Midi Time Code confusion!

[WholeTone]

Can someone please explain MTC to me. What is it for? Is it similar to SMPTE? Do you need special hardware for it?

 

[AlChuck]

Yes, it's similar to SMPTE. You don't need special hardware to use it with MIDI devices, like using the time code from a sequence on your computer to control the sequencer in a drum machine, for example... but to use it to synch to tape or other SMPTE-savvy devices you need a box that will convert between MTC and SMPTE.

 

[ssscientist]

You don't need special hardware to use it with MIDI devices

You do, however, need the midi devices in question to be equipped to be an MTC master or slave --- or both.

 

[WholeTone]

Thank you.