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Dumping a 16 track session into DP. How to slave DP?

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I have a friend coming over with a Fostex 16 track recorder and he wants to dump via lightpipe into DP for further tracking.
Using only 8 tracks at a time obviously with ADAT, is there a way to slave DP to adat or someother timecode so that when I dump the first 8 tracks and then go back to dump the 9-16 tracks, it'll all line up and I don't need to try and manually line all the tracks up?

I'm no master at timecode and master/slave stuff and would like to know if there's a possibility to do all this?

ps, he's on his way NOW ... so ANY help is appreciated! I wanna look like I knew ALL this stuff beforehand! :headbang:
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Re: Dumping a 16 track session into DP. How to slave DP?

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wonder wrote:...a friend coming over with a Fostex 16 track recorder and he wants to dump via lightpipe into DP for further tracking.
..
Wonder, I'm also not a Master/Slave xpert, but what will you be connecting the Fostex's LightPipe cable to, to do the transfer? Audio interface? Directly in to the Mac?
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sorry ....

I'll be going into my 2408mk3
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hey man, I hate to be one of those RTFM guys (!), but I did at least find the section (in the DP7 manual) that you'll need. It's pages 1002 & 1003, "Slave to External Sync". Those directions should get you syncing DP to SMPTE. Also, take a look at pg. 1049, "Sample Accurate Sync". And, if you've got the 2408mk3 manual, there ought to be a section in it about having the 2408mk3 generate SMPTE. Between those two manuals and, perhaps, a bunch of trial and error(!!), you should be able to get all three machines (Fostex, 2403, DP) happy. Better yet, you may still get a reply from someone here who's actually *done* this! Good luck, let us know how it turns out?
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THE MANUAL??!?!?!?


:boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring:


:D

I"ll look it up. Was just looking for a "quick fix response" to be honest.
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So i slaved my clock to the ADAT and i get sound fine but how do i SYNC the two recording passes together?

ANY help is appreciated
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If DP is slaved, it will follow the ADAT when you rewind it. When the ADAT goes to 00:00:00, so will DP if it's in slave mode.
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the machine is a Fostex VF160.

I am hooked up Via ADAT but when I select ADAT from DP's clock source, all i get is noise.
When I select 2408mk3: BANK A OPTICAL then the sound is fine but I can't select SAMPLE ACCURATE SYNC in the Setup Menu.
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wonder wrote:THE MANUAL??!?!?!? :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring: :boring:
:D
I"ll look it up. Was just looking for a "quick fix response" to be honest.
aw, man...my bad. didn't realize you were just lookin' for the quick and easy way.

actually, though, the quick and easy way is spelled out in detail on pg. 1085 of the manual...
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I don't think you're thinking right here - the unit doesn't have an ADAT sync port, right? I don't know of anyway to do what you want using ADAT lightpipe. The best you can do is clock off an ADAT lightpipe port - 8 channels of audio only as far as I know. You'll need to use MIDI - specifically MTC/MMC. Both the DP and VF160 manuals should lay it out - too long to explain. Sample accurate, no, but it'll get you really close.
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Is there a track available on the ADAT for striping?
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I think the VF160 does not have ADAT sync but does have Lightpipe out - just like my FD8 had. Am I remembering this correctly?

I think you have to make two passes and line them up manually. Fortunately, you can grab 8 tracks at a time when you do this - doesn't take very long.
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If for some reason you need the tracks lined up exactly, you could do tracks 1-8, 9-16, and then do another transfer with tracks from both, e.g. 6-10. That would give you duplicates in the resulting track set that could be used to line up the sets exactly.

Or you can find a blank spot somewhere in one of tracks 1-8 that is also blank at the same time in one of tracks 9-16, and record a sharp transient. That can be used to line up the two sets of tracks.

I've used both of these to transfer multiple sets of 8 track tapes from the DA-38 to DP. But usually, there is enough common material in the tracks that you can just listen to them and line them up manually.
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Excellent suggestion.

I'll add one thing further: If you do the three-pass method, take the same track from both passes and pan center. They are lined up perfectly when there are no phase anomalies - you will be able to hear those, don't worry.
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NazRat wrote:I don't think you're thinking right here - the unit doesn't have an ADAT sync port, right? I don't know of anyway to do what you want using ADAT lightpipe. The best you can do is clock off an ADAT lightpipe port - 8 channels of audio only as far as I know. You'll need to use MIDI - specifically MTC/MMC. Both the DP and VF160 manuals should lay it out - too long to explain. Sample accurate, no, but it'll get you really close.

This is how I used to do transfers. Syncing via MIDI. Make the Fostex the Master, and slave DP, so when you start the 160, DP will start too. Should work fine
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