[LAU] Allen&Heath Ice-16

Georg Krause mail at georg-krause.net
Tue Dec 27 12:00:09 UTC 2016


One more information on synchronisation: As a soundcard using firewire
its only possible to use two synced devices, with usb only one is
possible. so daisy chaining more than two units for using as a soundcard
wouldn't work.

Am 27.12.2016 um 12:24 schrieb Georg Krause:
>> The sync connector is a mini 8 pin din? (as used in DJ equipment) It
>> syncs not only audio clock but also transport control. The manual refers
>> to the DJ syncing equipment as a source for cables, but does not say if
>> it uses the same standard, nor any pinout info. They do not seem to
>> expect anyone to use more than two synced together. I do not know if
>> this is a hard limit (adding a third unit just won't work) or daisy
>> chaining to more than two just doesn't give good syncing. I suspect that
>> the sync out comes from internal clock and is not clock through. So at
>> best it is sync in -> local clock ppl -> clock out. The manual does not
>> say if the transport can be controlled buy the connected computer, but
>> does say that streaming to USB stick turns off the stream to USB
>> connected computer.
> 
> Well, the hole syncronisation is a topic i dont really care about, but
> FYI an quote from the maual:
> 
> "Expand: You can link ICE-16D units together in different ways. You can
> daisy chain two units together using the FireWire ports in order to
> expand the number of channels connected to a computer. Or you can link
> two or more units together using the Sync ports in order to synchronise
> more than one ICE-16D when recording multiple channels"
> 
> Page 31 and following gives you more information if you are interested in.
> 
> 
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