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Wordclock and Cascade Settings

Digital Input/Output & Optional Card Settings

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Fine Adjustment Of Overall Song Pitch (Vari-pitch)

When the AW2400 is set to use it’s own internal clock as the wordclock source it is possible to adjust the sampling frequency over a small range to adjust the pitch and tempo of song playback (Vari-pitch). This function can be useful to match the playback pitch of an AW2400 song to an acoustic instrument, or to adjust the length of a song.

1 Call the DIO screen Setting page by either pressing the Work Navigate section [DIO] key as many times as necessary, or by pressing the [F1] key after pressing the [DIO] key.

2 Move the cursor to the WORDCLOCK SOURCE field INT button and press the [ENTER] key.

This selects the AW2400 internal clock as the word- clock source.

3 Move the cursor to the VARI field.

Vari-pitch settings are made via the VARI field.

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BC

1FIX button

When this button is turned on the sampling frequency is fixed at the sampling frequency shown to the right of the button (default).

BVARI button

The Vari-pitch function is active when this button is turned on.

CVARI knob

Adjusts the sampling frequency of the current song in a range of -5.97 to +6.00%.

4 Move the cursor to the VARI button and press the [ENTER] key.

This activates the Vari-pitch function.

5 Move the cursor to the VARI knob and use the [DATA/JOG] dial or [INC]/[DEC] keys to set the sampling frequency as required.

6 To disable the Vari-pitch function move the cursor to the FIX button and press the [ENTER] key.

The Vari-pitch function will be turned off and the sam- pling frequency will be fixed at the value shown to the right of the FIX button.

NOTE

•When the Vari-pitch function is enabled and sampling fre- quency is adjusted, any external devices slaved to the AW2400 wordclock signal will be affected. Some slave devices may not be able to synchronize properly to the AW2400 wordclock signal when it is adjusted using the Vari- pitch function.

Cascade-connecting External Devices

Digital audio signals received at the AW2400 [DIGITAL STEREO IN] connector can be mixed directly into the AW2400’s stereo bus (cascade connection). The output from a digital mixer could be cascade-connected in this way to allow the mixer’s inputs to be mixed to stereo along with the AW2400’s own inputs.

●AW2400 Cascade Connection

AW2400	External device
	(Wordclock master)
(Wordclock slave)	Stereo bus
	Digital audio
Input channels	output
Track channels	[DIGITAL STEREO IN]
Effect return channels
	connector
Stereo output channel

Stereo track

[STEREO OUT] jack, etc.

1 Connect the digital output from the device to be cascade connected to the AW2400 [DIGITAL STEREO IN] connector.

2 Call the DIO screen Setting page by either pressing the Work Navigate section [DIO] key as many times as necessary, or by pressing the [F1] key after pressing the [DIO] key.

3 Move the cursor to the D.ST IN button in the WORDCLOCK SOURCE field and press the [ENTER] key.

This selects the signal received at the [DIGITAL STE- REO IN] connector as the wordclock source.

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