2 Digital 328 Setup
The Dakota card and the 328 (plus any other devices in the studio setup) must have their internal clocks synchronized to allow correct transmission and reception of digital information throughout the system. This is achieved by configuring one of the devices as a wordclock master, and configuring all other devices in the studio setup to slave to this wordclock, hence synchronizing all clocks in the studio setup.
In this case, the 328 will be set to wordclock master, and the Dakota will be set to slave to the 328, via the Dakota S/PDIF input. Any other devices interfacing digitally with the 328 within the studio setup will also be configured to slave to the 328’s wordclock.
Wordclock information is automatically embedded into the S/PDIF data
NOTE stream output by the 328, allowing the Dakota to slave to the 328’s S/PDIF output, providing clock synchronization between the 328 and
the Dakota.
To configure the Digital 328 as the wordclock master, enter the 328’s Main Menu page by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the rotary encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Clock Source Sel’ menu is highlighted, and press <ENTER>. Here, either ‘Internal 44.1kHz’ or ‘Internal 48kHz’ clock must be selected for the 328 to function as wordclock master. Set this to the samplerate you wish to work at then press <ENTER> to confirm the samplerate setting.
<Wordclock Src.> Internal:44.1kHz
or
<Wordclock Src.> Internal:48.0kHz
Tape Ports
To ensure that the Digital 328 Tape Ports are configured to ‘ADAT’ to work with the Dakota, enter the 328 Menu pages by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the rotary encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Tape Port Select’ menu is highlighted and press <ENTER>.
Now repeatedly press the Up cursor arrow until the ‘<Tape
<Tape Ch17->24 >
Bank Source:ADAT
Now press the Down cursor arrow once, to set the wordlength. The Dakota is capable of 24 bit recording, and so for optimum results, 24 bit wordlength can be selected here. If your sequencer supports 16 or 20 bit resolution, make this setting here – Check your sequencer manual for more information.
Spirit Digital 328 v2
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