Digital 328 setup – SoundCraft DAKOTA 328 User Manual

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Spirit Digital 328 v2

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 case, the 328 will be set to wordclock master, and the Dakota will be set to slave to the
328, via the Dakota S/PDIF input. Any other devices interfacing digitally with the 328 within the

studio setup will also be configured to slave to the 328’s wordclock.

To configure the Digital 328 as the wordclock master, enter the 328’s Main Menu page by
pressing the

button to the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the rotary

encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Clock Source Sel’ menu is highlighted,
and press . Here, either ‘Internal 44.1kHz’ or ‘Internal 48kHz’ clock must be selected

for the 328 to function as wordclock master. Set this to the samplerate you wish to work at then
press to confirm the samplerate setting.

To ensure that the Digital 328 Tape Ports are configured to ‘ADAT’ to work with the Dakota,

enter the 328 Menu pages by pressing the

button to the right hand side of the LCD
display. Using the rotary encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Tape Port
Select’ menu is highlighted and press .

Now repeatedly press the Up cursor arrow until the ‘’ menu page is displayed.

Using the rotary encoder set the ‘Bank Source’ to ‘ADAT’:

Now press the Down cursor arrow once, to set the wordlength. The Dakota is capable of 24 bit
recording, and so for optimum results, 24 bit wordlength can be selected here. If your sequencer

supports 16 or 20 bit resolution, make this setting here – Check your sequencer manual for more
information.

Tape Ports

Internal:44.1kHz

Internal:48.0kHz

24 >
Bank Source:ADAT

Digital 328 Setup

Wordclock information is automatically embedded into the S/PDIF data

stream output by the 328, allowing the Dakota to slave to the 328’s
S/PDIF output, providing clock synchronization between the 328 and

the Dakota.

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