arnyk wrote: > So you can't think of any purpose for an external word clock connection > except to reduce jitter? OK. > > Here's a little studio craft for you. > > In a situation where there are a lot of devices with their own clocks, > the slight differences between those clocks can cause audible problems, > and clocking them all from a common source can make those problems go > away. > > For example, if you are recording multiple channels from various > sources, having all those sources use the same identical clock means > that their clock frequencies are identically the same, and they then > stay in synch. > > Simply having multiple clocks with slightly different frequencies can > lead to them inadvertently mixing and forming beats and spurious tones > and whistles. > > and so on. > > It is the same kind of bogus argument that speaker systems with separate > woofer and tweeter connections were "obviously designed" for biwiring. > In fact they are often set up that way to facilitate active biamping > which can actually make a difference, unlike biwiring which is pure > snake oil.
Sorry, I was somewhat in firefighting mode when I made my earlier response. I completely agree with your point about needing to use only one master clock in a studio, especially when dealing with multi-channel applications. That is why the designer of my Mytek Brooklyn DAC equipped it with both word clock in & out connections (although it is primarily aimed at the domestic market), so that you can use several of them together to monitor multi-channel recordings: you can even select any of 15 colours for the logo display to differentiate which DAC is doing what! They do make a studio-oriented DAC (the Manhattan, now at Mk.2) at about 3 times the price - I suppose they realised that acquired a fleet of those might prove too expensive for some. However, I was curious what effect slaving my Transporter to the DAC would be, accepting that this was not a design consideration for the DAC itself. It only cost the purchase of an inexpensive BNC cable to try it. And I think my point about the Transporter (& associated software) being equipped with the capability to accept an external clock does imply that Sean put it there to enable an external DAC to take control. Whether this was an elaborate in-joke on his part is a moot point, but it seems a lot of trouble to go to for a joke that few would appreciate... Anyway, I was terse earlier for which I apologise. Dave :) Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
