244 Chapter 18—System Examples
01V—Owner’s Manual
Two 01Vs & two ADAT-Interface Recorders
This example shows how two 01Vs can be used with two 8-track digital tape recorders,
or 8-track hard disk recorders, featuring ADA T optical connections to cr eate a 32-input,
16-track fully digital recording system, with the 32 mic/line inputs and 16 digital tape
returns providing up to 48 inputs during mixdown.
01V-A and 01V-B are cascaded together using the Ster eo Digital In and Stereo Digital
Out connections. 01V-B audio signals are combined into a stereo mix, which is then fed
to 01V-A via the Digital Stereo Coaxial connections and mixed with the audio signals
of 01V-A. The TO HOST connection links the two 01Vs together for simultaneous
operation, so when, for example, the fader mode is set to Aux 1 on 01V-A, the fader
mode on 01V-B is also set to Aux 1, and vice v ersa. See “Cascading 01Vs” on page 214
for more information.
System Components
• Two 01V Digital Mixing Consoles
• Two MY8-AT Option I/O cards
• Two 8-track digital tape recorders, or 8-track hard disk rec o r ders, such as Alesis
ADAT, ADAT-XT, Alesis M20, Akai DR8, Akai DD8, Fostex D-90, or Fostex CX-8.
• Four ADAT optical cables
• ADAT sync cable
See “Installing Option I/O Cards” on page 218 for MY8-AT installation instructions.
Wordclock Configuration
For digital audio transfer, digital audio devices must be wordclock synchronized (see
“About Wordclocks” on page 206). I n this e xample, digital multitrack recorder A is
wordclock master, while digital multitrack recorder B, the 01Vs, and DAT recor der ar e
wordclock slaves. Digital multitrack recorder B derives its wordclock from the sync c on-
nection with recorder A. The 01Vs derive their wordclocks from their Option I/O dig-
ital inputs, and the DA T , from the Digital Stereo Coaxial Out of the 01V. The wordclock
frequency, which is the same as the sampling rate, is set when the digital multitrack tape
is formatted or first recorded.
For digital recording from the DAT recorder to the digital multitrack recorders, the
DAT reco rder must be c onfigur ed as wor dclock master and the 01Vs and digital multi-
track recorders as wordclock slaves. The sampling rate will be the same as that used
when the DAT tape was reco r ded. If a CD player is used instead of the DAT, the sam-
pling rate will be fixed at 44.1 kHz, the industry-standard for music CDs.
System Notes
• The digital IN and OUT connectors on the MY8-AT cards are connected t o the dig-
ital multitrack recorders using ADAT optical cables.
• On Alesis ADAT 8-Track Digital Audio Recorders, use the DIGITAL IN button to
select the optical digital input.
• Although the 01V is a four-bus mixer, a combination of bus outs, aux sends, and
channel direct outputs can be assigned to the digital outputs for eight-track simulta-
neous recording. See “Assigning Option I/O Digital Outputs” on page 219 for more
information.