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- MIDI Time Code Accessory
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- In response to the difficulties that some people have been encountering
- with Bars&Pipes Professional's MIDI Time Code synchronization, we've
- written an Accessory that behaves much more reliably and comes with
- a few extra capabilities. Called MTC, it plugs into existing copies
- of Bars&Pipes Professional, requiring no update of the program itself.
- It does, however, require an update of the MIDI In Tool, which we've
- also included.
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- Both the MTC Accessory and new MIDI In Tool are freely distributable,
- as long as you include this ReadMe file.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Copy MTC.paccess into you Accessories drawer. Likewise, copy
- MIDI In.ptool into your Tools drawer. Run Bars&Pipes Pro and open
- the Accessories window. Select the Load command from the
- Accessories menu to install MTC in Bars&Pipes Professional.
- You need not load the new MIDI In Tool, since it should have replaced
- your existing MIDI In Tool. To be sure, open the MIDI In control
- window by double clicking on a MIDI In Tool and click on the
- right mouse button to reveal the menu bar. It should say version 2.1
- or higher if it is the new Tool.
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- OPERATION
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- To synchronize with MIDI Time Code, leave the Source option in the
- Timer menu set to Internal. Instead, double click on the MTC
- icon in the Accessories window to open its control window. The
- control window shows a SMPTE display along with two control buttons.
- By default, the buttons are both on. The Activate button enables MTC
- synchronization. The Run Lock button maintains continuous
- synchronization, once Bars&Pipes Professional starts playback.
- The SMPTE display shows the current SMPTE time coming in via MIDI.
- This is useful because it shows the time even when Bars&Pipes
- Professional is not running, so you can see where you are in your
- SMPTE stripe as well as whether MIDI Time Code is actively coming in.
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