22 Sep
2009
22 Sep
'09
12:16 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
Paul Davis wrote:
MTC is a different encoding of the same data. SMPTE is an audio signal
that has be decoded to get time values; MTC is a MIDI event stream
that has be decoded to get time values. the underlying timeline and
the resolution of both of them are the same.
i don't like MTC either as a mechanism to share an audio timeline.
audio has a resolution of 1 sample. our world has been polluted by
film and video people who think that 1/30th of a second is accurate
enough. yeah, ok so they added 1/3000th later (subframes) but who uses
it?
i have nothing against MTC or SMPTE for transport synchronization.
i've been told by a company that specializes in timecode and shared
transport control systems that ardour has the fastest and most
accurate MTC sync of any DAW.
I noticed too that MTC with Ardour is fine, while MTC for some MIDI
equipment can be a PITA. Compliment :).
I still wonder that you don't like SMPTE. MTC and SMPTE are related, there
isn't a big difference.