SOLID STATE LOGIC Alpha Link MADI AX IO Bundle [8/32] Installation notes

Installation Notes

Please take time to read through this guide before installing your Alpha-Link. If however you are unable to resist that

temptation, do take note of the following points:

• Full connector pin-out details are provided in the Installation Guide.

• The nominal analogue I/O level of each Alpha-Link is +22dBu ≈ 0dB FS apart from Alpha-Link LIVE which is factory

configured for either +18dBu or +24dBu ≈ 0dB FS (see also Appendix C for unit identification).

• Your Alpha-Link unit can be rack mounted. Whilst the unit occupies 2U of rack space in a standard 19-inch rack,

do please leave (a 1U) space above and below the unit for cooling.

• It may be necessary to change the default CLOCK SOURCE – please refer to the Clock Source Selection discussion

on page 8 for further details.

• Please turn down, switch off or disconnect any connected amplifiers before re-configuring your Alpha-Link.

Changing signal routing and/or clock source can potentially produce loud audible clicks.

• To use an Alpha-Link unit with an SSL (or Soundscape) Mixpander PCI audio card, connect the Expansion Bus

port of the Alpha-Link unit to the Expansion Bus port of the Mixpander card using a Mixpander Expansion Bus

cable.

• If connected to a Mixpander card, switch the computer that hosts the Mixpander card on and start the SSL Mixer

software

before

applying power to the Alpha-Link unit.

WARNING!

Where applicable, always switch the host computer and the Alpha-Link unit off before connecting or

disconnecting the Mixpander Expansion Bus cable or damage may result.