Traveler - OS X - Protools 9 - timecode

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imagist
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Traveler - OS X - Protools 9 - timecode

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Does anyone happen to know whether -
Using a Traveler (or other Motu hardware) with Protools 9 in OSX might it be possible to bring in SMPTE timecode (MOTU SMPTE Console) via an analog input and have Protools 9 see the timecode and record broadcast wave files with a timecode stamp in the metadata?

Boom Recorder can do this very nicely -
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but it would also be nice to do this directly in to the new Protools 9 but it's unclear whether it's hardware 'jailbroken' to that extent?
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Re: Traveler - OS X - Protools 9 - timecode

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Pro Tools doesn't support direct LTC sync, but the MOTU FireWire and USB audio driver does have a feature where it will convert incoming LTC to MTC. Pro Tools can then chase the MTC generated by the MOTU driver.
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Re: Traveler - OS X - Protools 9 - timecode

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Excellent, thanks for the information and pointers,

From the Traveler manual page 110 -
RESOLVING OTHER APPLICATIONS TO SMPTE TIME CODE To resolve Logic, Cubase, Nuendo or other host applications that support MIDI Time Code (MTC) sync, use the setup shown in Figure 3-17 on
page 28. The Traveler-mk3 provides a Sync MIDI port to the host application. This port supplies MIDI Time Code generated by the Traveler-mk3 as it resolves to (or generates) LTC. So set up your host application to resolve to MTC via the Traveler-mk3’s MIDI Sync port.


In the Pro_Tools 9 reference guide (page 159) it says -
MTC Reader and Generator
The MIDI Time Code (MTC) settings let you se- lect the MIDI In and Out ports for MTC.
MTC Reader Port The MTC Reader Port setting lets you select the MIDI In port to which the MTC slave device is connected (the source of MTC information from the slave device).


I'm unfamiliar with MTC and ports but it appears that Protools needs to be told what MIDI In Port to use, how might this relate to the Traveler MTC output? Do you know if a port will show up in Protools called 'Traveler MIDI Sync port'?
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Re: Traveler - OS X - Protools 9 - timecode

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imagist wrote:Do you know if a port will show up in Protools called 'Traveler MIDI Sync port'?
Yes. Choose Traveler mk3 Sync Port in the MTC Reader menu in Pro Tools.
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Re: Traveler - OS X - Protools 9 - timecode

Post by imagist »

Many thanks for the info, looks like I'll have to upgrade my Traveler Mk1 to a Mk3 as a Mk1 does not resolve LTC to MTC as far as I can see.
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