Kolpak DA-98 manual Connection to other Tascam units, Parallel control, Multiple Dtrs units

METER UNIT

SYNC IN

CONTROL I/O

between the DA-98 and other suitably-equipped units (for instance, sequencers capable of being synchronized to MTC, and capable of transmitting MMC commands).

The MIDI functions are accessed through menu group 7. See 10.4.5, “Using MIDI Time Code (MTC)” and 11.3.1, “MMC commands and the DA-98” for full details.

Note the difference between MIDI OUT and MIDI THRU. The OUT connector outputs signals which originate from the DA-98. The THRU connector echoes messages received at the IN.

4.3.3 Parallel control

Parallel control by and of the DA-98 is performed

through theport [42]. See 15.1.6, “CONTROL I/O connector pinout” for details of how to connect other equipment to this port.

4.4 Connection to other TASCAM units

By a “TASCAM unit”, we mean another DA-98, a DA-88 or a DA-38 unit, or an optional remote control unit, which may also be connected in a “chain” with multiple DTRS units.

4.4.1 Multiple DTRS units

Use a TASCAM PW-88S cable when connecting other units to the REMOTE/SYNC IN connector [43] or to the SYNC OUT connector ([44]).

This synchronization cable will carry the internal synchronization code and the transport signals, etc. There is no need to make any other connec- tions, apart from the audio connections (either digital or analog).

If more than one DTRS unit is to be used, the first unit in the chain must have its Machine ID set to “1”, (“0” in the case of DA-88s) and subsequent units must have their IDs set in order with no gaps in the numbering sequence. Note that the diagram below does not show any audio connections.

Machine ID 1		Machine ID 2		Machine ID 3
	(master)		(slave 1)		(slave 2)

Section 4 – Connections

See 9.2.2, “Setting machine ID” for details of set- ting the Machine ID using menu group 3.

WARNINGS

The last unit in the chain must be terminated (a TAS- CAM termination plug must be plugged into the SYNC OUT of the last machine in the chain.

Once again, only use TASCAM cables for connection of equipment to and from the DA-98.

4.4.2 “Indirect” word sync

As mentioned earlier, there is usually no need to use a word clock when connecting DTRS units together. There is, however, an occasion when it is necessary to carry external word sync between DTRS units.

This is when a slave DTRS unit is recording digi- tally from another digital audio device:

		Digital SDIF-2
		device
	Word clock signal
Machine ID 1
(master, but	Machine ID 2
CLOCK set to			SDIF-2
	(slave 1)
WORD)			digital audio
			IF-88SD
	PW-88S Termination	TDIF-1 digital
	plug	audio

Though the slave will receive its word clock from the master unit, the master itself must receive its word clock from the other digital audio device.

In this case, the master unit will have its clock source set to WORD, and the slave will receive its clock from the master unit through the

[43].

4.4.3 Meter unit (MU-8824)

The optional MU-8824 external meter bridge unit can be connected using a PW-88M cable from the

connector [46]. You do not need to make any settings on the DA-98 when connecting the meter unit.

PW-88S	PW-88S	Termination
		plug

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