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Old 09-21-2018, 04:51 PM
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I'm trying to generate MTC on our HD|Accel hardwared rig (192 audio interface and Sync I/O) to slave our iMac with Focusrite Scarlet 18i20. The intended master is running PT 10.3.10 HD, the slave running vanilla PT 12.6.3

Before I buy a 50' MIDI cable, is this possible?
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Old 09-21-2018, 06:41 PM
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Yes.

You don't even need a Sync I/O to do it -- any MIDI device ports can be used for MTC gen (output) or sync (input.) But since you have a Sync I/O, might as well use it.
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and if long midi cable is too expensive, you might want to consider buying long mic cable instead and then midi-->xlr converters to both ends
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Old 09-22-2018, 03:57 PM
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Good tips. I can't find any MIDI ports available on the Synchronization tab in Peripherals... except for Euphonix ports, which aren't working for sync. (I think those ports are used by DAWs that don't support EuCon....

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In the Avid Synchronization Device area of the Peripherals>Synchronization tab, to use MTC with the Sync I/O, just check "Idle MTC Enabled"

The top MTC Reader and Generator is for any other MIDI ports if you have MIDI devices but not necessary if you have a Sync I/O.

The Sync I/O has only an output (so no reader, only generator) and as the Sync I/O only has one point (to generate or read sync) it has simplified controls outside of the MTC Reader and Generator area.
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Old 09-22-2018, 07:51 PM
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Excellent. Thanks for saving me having to RTFM. I"ll look for that when I get back to the studio on Monday.

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Old 09-24-2018, 01:43 PM
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Man, this is really baffling. I tried what you suggested to no avail. (It was already checked, and I unchecked it just for grins, but no difference.) I've RTFM now (well, not all 1246 pages, but pages 159-160 which deal with this dialog box and everything seems to be right. The only difference between my page and the one shown is that I've selected something in "MTC Generator port" pull-down and they hadn't. I expect to see SYNC I/O or something like that in that pull-down, but the only things in that pulldown for me are listed under Predefined and they are "Euphonix MIDI, Euphonix Port 1" (and 2-4). I'm about to give up on this idea and go with plan B. (Plan B is not worth explaining in detail except to say I'm confident it'll work, but one of the clients would prefer using plan A.) But before I give up completely, are there any other suggestions?

Oh, and TFM I was Ring, if you care to reference the screen shot I mentioned: https://www.avid.com/static/resource...renceGuide.pdf
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Old 09-24-2018, 01:49 PM
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Oh, and here's a link to my screenshot:

https://photos.shutterfly.com/galler...1?cid=SHARPHLI
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Do you have gen MTC turned on in the edit window/transport?
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