World Clock on my Sync Plate?

Hub · Post by **Hub** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:50 pm

Greetings to all,

What is it and why or how would I use it? Where could I find more info on it. Please, go easy on me I'm a rookie.

-Hub

sinix · Post by **sinix** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:30 pm

The wordclock connectors (called BNC connections) are used to sync different pieces of digital equipment through a common reference signal fed through that connection. Generally a master clock or device that acts as a master clock is used as the reference and all other devices "slave" from that clock. For audio, the clock typically specifies bit and frequency information (i.e. 24 bit / 96khz)

Sync can be done either through spdif, ADAT or BNC connections, but BNC is typically the most stable and consistent.

Examples of reference clocks:

http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/bigben.php
http://www.aardvarkaudio.com/aasd-v1/pr ... -main.html

gedas · Post by **gedas** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:32 pm

Hi Hub,
First of all, it's word, not world clock. It's used for a better synchronization, especially when you have several digital devices which you want to connect into a system, an external dedicated word clock master source would be the best way to do so, providing synchronization to all the "slaves". It's all related to jitter and how to do away with it. I'm sure some "tech" guys here can explain this more in detail.

Gedas

gedas · Post by **gedas** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:34 pm

Like I said, there are lot's of knowledgeable and fast people here

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:04 pm

It's designed for Synchronization between devices using a clock pulse.The clock tells all your devices to convert,sample,start,chase the master at the same time so they emit the audio at the same time and are following eachother like members of a band.

Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:52 pm

more info about different type of sync found here.

http://www.alesis.com/support/cc/sync.html

Hub · Post by **Hub** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:13 pm

A thanks to each of you.
Got the picture now. "Word clock" gave me better results in my serch and I now know that the "world clock" is located in Denver, Huh? Thanks for the links as well.

-Hub

Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:06 am

hi, i have a question. i've got a pulsar 2 plus (slave) hooked up to a swissonic ad24mk2 unit (master). do you reckon a cw sync plate would give me better results (ie. reduced jitter, tighter sound etc)? at the moment the p2+ is slave via the adat connection.

Music Manic · Post by **Music Manic** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:38 am

Sync plate is very stable and I use it as master with A16.Has better crystal I suppose.