crx091081gb
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Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
#958874 - 14/12/11 02:23 AM
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I'm trying to sync my DAW to my Atari using SMPTE. I'm running Cubase 3.02 and a Midex+.
No matter how I set the 'Synchronization' settings I can't seem to get a SMPTE signal from
my Midex+ when Cubase's transport is running. I know the Midex+ works because I can click
'start' in 'write SMPTE' and watch my MOTU's SMPTE console tick along.
Is there
a way to make Cubase generate SMPTE on the fly as it's playing my stuff or have I
misunderstood the way these things work?
Am I supposed to run SMPTE off the DAW
to keep the Atari in sync?
Can I do both?
Please help.
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Exalted Wombat
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: crx091081gb]
#958876 - 14/12/11 03:12 AM
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I think the idea was to generate SMPTE in the Midex+, record it to a track of your tape
machine, then use the signal back from tape to clock the system.
Can't you use
MIDI clock to do what you need? Did the Atari support Midi Time Code?
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Neo-Classical Guitar...
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: Exalted Wombat]
#959461 - 18/12/11 01:07 AM
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MTC MIDI Time Code is what I used with my setup during the 1990s, with the Atari as the
slave device.
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The Elf
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: crx091081gb]
#959471 - 18/12/11 08:53 AM
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Quote crx091081gb:
Am I supposed
to run SMPTE off the DAW to keep the Atari in sync?
Yes. Record the SMPTE signal to your DAW and then run it back into the
Atari. That's the way we used to do it. Lordy, it was all kinds of fun...  
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David Etheridge
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: The Elf]
#959475 - 18/12/11 09:13 AM
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Quote The Elf:
That's the
way we used to do it. Lordy, it was all kinds of fun...
It still is!   
Dave.
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Lots of Ataris which keep on going, 12 Kurzweil 1000 modules, a bunch of hardware synths. Still recording to tape -the old ways are best.....
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The Elf
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: David Etheridge]
#959478 - 18/12/11 09:16 AM
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Quote David Etheridge:
Quote The Elf:
That's
the way we used to do it. Lordy, it was all kinds of fun...
It still is!
Dave.
Sooner you than me,
mate! NEVER AGAIN!!! 
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David Etheridge
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: The Elf]
#959613 - 19/12/11 10:06 AM
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Quote The Elf:
Quote David Etheridge:
Quote The Elf:
That's
the way we used to do it. Lordy, it was all kinds of fun...
It still is!
Dave.
Sooner you than me,
mate! NEVER AGAIN!!!
For why? As long as Midex/Cubase
puts out a healthy signal direct to tape, and can then read it back it's virtually twit
proof.
I still use that system but with Notator/Unitor and it's ideal and hassle
free.
Why shouldn't it be the same with a DAW?
Best wishes,
Dave.
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Lots of Ataris which keep on going, 12 Kurzweil 1000 modules, a bunch of hardware synths. Still recording to tape -the old ways are best.....
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crx091081gb
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Re: Atari Cubase Midex SMPTE out
[Re: crx091081gb]
#972418 - 26/02/12 03:31 PM
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Cheers, in the end I realised MTC was what I needed. I sync the atari to the PC and it
seems happy enough. I thought my MOTU would output SMPTE sync on a dedicated output but I
think this must be a mac only feature as neither sonar nor live seem to support this
feature. MTC works well enough though.
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