Steinberg Time Base User Manual
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Operation Manual by D. Popow The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not rep- resent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners. © Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 2004. All rights reserved.
TIME BASE 4 Table of Contents 7 Preface 9 Package Contents and Installation 10 Package Contents 10 Installation – Connections – Getting Started 11 Important Safety Instructions 12 Driver Software Installation 12 Windows PC Drivers 12 Mac OS X Drivers 13 Features and Basic Settings 14 Time Base – Brief Overview 15 Basic Settings 17 Typical Setup Examples 18 Basics 19 Computer Connection 20 Settings in Nuendo 20 Time Base 22 Setting up the Time Base 9-Pin Device Control Panel 24 Time Base Slave 25 Setup Examples 25 LTC as the Master 25 MTC as the Master 27 Internal Clock as the Master 28 House Sync (Blackburst) as the Master 30 Machine Control 34 Video functions 36 Digital Varispeed 37 Reference 38 Basics 40 Selecting Pages in the Display 40 The Main Page – Display page P.1 48 VITC and Time Code Inserter – Display page P.2 50 Varispeed, Word Clock 2, 3, 4 and AES/EBU Output – Display page P.3 52 Time Code Test and Offset – Display page P.4 54 LTC output, Preroll, USB port and System Video settings – Display page P.5 57 Selecting tracks and switching Track Selection pages – 9-Pin-Machine A – Display page P.A 59 Track Selection Virtual Machine – Display page P.V 61 Service and Machine Pages 62 Calling up the Service and Machine Pages 62 Virtual Machine and MMC settings – Display page SP1 65 Presets, Time Code level, Red light and SYSEX handling, Initialization after a Software Update – Display page SP2 68 Test and Setup Machine A 72 Preset Tables
TIME BASE Table of Contents 5 77 Connections 78 Connections on the rear panel 78 VITC-Reader/Generator/ Inserter 78 Video Sync In/Out 78 LTC – Longitudinal Time Code 79 VST System Link 79 Word Clock OUT 1-4 79 USB 79 9-Pin 80 GPI/O | MIDI 80 Wiring Examples – GPI/O 81 Power and Protection Circuit 82 Technical Data 83 VST System Link 84 What is VST System Link? 85 How does VST System Link work? 86 VST System Link – Troubleshooting 87 Glossary
TIME BASE 1 – 8 Preface Congratulations on your purchase of Nuendo Time Base! The Time Base offers perfect solutions for sample-accurate synchronization of digital audio production systems like Nuendo via House Sync (Black- burst), AES/EBU – VST System Link, LTC or VITC with analog or digital audio and video tape recorders, mixing desks, sequencers etc. Time Base combines the functional domains Word Clock (AES/EBU – VST System Link), Time Code, Machine Control and Virtual Machine. It reads and generates the standard Time Code formats LTC, VITC, MTC and 9-pin. Generated Time Code is in sync with the video sync signal. A built-in Video Inserter lets you visually insert Time Code into the video picture or add VITC to the video signal. An integrated 9-pin interface lets you control external 9-pin compatible devices, e.g. a Betacam video recorder, Tascam DA88, DA98, MMR8 or Doremi V1. Time Base can also be used as a Virtual Machine. This lets you, for in- stance, remote control Nuendo from 9-pin Edit Controllers, and mixing desks that provide 9-pin machine control (SSL, NEVE…). The GPI/O socket on the Time Base provides the possibility to realize Red light (“on air”) control. Time Base provides a two-line display and four ergonomically positioned buttons. These can be used to call up various display pages and set indi- vidual parameters. Settings can also be made from within Nuendo, pro- vided that the corresponding application is connected to the Time Base via USB. When you load a Project, all relevant Project settings are auto- matically transferred to the Time Base. We are sure that using Time Base will simplify your studio work and will help you to become even more productive. We hope that you have fun using Time Base! For their continuous support during the development of Time Base, we would particularly like to thank: Achim Kruse, Burkhard Bürgerhoff – C-Lab The Steinberg team
TIME BASE 2 – 10 Package Contents and Installation Package Contents • Time Base • Power Cable • User Manual • Driver CD • Warranty Card Installation – Connections – Getting Started Time Base is designed to be mounted in a 19“ rack. It should either be in- stalled in a 19” rack or placed on a stable surface, as it can fall down and be damaged. Proximity to heating or cooling equipment should be avoided (operational temperature range 15-35 degrees Celsius). The power connector should only be connected to an earthed power socket using an earthed power cable delivering 110-240V. All signal connections should be made with shielded cables! All connec- tions, except LTC in/out (analog audio), should be made with cables of the correct impedance, suitable plugs and termination, if necessary (see page 82). ❐ For some System setup examples see page 17.