Master time — timecode, timers, scheduling, astronomy.
TimeForge is a professional time management plugin for Q-SYS that combines four essential modules in a single component: a frame-accurate timecode generator, an astronomical clock, multi-mode timers, and an event scheduler. The timecode generator supports all standard frame rates (23.976 to 30 fps) plus non-standard rates up to 1000 fps on the internal bus. Output simultaneously via Art-Net Timecode, MTC (RTP-MIDI/AppleMIDI), and LTC audio — with up to 16 cue points positioned on the timeline for frame-accurate triggering. The astronomical clock computes sunrise, sunset, civil/nautical/astronomical dawn and dusk using NOAA solar algorithms. Configure your latitude, longitude, UTC offset, and DST mode — then trigger events on solar positions with per-event offsets up to ±120 minutes. Sixteen independent timers run in countdown, countup, or recurring mode at 10 Hz update rate. The scheduler adds 16 daily, weekly, or date-specific event slots with anti-double-trigger protection. Every control is exposed as a Q-SYS pin for integration with ShowMind, UCI, GPIO, or any external system. All timing is anchored to a monotonic high-resolution clock (Timer.Now) with automatic fallback — zero drift, no accumulated errors, frame-accurate precision across all modules.