Lal Studio Clock User Manual 7 Svaiaes am______LaL Cee Copytisht © 1989 by Aphex Systems Lid. The Studio Clock™ contains proprietary software encaded in firmware which is copyrighted, with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this software may not be copied, in whole or par, in any form or by any means, without the written permission of Aphex Systems Ltd. Under the law, copying includes translating or disassembly into anathér language or format, Published by Aphex Systems Led, 11068 Randall Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352 Copyright © 1989 by Aphex Systems Lud. All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permtission of the publisher, Printed and bound in the United States of America, Studio Clock™ is a trademark of Aphex Systems Lud. All trademarks listed in this book are the property of their respective owners, Warming: This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed snd used in accordance with the instructions manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tesied and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required 10 correct the interference, ‘We suggest the use of quality MIDI cables which are shielded according to the MIDI Standard.INTRODUCTION to the STUDIO CLOCK FUNCTION CHART. FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS F-1: STAND ALONE SMPTE TO MIDI CONVERTER. F-2:SMPTE to MIDI CLOCK/SONGPOINTER, ‘SMPTE to MIDI TIME CODE ‘SMPTE w DIRECT TIME LOCK 2. -s<0ss000 F-3: STAND ALONE TEMPO DETECTION UNIT. F-4: MIDI CLOCK WITH START & STOP. F-5: NON-DROP, DROP FRAME, 25 FPS & 24 FPS FJ: USER SELECTABLE SMPTE START F-8: USER SELECTABLE BAR ONE LOCATION. F-9: STRIPING TAPE WITH SMPTE. F-10: READING SMPTE FROM TAPE. F-L1: INTERNALEXTERNAL CLOCK z £12: CREATING TEMPO MAPS WITH THE TDU. F-13; CREATING TEMPO MAPS FROM MIDI CLOCKS. F-1d: EDITING THE TEMPO MAP... F-15; DELETING THE TEMPO MAP F-16: TURN ON/OFF TEMPO MAP. F-17: QUARTER-NOTE AUDIO CLICK. E-18: GLOBAL METER (TIME SHENATURES, F.20: DEFAULT BPM.. F-21: LEARNED BPM a ila a a. SYNC TO AUDIO TAPE F-24: SYNC TO BASS... 25: SYNC TO MIDI NOTE-ONs. Ae sd PROGRAM OFFSET CHANGE PROGRAM METER CHANGE. PROGRAM ALGORITHM CHANGE. PROGRAM SOURCE CHANGE. F-34: UP/DOWN LOADING OF MEMORY GOALS 7 G-1; STAND ALONE SMPTE TO MIDI CONVERTER G-ia: STAND ALONE SMPTE TO MIDI CLOCKS w/ SONGPOINTER CONVERTER. . 7 G-lb: STAND ALONE SMPTE TO CONVERTER. Gelc: STAND Al CONVERTER........... G-2: STAND ALONE TEMPO DI LTG-3; CREATING TEMPO MAPS FROM THE TDU . CREATING A TDU FROM TAPE USING THE G-5: PROGRAMMING the PROGRAM CUE. -6: USING THE INTERNAL CLOCK.. READING SMPTE FROM TAPE. G-8: STRIPING SMPTE TO TAPE G-9: SMPTE RESHAPER. BUTTON PUSHES........ B-1: USING THE STUDIO CLOCK CONTROLS - A Oui Exercise......... SELECTING DIFFERENT PAG ENTERING A PAGE:.......... SELECTING PARAMETERS WITHIN A PAGE. (SCANNING)... SETTING INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS... ACCEPTING PREVIOUS SETTINGS ‘THE bYE SETTING: SUB-MENU Section B- B-2: Setting the B-2a: The SET PAGE. B-2b: The EDIT PAGE B-2c: The DELETE PAGE ..... “ DISPLAY MAP OF DEFAULT PAGE - Section B-3t0 B-5... B-4: Seiting the basic tempo BPM — bPM. B-4: Setting the BAR ONE SMPTE Start Location — BARONE... 'B-S: Sciting the basic OFFSET — OFFSET... DISPLANMAP OF ITTLITY PAGE - Sections B-6 to B- cme the SOURCE — SOURCE... Creating Tempo Maps with the TDU— RECMAP.. 38 Editing Tempo Maps (Global) — GLB . 139 Editing Tempo Maps (Individual Events) — 40 B-10; Disabling a Tempo Map — PLA B-L1: Deleting Tempo Maps —_DELE" B-12: Striping SMPTE — STRIPE. B-13: Setting the METER — METER. ‘B-14: Sewing the ALOGRITHM type — B-15; Setting the FPS — FPS ‘B-16: Setting the DISPLAY Mode — DSPLA ‘B-17: Setting Intemal/xiernal CLOCK mode — CLC B-18: Setting SYNC Type (SONG, DTL, or MTC) — SYN! JP/DOWN LOADING via SYSEX Setting Input Trigger Levels — TRIGGER Knob. B-21: Setting Input SMPTE Levels — SMPTE Knol B-22: Learning BPM — LISTEN button . AINTRODUCTION to the STUDIO CLOCK ‘The Studio Clock is a “Swiss Army Knife". There are a lot of things that it can do. It is really two seperate units in one. The SMPTE to MIDI UNIT (SMU) and the DETECTING UNIT (TDU). They can work ly or work together to do TEMPO MAPPING. The Studio Clock also has a PROGRAM CUE in which different parameters (like tempo ot offsets) can be programmed to change at certain bars in the song. Finally, there is a Default section in which commonly used global settings are made. Since it is easy to become confused by a new device which can do many things we will begin this manual with a chart of what functions (FUNCTION CHART) are part of the SMPTE to MIDI UNIT (SMU) and which are part of the TEMPO DETECTING UNIT (TDU). This will be followed by a description of these functions (FUNCTION DESCRIPTION), a "GOALS" section (how do I make it do this), and finally a step by step "BUTTON PUSHING?” section on the exact order of buttons to push to make it perform a certain function. To review, the manual will be divided into: 1) FUNCTION CHART 2) FUNCTION DESCRIPTION 3) GOALS 4) BUTTON PUSHES ‘We suggest that you read the first section in the BUTTON PUSHES part of the manual on how to operate the front panel of the Studio Clock. The section ig titled “USING THE STUDIO CLOCK CONTROLS - A Quick Exercise, mL i Aphex Systems Lid. ‘Studio Glock Manual PotNCTI _—____—___—| ‘This char is a listing of the fearures and functions of the Studio Clock. Iris also the "INDEX" for the manual. Numbers following each twpic listed refer to other sections in this manual. See box below, ‘You will notice that some functions apply to both the SMPTE to MIDI UNIT (SMU) and the TEMPO DETECTING UNIT (TDU), } Nomi format shown below refer to sections im the manu | [contain more information on. topic. F-xx 7 Tefers to sections in the FUNCTION DESCRIPTION part of this manu |G-xx = refers to sections in the GOALS part of this manual [B-xx = refers to sections in the BUTTON PUSHING part of this manual. SMPTE to MIDI UNIT. TEMPO DETECTING UNIT. STAND ALONE SMFTE to STAND ALONE TEMPO MIDI CONVERTER (F-1,G-1) DETECTION UNIT (F-3,G-2) | SMFTE to MIDE MIDI Clock w/ Stary/Stop (F-4) CLOCK/SONGPTR (F-2,G-1a) SMPTE to MIDI TIME CODE (F-2,G-lc) SMPTE to DIRECT TIME. LOCK (F-2,G-1b) ‘Nondrop,Drop trame, 25,24 fps (F-5,B-15) SMPTE RESHAPER (F-6,G-9) User Selectable SMPTE start time (F-7,G-8,B-12) User Selectable BAR ONE. location (F-8,5-4) Be ‘Siude Clock Manual ‘Aphex Systems Lid.‘Swiping tape with SMPTE (F-9,G-8,B-12) Reading SMPTE from tape (F-10,6-7,B-B-21) Internal/External clock (F-11,G-6,B-17) Create Tempo Maps with TDU (F-12,G-3) ne ‘Create Tempo Maps from MIDI Clocks (F-13,G-4) Edit Tempo Map (F-14,B-8,9) Delete Tempo Map (F-15,B-11) ‘Turn On/Off Tempo map (F- 16,B-10) Quarter note Audio Click (F-17) Global Meter (Time Sig) (F-18,B-13) ‘Default Offser (1 bir) (F-19,B-5) Default BPM (F-20,B-3) Create Tempo Maps with TDU (F-12,G-3) ‘Quarter note: Audio Click (F-17) Global Meter (Time Sig) (F-18,B-13) Default Offset (1 ms) (F-19,B- 5 Default BPM (F-20,B-3) Leamed BPM (F-21,G-2,B-22) Tracking SOURCES -Syne to Drums (F-22,B- 6,22) Sync to Audio Tape (F- 73,B-6,22) ' -Sync to Bass (F-24,B-6,22) Sync to MIDI Note-ons (F-25,B-6,22)) ‘Tracking Algorithm A (F-26,C- 2,B-14) ‘Tracking Algorithm B (F-27,G- 2,B-14) ‘Aphex Systems Ltd, Studio Clock Manual BeMIDI MERGE & Macintosh Interface (F-30) Display SMPTE or Bar Number (F-31,B-16) ‘The PROGRAM CUE (F-33,G- 5,B-2) ~ Program Tempo Change - Program Offset Change ~ Program Meter Change Program Source Change ~ Program Algorithm Change Up/down load of Memory (F-34,B-19) Tracking Algorithm C (F-28,G- 2,B-14) ‘Tracking Algorithm 0 (F-29,G- 2,B-14) MIDI MERGE & Macintosh Interface (F-30) Display Bar Number On/Ort (F-32,B-16) The PROGRAM CUE (F-33,G- 5.B-2) - Program Tempo Change ~ Program Offset Change ~ Program Meter Change: Program Source Change - Program Algorithm Change = “Aphex Systems Lid,