Connecting TASCAM (TDIF)

Multitrack(s)

❏Install DIO•8 card into one or more of the D8B TAPE card slots.

❏Using a 25-pin D-sub digital cable (TDIF), connect the D8B Digital I/O connector to the TASCAM MDM (e.g., DA-88) Digital I/O connector.

❏Install BNC clock cable and make sure all connec- tions are tightly secured.

❏If the D8B is to be the slave, the sync source should be connected to the sync card BNC Word Clock input and the D8B Apogee Clock should be set to External in the Setup>Digital I/O window.

Connecting TDIF Digital

Use a 25-pin D-sub digital cable (TDIF) to connect the D8B Digital I/O connector to the TASCAM MDM (e.g., DA-88) Digital I/O connector, for up to 32 tracks (8 channels per card) of flexible and assignable digital audio, including the ALT I/O.

In addition, connect the Sync output from the DIO•8 card to the Word Sync input of the DA-88. This connection indicates use of a DIO•8 Card with firmware version 127v2.

DIO•8 Card

APOGEE

DIGITAL I/O

 

TDIF

OPTICAL

OUT

ADAT

IN

Sync Cable

Tascam

DA-98

rear panel

 

REMOTE INSYNC IN

SYNC OUT

WORD SYNC

(FROM RC848/DA-88)

(TO DA-88)

 

 

 

 

IN OUT

 

METER UNIT

 

DIGITAL I/O

 

 

 

TDIF - 1

SYNC

TDIF Interconnect Cable

D8B Manual • Chapter 4 • page 103