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Cubase and MMC with the MTP AV

Here are the steps needed in order to get Cubase to recognize the MTP AV and the ADAT sync port. The MTP AV must be set to Internal Mode for this to work. If you are unsuccessful with this procedure, try reinitializing the MTP AV by holding down the Panic button while turning the unit on. This will set the MTP AV to it's factory default of Internal/48k. Note: You will lose any user Modifications that you have made to the interface when you perform a hard reset.

1) Under the Options menu, select Synchronization.

2) In the Sync Source box, set the Timecode Base to MMC. From Input should be set to the sync port of the MTP AV. Select any MIDI port for Output.

3) Make sure that the frame rate matches the frame rate setting on the MTP AV.

4) Once all these settings are made, hit the Sync button in the transport window. Now Cubase will issue MMC commands to your MTP AV and slave to the incoming MTC.

Using OMS: If you use OMS with Cubase you will have to follow these additional directions.

1)You must first configure OMS while no other applications are running. The MIDI Timepiece AV is recognized by OMS as an original MIDI Timepiece, but OMS doesn't support the MTP AV's ADAT sync port. In order to send MMC to the ADAT sync port you need to create a custom device in your OMS Setup, and enter the following properties in the MIDI Device Info window:

It should send and receive both MIDI Time Code and MIDI Machine Control, and have a Device ID of 19. The MTP AV's default device ID is 20; the MTP AV counts device ID's from 1-128 and OMS counts them from 0-127. You can connect it to any port; since MMC is non-cablized, it does not need to be connected to a specific port. It can even share a port with another device without causing any problems. Give the device the name "MTP AV". Save this file and quit OMS.

2) From Cubase you will now be able to direct MMC to the MTP AV.

3) Once all these settings are made, hit the Sync button in the transport window. Now Cubase will issue MMC commands to your MTP AV. The MTP AV will then send MTC to Cubase and ADAT sync to the ADAT.