DropFrame · Global Timecode Generator

01 Output

Mode

Real-time LTC locked to the global timecode (everyone in sync). Interval basis

Timecode = clean downbeat values. Real time = exact elapsed seconds (drifts from TC in drop-frame).

◉ Global time of day

Time base

Global · UTC = every node reads identical frames.
Local = your timezone's wall-clock. Sync Locking to the global timecode… Output device

Send LTC straight to an interface — no need to change the system default. “Choose” opens your browser’s device chooser.

◉ MIDI Time Code

MIDI output

Quarter-frame + full-frame SysEx, locked to the same global timecode. Pick a port — a DAW, hardware synth, or USB-MIDI interface.

02 Format

Frame rate

03 Timing

Start timecode

First downbeat / free-run origin · HH:MM:SS:FF

End timecode

Files span start → end · HH:MM:SS:FF (wraps past midnight) Interval between downbeats

Preroll to downbeat

Program length (after downbeat)

Postroll (optional)

04 Broadcast Wave file

Sample rate Bit depth

Output level BWF originator BWF description

05 Batch

Files in span

One file per interval, from start to end.