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midnightsun · 26th November 2009

Regarding Mirko's original post. It seems that you only need to 3 pieces of digital gear together-- HEDD, RME, and SSL and the TC is clocked from the AES in. Get your hands on a BB or distribution clock of our choice and try every permutation and combination. You may just find that you can run everything you have from the HEDD with proper termination. I think that you will only need a single T connector. Keep the BNC cables as short as possible and properly placed. Then get your friends and or trusted ears in and do some blind testing. I'll bet you won't need a BB or other distribution clock.

I've owned a BB and yes it improved an older box that was born with a crappy clock. It certainly didn't improve a box that had a decent internal clock. I used the BB for a period of time to tie together 4 or 5 pieces of digital equipment. It seems that I only have two or three pieces of digital equipment running at once now,so I got rid of the BB and don't miss it.

I usually use the Aurora 16s internal clock and occasionally use the HEDD as the master. I prefer the simplicity of running a piece of equipment from it's own internal clock. If I am tracking through the Aurora 16s then I run off of their internal clocks. If I am tracking through the HEDD I will use it as the master. If I am mixing DA out of the Auroras to my analog console I will use the Aurora internal clocks. If I am printing my analog stereo bus mix AD through the HEDD I will use the HEDD as the master if I am bouncing back into the same session. However, I usually set the HEDD to internal and print directly to another source (TASCAM DVRA1000) at whatever SR and bit depth I desire-- i.e. the digital boxes end up in two different digital worlds and both run off of their own internal clocks.

I have spent a great deal of time experimenting to see if I would improve on the Auroras by clocking from a BB or the HEDD and I just can't get an improvement and I am very happy with the Auroras. That being said I really like the HEDD and use it for many tasks that are beyond the scope of this thread.

26th November 2009	#10
midnightsun Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,370	Regarding Mirko's original post. It seems that you only need to 3 pieces of digital gear together-- HEDD, RME, and SSL and the TC is clocked from the AES in. Get your hands on a BB or distribution clock of our choice and try every permutation and combination. You may just find that you can run everything you have from the HEDD with proper termination. I think that you will only need a single T connector. Keep the BNC cables as short as possible and properly placed. Then get your friends and or trusted ears in and do some blind testing. I'll bet you won't need a BB or other distribution clock. I've owned a BB and yes it improved an older box that was born with a crappy clock. It certainly didn't improve a box that had a decent internal clock. I used the BB for a period of time to tie together 4 or 5 pieces of digital equipment. It seems that I only have two or three pieces of digital equipment running at once now,so I got rid of the BB and don't miss it. I usually use the Aurora 16s internal clock and occasionally use the HEDD as the master. I prefer the simplicity of running a piece of equipment from it's own internal clock. If I am tracking through the Aurora 16s then I run off of their internal clocks. If I am tracking through the HEDD I will use it as the master. If I am mixing DA out of the Auroras to my analog console I will use the Aurora internal clocks. If I am printing my analog stereo bus mix AD through the HEDD I will use the HEDD as the master if I am bouncing back into the same session. However, I usually set the HEDD to internal and print directly to another source (TASCAM DVRA1000) at whatever SR and bit depth I desire-- i.e. the digital boxes end up in two different digital worlds and both run off of their own internal clocks. I have spent a great deal of time experimenting to see if I would improve on the Auroras by clocking from a BB or the HEDD and I just can't get an improvement and I am very happy with the Auroras. That being said I really like the HEDD and use it for many tasks that are beyond the scope of this thread. __________________ Jon