TDC-100 Disk Controller

The Lance Design TDC-100 Disk Controller is designed to integrate general-purpose DDRs, such as the Tek Profile, Fast Forward Omega, EVS, Accom and others into the live production environment by interfacing to the production switcher via the P-Bus II protocol.

This protocol is supported by Grass Valley, Sony, Ross, Philips, and other major production switchers, and provides for automatic recall of TDC registers in response to EMEM recalls. This allows the disk playbacks to be a tightly-integrated part of switcher effects. The four control channels of the controller can be used for any combination of key, fill, background loop or other playbacks, with channels controlled independently, slaved together in key/fill pairs, or any other combination. GPI control is also available, should that be required.

Features include:

Support of most disk recorders, using industry-standard Sony/Odetics RS-422 protocol
Simple, fast, reliable operation
300 registers
Clip Name List/Store/Recall
Single or Multi-channel looping
Multi-point loops for lead-in/loop/tail-out animations
Reliable, syncronous playback of up to 4 channels for key/fill or critical playbacks
Full-function numeric keypad with arithmetic (add, subtract, trim, etc.)
Register Copy function
Auto-dub feature controls playback vtr for frame-accurate transfers to ddr
Wide-range power supply and 25/30 frame per second operation for world-wide use

This controller has gained wide acceptance by the top network and freelance TDs, and is used by ABC, CBC, CBS, CNN, ESPN, NBC, FOX, TBS/TNT, and many other major broadcasters. It is very easy to use, compact, and like all Lance Design products, designed with the ruggedness and reliability required for professional location broadcast use.