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Chapter 10: Syncing to Tape and Other Devices

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COMMENT: If the MPC60 doesn’t respond properly to the sync

signal, try adjusting the SYNC IN LEVEL control on the rear

panel. Find the lowest setting to which the MPC60 responds,

then increase the level by about 1/4 turn.

COMMENT: When playing a sequence from bar 1 in response to

incoming SMPTE, the timing of the first note in bar 1 will be

slightly late. To get around this problem, insert a blank bar at the

start of the sequence (or song). This will cause the late timing to

occur within the initial blank bar, so that the timing is stable well

before the notes (starting in the second

bar) start playing.

To play back a song (in Song mode) in sync to the SMPTE time

code on tape:

1. Connect the output of the tape track that contains the SMPTE signal to

the SYNC INPUT of the MPC60. Set the SYNC IN LEVEL knob to

about 1/2.

2. In the Tempo/Sync screen, set the Tempo source field to

SEQUENCE. This causes the MPC60 to use the tempo setting that’s

stored within the sequence, so that it will always be remembered.

(This is true even when the sequence is saved to disk and later

recalled, as master tempo settings are only saved in PAR files, not in

ALL files.) Then, set each sequence in your song to the desired

tempo setting. It is important for the MPC60 to remember the tempo

setting because SMPTE timecode does not provide any tempo

information.

3. In the Sync screen, set the Mode field to SMPTE. Press SOFT KEY 1

until it shows <SyncIn=ON>, and set the Frames field to the same

SMPTE frame rate as that of the incoming SMPTE signal. Ignore the

Start field because this start time applies only to active sequences,

not to songs.

4. Press the SONG key and set up your song to play as you want it to. In

the Song screen, set the SMPTE Start field to the SMPTE location

where you want your song to start. If you don’t know, use

00:00:10:00.00. This will cause your song 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 add some new parts in those

first 10 seconds if you should later decide to do so. This setting only

applies to the active song, so be sure that the song you intend to use

is selected before setting this parameter.

5. Play the tape from a point just before the beginning of the SMPTE

timecode. Once the code reaches the start time you have entered in

the SMPTE Start field, the MPC60 will automatically start playing from

the beginning of the song and will not stop until the song has

completed (or the tape recorder is stopped). To stop playback early,

press the STOP key on the MPC60 or stop the tape recorder. To play

in sync from a location in the middle of your song, fast-forward the

tape recorder to any point within the duration of the song and start

playback of the tape. The MPC60 will start playing from the correct

location within the song.

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