User manual SOUNDCRAFT FRONTIER DESIGN DAKOTA CONFIGURATION

[. . . ] Additionally, the Dakota card could be set to synchronize to the 328XD ADAT output. To configure the 328XD as the wordclock master, enter the 328XD's Main Menu page by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the PARAM encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the `Clock Source Sel' menu is highlighted, and press <ENTER>. Here, either `Internal 44. 1kHz' or `Internal 48kHz' clock must be selected for the 328XD to function as wordclock master. Set this to the sample rate at which you wish to work, press <ENTER> to confirm the samplerate setting and then <MENU> to return to the menu pages. Tape Ports To ensure that the 328XD Tape Ports are set to `ADAT' to work with the Dakota, enter the 328XD menu pages by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. [. . . ] If an Auxiliary output is selected, both the S/PDIF digital output and the analogue sends will be active, carrying identical signals. Enter the menu pages by pressing the <MENU> button on the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the `SPDIF O/P Setup' menu is highlighted and press <ENTER>. Using the encoder select the output required. Press <MENU> to return to the menu pages. The wordlength of the S/PDIF output must now be set. Press the down cursor to access the S/PDIF output wordlength setting. Here, the desired wordlength can be set to 16, 20 or 24 bit. NOTE: If using the Dakota as an ASIO device, it is important here that the wordlength set here is the same as the 328XD Tape Port wordlength (see `Tape Ports'). 5 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design Dakota DAKOTA CONFIGURATION Wordclock and S/PDIF Input The Dakota must be set up to receive the wordclock transmitted by the 328XD (via the 328XD's S/PDIF output). Open the Dakota Control Panel, accessed by double clicking the Dakota icon on the Windows taskbar: Click on the `Clock/Device Status' tab. The following window should open: 6 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design Dakota Firstly, the Dakota clock source must be set to slave its internal clock to the incoming S/PDIF wordclock (outputted from the 328XD). Set `Clock Source' to Dig In: `S/PDIF': NOTE: Alternatively, the Dakota will also successfully clock to either ADAT output of the 328XD. The Dakota could also be set as wordclock master, and the 328XD can slave to the Dakota via the S/PDIF connections. However, the recommended configuration is to set the 328XD as wordclock master, and the Dakota to slave to its S/PDIF input, as outlined in this manual. Now the samplerate must be set. In the `Sample Rate' section, select the sample rate at which you wish to work. This should match the sample rate of the 328XD internal clock, as configured in 328XD Configuration. 7 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design Dakota NOTE: You can force Windows applications to only play back at the chosen sample rate by ticking the `Lock' tick box in the `Sample Rate' section. On the Dakota, the stereo device `S 1:2' (S/PDIF format) can be sourced from any physical input. In this configuration, it must be set to source from the Dakota coaxial S/PDIF input. With the `S 1:2' input set to `Coax', the Dakota receives the S/PDIF stream from the 328XD, enabling the Dakota to slave to the 328XD from the S/PDIF input, and also allows the 328XD to send S/PDIF stereo data back to the Dakota. To make this setting, select `Coax' from the `S 1:2' pull-down menu. 8 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design Dakota Now the validity of the S/PDIF input received by the Dakota must be checked. The `Digital Input Status' section of the `Clock/Device Status' Dakota Control Panel shows the validity of the S/PDIF input with the following 3 indicators: S/PDIF input status indicators (From left to right): Signal Active/Inactive, Digital Audio Format Valid/Invalid, Dakota Locked/Unlocked Firstly, click on `Clear Errors' to initialize the indicators. In this configuration, all indicators should be continuously showing green. If any of the indicators are red, or display a slash, the S/PDIF signal output by the 328XD is not correctly being interpreted by the Dakota. If this is the case, check the S/PDIF cable is correctly connected from the S/PDIF output of the 328XD to the S/PDIF input of the Dakota. [. . . ] With the System page still open, in the `MIDI Mode' section, select `2x2': MIDI information can now be recorded and played back via the Dakota. Connecting the 328XD to the PC via the Dakota MIDI interface has several benefits: · · MIDI automation data from the 328XD can be recorded into a sequencer, which can then be replayed at any time to allow full dynamic automation of the 328XD MIDI (System Exclusive) data dumps from the 328XD to be saved onto the PC, which can be restored into the 328XD at any time. This enables the PC to be used as a MIDI librarian where all the data stored in the 328XD (Snapshots, Presets etc. ) can be backed up to a small MIDI System Exclusive file on the PC. The 328XD MIDI Controller Bank can be used to control Windows software, e. g. [. . . ]