Subject: [linux-audio-dev] the BS of marketing
From: Paul Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: Sat Jul 14 2001 - 05:09:03 EEST
From a review in EQ of the new RADAR-24 from iZ:
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Next I synchronized the RADAR 24 to the TASCAM DA-98 via SMPTE, using
the RADAR as both slave and master. Synchronizing a tape machine to a
hard disk recorder can be a finicky process. While a hard disk
recorder has instant random access to any point in a track, the tape
machine must wind forward or backward to a locate point. For example,
to return to the beginning of a song on RADAR 24, you simply recall
the locate point for the start. That's fine, but if the hard disk
machine isn't putting out code when it locates to the song start, then
the tape machine thinks the hard drive has stopped. When the hard disk
begins playing, the tape machine sees code, realizes that it's a few
minutes out of sync, and takes off for the SMPTE start. By the time
the tape machine chases down the hard disk, the first verse is over.
Lucky for us, RADAR 24 is smart enough to know this and has a
solution: static timecode output. Enabled from the preferences menu,
Static TC out sends timecode to RADAR 24's SMPTE output when the hard
disk isn't playing - allowing the DA-98 (or any tape transport) to
receive a SMPTE locate address even though RADAR 24's transport isn't
in motion. This is invaluable when using the RADAR 24 as the master in
multi-machine lock-ups.
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What a bunch of complete crap. What they mean is that they made a
mistake in their code after they realized that they failed to output
an MTC message/SMTPE stream on completion of a locate. Then they fixed
it, and brilliantly turned correct operation into a **feature** !!!
--p (picking up marketing tips all the time)
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