134 Chapter 12—Timecode
D24—Owner’s Manual
Timecode & the D24
The D24 supports longitudinal timecode (LTC) and the four common SMPTE/EBU
frame rates of 24, 25, 30D (drop-frame), and 30 fps. It can generate its own timecode,
or synchronize to an external timecode source via one the following inputs: TIME
CODE IN or REMOTE IN. In addition, it can synchronize to an external MTC signal
received via the MIDI IN port, and can transmit MTC from the MIDI OUT port even
when it’s synchronized to an external SMPTE/EBU timecode source. An offset relative
to an external timecode source can be set in sub-frame steps. Each sub-frame is one
tenth of a frame, making 10 sub-frames per frame. Timecode is transmitted during
playback, recording, or rehearsal.
Timecode Connections
When the timecode source is set to TIME CODE IN,
the D24 synchronizes to the SMPTE/EBU timecode
signal received at the TIMECODE INPUT.
The TIMECODE OUTPUT connector transmits
internally generated SMPTE/EBU timecode when
the D24 is used as the timecode master, or the time-
code received at TIMECODE INPUT when it’s used
as a timecode slave.
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TIME CODE
OUTPUT INPUT
An external timecode can
also be sourced from the
REMOTE IN connector.