Patent ID: 6393198
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An audio-visual editing system comprising:a video reference generator, for generating a video reference signal; a video tape recorder, coupled to said video reference signal, for providing a video image, comprising a plurality of frame of video data, each of said frames having associated therewith a time code, said video tape recorder providing a positional reference signal corresponding to said time code of a frame of video data being processed by said video tape recorder; a clock slave driver, coupled to said video reference signal and to said positional reference signal, for providing a sample clock signal, resolved to said video reference signal, and operating at an audio sampling frequency, said clock slave driver comprising a first counter controlled by said sample clock; a digital audio workstation, coupled to said sample clock signal and comprising a second counter controlled by said sample clock; and a signal line, coupled between said clock slave driver and said digital audio workstation, for simultaneously resetting said first and second counters.