PT SYNC HD Hell. Please Help!

Kalara · 9th August 2007

How-D,

For the past 3 years I've been running an HD3 system with a Mac G4 dual 1.25, Sync I/O, a pair of 192's and a 96i. No Sweat! Things have been great.

Now I have a new system. Mac G4 dual 1.47 mirror door (horizontal living is a must for my rig) HD3 Accel, a SYNC HD (the new one, not the I/O) an Apogee AD16X, a 192 with DA card and a 96i.

In the current configuration (temporary fix as I have sessions) I have the AD16X plugged into the core card and the 192 plugged into the 1st accel card. I'm using the AD16X as the clock master going from the wc output of the AD16X to the wc input of the 192. No Sync HD, No 96i. It works great, but I need to get it all running.

I've run the 96i by itself, no problem.

I've firmware updated the Sync HD.

I've tried engaging the Sync HD. Primary of the AD16X into the core card. Primary of the 96i into the 1st accel card. Expansion out of the 96i into the Primary of the 192. Loop synced from the Loop Sync out of the Sync HD into the AD16X. Out of the AD16x into the Loop in of the 96i. Out of the 96i into the loop in of the 192. OUt of the loop out of the 192 into the loop in of the Sync HD. Standard operation, I've done it million times. No Go!

The AD16X is a new piece for me, so I'm open to that being the issue, nut my gut goes towards the Sync HD. Before installing the new system, I used the same setup as above (now interjecting the AD16X) in the old system. Beautiful! That system had a Sync I/O. PLease Help! I can run fine for the rest of the week on this set up, but I will need full I/O and Timecode chase by next Tuesday.

Should have stayed with the older rig. Stupid Me.

CBarx · 8th November 2007

I'm not 100% sure that this will solve your problem but.........

One thing you need to check (and you probably already know this) is to make sure that you're using Pro Tools 7.3 or higher. The sync HD s not compatible with lower versions of pro tools unless booted in an emulation mode.

The other thing (which i'm not 100% on either) is I was always under the impression that loop sync worked only with pro tools interfaces and hardware, having the apogee included in the loop sync might be causing your problem. Just a thought, i'm probably wrong

9th August 2007	#1
Kalara Gear Head Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 50 Thread Starter	PT SYNC HD Hell. Please Help! How-D, For the past 3 years I've been running an HD3 system with a Mac G4 dual 1.25, Sync I/O, a pair of 192's and a 96i. No Sweat! Things have been great. Now I have a new system. Mac G4 dual 1.47 mirror door (horizontal living is a must for my rig) HD3 Accel, a SYNC HD (the new one, not the I/O) an Apogee AD16X, a 192 with DA card and a 96i. In the current configuration (temporary fix as I have sessions) I have the AD16X plugged into the core card and the 192 plugged into the 1st accel card. I'm using the AD16X as the clock master going from the wc output of the AD16X to the wc input of the 192. No Sync HD, No 96i. It works great, but I need to get it all running. I've run the 96i by itself, no problem. I've firmware updated the Sync HD. I've tried engaging the Sync HD. Primary of the AD16X into the core card. Primary of the 96i into the 1st accel card. Expansion out of the 96i into the Primary of the 192. Loop synced from the Loop Sync out of the Sync HD into the AD16X. Out of the AD16x into the Loop in of the 96i. Out of the 96i into the loop in of the 192. OUt of the loop out of the 192 into the loop in of the Sync HD. Standard operation, I've done it million times. No Go! The AD16X is a new piece for me, so I'm open to that being the issue, nut my gut goes towards the Sync HD. Before installing the new system, I used the same setup as above (now interjecting the AD16X) in the old system. Beautiful! That system had a Sync I/O. PLease Help! I can run fine for the rest of the week on this set up, but I will need full I/O and Timecode chase by next Tuesday. Should have stayed with the older rig. Stupid Me. __________________ Mark Miller Luminant Audio http://www.luminantaudio.com

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8th November 2007	#2
CBarx Gear interested Joined: Oct 2007 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8	I'm not 100% sure that this will solve your problem but......... One thing you need to check (and you probably already know this) is to make sure that you're using Pro Tools 7.3 or higher. The sync HD s not compatible with lower versions of pro tools unless booted in an emulation mode. The other thing (which i'm not 100% on either) is I was always under the impression that loop sync worked only with pro tools interfaces and hardware, having the apogee included in the loop sync might be causing your problem. Just a thought, i'm probably wrong