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This means that any studio can connect to any machine in the building, and still run at the same absolute speed, as dictated by the Station Syncs generated by the master Sync Pulse Generator. This generates video syncs (and often word clock), which is fed to every machine in the facility. Multi machine and multi studio facilities have what’s known as “Station Syncs”, which is a master Sync Pulse Generator. It’s why your watch can run fast or slow compared to the nuclear clock and will need adjusting back in time or 're-syncing' over time. There can however be minute variations in the absolute speed that these crystals generate, which even though they’re minute, can cause sync drift between machines. It’s the same basic clock that keeps your watch accurate. All DAW systems and tape machines have an inbuilt crystal driven sync generator. This issue stems from the days of locking linear tape machines together.
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New ADR workflows, including Pro Tools remote control.Upgraded video playback engine, including AJA device support.The revised sync engine provides stunningly fast locking times and tight sync guaranteed: in many cases it's better than using the video engine built into the DAW. Video Slave 3 can be used either on a wired MIDI connection or through network MIDI. Video Slave 3 works with all major DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Nuendo, Cubase and Studio One - or any other device that can generate midi timecode as a source. Not only can Video Slave 2 playback video remotely, it can also overlay timecode, ADR cues, streamers and imported script prompts, and you can even choose different overlays for different video devices, meaning for instance that your ADR talent could watch the output with all the cues, while the ADR supervisor watches sync on an uncluttered screen. To run Avid Video Satellite you need to have a SyncHD box and a HD Native or HDX card, for each machine run in sync. In podcast 239 Russ also suggested using Video Slave 3 from Non Lethal Applications, which Alan also has and you can check out his review of Video Slave 2. If you would like to know more on why there is a need for sync pulse generators and Tri Levels Syncs then scroll down the article to the History section. This has been proved to substantially improve video playback reliability and performance, and completely stands to reason - you are giving the highest possible bandwidth of data to the video playback. One thing that is known to be a very good idea, is to have your video media playing off a fast SSD - so for a Mac, a Thunderbolt external, or a SATA3 or PCIe connected internal SSD drive.
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If you get a sync pulse generator that can output both Tri-Level Syncs (for working in the HD frame rates) and Word Clock, simultaneously clocked from the same source, then you can lock your Pro Tools to word clock through your Apollo, and your video card to TLS. If you are convinced that inter-frame sync drift is noticeable to you, then some higher end video cards from Blackmagic and AJA have video reference inputs. While I'm not personally able to identify it that accurately, it can make a big difference to the "feel" of an ADR fit. Some editors claim to be able to see a quarter frame drift between frames.
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For Mac systems, evidence seems to point at AJA being the better hardware in this aspect, for use with the AVE.
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SyncOne2 tests on "stand alone" Windows 10 Pro Tools 12HD systems using Blackmagic digital output only (HDMI & HD-SDI) hardware, running DnX36HD media, show excellent consistency. My own view is that as long as you're not using lossy video codecs (such as H264), and you're not locking the Pro Tools to another system, it can run well within tolerances on internal sync. So we asked our resident post production expert Alan Sallabank for his take on this issue as Alan doesn't have Avid HD hardware, he uses Pro Tools HD software but uses an RME interface in his studio.

I am a sound editor and dialogue editor and I am planning to buy a new interface for Pro Tools 12, and I am looking at an Apollo 8 quad instead of an Avid HD Omni with an HD Native card, because I really prefer sound of UA, but recently I read Pro Tools only runs video properly with Avid interfaces and an HD Sync I/O, but I have my doubts if it's totally right, and I would be pleased to hear from you and your thoughts. Daniel asked.įirstly, thank you very much for your time.

We had a question in from community member Daniel Cabrera in Podcast 239 as he was looking to move to an Apollo interface but was concerned about video sync not having a Sync HD I/O on his potential new system.
