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DriveCore Install Network Series Power Ampliﬁers

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Operation Manual

BLU-Link

Latency using BLU-Link in DCiN

Path

Analog Input to Ampliﬁer Output

Analog Input to Blulink Output

48khz Blulink to Ampliﬁer Output

96khz Blulink to Ampliﬁer Output

Total Latency (for selected path)

1.67ms

1.0ms

2.47ms

2.27ms

The analog inputs for the DriveCore Install Netowrk ampliﬁer provide additional ﬂexibility when for the BLU-Link digital audio bus. From the BLU-Link Output Conﬁguration

window (Input Icon >Source Routing > BLU-Link Output Conﬁguration), it is possible to utilize the DCI-N ampliﬁer to be a BLU-Link On-Ramp in two different ways:

Send unprocessed audio from the analog inputs of the ampliﬁer to 1 of the 8 available BLU-Link outputs

NOTE: The audio from the analog inputs passes though the ampliﬁer input gain stage (affected by selecting 28dB or 34dB of gain), and then through the input trim

and polarity switches in the Source Routing - Input Conﬁguration panel, before being sent to the BLU-Link bus.

Send post-processing audio from a DCI-N amp channel to 1 of the 8 available BLU-Link outputs

NOTE: The post-processing audio is bussed from a point at the end of the entire channel processing chain in the DCI-N. This is effectively analogous to taking

the audio from the physical output of the ampliﬁer feeding a loudspeaker, and routing it onto the BLU-Link network.

After selecting an Audio Source in the dialogue shown above, double-click on the BLU Link Routing button. It is absolutely necessary to take this additional step, which

allows the 8 BLU-Link output slots inside DCI-N to then be routed onto one of the slots available on the larger BLU-Link audio ring.

NOTE - BLU-LINK OUTPUTS (ON-RAMP fROM DCIn TO BLU-LINK ) ARE DISABLED WHEN THE BLU-LINK NETWORK IS OPERATING AT 96KHZ SAMPLING RATE

When attached to a Blulink network running at 96khz, DCI-N will not be usable as an on-ramp. The ampliﬁer will be able to receive a full compliment of up to 8 streams to

send to the input router, but it will not be able to send any analog or post-processing audio signals back onto the Blulink network.

See the section on BLU-Link Settings for more information about operation at different sample rates, mastership priority, and for more help on BLU-Link audio.

Figure 22 BLU-Link Output Conﬁguration