Digital Interfaces
The higher you set the sampling rate, the higher will
be the maximum frequency to be transmitted
digitally, as it corresponds exactly to half the value of
the sampling rate. However, the data volume will be
increased for higher sampling rates. For that reason
the number of channels halves in case of 88.2kHz or
more for MADI and ADAT, and for 192kHz the
channels are quartered.
If you set the A16 MK-II to ADAT, MADI or BNC, it will
display the measured sampling rate. Since it is not possible to
decide from the ADAT/MADI signal whether it works with
one of the higher sampling rates, you may select these via
SAMPLE RATE manually.
In the next step you decide which digital data to be converted
by the A16 MK-II. By long pressing MENU you choose from
five options:
Routing Presets
MADI 1: MADI 1-16 → analog → MADI 1-16 (+ ADAT)
MADI 2: MADI 17-32 → analog → MADI 17-32 (+ ADAT)
MADI 3: MADI 33-48 → analog → MADI 33-48 (+ ADAT)
MADI 4: MADI 49-64 → analog → MADI 49-64 (+ ADAT)
ADAT: ADAT → analog → ADAT (+ MADI 1-16)
For example, if you select the first option, the A16 MK-II will
convert the first 16 MADI channels into analog and the analog
inputs will be sent to the first 16 MADI channels. All other
MADI channels will be passed through without any changes.
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