How to configure Source-Connect Studio/Facility to send RTS via MTC and Pro Tools to send MTC
Follow the instructions below:
- In Source-Connect, click the “Send” button - it will turn blue.
- In “TIME REFERENCE INPUT”, select “MTC” and the name of your MIDI device (we had named it “MIDI SC4” above).
- Select the appropriate FPS.
- On Pro Tools, click “MTC” and the clock icon next to it. If you don’t see these options, right click the area at the top (next to Play/Pause) and ensure that “Synchronization” is ON.
- Click “Setup” > “Peripherals”. Set “MTC Generator Port” to “IAC Driver, MIDI SC4” and then click “OK”.
- Go to “Setup” > “Session” and make sure the timecode rate is set to the same FPS rate you set in step (4).
- Connect to your connection partner.
- Play the timecode in Pro Tools.
In the example below, Pro Tools is sending timecode using “IAC Driver, MIDI SC4”, which is visible in the RTS tab of Source-Connect 4. User “Amber” is sending the RTS timecode:
The talent (Mercedes, who is on Source-Connect Studio) is receiving the timecode: