The Adat Connectors On Ews88 D; General - TerraTec EWS88 MT Manual

The ADAT connectors on EWS88 D.

The optical connectors on the EWS88 D accept other instruments,
which respond to sending and receiving ADAT and S/PDIF signals.
Included here are ADAT recorders, digital mixing desks or DAT and
MiniDisk recorders. An optical connection allows for up to 8 channels
to be transmitted with a sampling rate of 48kHz.

General.

Connecting ADAT compatible equipment to the EWS88 D is incredibly simple. Generally you
will find a single input and a single output connector (IN and OUT). You can recognize the OUT
connector by the red light shining inside it. Connect the ADAT out of the EWS88 D to a ADAT IN
of your peripheral, and vice versa.
Using the ADAT connection for recording, you need to ensure that the sampling frequencies of
both are identical. To guarantee perfect synchronization you must switch the masterclock
setting in the ControlPanel to "External" .
externally, the EWS88 only transmits audio data which are identical to the receiving machine.
But here also special cases are to be taken into consideration: Digital mixing desks (i.e.
Yamaha 02R), do not transmit any audio data when there is no external synchronization
present (i.e. when your PC is switched off).
The suitable drivers for digital ADAT recording are "EWS88 WaveRec.". As up to 8 audio
channels can be received, the drivers are grouped in pairs (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8). You can find
more information on the drivers from page 48.
AudioSystem EWS88
Skipping this important step may result in audible
dropouts in the recording. Of course the external
instrument must be switched to the appropriate
setting as well. If you intend to connect both
instruments in both directions permanently, you must
decide on a common synchronization frequency.
Which format is most suitable for your studio, can
only be decided by yourself. You need to consider,
that – for safety reasons – when synchronized
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