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Tascam DA88 Sync to Digi 002 Rack

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Submitted by anonymous on Mon, 10/09/2006 - 09:24

How do I sync a Tascam DA88 to a Digidesign 002 Rack in order to track transfers? Which is the best method: Da88 as Master or as Slave? I have a SY-88 card in my DA88.

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anonymous

I am needing to transfer 16 tracks, 8 tracks at a time. The actual audio is not the problem. I would like to sync the first 8 tracks with the last 8 I transfer in Protools LE. A few years back I sync'd the DA88s with a PC just using a midi cable an adaptor cable which connected to the joystick port on my sound card, but I can't remember the settings for the SY88 dip switches or the midi channels and such. I would think the Digi 002 would be somewhat the same as it has midi connections but I don't know about the timecode or any translations. This may be Midi Machine Control or MMC. Thanks for any help, RNRDAWG

Mon, 10/09/2006 - 21:59 Permalink
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Thanks to all who have replied! Here's where I stand. I have connected a midi cable from the DA88's Midi Out on the SY88, set the S1 switches to #2 up and all others down, S2 are all up, and S3 are all down. Then I've connected the midi cable to the 002 Midi In. When I press TC GEN the DA88 I get a solid Midi Light on port 1 and I can see "Incoming Time Code" in the Session setup,but no action on the 002.
I also Turned all this around so the 002 would "Drive" the Da88 and get the same results reversed, Midi out on the 002 was lit. There has to be a basic set I'm missing. Please help! Thanks, RNRDAWG

Thu, 10/12/2006 - 04:36 Permalink