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And I recently visited a largish seller of professional audio equipment where it took a few salesmen before anyone understood what I was talking about when asking for the word-clock termination.

The reason is that an unterminated line is more susceptible to noise and component drifts and that kind of things, and the whole idea of running the word-clock cable from the beginning is to get more precision in the timing. Only the last slave in the chain should have the termination connected.įor a short word-clock cable, perhaps a meter or a bit more, the termination might not strictly be needed (there are ways to calculate this, but that takes math I´ve mostly forgotten), it might be a bit belts and suspenders. Generally, you see this because there is a switch or whatever where you can disconnect it. Before we start looking at how Cubase handles synchronization, it is important to understand the different types of. Now, before going ahead buying the termination and T, check if your slave might have a built-in termination.

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An ADAT optical (TOSlink LightPipe) connection carries eight channels of digital audio (at sample rates of 44.1k or 48k Hz) plus word clock. Ĥ) The termination finally goes on the last open T, on the last slave. Those S/PDIF and AES/EBU digital connectors on the rear panels of your gear carry two channels of digital audio plus word clock. (Never, ever, connect the chain 'through' a slave, using the in/out connectors). You want the 75 Ohm.ģ) Daisy chain the cable, from the T-connectors, slave to slave. Warning - most of these things comes in both 50 and 75 Ohm variations. It is picture number 4 (click on the picture and it expands), sort of like a T (two times male, one times female connector). Use the 'Out' connector.Ģ) Now set one T-connector at each slave, at the 'In' connector. In the right corner there is a white square where you can enter a search term, in this case they are part numbers in their catalog.ġ) Anyway, connect the cable to the master. Sorry for the Swedish, hope the pictures talk for themselves. I explain my inspiration, talk about the build process, and give my thoughts on improvements for ve. I´ll point you to my electronics supplier for pictures. In todays video, I talk about my DIY Word Clock project. I have difficulty finding pictures of this on the net (had a few links before, lost them).

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