viz; is external word clock desirable for the purpose of mixing out of a
MOTU 1296 through an analog board? I've seen answers conflicting yet
adamant.

Kaiser

In article x7BAd.301023$HA.120402@attbi_s01,
"fb30" wrote:

viz; is external word clock desirable for the purpose of mixing out of a
MOTU 1296 through an analog board? I've seen answers conflicting yet
adamant.

Kaiser



desirable ? perhaps.
mandatory? no.

If it's a great song and performance it won't matter anyway; same thing
holds true if it's a crappy song/perfomance.
--
Digital Services Recording Studios
http://www.digisrvs.com

In article x7BAd.301023$HA.120402@attbi_s01, fb30 wrote:
viz; is external word clock desirable for the purpose of mixing out of a
MOTU 1296 through an analog board? I've seen answers conflicting yet
adamant.

IF the quality of the word clock you are supplying is better than the quality
of the clock inside the converters AND if the ability of the converters to
lock to external clock is good, then yes it will be a good thing.

IF you are supplying a clock that is less accurate than the internal clock,
or the internal converters are not designed well to chase external clock,
then it will be a bad thing.

Are replacement tires a good thing for your car? Yes, if the new tires are
better than the old ones, but not if they aren't.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

No. Word clock is a method of getting multiple digital devices to run at
the same speed. Digital devices have an oscillator that runs at whatever
speed it runs based on the crystal frequency and power supplied. Since two
units won't have the exact same frequency or power supplied, they won't be
running at the same speed. Word clock takes this out of the equation,
establishing a clock that all devices follow (assuming one has them
specified to master out and slave in) thus taking the functional differences
of internal clocking away. Word clock and digital sync methods like ABS or
MTC or SMPTE are two different things. Word makes the machines run at the
same speeds, digital sync means that each frame being played is the same on
each machine.

Since you only have the MOTU 1296 (from what you said) you need not worry
about Word.

--


Roger W. Norman
SirMusic Studio

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viz; is external word clock desirable for the purpose of mixing out of a
MOTU 1296 through an analog board? I've seen answers conflicting yet
adamant.

Kaiser

viz; is external word clock desirable for the purpose of mixing out of a
MOTU 1296 through an analog board? I've seen answers conflicting yet
adamant.

Why do some answers suggest it would be?

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