Sync mode

If you activate “Use External Synchronization” on the Transport menu, the following happens:

• Transport commands are routed to the machine control destination output as specified in the Project Synchronization Setup dialog.

  Locate, Play, Stop, and Record commands will now be sent to an external device.

• Nuendo awaits incoming timecode from the chosen timecode source defined in the Project Synchronization Setup dialog in order to play.

  Nuendo will detect incoming timecode, locate to its current position, and start playback in sync with the incoming timecode.

In a typical scenario, an external tape machine, such as a VTR, has its timecode output connected to Nuendo. Nuendo is sending machine control commands to the deck. When Sync is activated and you click Play on the Transport panel, a play command is sent to the VTR. The VTR in turn starts playback, sending timecode back to Nuendo. Nuendo then synchronizes to that incoming timecode.

If the “Machine follows mouse edits” option is activated and you change the project cursor position with the mouse or key command, machine control commands are sent to the remote deck so it will locate to the new position.

In this way, synchronized operation is somewhat invisible to the user. Just go about editing and mixing while the synchronized devices chase all movements of the cursor automatically.

Nuendo’s Edit Mode will take advantage of this feature by locating the VTR to the start of the first selected event.