Kolpak DA-98 manual Tape timecode mode, Location point settings, TcTrack setting, ABS setting

SectionMcn10 – OperationsID CrelatedtrlPtortimecode

To changeTimeModbetweenOffsethetTrkArmtwo different time refer- ence modes, perform ABShe following procedure:

1) Select menu gr up 3 and press ENTER:

2)Select TimeModeand press ENTER.

3)You can use the UP and DOWN keys to select either ABS(absolute) or TC(timecode).

The appropriate indicator by the tape counter (either ABS or TC) will light.

10.1.4 Location point settings

NOTE

If you change an offset value (timecode or ABS), any punch points, location memories, etc. will be invali- dated. For example, if you change the offset to 00:30:00:00 (30 minutes) from 00:00:00:00 (no offset), a punch point which was previously at 00:33:00:00 (33 minutes into the tape) will still have the same value (00:33:00:00), but will now be only 3 minutes into the tape.

10.2.1 TcTrack setting

This is the one setting in this menu which does not use the ABS conversion facility. You should only use this setting if you have lready striped the ded- icated timecode track with timecode (either from an external source or from the DA-98’s own inter- nal generator).

If you have selected TcTrackin the menu above, any timecode recorded on the tape will be used as the tape timecode source.

10.2.2 ABS setting

If you have selected ABSin the menu above, the ABS subcode time from the tape will be used as the timecode, with the start of the tape having a timecode value of 00:00:00:00, as with the ABS code itself.

The timecode frame rate used will be the frame rate as selected in 10.3, “Selecting the frame rate” ).

NOTE

If you are using ABS timings as timecode, the hours, minutes and seconds of the ABS time will correspond to the converted timecode, unless the frame rate is set to

29.97non-drop or 30 drop. In these cases, the difference between ABS values and timecode values will be about 2 seconds per hour.

10.2 Tape timecode mode

he following procedure allows you to select the source for tape timec de (including ABS timings

used to synthesize SMPTE timecode. This synthe-
sized tim code is treated xactly as if a tape had
been strip d with timecod ).		ABS
1) TapeGo to mTCnu group 5, move the cursor to
	pe, andTCMpressodENTERe:Mode

2)Use the UP and DOWN keys to choose between Ofsthe various options: TcTrack, ABS, ABS-

,ABS-13andABS-23.

These options are all described individually below.

10.2.3 ABS-Ofs setting

WhenTOffse00:00:0ayoupeTCMdeselectt30:00ABSthis0NDMtoption, theodisplayde-Ofwills

As with the previous setting, this converts the ABS subcode timing to timecode, but allows you to add an offset to the absolute value so that the timecode does not start at the zero point.

change to allow you enter an ffs t time:

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