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Old 25th October 2008   #142
awediohead
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Not understanding something here –

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AlienHealth wrote: At the moment there is no clock source hardware switch, so the ZED-R16 will be the master clock source unless changed using the FireWire connection from a computer, so you can either sync from the ADAT out on ZED-R or tell it to sync from ADAT in using the FireWire connection.
That "at the moment" is intriguing!

My question is would it be possible to slave the onboard clock to a high quality external master clock, despite the absence of word clock, i/o via Firewire with something like the Big Ben?

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BIG BEN has an expansion slot for the optional X-FireWire card. With the X-FireWire card installed, BIG BEN can synchronize digital devices that provide inadequate clock signals such as keyboards, synth modules and other FireWire based devices to provide a stable, well synchronized environment for your entire studio.
Personally I'm pretty sure I'd be happy enough with the AD DA as standard, at least for the time being. But it would be good to have a clear upgrade path available - especially with SO much AD DA conversion going on inside this box and it being unreasonable to expect top class conversion / clocking at this price point.

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