K Adat To Adat - Alesis AI-1 Reference Manual

3.3K ADAT to ADAT

In this configuration, the AI-1 becomes a transparent link in a daisy-
chain. In the figure below, ADAT #2 is transmitting all 8 tracks to
ADAT #1, in addition to all 8 tracks of ADAT #1 being routed to
ADAT #2. The sample rate is fixed at 48kHz, and cannot be changed
to 44.1kHz. The proper control settings for this operation are as
follows:
Source = ADAT
Destination = ADAT
Destination Rate = 48kHz
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When bouncing tracks from ADAT #2 to ADAT #1, the first ADAT
is the master and must provide sync information to ADAT #2.
However, when the first ADAT is put into DIGITAL IN mode, it
looks at the digital source for its clock information, instead of using
its own internal clock. For this scenario to work, it is necessary that
the first ADAT use its own internal clock. When the DIGITAL IN
button is turned on, it can be set to one of two modes: either looking
for sync information from the incoming digital audio (normal
setting) or to ignore the incoming sync information and use its own
internal clock. Therefore, when recording from ADAT #2 onto
ADAT #1, you must switch the first ADAT's DIGITAL IN mode to
the "internal clock" setting so that it ignores the digital source's
clock and provides it own.
To set the master ADAT to use its internal clock while recording
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