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To Use SONAR as the Master MTC Generator
1. Configure the clocks on each external device that you want to
synchronize to receive SMPTE/MTC. Make sure they’re connected to
MIDI outputs from your computer or MIDI interface.
2. Click or on SONAR’s Sync toolbar to use the Internal or
Audio clock source (to display the Sync toolbar, use the View-
Toolbars-Sync command).
3. Use the Options-Project command to open the Project Options
dialog.
4. On the Sync tab, check the Transmit MTC checkbox (you can also
click the Transmit MTC button on the Sync toolbar).
5. In the Frame Rate field (it’s just below the Transmit MTC
checkbox), choose the frame rate that your project uses (see “Frame
Rates” on page 609, if necessary).
6. In the MTC Output Ports field, check off the outputs that you want
to send MTC on (the outputs your external devices are connected to).
7. Click OK.
SONAR saves your sync and MTC output port settings with your project.
However, output ports are saved by their number only, not their name.
Their number is determined by the order in which they appear in the
MIDI Devices dialog under Outputs (Options-MIDI Devices command).
If you change the order of devices in this dialog, the MTC output ports in
your project will retain the same numbers, but those numbers will now
refer to different outputs. Also, if you reduce the number of highlighted
outputs in the MIDI Devices dialog, and the MTC ports you chose have
higher numbers than what are currently highlighted in the MIDI
Devices dialog, SONAR does not substitute new port numbers. Also,
SONAR does not send MTC if SONAR’s Tempo Ratio buttons are set to
any value other than 1.
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