If you want to use Midi Timecode with your Digital Audio Workstation - no problem.
Connect your Lockit via USB to your PC/Mac and open your DAW afterwards. The Lockit will show up as Midi Timecode Interface.
There are 2 options for you:
- use the TX Mode to follow the Timecode of your DAW in playback situations. The Lockit connected to your DAW will transmit TC to all Lockits on the same ACN Channel.
- or feed Timecode from your Lockit to your DAW. This works with Lockits jammed via ACN or also if the Lockit connected to your DAW is the C-Jam Master.
MTC in TX Mode using Reaper
- open a new session and go to the Reaper Preferences menu.
- go to Audio > Midi Devices
- enable Midi Output+Clock for the connected Ambient Device
- go to your session, create a new track and insert a SMPTE LTC/MTC Timecode Generator
- configure this Timecode Element as needed by double Clicking the Timecode Element. Important: Within this context Menü see the properties button below. This will guide you to another menu for choosing LTC or MTC. For this use case please select "Send Midi (MTC)".
- last step: go to the routing menu of the channel of your timecode generator. Deselect "Master send" and choose "Ambient Device" within the Midi Hardware Output Context.
Now you are ready to go to transmit the MTC to all connected ACN devices.
MTC input from ACN Timecode to Reaper
- open a new session and go to the Reaper Preferences menu.
- go to Audio > Midi Devices
- enable Midi Input for the connected Ambient Device
- open the context menu of the displayed timecode within Reaper.
- go to external Timecode synchronization and open synchronization settings. First check the settings to choose your Ambient Device as MTC input.
- then enable the synchronization within the same context menu.
Now you are ready to record Timecode sync with your live Setup.