Personal music studio

In a personal music studio, the user might have the need of synchronizing with an external recording device such as a portable hard disk recorder used for live remote recordings.

In this example, MIDI will be used for timecode and machine control while the audio clock will be handled by Lightpipe digital audio connections.

• If “Use External Synchronization” is activated in the Transport menu, Cubase sends MMC commands to the hard disk recorder.

  Cubase can remotely start playback of the recorder.

• The hard disk recorder is using audio clock from Cubase’s audio interface as the speed reference.

  It is also possible for Cubase to use the audio clock from the recorder. The audio clock is carried over the Lightpipe digital audio connection that also carries audio signals.

• The hard disk recorder sends back MTC to Cubase.

  When the recorder begins playing, MTC is sent back to Cubase which will sync to that timecode.