User manual SOUNDCRAFT FRONTIER DESIGN WAVECENTER-PCI CONFIGURATION

[. . . ] 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 samplerate you wish to work at then press <ENTER> to confirm the samplerate setting. Press <MENU> to return to the Menu pages. Tape Ports To ensure that the 328XD Tape Ports are configured to `ADAT' to work with the WaveCenter/PCI, enter the 328XD Menu pages by pressing the <MENU> button to the right hand side of the LCD display. [. . . ] In this case, wordclock will still be transmitted through the S/PDIF output of the 328XD, even though no audio signal is transmitted. 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 WaveCenter/PCI 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 WaveCenter/PCI WAVECENTER/PCI CONFIGURATION Wordclock and S/PDIF Input The WaveCenter/PCI must be set up to receive the wordclock transmitted by the 328XD (via the 328XD's S/PDIF output). Open the WaveCenter/PCI Control Panel, accessed by double clicking the WaveCenter/PCI icon on the Windows taskbar: Click on the `Clock/Device Status' tab. The following window should open: NOTE: Alternatively, the WaveCenter/PCI will also successfully clock to the ADAT output of the 328XD. The WaveCenter/PCI could also be set as wordclock master, and the 328XD can slave to the WaveCenter/PCI via the S/PDIF connections. However, the recommended configuration is to set the 328XD as wordclock master, with the WaveCenter/PCI slaving via S/PDIF, as outlined in this manual. Now the sample rate 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 internal clock on the 328XD: 6 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design WaveCeneter/PCI 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 WaveCenter/PCI, 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 WaveCenter/PCI coaxial S/PDIF input. With the `S 1:2' input set to `Coax', the WaveCenter/PCI recevies the S/PDIF stream from the 328XD, enabling the WaveCenter/PCI to slave to the 328XD via S/PDIF, and also allows the 328XD to send S/PDIF stereo data back to the WaveCenter/PCI. To make this setting, select `Coax' from the `S 1:2' pull-down menu. 7 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design WaveCenter/PCI Now the validity of the S/PDIF input received by the WaveCenter/PCI must be checked. The `Digital Input Status' section of the `Clock/Device Status' WaveCenter/PCI 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, WaveCenter/PCI 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 output by the 328XD is not correctly being interpreted by the WaveCenter/PCI. 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 WaveCenter/PCI. If the indicators are still showing errors, check also that all the correct 328XD and WaveCenter/PCI settings have been made, as described so far in this manual NOTE: A 75 coaxial S/PDIF cable must be used to correctly transfer the S/PDIF digital data from the 328XD to the WaveCenter/PCI. A standard phono cable will not guarantee satisfactory data transfer. If all three indicators are continually green, the WaveCenter/PCI is correctly slaving to the 328XD's wordclock, and the S/PDIF data format is being correctly interpreted by the WaveCenter/PCI. 8 Soundcraft 328XD and Frontier Design WaveCeneter/PCI S/PDIF Output The stereo output from the WaveCenter/PCI can be set to either AES/EBU or S/PDIF format. In this configuration, this should be set to S/PDIF, so that the 328XD correctly interprets the stereo data incoming to the 328XD's S/PDIF input. [. . . ] Connecting the 328XD to the PC via the WaveCenter/PCI 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 system exclusive file on the PC. The 328XD MIDI Controller Bank can be used to automate Windows software remotely, e. g. [. . . ]