does a smpte signal have to be balanced?

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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.
 
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........
 
garbagelarge said:
does a smpte signal have to be balanced?
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You mean SMPTE time code, I assume? Because SMPTE is a standards body. SMPTE signal to me means color bars. :D
 
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! :eek:
 
SonicAlbert said:
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! :eek:
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I like watching VITC leaking into the picture on an improperly calibrated monitor, personally---white, moving glow at the top of the screen. Lovely.
 
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