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Ion - Triggering cues from SMPTE can the time code skip?

Hi,

I'm preparing to do a show with an Ion where the music is all recorded.  As such there is talk among the various teams of syncing up sound/video/lighting.  It seems like the other teams are leaning towards SMPTE which I know the Ion can do with a Show Control Gateway so no problems there.

 

What I'm worried about is going through tech linking lots of our cues to the time code then having a portion of music cut or added to a song.  So lets say they cut 15 seconds out of a track, would we then have to go through and change the time code for every cue in the events list?  Can the time code be chopped up so that it just skips those 15 seconds?  If it doe jump, will the Ion possibly lag or trip up as it tries to realign with the skipped time?

Is there any reason to consider Midi Time Code instead of SMPTE?

Any help is appreciated.

 

Thanks 

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    It's pretty easy to move events around and subtract time. You could say [Event][2][1][Thru][5][0][Time][-][1][5][0][0][Enter] to remove 15 seconds from that range of events (cues), for example.

    If the SMPTE jumps, it can take a couple of frames to re-sync, but nothing major.

    MIDI Time Code would work largely the same - the only advantage it has (besides direct Ion availability as Ueli says) is that it is a digital signal.

    Hope that helps-

    Luke

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    It's pretty easy to move events around and subtract time. You could say [Event][2][1][Thru][5][0][Time][-][1][5][0][0][Enter] to remove 15 seconds from that range of events (cues), for example.

    If the SMPTE jumps, it can take a couple of frames to re-sync, but nothing major.

    MIDI Time Code would work largely the same - the only advantage it has (besides direct Ion availability as Ueli says) is that it is a digital signal.

    Hope that helps-

    Luke

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