protools delay compensation and LTC

Ameyerson · 25th May 2008

It's an old question, but I want to bring it up again.
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm mixing a film score that I have to use 6 Ptools rigs to play back. (1000 tracks). I had to add delay compensation to my synthmaster machine and my main orchestra machine. I didn't add it to the other 4 machines because there were no plugins. Everything went out of sync.
I guess it's obvious now that the timecode doesn't move with the delay comp.
Doesn't that seem wrong?
Alan

jmarkham · 25th May 2008

The LTC is at the transport and therefore pre-delay. You can
possibly fix this by using time adjusters on the master faders of
the undelayed sessions .. but..

This sounds more like a session management / work-flow problem than a
delay compensation one.

Is one reel's worth 1000 tracks or ?? The most I've ever seen was
in Twister .. and that was divided down into sub-sessions ... foley,
dialog, soundtrack. I couldn't keep 1000 tracks managed if i tried.

jeff

bobdaspit · 25th May 2008

1000.....that's all you got?

25th May 2008	#1
Ameyerson Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 95 Thread Starter	protools delay compensation and LTC It's an old question, but I want to bring it up again. I know this sounds crazy, but I'm mixing a film score that I have to use 6 Ptools rigs to play back. (1000 tracks). I had to add delay compensation to my synthmaster machine and my main orchestra machine. I didn't add it to the other 4 machines because there were no plugins. Everything went out of sync. I guess it's obvious now that the timecode doesn't move with the delay comp. Doesn't that seem wrong? Alan

25th May 2008	#2
jmarkham Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 2,237	The LTC is at the transport and therefore pre-delay. You can possibly fix this by using time adjusters on the master faders of the undelayed sessions .. but.. This sounds more like a session management / work-flow problem than a delay compensation one. Is one reel's worth 1000 tracks or ?? The most I've ever seen was in Twister .. and that was divided down into sub-sessions ... foley, dialog, soundtrack. I couldn't keep 1000 tracks managed if i tried. jeff __________________ Please donate to the American Red Cross Japanese Relief Effort Joe Barresi : Tracking Rock is now available!

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25th May 2008	#3
bobdaspit Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 95	1000.....that's all you got?