Connecting External Disk Drives; Connecting Audio; Connecting Smpte - Roland DM-80 Owner's Manual

CONNECTING
EXTERNAL DISK
DRIVES
CONNECTING
AUDIO
ANALOG AUDIO
DIGITAL AUDIO
CONNECTING
SMPTE
You can expand recording time beyond the DM-80's internal capacity
of 18 track minutes @ 44.1 kHz (double for a DM-80-8) by connecting
additional disk drives.
With a DM-80-4, connect drives to the SCSI A port. With an eight track
DM-80-8, connect drives in pairs; one to SCSI A and the other to SCSI В.
Fixed and optical disk drives can be used. Please check the SCSI
CONFIGURATION section, starting on Page 18.
There are a number of audio inputs and outputs in the DM-80. The
proper connections depend on your particular application.
Any of the inputs (analog or digital) can be routed to any of the tracks
for recording, or to the mixer's auxiliary inputs for combining in the
master mix.
The DM-80 has four inputs and four outputs (eight each for the DM-80-
8). In addition, the output of the mixer appears at the Mix Output jacks.
All analog audio connections are balanced at +4dBm using 3-
conductor phone jacks. These jacks also accept unbalanced
connections. When you use them in an unbalanced configuration, the
output level becomes -2dBm.
Note: The input levels can be changed to -10dBm Бу an Authorized Roland Service Center. Please
contact your dealer or Roland for the nearest service center.
The DM-80 features XLR as well as Coaxial inputs and outputs. The
DM-80-4 has one input pair (DIGITAL A) and the DM-80-8 has two
pairs (DIGITAL A&B). Coaxial or XLR input connectors can be selected
using the Select Switch for each input on the rear panel, as shown in
the AUDIO CONNECTIONS diagram on page 9. The mixer output
appears at either the XLR or Coaxial connector, as selected by the
Select Switch.
Note: To record from the DIGITAL A input, remember to select DIGITAL A as the Sampling Clock
Source in the System menu.
The DM-80 reads and generates SMPTE Linear Time Code. To slave the
DM-80 to SMPTE, connect a SMPTE code source to the SMPTE IN, and
select SMPTE as the Timing Base in the System menu.
Note: Be sure to also select the proper frame rate and format.
For more information, check the DATA CONNECTIONS diagram, page
10, and also the sections about SMPTE in the DM-80-R Remote and
Track Manager user manuals.
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