Soundcraft FRONTIER DESIGN DAKOTA USER GUIDE

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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM

Audio Connections

Audio connections should be made as shown in the diagram below. ADAT optical cables must be connected both from Dakota ADAT Out 1 to 328XD ADAT In 17-24 and vice versa, and from Dakota ADAT

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Out 2 to 328XD ADAT In 25-32 and vice versa. 75 from the Dakota S/PDIF output to the 328XD S/PDIF input and vice versa.

coaxial digital S/PDIF cables must also be connected

In this configuration, the ADAT connections allow digital transfer of either direct outputs from the 328XD’s input channels 1-8 to the Dakota card, or the 328XD’s 8 Group outputs. The S/PDIF output from the console can be assigned to either the Mix bus or Aux 1/2, Aux 3/4 and FX 1/2 dry sends, Groups 1-8 or the Control Room output. The 328XD S/PDIF Input can be configured as a digital Stereo Input or as a digital 2-Track Return.

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Other Connections

You may also wish to connect the 328XD to the Dakota card via MIDI to allow MIDI automation / MIDI System Exclusive dumps from the 328XD to be recorded and played back from your PC.

If you wish to connect the 328XD to the Dakota card via MIDI, the following connections must be made:

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328XD CONFIGURATION

Wordclock

The Dakota card, 328XD and any other digital audio device in the studio setup must have their internal clocks synchronized to allow correct transmission and reception of digital audio data throughout the system. This is achieved by configuring one of the devices as a wordclock master, and configuring all other devices in the studio setup to slave to this wordclock.

In this configuration, the 328XD will be set to wordclock master, and the Dakota will be set to slave to the 328XD, via the Dakota S/PDIF input. studio setup should also be configured to slave to the 328XD’s wordclock.

Any other devices interfacing digitally with the 328XD within the

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To configure the 328XD as the wordclock master, enter the 328XD’s Main Menu page by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the PARAM encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Clock Source Sel’ menu is highlighted, and press <ENTER>. Here, either ‘Internal 44.1kHz’ or ‘Internal 48kHz’ clock must be selected for the 328XD to function as wordclock master. Set this to the sample rate at which you wish to work, press <ENTER> to confirm the samplerate setting and then <MENU> to return to the menu pages.

Wordclock information is embedded in the 328XD S/PDIF output data stream, allowing the Dakota to slave to the 328XD’s S/PDIF output. Additionally, the Dakota card could be set to synchronize to the 328XD ADAT output.

Tape Ports

To ensure that the 328XD Tape Ports are set to ‘ADAT’ to work with the Dakota, enter the 328XD menu pages by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the PARAM encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Tape Port Select’ menu is highlighted and press <ENTER>.

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Now repeatedly press the Up cursor key until the ‘<Tape Ch17-24 >’ menu page is displayed. Using the PARAM encoder set the ‘Bank Source’ to ‘ADAT’:

Now press the Down cursor key once to set the wordlength. The Dakota is capable of 24 bit recording, and so for optimum results, 24 bit wordlength can be selected here. If your sequencer supports only 16 or 20 bit resolution, select appropriately here – check your sequencer manual for more information.

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