V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Launch the Virtual Tape Format application and make the desired settings for these parameters:Virtual Tape Format Application WindowSampling RateBit RateNumber of TracksTimeCode In (Original TimeCode / TimeStamp)Length of the tapeCheck the ‘NTSC Non-Drop’ box if you wish to have a tape that will (virtually) run at 1001/1000 (this just ensuresthe TimeStamp and Length will be correct)Choose a location in the SCSI drive where you wish to create the tapeClick Format New TapeA set of (slightly enhanced) BWF files will be created in the target folder (one per track).There can be only one Virtual Tape per folder. The application will refuse to create a second tape in a folder whereone already exists.Do not attempt to move or copy the tape once created as this would suppress the block interleaving on the diskmade by Virtual Tape Format. Even if you feel that copying a “template tape” from another disk would be quicker,that wouldn’t align properly the tape blocks to the disk blocks.The resultant files are standard BWF files and will be recognized as such by any other application.Only Pyramix sees them as Virtual Tapes. In the future we will find a way to let Pyramix decide to see them as BWFfiles instead of Tapes to allow editing them when the dubbing session is over. (Please see Known Limitationsbelow for a temporary solution)Pyramix Settings for Virtual Tape ModeOpen Pyramix and go into the Settings > All Settings > Application > Playback/Record page.• Enter the value ‘262144’ in the Playback Buffer Size entry box and click ‘Set’• Select 96 KB in the Record Block Size box.• In the Jog/Chase page you should uncheck ‘Silent Chasing’. Even if checking this setting would reducelocking time, you would still have to wait for the Virtual Tape buffers to be filled after Pyramix is lockedbefore entering Record.• In the Layout page Uncheck ‘Generate waveform automatically at clip insertion’Applications : Dubbing Mode 19 - 342