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APPENDIX

A Glossary

Address Track: A third audio track, used for time code,

located on the edge of the video signal on a 3/4” VTR.

Because of its proximity to the video signal, the address

track cannot be recorded by itself; it must be recorded

simultaneously with the video signal.

AT R : Audio Tape Recorder. A device that can record an

audio signal on audio tape.

Burn-in Window: A numeric display of time code

superimposed over the video picture to aid in the post-

production editing process.

Cable routing: An internal connection from one of the

Express interface’s MIDI IN ports to one or more of its

MIDI OUT ports.

Control Track: A video tape track located at the edge of the

video tape containing a series of pulses that serve as a

reference tracking the tape speed. This track is recorded

with the video signal.

CRT: Cathode Ray Tube. The glass screen in TV’s,

computers, etc. upon which video images are projected.

Crosstalk: Interference on a track from the signal of an

adjacent track on a multitrack tape recorder.

Default: An initial value or conﬁguration.

Drop Frame: A SMPTE time code format used to

compensate for an accumulating timing error in color

video. Drop Frame skips two frames at the beginning of

each minute (except every 10th minute) as it counts color

video frames. The result is that the SMPTE time code

values match the actual elapsed time, since color video

runs slower (29.97 frames per second) than black and

white video (30 frames per second). Drop-frame is

required only with color video programs in which the

SMPTE time code numbers must precisely match the

actual elapsed time.