Generating MIDI Timecode

From the Options menu, choose Timecode, and then choose Generate MIDI Timecode from the submenu if you want to generate MIDI timecode (MTC) when you click Play.

MIDI timecode (MTC) is a standard timecode that most applications and some hardware devices will use to synchronize themselves. Acid software will generate stable MTC at all available frame rates for other applications to chase.

Generate MIDI timecode Closed

  1. Specify a MIDI Output device to which you will send the timecode and a Frame rate for the timecode. These options can be found on the Sync page of the Preferences dialog.

    NOTE The MTC generation device will not be available for MIDI track playback.

  2. From the Options menu, choose Timecode, and then choose Generate MIDI Timecode from the submenu.

    MTC is generated starting wherever you click Play .

Generate MTC with an offset Closed

In some cases, you may want to start sending timecode with an offset (e.g., 01:00:00:00) to allow time for multiple devices to synchronize. You can create an offset on the Acid time ruler to accomplish this.

View outgoing timecodeClosed

To view the outgoing timecode, right-click the Time Display and choose MIDI Timecode Out from the shortcut menu. The Time Display will now show the outgoing MTC time.