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Digital 328 v2 and Frontier Digital 328 v2 and Frontier Digital 328 v2 and Frontier Digital 328 v2 and Frontier Design Group Dakota Setup Guide Design Group Dakota Setup Guide Design Group Dakota Setup Guide Design Group Dakota Setup Guide Contents 1 1 1 1 Connecting The System 2 2 2 2 2 Digital 328 Setup 4 3 3 3 3 Dakota Setup 7 4 4 4 4 Using The Dakota With The 328 14 Dakota Setup Guide 1
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Connecting The System Connecting The System Connecting The System Connecting The System 1 Audio Connec Audio Connect tiio ons ns Audio Connec Audio Connect tiio ons ns Audio connections should be made as shown in the diagram below. Toslink optical cables must be connected both from ADAT Out port A of the Dakota card to the ADAT In port A of the 328 and vice versa, and from ADAT Out port B of the Dakota card to the ADAT In port B of the 328 and vice versa. 75Ω Coaxial digital S/PDIF cables must
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Oth Oth Oth Othe e e er Connec r Connec r Connec r Connect t t tion ion ion ions s s s You may also wish to connect the 328 to the Dakota card via MIDI to allow MIDI automation/System Exclusive dumps from the 328 to be recorded and played back from your PC. If you wish to connect the 328 to the Dakota card via MIDI, the following connections must be made: Dakota MIDI Out 1 328 MIDI In 328 MIDI Out Dakota MIDI In 1 Either Dakota MIDI port 1 or MIDI port 2 can be used. It would be wise NOTE to
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Digital 328 Setup Digital 328 Setup Digital 328 Setup Digital 328 Setup 2 The Dakota card and the 328 (plus any other devices in the studio setup) must have their internal clocks synchronized to allow correct transmission and reception of digital information throughout the system. This is achieved by configuring one of the devices as a wordclock master, and configuring all other devices in the studio setup to slave to this wordclock, hence synchronizing all clocks in the studio setup. In this ca
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Set the desired wordlength on the 328 with the rotary encoder. 24 > Wordlength: 24 Press the down cursor to set the port for 328 ADAT port B, as for port A, and again to set the wordlength for port B. Press to confirm the settings. 32 > 32 > Bank Source:ADAT Wordlength: 24 S/PDIF Input S/PDIF Input S/PDIF Input S/PDIF Input The 328 S/PDIF input can be routed to any one of the following inputs: Stereo Input 1, Stereo Input 2, FX Return 1, FX Ret
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S/PDIF Ou S/PDIF Ou S/PDIF Ou S/PDIF Out t t tp p p put ut ut ut On the 328, the stereo S/PDIF output can be sourced from any of the following busses: Mix L/R, Aux 1/2, Aux 3/4, FX1/2 This will usually be set to ‘Mix’, to allow a stereo mixdown to be recorded directly into the Dakota on the playback of a composition. As the Dakota is a full duplex device, it is possible to playback a composition consisting of all 8 ADAT tracks + 1 Stereo S/PDIF track from the Dakota, recording the mixed signal f
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Dakota Setup Dakota Setup Dakota Setup Dakota Setup 3 Wo Wo Wo Wordc rdc rdc rdcl l l lock & ock & ock & ock & S/P S/P S/P S/PD D D DIF IF IF IF I I I In n n nput put put put The Dakota must be set up to receive the wordclock transmitted by the 328 (via the 328’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: Dakota Setup Guide 7
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Firstly, the Dakota clock source must be set to slave its internal clock to the incoming S/PDIF wordclock (outputted from the 328). Set ‘Clock Source’ to Dig In: ‘S/PDIF’: Alternatively, the Dakota will also successfully clock to either ADAT NOTE output of the 328. The Dakota could also be set as wordclock master, and the 328 can slave to the Dakota via the S/PDIF connection. However, the recommended configuration is with the 328 as wordclock master, with the Dakota slaving via S/PDIF, as outlin
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You can force Windows applications to only playback at the chosen NOTE samplerate 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 328, enabling the Dakota to slave to the 328 via S/PDIF, and also allows the 328 to send
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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 showin
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S/PDIF Ou S/PDIF Ou S/PDIF Ou S/PDIF Out t t tp p p put ut ut ut The stereo output from the Dakota can be set to either AES/EBU or S/PDIF format. In this configuration, this should be set to S/PDIF, so that the 328 correctly interprets the stereo data incoming to the 328’s S/PDIF input. In the Dakota Control Panel, select the ‘System’ tab. In the ‘Output Channel Status’ section, select ‘Consumer (S/PDIF)’: Dakota Setup Guide 11
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ASIO Re ASIO Re ASIO Re ASIO Resol sol sol solu u u ution tion tion tion If you wish to use the Dakota as an ASIO device (e.g. with Cubase VST), the playback/record wordlength should also be set. The Dakota supports both 16 bit and 24 bit ASIO wordlength resolution. Set the desired wordlength resolution in the ‘System’ page of the Dakota Control Panel under the ‘ASIO Resolution’ section: If you are using the Dakota as an ASIO device it is important that the wordlength set here is the same as the
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MIDI MIDI MIDI MIDI If you wish to use the MIDI interface on the Dakota with the 328, ensure that the MIDI mode is enabled on the Dakota Control Panel. 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 328 to the PC via the Dakota MIDI interface has several benefits: • MIDI automation data from the 328 can be recorded into a sequencer, which can then be replayed at any time to allow full
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Using The Dakota With The 32 Using The Dakota With The 328 8 Using The Dakota With The 32 Using The Dakota With The 328 8 4 Accessin Accessing g Th The e Dak Dako ot ta a ADAT ADAT I/O I/O From Th From The e 32 328 8 Accessin Accessing g Th The e Dak Dako ot ta a ADAT ADAT I/O I/O From Th From The e 32 328 8 The Dakota will commonly be used with a software sequencer/hard disk recorder to allow the simultaneous playback and recording of 8 individual tracks of audio, via the ADAT I/O. Here, th
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