Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

This audio output is plugged into the PPS-100 (or PPS-2) and the
output of the PPS-100 is plugged into some MIDI port on your rig.
Assuming the software is set up right (which I won't tell you how to
do in this post!) you can follow the exact frame of video your VCR is
on, on your sequencer or keyboard.
So, when this is set up on my computer with Cakewalk, I can start the
video first, then start play on Cakewalk. It listens for the MTC code
coming from the PPS-100 (which is listening to the audio channel of
the videotape) and plays *exactly* at the spot in your sequence that
corresponds to the video's time frame.
Loosely, the difference between the PPS-2 and the PPS-100 is that the
PPS-100 is programmable, gives you two pulse relay contacts for
triggering non-MIDI devices (lights, klaxons, whatever...) and is
rack-mountable with an LCD panel and buttons instead of tiny levers.
michaelt@nylink.org (Michael J. Talarczyk) writes in a 2nd message:
Let's say you have this rig all set up, and you want to do a demo of
your sound design prowess with your new equipment. Now, let's say I
tape a commercial of, oh, a Scope commercial from regular TV. My VTR
(video tape recorder -- when you buy pro gear you have to be a snob
and call it something to distinguish it from being a VCR ;) has the
ability to selectively erase the sound on a videotape while leaving
the video alone. Let's say I remove all trace of sound on the 15
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