Firewire - Brainstorm DCD-8 Operation Manual

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15. FireWire

15.1. EIGHT CHANNEL AUDIO DEVICE
Drivers for Mac and PC are available for download at www.brainstormtime.com (only
registered users have access to the download page). Once installed (se next chapter), the
DCD-8 will be recognized by your computer as an 8 channels device.
The DCD-8 can re-clock and route audio to and from a FireWire device, providing 2 way
audio conversion with AES/EBU, S/PDIF and ADAT, as described in chapter 14.
15.2. MAC
Make sure the latest driver is installed. Connect the DCD-8 to the Mac with a FW 400 cable.
Settings to run FireWire audio through a Mac are all done via the Mac's System Preference:
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CLOCK SOURCE: The DCD-8 will automatically be selected as the clock source. You can
been selected on the DCD-8 will be the reference for the Mac FW audio.
This is valid for all Core Audio compliant applications such as Logic™, iTunes™, Sound
Blade™, Voice Cue™... Note that it is not applicable to Pro Tools™ since Pro Tools™
requires its own hardware.
15.3. PC
The PC behaves equivalent to the Mac except that there is only one place for sync source
confirmation and this is in the Brainstorm DCD-8 control panel.
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When using WDM the user needs to set the desired output channels in the speaker map-
ping section of the Brainstorm DCD-8 control panel.
15.4. FIRMWARE UPDATES
In addition to transmitting and receiving digital audio the FireWire port is also used to
update the unit's firmware (see next chapter).
Under INPUT and OUTPUT, you should see the DCD-8;
Select the DCD-8 as the sound input (if necessary);
Select the DCD-8 as the sound output (if necessary).
The user selects its output device in the audio application (WDM or ASIO) or
selects the DCD-8 as default (system wide) audio device in
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