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Section 8: Syncing to tape and other devices

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To play back a sequence in sync to SMPTE:

1. Connect the output of the tape recorder track you have just recorded to

the SYNC INPUT of the MPC60.

2. From the PLAY/R,ECORD screen, select the sequence which you

intend to record to tape.

3. Press the TEMPO/SYNC key and the tempo screen will appear:

4. Set the TEMPO SOURCE SELECT field to SEQUENCE. This

causes the MPC60 to use the tempo setting stored within the

sequence, so that it will always be remembered even if the sequence is

saved to disk and later recalled. It is important for the MPC60 to

remember the tempo setting because the SMPTE time code does not

provide its own tempo.

5. Set the FRAMES/SEC field to the same frame rate as the SMPTE time

code which is going to be received. If set to a different frame rate, the

playing tempo will be inaccurate.

6. Press the <Sync Screen> soft key, and the sync screen will

ear:

7. Move the cursor to the upper left field, MODE and select the option

SMPTE.

8. Move the cursor to the SEQUENCE STARTS AT SMPTE# field and

enter the number of the incoming SMPTE location you want your

sequence to start at. If you don't know, use 00:00:10:00.00. This will

cause your sequence to start at a location 10 seconds after the start of

the SMPTE code you recorded in the example above. This will allow

you to record some additional parts to that first 10 seconds if you later

decide to. This setting only applies to the active sequence, so be sure

that the sequence you intend to use is selected before setting this

parameter.

9. Press the MAIN SCREEN key.

10. Set all levels to record the MPC60 to tape.

11. Start the tape recorder recording from a point just before the

innin

of the SMPTE time code. Once the time code has

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