User Manual-Mac

CHAPTER

3 Installing the PCI-424 Hardware

OVERVIEW

Try the Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Install the PCI-424 audio card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Connect the audio interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

2408mk3 input & output connections . . . . . . . .28

24I/O input and output connections. . . . . . . . . .30

HD192 input and output connections . . . . . . . .31

Make sync connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Do you need a synchronizer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Sample-accurate sync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Sample-accurate ADAT sync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Sample-accurate ADAT sync with no

synchronizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Sample-accurate Tascam sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Syncing to SMPTE time code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Syncing to video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Syncing to video and/or SMPTE time code using

a synchronizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Syncing to ADAT or Tascam devices using

SMPTE time code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Syncing to a DA-88/98 time code track . . . . . . .45

Syncing ADAT ‘lightpipe’ devices. . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Syncing Tascam ‘TDIF’ devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Syncing SPDIF devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Syncing word clock devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Sync for 2408mk3 stand-alone operation . . . . .50

Syncing large systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

TRY THE SETUP WIZARD

The PCI-424 software installer provides an easy-

to-use Setup Wizard. This interactive software

tutorial will help you ﬁgure out the best way to

connect all your gear to the PCI-424 card and

connected audio interfaces. This chapter covers

important general concepts regarding connections

and synchronization, but the Setup Wizard asks

you speciﬁc questions about your gear and then

makes speciﬁc recommendations for you based on

your answers. To use the Wizard, just run the

software installer on the 2408mk3 CD, and then

look for it on your hard drive when the installation

is done.