any way to sync off embedded track with SMPTE (audio) code?
Greetings,
My band (Advent) went into a 24-track analog studio in the early 1990s and, while we got a lot of recording done, very little was ever mixed at the time. Once one of my band mates acquired Pro Tools, I suggested we take the reels somewhere and have them converted--and I've been holding on to safety copies of all the SDII files for quite a while now. Decided to have a go at loading them up in REAPER (using an external utility to convert the files to WAV instead) and everything is looking good thus far.
The only problem: We used a drum machine at the time (for lack of finding a real drummer) and ended up striping track 24 with SMPTE code so that we could keep the drum machine virtual and save track space. Haven't had time to play with the MIDI files yet, but I'm guessing that there may have been at least a minor deviation in tape speed between the tracking studio and the machine where we did the backups--and, as a result, I'm hoping to be able to somehow use the SMPTE tracks to lock timing in accurately.
With this in mind, is there any obvious way to sync REAPER from an audio track that contains SMPTE data? The generally recursive nature of the situation is spinning my head and would certainly appreciate any guidance as to how this task might be accomplished.
Thanks a lot and take care,
Alan
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