User Manual

Chapter 3. Audio connections and patching
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Audio connections for a digital input/output unit
The DIO8 digital input/output unit can accommodate up to eight digital I/O cards or analog I/O cards, according to
your system. The following diagrams show examples of connecting the DIO8 to digital recorders in ADAT, Tascam, and
AES/EBU formats.
• Connecting an ADAT format digital device
• Connecting a Tascam format digital device
• Connecting an AES/EBU format digital device
• When connecting a digital device via a digital I/O
card installed in the DIO8, the PM1D system and the
digital device must be synchronized to the same
word clock. (If they are not synchronized, the input/
output signal of that device may be muted, or may
produce click noise.)
• For details on the settings required to use a digital
device as a slave, refer to the manual for that device.
• When using an MY8-AT card to handle ADAT for-
mat signals, synchronization may tend to be lost eas-
ily, depending on the device that is connected. For
more reliable synchronization, we recommend that
the word clock for the combination of digital audio
equipment you are using be taken from other than
the ADAT format connector.
I/O UNIT ID
PORT B SELECTOR
5-8
1-4
POWER
ON/ OFF
DIGITAL I/O CARD MODEL MY8-AT
OUTIN
Digital-E/A-Platinen MY8-AT
ADAT
DIGITAL OUTDIGITAL IN
DIO8 digital input/output unit
ADAT
I/O UNIT ID
PORT B SELECTOR
5-8
1-4
POWER
ON/ OFF
WORDCLOCK IN
8-TRACK DIGITAL
DIGITAL I/O
DIGITAL I/O CARD MODEL MY8-TD
Tascam Digital Audio
Interface (TDIF-1)
WORD CLOCK OUT
Digital-E/A-Platinen MY8-TD
Tascam
DIO8 digital input/output unit
I/O UNIT ID
PORT B SELECTOR
5-8
1-4
POWER
ON/ OFF
Digital-E/A-Platinen MY8-AE
DIGITAL I/O CARD MODEL MY8-AE
AES/EBU
DAT
00.00.00.00
AES/EBU
IN
AES/EBU
OUT
Digital audio workstation
DIO8 digital input/output unit