Ways to Sync Tascam Reel to my 192 IO?

[brianjanthony]

A friend (and ex studio partner) of mine recently offered to give me an 8 track 1/2" reel to reel to track drums with at my studio. Its a Tascam and I love the drum and bass sound the machine has gotten in the past.

In the past, we used to stripe the reels with SMPTE. Then we'd sync the reels to ADATS with a JLCooper Sync box.

My question is this? How would I go about getting the 192 and HD3 system to sync to the Analog machine? I already have a Big Ben Master Clock. I'd rather not drop another $2000 on a Sync IO. Any other boxes that can help? I am totally sync illiterate here.

For what its worth, I really only need the systems to sync on band tracking day (Once the drums are laid down on the tape, I'd like to transfer them into Pro Tools). All the other recording would be done in Pro Tools.

ANy help, URLS, etc is greatly appreciated...

Brian
G5 dual 2gig
PT HD3
192 IO
Big Ben clock
1622 IO for talkback system etc