does a smpte signal have to be balanced?

[garbagelarge]

does a smpte signal have to be balanced?

 

[Track Rat]

........No.

 

[SonicAlbert]

Agreed, no it doesn't. You just want it to be a clean loud signal, but not loud enough to distort. A clean signal with good level, that's it.

 

[garbagelarge]

thanks

thanks so much - concise and clear

 

[MadAudio]

If you're recording the SMPTE code to analog, you want the level to be at -10dBVU. At least that's what they emphasized at audio school........

 

[dgatwood]

does a smpte signal have to be balanced?

You mean SMPTE time code, I assume? Because SMPTE is a standards body. SMPTE signal to me means color bars.

 

[SonicAlbert]

Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers.

When I think of color bars I think of......color bars. SMPTE has always meant the time code thing to me. Just an affection for that lovely sound I guess. Nothing like a little SMPTE time code bleeding into the rest of the mix!

 

[dgatwood]

Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers.

When I think of color bars I think of......color bars. SMPTE has always meant the time code thing to me. Just an affection for that lovely sound I guess. Nothing like a little SMPTE time code bleeding into the rest of the mix!

I like watching VITC leaking into the picture on an improperly calibrated monitor, personally---white, moving glow at the top of the screen. Lovely.