Hello all,

So. I recently aquired a Foxtex R8 reel-to-reel with an MTC-1
SMPTE to midi timecode converter. I have been able to send SMPTE to
the R8 using the SMPTE Generator plugin in free run mode. The reel
to reel slave counter matches the SMPTE generator counter perfectly.
Ok, this great. Now I need Cubase to control the reel to reel
transport. Enter Midi Machine Control. I Cubase set up to control
the transport of the reel to reel. When I press play in Cubase(with
the sync switch on) the reel-to-reel starts playing but Cubase
doesn't do anything. The play button is lit up but the counter
doesn't move. Pressing stop on the Cubase transport does nothing. I
have to manually stop the reel-to-reel transport to get the reel to
reel to stop, I the only way to get Cubase to respond and out of
sync mode is the hit the master button on the transport.

Sorry for the short novel, but this really sucks and I can't figure
it out. I had the problem when I tried to sync an Akai DPS16 Hardisk
recorder, so I don't think it is the Fostex machine.

Has anybody had any problems like this, or any other sync issues.
Somebody please help. I really would like to get this working.

I am running Cubase SX 1.03.

Thanks in advance.

Craig