Fostex VR800 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
VR800 Owner’s Manual (MIDI Synchronization)
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Connection to external equipment
Connect MIDI OUT of the computer (with MIDI interface) with MIDI IN of VR800. The computer sequence software
complying to MMC/MTC must be activated.
Setup of external equipment
Sequence software is setup as follows.
* Set for output of MTC.
* Set frame rate of the MTC to be output.
* Confirm start time of the tune.
# Refer to Owners Manual of the respective equipment for details.
Setup of VR800
1.Set to same frame rate as the sequence software by the SETUP mode "MTC Frame rate setting."
# Refer to page "96", SETUP mode "MTC Frame rate setting" for operating procedure and details.
2.Set to the desired mode by the SETUP mode "MTC offset mode setting."
# Refer to page "97", SETUP mode "MTC offset mode setting" for operating procedure and details.
External MIDI equipment sync system by the slave mode
Up to this point, synchronization with external MIDI equipment has been explained with the VR800 as the master and
MIDI equipment as the slave but depending on the slave mode setting, the MIDI equipment can be set as the master and
VR800 as the slave.
<Note>
External MIDI equipment which can be used as the master is limited to those which can output MTC.
* Initialize VR800.
* Confirm the program and sampling frequency.
* In the following, the explanation will be on the assumption that a computer (with sequence software) is used.
SHIFT P.EDIT
LOC MEM
RECORD
STOP
PLAY REW F FWD
AUTO PUNCH
CLIPBOARD
AUTO RTN
OUTIN
ENDOUTINSTART
EJECT
ACCESS
5678
OL
24
12
6
0
1234
RECORD TRACK
4321 5
678
EXECUTE
/ YES
EXIT
/ NO
DISP SEL
UNDO / REDO
EDITHOLD/
STORE
SETUP
JOG
VARI PITCH SCRUBLOCATEAUTO PLAY
PGM SEL
AUTO RTN
TIME BASE SEL
SHUTTLE
LOCATE REC END
LOCATE ABS 0
CLIPBOARD PLAY
PUNCH
AUTO
OPTICAL
A SYNC
PREVIEW
MIDI IN
SLAVE
Computer
with MMC/MTC
soft ware
MIDI OUT
MASTER