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From: karl@sugar.UUCP (Karl Lehenbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.video,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Micro SPMTE
Summary: Opcode Timecode Machine
Keywords: Micro SMPTE
Message-ID: <2092@sugar.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 88 03:41:42 GMT
References: <3074@leo.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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In article <3074@leo.UUCP>, harald@leo.UUCP ( Harald Milne) writes:
> ...SPMTE reader allows Muxic-X to synchronixe with video or audio tape decks.
>Connects via parallel interface, includes pass-through.
> 	Wow, create an Amiga video, synch MIDI playback tracks.

I've got the Opcode Timecode Machine working well enough under Bill Barton's
midi.library that I can stripe tapes and read the time code off the tape
to provide a time display with quarter-frame resolution on the Amiga.  Unlike
the Micro SMPTE interface, the Timecode Machine communicates with the
Amiga entirely via MIDI.  The Timecode Machine merges any data appearing
on its MIDI input port with the MTC timing data it generates while reading
tapes, so no MIDI functionality is lost in the process.

Although my stuff is significantly more vaporous than Microillusion's,
I thought I'd point out that there are some other hardware options by which
Amiga SMPTE sync can be achieved.
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