RME OCTAMIC XTC Руководство по эксплуатации онлайн [32/62] 776279

RME OCTAMIC XTC Руководство по эксплуатации онлайн [32/62] 776279
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User’s Guide OctaMic XTC © RME
13.3 MADI
The optical MADI I/O provides the OctaMic XTC with a 64-channel MADI input and output. The
menu Digital Routing determines on which channels the XTC transmits its data (see chapter
8.5.1).
The MADI input will operate as an optional clock source (menu Clock) as well as a through in-
put. Since each OctaMic XTC uses only 8 channels, up to 56 channels can be passed through,
switching this function off even all 64.
This technique is used to serially cascade several OctaMic XTC. Incoming MADI data is passed
through unchanged, only one block of eight channels is replaced. This allows up to 8 devices to
be connected serially. All 64 combined channels are available at the last device's output. The
the block of eight channels used by an individual device is determined either automatically
(Auto-CA) or manually (Compens. ID) in the menu MADI Settings:
ID 1: channels 1-8 ID 2: channels 9-16 ID 3: channels 17-24
ID 4: channels 25-32 ID 5: channels 33-40 ID 6: channels 41-48
ID 7: channels 49-56 ID 8: channels 57-64
The configuration of the MADI output signal is also done in the MADI Settings menu. MADI
Format sets the format to 56 or 64 channels. MADI Frame sets the format to 48k Frame or 96k
Frame when operating at 88.2 and 96 kHz. Sample rates higher than 48 kHz can be transmitted
with the standard 48k Frame as well, but then there is no automatic detection of the real sample
rate. This is the main advantage of the 96k Frame, but not all MADI devices support that format.
The OctaMic XTC can also be remote controlled via MADI. At the same time MIDI data are
transmitted via MADI, see chapter 11.2.
When multiple devices are connected serially, the MADI I/O of each OctaMic XTC causes a
delay of 3 samples. Therefore at the MADI output of the last device, the data of all upstreamed
devices are delayed. At Double Speed the delay rises to 6 samples per unit, at Quad Speed to
12 samples.
The problem of this offset is solved by the function Delay Compensation, see chapter 10.1. It
delays the signals in a way that they are sample-synchronous in multi-device operation. The
diagram on the next page shows a serial setup with HDSPe MADI card, three OctaMic XTC and
activated Delay Compensation with automatic channel assignment (Auto-CA).
Delay Compensation has to be manually activated in each unit!

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