Pyramix X - Digitizing a Tape with Discontinuous Timecode

Applications : Digitizing a Tape with Discontinuous TimeCode
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Summary
If something goes wrong with Reconform (apart from SD2 files not recognized, Please see: File & Project Inter-
change with Apple Macintosh on page 475) please look for some sort of timing or wording mismatch between
Clips and Media and feel free to try several different settings in the Relink to New Media Dialog, till you find THE
ONE that matches your topology.
Digitizing a Tape with Discontinuous TimeCode
Pyramix can automatically record a whole tape where the TimeCode is not continuous:
• Set all desired Tracks in Auto-Punch mode
•Place Mark In at 00:00:00:00 and Mark Out at 23:59:59:24 (These are the default values for a new project)
• Plug LTC Out from the tape machine into Pyramix
•Set Chase mode to HARD CHASE (Settings > All Settings > Jog/Chase : Chase Settings -Chase Mode)
• Rewind the tape
• Press Play on the tape machine
• Each time a valid TC is encountered Pyramix will lock and start recording a new Clip, then stop when the
TimeCode jumps. A separate media will thus be created for each continuous TimeCode on the tape.
Loop Recording With Simultaneous Playlist Creation
•Check the Create an Empty Playlist for each Recording option in the Settings > All Settings Project >
Record Page.
• Put the required Tracks in Auto Punch mode (Alt + click the Track arming, the Track arming button will dis-
play )
•Place Mark In and Mark Out around the Region to be recorded.
• Put Pyramix in Chase Mode (preferably Hard Chase) and chase an LTC input.
• Have the TimeCode that feeds Pyramix looping around two boundaries that start a little before the Mark
In and stop a little after the Mark out. (To make a Preroll Postroll. These should be big enough to let Pyra-
mix sync properly and lock to the incoming TimeCode).
• Pyramix will then, for each loop, sync and lock, enter in record at Mark In, stop recording at Mark Out and
create a new PlayList for each loop iteration.
N.B. This requires that an external TimeCode source/generator be used to generate the reference TC loop.
TimeCode Midnight
For those users with a requirement to sync/chase TimeCode with projects near or crossing the day barrier (be it
Zero or 24 hours) Pyramix has an Allow chasing across midnight option in the Settings > All Settings > Appli-
cation > Jog/Chase page.
If this setting remains unchecked (default) then the Pyramix cursor will always follow the exact given TimeCode
and therefore will remain strictly within "day zero" of the Pyramix timeline. For additional security and comfort, if
Pyramix is in locked state while crossing the midnight barrier, then even with this setting unchecked, there will
not be an immediate jump from midnight back to zero while playing or recording in sync. The playback or record-
ing will remain seamless, uninterrupted and cross the day barrier until an out-of-lock status is recognized. Only
then is re-chase triggered to whatever the incoming TimeCode currently is.