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APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY

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Output cable: One of the eight (or sixteen) MIDI OUT

jacks in a MIDI Time Piece network.

PA L /S E CA M: Phase Alternate Line. A system of coding

color information that is similar to (but incompatible

with) NTSC format. PAL/SECAM uses 25 frames per

second.

Script: An itemized description of the commands that

make up a base setup or modiﬁer. The script is displayed in

the Setups & Modiﬁers window when the setup or

modiﬁer is selected.

Sequencer: A computer or software running on a

computer that is capable of recording and playing back

MIDI data.

SMPTE: Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

The acronym SMPTE is often used in audio production as

a shorthand expression for SMPTE Time Code.

SMPTE Time Code: A series of binary impulses that

express the location of each frame on ﬁlm, video, or audio

tape in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. SMPTE has

two forms: 1) an 80-bit audio signal, called Longitudinal

Time Code (LTC), or 2) a video signal recorded in the

vertical blanking segment of video frames, called Ve r t i ca l

Interval Time Code (VITC). In either form, SMPTE Time

Code has four different formats for counting frames per

second (fps): 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, and Drop Frame. 24 is

used mostly with ﬁlm; 25 is a European format for ﬁlm; 30

is the US standard for audio and video; Drop Frame is

required only with color video programs in which the

SMPTE time code numbers must precisely match the

actual elapsed time.

SMPTE-to-MIDI Converter: A device that reads SMPTE

time code from audio or video tape and converts it to

MTC or DTL to synchronize MIDI devices to tape.

Striping: The process of recording SMPTE time code.

Switcher/Special Effect Generator: A machine that takes

multiple video input signals and routes them to a variety of

destinations to add special effects such as dissolves.