MADI system clock setup

[zenmastering]

Originally Posted by roy_mattie

- converted back to MADI optical into DAW through MADI xtreme 128 (card currently clocked to MADI A card)

Do you mean that the first MADI connector on the Xtreme 128 is *receiving* clock from the MADI signal from the Soundcraft mixer?

If you're not doing this and are, in fact, generating a clock with the 'MADI A' on the Xtreme, you'll get clicks, at least.

Two things to try:

Keep your current connections and make sure that everything in the chain is set to be a MADI slave, except the Soundcraft, which should be (is already?) set to follow the Aardsync.

Alternatively, try sending the wordclock outputs from the Aardsync down to all of the other digital devices, i.e. the MADI Xtreme's wordclock input; the Alphalink, etc. and make sure they're all set to slave to wordclock.

That's all I can think of without more details of your setup.

Graemme

[roy_mattie]

Thanks for your reply. I'll check it out tomorrow when I get back in, to see the available clocking options.

[roy_mattie]

Hi, Graemme

Sorry for the long delay in getting back to you. I've been in touch with Jim @ SSL, as well as the local SSL guys here in Toronto, and they've been really helpful with information on our setup.

Tomorrow is the big day to see if everything works as intended. Aardsync feeding front house with word clock... AES down to the edit suite, into an Aardvark word clock sync distro, and word clock to the MADI Xtreme card, Alphalink, and ADA 8000.

Fingers are crossed!

[roy_mattie]

Works like a charm! Master sync clock @ front house, aes to edit suite, word clock distro to alpha link, MADI xtreme card, and behringer D/A box.

It's a bit finicky with the startup chain. What I found that works best is master clock on before everything else, distro, interface / ADA, then computer.

Thanks for all the help!