16 Sep
2002
16 Sep
'02
12:32 p.m.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 06:37:36 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
In my normal (non-Ardour so far!) setup, I use PTLE
as a sync master on
one PC sending sync to the RME via ADAT on a second PC. It works
wonderfully. I don't think I've ever heard a click, so I don't think
it's
fundamentally impossible to sync over ADAT, although that doesn't mean it
works under Linux yet.
There are no specific problems with sync under Linux, I've heard people
complaining about ADAT/spdif sync at the hardware level. It could easily
be a myth, but I thought I'd better mention it.
Its possible that if you have bigish SPDIF chains there is a bit of lag in
the sync from begining to end. SPDIF/ADAT sync runs as broken segments
linking ports, whereas word clock is a continuous network. Sadly I dont
have enough kit to know ;)
I slave my desk/cards/outboard gear with spdif+adat in varius ways under
linux without problems. the hammerfall is easy to configure, its just an
alsactl parameter, I can't remeber what its called, but its pretty
obvious.
For a while I had my desk and hammerfall both set to auto negotiate, it
too me ages to notice that I was getting 44.1 or 48, randomly, depending
on which won ;)
- Steve