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Monitor The process of selecting one or more tracks to listen to in the headphones or rear panel studio monitor output.
Motion Controls The “transport” keys on the
MTC MIDI Time Code. Time code that is transmitted as part of a MIDI signal. Because there is not enough room for the complete time code to be sent at once, MTC counts in two frame increments.
Multitrack A tape or solid state device that can record and/or playback more than one track of audio at a time.
NDF
used in
NTSC National TV Standards Committee. The television and video format used in the USA and Japan. The basic frame rate is 30 fps for monochrome and 29.97 fps for color transmissions and recording.
Offset The amount of difference between the program time code and an event. Tracks and entire machines can be offset. Offsets are sometimes added to correct for incorrect time code numbers on a tape or to compensate for timing delays between machines.
Operating State There are eight operating states of the
PAL Phase Alternating Line. The main European broadcasting standard that uses a 25 fps rate.
Phase Lock The process where a machine is locked to reference signal (or to another machine’s reference signal) so that its reference signal can be matched in phase by controlling the speed of the machine compared to the other machine or to a speed reference signal.
RAM Random Access Memory. To convert audio from analog into digital, or vice versa, a RAM buffer is required to allow the continuous analog audio to be converted into “chunks” of digital data and the chunks of data from the hard drive to be converted back into continuous analog audio.
Rate How many ticks per second of some clock or other counter. There are various rates used in the
Reference The master clock. The
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