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Timecode/Linear timecode

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Linear Timecode (LTC) encodes the standard timecode data as a Manchester-encoded audio signal. The sound of linear timecode is jarring and distinctive and has been used as a sound-effects shorthand to imply 'telemetry' or 'computers'. Care has to be taken with analog audio to avoid audible 'breakthrough' from the LTC track to the audio tracks.