Setting up Synchronization for a Personal Music Studio (Cubase Pro only)
In a personal music studio, you might want to synchronize with an external recording device such as a portable hard disk recorder used for live remote recordings.
Prerequisite
Use MIDI connections for timecode and machine control and Lightpipe digital audio connections for the audio clock and audio signals.
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Cubase should send MMC commands to the hard disk recorder and remotely start playback of the recorder.
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The hard disk recorder should send back MTC to Cubase. When the recorder starts playing, MTC is sent back to Cubase, which will sync to that timecode.
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The hard disk recorder uses audio clock from the audio interface of Cubase as the speed reference.
Procedure
Result
The hard disk recorder starts playback and sends MTC to Cubase. Once Cubase syncs to MTC, the status on the Transport panel changes to Lock and the current frame rate of incoming MTC is shown.