miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I know some of you here use or have used the Micro Lynx to sync tape machines together...which is pretty straightforward with a 2-transport Micro Lynx.
My question is more for those who use or have used the ML to sync a tape deck with a DAW.
I know we've have similar discussions in the past....how to, and should the DAW be the master or the tape deck...etc....and while a Micro Lynx certainly simplifies those things and provides a more stable synchronizer for all pieces involved, there appears to still be a need for more than just the basic DAW/MTC and Tape/SMPTE stuff for absolutely accurate/stable sync.
In doing some research, I am seeing that some people suggesting that the best-case scenario is to feed video black-burst to the Micro Lynx and have that act as the reference clock...then feed Word Clock from the the Micro Lynx (assuming it has the ACG card installed) to your converters.
There's also been some comments that the internal clock in the Micro Lynx isn't stable enough.
Now....some of those comments may be related more to a video-post situation where tape and DAW are part of the equation, and hence the recommendation to use video black-burst as the "house reference"...but I'm wondering if that really is the best-case scenario for synchronizing DAW and tape deck when there is no video involved?
There was also the recommendation to feed BB to the Lynx while striping TC to the tape deck from the Lynx, otherwise if you add the BB afterwords, it's not going to be perfect sync.
All this may not be as critical in an audio-only SOP, and I'm thinking that without the BB as house reference, it's not going to be an issue just letting the internal clock of the Lynx be the reference...but I just want to be sure.
I mean....getting a black-burst generator is not that big a deal...they are not that expensive....just not sure if it's going to be needed?
The talk also mentioned that with the BB, and striping the tape while feeding BB to the Lynx...will allow you to use the DAW as the master and be able to maintain sample-accurate lock throughout....and that with the BB, stripping the tape while the deck is running free, will provide an almost W&F free operation once the deck is locked to the other pieces...that the SMPTE generated from the Lynx *with BB as reference* will ensure that.
Thoughts...?
I'll be right back, just going to get a couple of aspirins....
My question is more for those who use or have used the ML to sync a tape deck with a DAW.
I know we've have similar discussions in the past....how to, and should the DAW be the master or the tape deck...etc....and while a Micro Lynx certainly simplifies those things and provides a more stable synchronizer for all pieces involved, there appears to still be a need for more than just the basic DAW/MTC and Tape/SMPTE stuff for absolutely accurate/stable sync.
In doing some research, I am seeing that some people suggesting that the best-case scenario is to feed video black-burst to the Micro Lynx and have that act as the reference clock...then feed Word Clock from the the Micro Lynx (assuming it has the ACG card installed) to your converters.
There's also been some comments that the internal clock in the Micro Lynx isn't stable enough.
Now....some of those comments may be related more to a video-post situation where tape and DAW are part of the equation, and hence the recommendation to use video black-burst as the "house reference"...but I'm wondering if that really is the best-case scenario for synchronizing DAW and tape deck when there is no video involved?
There was also the recommendation to feed BB to the Lynx while striping TC to the tape deck from the Lynx, otherwise if you add the BB afterwords, it's not going to be perfect sync.
All this may not be as critical in an audio-only SOP, and I'm thinking that without the BB as house reference, it's not going to be an issue just letting the internal clock of the Lynx be the reference...but I just want to be sure.
I mean....getting a black-burst generator is not that big a deal...they are not that expensive....just not sure if it's going to be needed?
The talk also mentioned that with the BB, and striping the tape while feeding BB to the Lynx...will allow you to use the DAW as the master and be able to maintain sample-accurate lock throughout....and that with the BB, stripping the tape while the deck is running free, will provide an almost W&F free operation once the deck is locked to the other pieces...that the SMPTE generated from the Lynx *with BB as reference* will ensure that.
Thoughts...?
I'll be right back, just going to get a couple of aspirins....