Deciding On A Disk Drive - Black Box BBR64-MADI User Manual

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bidirectional and you'll need to use the Dante Controller software to

configure the network connections.

In certain circumstances, you can supplement the digital inputs with up to 8

analogue inputs. This is primarily aimed at capturing the ambience of the

venue or the audience itself. These additional 8 analogue inputs are

balanced line level inputs and will normally be fed from separate

microphone pre amps or spare channels on the console.

On a BBR64-MADI, these additional 8 analogue inputs are only available

when the MADI input is set to receive 56-channel (legacy) MADI signals.

On a BBR-DANTE system these additional 8 analogue channels will always be

available and you can decide whether to insert them into the outgoing Dante

data stream or not. If you do want to access these channels elsewhere on

the Dante network, insert them as channels 1-8, bumping all the other

channels up.

The additional analogue inputs can be monitored on the internal PFL bus,

two channels at a time

These balanced analogue inputs can be switched between Low and Pro

levels in the Setup Menu (page 26).

Setting

Nominal level

Headroom above nominal level

0dBFS (when digital clipping will occur)

Pay special attention to the clocking signals to ensure that the BlackBox

Recorder is being clocked correctly. There is more on this subject later, in the

clocking section (page 23).