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Section 10 – Operations related to timecode
10-8 – 1.00 – 06/97
If there is no timecode source, the tape counter
will show all hyphens while the timecode track is
armed.
After starting the generator, you may want to
make other settings, and will therefore have to
change the display screen.
The tape counter shows the timecode from the
generator, but you can use the following proce-
dure to check the frame rate, especially in situa-
tions where you are using the output from the DA-
98’s generator to stripe another tape, etc.
1) Go to menu group E, and move the cursor to
:
2) The bottom line of the display screen will show
the timecode values currently being output by
the generator.
10.5.3 Synthesizing timecode from ABS
timing
When you are synthesizing timecode from ABS,
using any of the following options:
,
, or , as described in
10.2, “Tape timecode mode”, the tape counter dis-
play behaves differently from the way as
described above.
The tape counter will not flash when the timecode
track is armed and the tape is stopped, and it will
not display all hyphens, since the timecode source
is always available.
In this case, you can start recording the timecode
at any time (before or after) the tape has started
moving.
10.5.4 Assembling timecode
You may want to use the assembly function when
the first part of a tape contains timecode, and you
want to stripe the rest of the tape with timecode
that follows on seamlessly from the originally
recorded timecode.
The assembly function reads a few seconds of
timecode from tape and then uses this to jamsync
the internal generator, which then stripes the rest
of the tape.
1) Select
from the
menu (see 10.2.1, “TcTrack setting”).
2) Go to menu group 8, move the cursor to
(timecode record source) and
press
ENTER
:
3) Make sure the tape is rewound to a point which
already contains timecode which can be used as
the source for the rest of the tape.
4) Arm the timecode track (press
TC REC
so that
the indicator is flashing).
The tape counter will show the last timecode read
from tape as a flashing display.
5) Start playing the tape.
As timecode is read from the tape, the tape counter
will show the values read from tape. If the tape
does not contain timecode, the tape counter will
show all hyphens.
6) Start recording when the tape counter is
showing timecode (press the
RECORD
key).
The
TC REC
indicator will light steadily
Timecode will now be laid down in a continuous
stream, starting at the current timecode value. The
tape counter will display continuous timecode
values.
It is also possible to press the
TC REC
key after
starting audio recording.
10.5.5 External timecode sources
The following notes should help you when you
must record timecode on the DA-98 from an
external source (analog or digital). As mentioned
earlier, though, you should only need to record
timecode from an external source when the audio
and timecode tracks have to be transferred