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Lake Controller Operation Manual Rev 1.5.8
Modules Menu Reference
8.2 .1.3 Dante Clock (not applicable for MY8-LAKE)
When Dante is enabled on a Lake device, the Primary Clock is used for Dante purposes. One Dante device
will be allocated as the Dante Master, and all other devices will be Dante Slaves. The Dante master is
selected automatically following these priorities:
1. Preferred Dante master (via Dante Conguration screen)
2. Devices with an external BNC Word Clock input
3. Devices with other external clocks (e.g. AES Inputs)
4. Hardware-based devices
5. Software-based devices, e.g. Dante Virtual Soundcard
Where there is no distinguishing feature for a device to be selected (for example, all devices have a BNC
Word Clock connected, or multiple devices have an AES signal), then Dante uses the device with the lowest
Mac Address as a unique distinguishing feature. However, if a Frame has been the Dante master for more
than one minute, its priority is elevated to prevent a master transition based on Mac address alone.
The Dante Master may lock to an external clock via the Primary Clock as shown is the example below. If the
Frame requires locking to another signal type, the SRC Clock should be used. The example below shows
how two differing AES signals can be connected to one Lake device, with Dante locking to the Primary
Clock’s AES signal.
Figure 8-5: Primary Clock as Dante Master