User Manual - AMS Neve

SynchroNet ES/2 User Guide
Getting Started
Operation modes
When using the editor’s transport controls, the emulator performs all of the usual machine
movement commands. You should bear in mind that some audio transports cannot be ‘jogged’ in
as controlled a fashion as a video machine.
Performing an edit is completely transparent to the operator. The machine is cued to the Record In
point minus preroll and is ‘Servoed’ into lock by the editor. As the machine is rolled through the edit
points it is running locked to the selected timeline reference. If you have selected the Emulator as
the record machine, then Record In and Record Out commands will be issued at the appropriate
times. Subframe offsets may be entered into the ES/2 if required.
Slaving to a video Machine
Many video transports have the capability of performing the functions of a simple editor. A second
video (or in our case the Emulator) is connected to the 9 pin remote connector on the video
machine. This second machine is then controlled as the “player” by selection buttons on the master
machine
Record Enablement
Record priming facilities are normally provided by the Editor. In other cases you can locally select
record enablement on the ES/2 by using the Local Options Menu. In some cases the hardware
track selection capability of the ES/2 parallel port can also be used (see Appendix C).
The ES/2 will not issue Record commands if lock is not achieved.
Emulator Chase Master
It is possible to have a number of further ES/2s connected together on the B-bus and selected to be
chase slaves. These will follow the operations of the emulating ES/2 in the same way as in a
conventional chase system. The editor (or DAW controller) will not be able to access these slaving
machines directly but offsets can be trimmed on the ES/2 front panels.
Emulator Mixed Code
In some instances you may want to run a machine which is not at the same standard as the
controlling device. For example a 24fps film machine from a PAL editor. If the ES/2 is set as a
timeline master referenced to crystal or an external signal then the frequency of the reference is
used to define the “system” standard. The “machine” standard is determined in the usual way from
ltc , tach or serial information. If these two standards are different then Mixed Code operation is
invoked. Normally this happens automatically and does not require operator intervention. You can
tell that this mode has been engaged by the “MIX” indication in the normal menu. The controlling
device sees the ES/2 as if it were a machine of its own type. It is also possible to force the mixed
code system on by the use of a machine parameter.
See Mixed Code Emulation below.
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