digital cable setup question

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quick question..

does my preamp with digital outs (aphex207d)
need a wordclock connection as well as the s/pdif cable..?
to connect to my layla digital ins..

or do they also communicate along the s/pdif cable..?

thanks
 
seismetr0n said:
quick question..

does my preamp with digital outs (aphex207d)
need a wordclock connection as well as the s/pdif cable..?
to connect to my layla digital ins..

or do they also communicate along the s/pdif cable..?
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Some input devices can extract the clock from S/PDIF, others require a separate wordclock. The Layla manual will answer this question for you.
 
ok lets pretend i bought my Layla a long time ago and dont have the manual anymore..
(i originally bought a 20 and that died after a couple years, so they sent me a replacement 24 with no manual)
does anyone know the particulars for the layla ???
 
ok i think i found it (online manual)wayy at the bottom..

"S/PDIF – The Sony/Phillips Digital Interchange Format is a serial bit-stream that
has a clock signal embedded in the data stream. When recording from an S/PDIF
source, whether via optical cables or RCA cables, Echo products will utilize the
synchronization clock that is embedded in the S/PDIF while it decodes the
bitstream. Your Echo digital audio system can only sync to S/PDIF clock if the
master device is set to a sample rate between 30kHz and 50kHz. Otherwise you
will get noise and/or loss of sync.
Note: When recording from a S/PDIF port, you must select S/PDIF as the
input clock. For greater flexibility, this is not done automatically. If you
find that your S/PDIF recordings contain pops or skips, be sure that you
have selected S/PDIF as your input clock."

i think that clears it up... thx gilliland
 
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