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Published on 11/26/05 at 04:06
Best value:
Excellent
I needed a generator to control a SMPTE LTC Optifile Tetra automation, and I also need new ports noon.
External transformer, new face less garish than the picture (now gray / black stylish enough), the presence of port to host very convenient for irreducible old mac / atari / old pc.
The MIDI is class 8 y'en no worries.
As against the claimed on the SMPTE misled me:
it says "total management of SMPTE in / out ', but in fact the SMPTE generator is only used a magnetic tracker. It is impossible to use the computer as a master of swinging SMPTE sync.
UTILIZATION
I mean you can receive SMPTE, which is directly converted to Midi Time Code, which synchronizes any sequencer (the latter in slave mode).
on the other hand, to generate SMPTE you must press the button "Write" of the beast, the SMPTE scrolls (the starting TC is adjustable in one application dedicated to midisport). But if you want the MTC to SMPTE sequencer so the midisport: impossible.
Tip: you must connect the SMPTE output on an audio sequencer, and record the signal on a track. We must put the sequencer in slave mode to track TC TC TC are synchronized with the sequencer.
Then when a "tracker" the sequencer, it returns to the master, and just leave the signal (only) by TC track a separate output of your audio interface, and swing it in the device synchronize (automation Optifile for me). This is the most reliable solution, but it monopolizes a track and an output (mono).
I'm pretty disappointed with this detail, it says very little directly from the camera transform know SMPTE LTC to MTC, and often there are problems slip ...
OVERALL OPINION
Good overall opinion, they should have been more specific about the ability to manage the SMPTE is limited false.
Good quality / price ratio, the MIDISPORT are considered, I have a second, 2x2, 5 years, it worked fine, no problems. Midiman drivers are stable (Mac OS X) and-simple.
External transformer, new face less garish than the picture (now gray / black stylish enough), the presence of port to host very convenient for irreducible old mac / atari / old pc.
The MIDI is class 8 y'en no worries.
As against the claimed on the SMPTE misled me:
it says "total management of SMPTE in / out ', but in fact the SMPTE generator is only used a magnetic tracker. It is impossible to use the computer as a master of swinging SMPTE sync.
UTILIZATION
I mean you can receive SMPTE, which is directly converted to Midi Time Code, which synchronizes any sequencer (the latter in slave mode).
on the other hand, to generate SMPTE you must press the button "Write" of the beast, the SMPTE scrolls (the starting TC is adjustable in one application dedicated to midisport). But if you want the MTC to SMPTE sequencer so the midisport: impossible.
Tip: you must connect the SMPTE output on an audio sequencer, and record the signal on a track. We must put the sequencer in slave mode to track TC TC TC are synchronized with the sequencer.
Then when a "tracker" the sequencer, it returns to the master, and just leave the signal (only) by TC track a separate output of your audio interface, and swing it in the device synchronize (automation Optifile for me). This is the most reliable solution, but it monopolizes a track and an output (mono).
I'm pretty disappointed with this detail, it says very little directly from the camera transform know SMPTE LTC to MTC, and often there are problems slip ...
OVERALL OPINION
Good overall opinion, they should have been more specific about the ability to manage the SMPTE is limited false.
Good quality / price ratio, the MIDISPORT are considered, I have a second, 2x2, 5 years, it worked fine, no problems. Midiman drivers are stable (Mac OS X) and-simple.