ED To Shred

You're brilliant! I just need the time code in a wave file. I can drop that right into Cakewalk and use the output from that in the programming track and the output at the show. So simple it was hard! Thank you!

I get what you're saying. They all have proprietary encoding for their implementation. Hopefully, the conversation with the programmer over there will yield some answers. They have people doing it all the time... so, I just need to figure out what their process is.

Thanks for the input, gang!

I'm still working that part out. It seems assinine that in this day and age, a modern daw/interface can't spit out audio timecode. I'm getting ready to call laser guy... I'm sure they have people running up against this all the time. So, I'm hoping they have suggestions on a clean and easy solution.

Yeah, these guys are using Pangolin for the laser software. It reads the SMPTE and will lock to it with an audio signal with the SMPTE. So, now... I'm reading through my audio interface's doc's to see if I can figure out how to output the audio smpte... If I can get that, I'll just loop it back in and lay a "stripe" to output for them to program with.

Back in the day we used to use a device to stripe timecode track 16 on a tascam tape machine. Then use that to lock the computer to it. So, I understand that application. And what you both said about being able to output SMPTE from the audio interface/midi from the DAW is what I was planning on doing at the live show. I'll have Cakewalk running the backing tracks and output the SMPTE to the Lighting/Laser guy. But.... to be able to program it remotely, he needs a 2 channel mp3 or wave with the mono music on one side and the timecode on the other. This will allow him to create the show synced to the music. Then at the live show, the DAW will be sending him the Timecode locking the pre-programmed lasers and lights to the music.

I searched the online docs as well. That page never came up in the results. I must have put too much in the search. Thank you! This looks like it will help me get further in figuring it out.

I need to output a wave or mp3 file of my backing tracks. I need to pan all the music to one side and have SMPTE on the other track. My laser and lighting guy will use this to program the lighting and laser show. My question... How can I "stripe timecode" on a track in Cakewalk? I've done several google searches and can't seem to find the answer. I would appreciate any help!