SMPTE... SIMPLE!.. it's a STANDARD used in almost all DECENT analog recording studios


PPS-2 looks fine

Thx for your help

gung.

[regebro]

OH, so the "Digital Studio Workstation" you mentioned is a digital recorder. You are going to use both digital recording and 24 channels of analog. OK, got it!