#MIO CONSOLE AND SMPTE CODE#

Until the advent of video recording, there was mechanical sound to film synchronisation. Examples of such systems are traditional FSK (Frequency Shift Key) and the Philip Rees proprietary FSKplus format. In music technology applications, with equipment which is not timecode compatible, you may be able to use a tape sync unit by way of a tempo-relative stripe system. The SMPTE/EBU timecode standard defines the predominant internationally accepted standard for a sync tone and it allows devices to 'chase' or locate to a precise position.

It is desirable that the synchronised devices can join in wherever you start up the sync tone, even if it is not at the beginning of the stripe this is called 'chasing'. An audio tape track on which a sync tone has been recorded is called a 'stripe'. In order to use an audio track to record sync information, the information must be encoded into an audio-compatible signal, called a sync tone. It can, for example, carry an audio signal, that is an electronic analogue of a stream of sound. This is called 'synchronisation' or 'synchronization', which gets shortened to 'sync' or even 'synch'.Ī magnetic tape-recorder track is the region of the tape that is scanned by one recording head element. tape recorder and sequencer) to work together, you may need some means to make sure that they play in time with each other. When you require pieces of audio, video, or music technology equipment (eg.

#MIO CONSOLE AND SMPTE CODE#

Our Time Code tape sync unit, which supported SMPTE (including Drop Frame format) and MIDI Time Code, was called the TS1 and was for over a decade a successful and highly-respected product. My original reason for exploring this subject technically was to develop a low cost MIDI tape sync unit, which was a frequent customer request, and a logical addition to our range of electronic music gadgets.

There is also a concise description of the binary coded decimal (BCD) representation as used in the SMPTE (or EBU) timecode (time code) data word. Some supporting information on the related subjects of colour television standards and field sequences is included.

Other time code variants, such as VITC time-code are also mentioned. This document is a description (mainly technical, but not requiring extensive prior knowledge) of the SMPTE time-code synchronization system, especially the Bi-Phase Mark 'LTC' timecode sync tone which can be recorded onto the audio track of a video tape or onto an audio tape. Synchronisation and SMPTE timecode (time code)

Mio console and smpte