Master Clock? Could anyone explain this to me?

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I couldn't even understand the documentation!
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/OCX/
Antelope Audio Isochrone OCX Features:
Oven Controlled Discrete Transistor Crystal Oscillator for lowest jitter.
Atomic clock input resolves to Rubidium clock for perfect stability.
Jitter Management Module improves sonic performance.
Sample Rates 32-192 kHz.
Frequency calibrated to better than 1PPM.
W/Cx256 "Superclock" output for Digidesign Pro-Tools systems.
Outputs multiple, divisible sample rates.
Eight word clock outputs.
Two AES/EBU outputs.
Two S/PDIF output.
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It's a master clock (and a pretty good one from what I've heard about it). What exactly do you need to know?
 
Massive Master said:
It's a master clock (and a pretty good one from what I've heard about it). What exactly do you need to know?
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What is is for? Would it even be of use to a very low level recordist such as me? Is it useful in video production?
 
When you have a bunch of digital gear that is all hooked together digitally and always needs to be in sync, you need a master clock.

If you only have a simple audio interface, you don't need one.
 
Correct me if Im wrong. From some articles Ive read, with the newer digital equipment of the past few years, timing or clock jitter is not much of an issue. Clocks, were used in the early days, due to non industry frequency standards within the AD/DA converters and other types of chips and or equipment. I may be totally wrong too. :)
 
Clocks are much better than they've been in the past. Still, you can only have one master clock controlling an entire digital chain at any one time...
 
Sometimes I run two or three A/D units together - they don't work *at all * without a shared clock - or, that is, they work when you set them independently to the same sample rate, but the clicks, hissing, and popping are so bad that you can't do anything. With the clock, they work great together.
 
I see... so I'm once again looking at equipment I shouldn't be looking at. Thanks.
 
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