TC Electronic Impact Twin - Manual (Page 23)

APPENDIX - SIGNAL FLOW IMPACT TWIN IMPACT TWIN – SIGNAL FLOW
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TC Near Prevents Computer Standby Mode
Before setting your computer to standby mode, the
TC Near control panel must be shut down. Computers
handle standby mode and hibernation in different ways.
To prevent instability on the audio interface after the
computer is turned back on, the TC Near control panel
must be closed. Most likely you will also need to close
you host application (e.g. Cubase or Logic).
Impact Twin uses the TC-developed DICE II digital
interface chip from TC Applied Technologies. The DICE
II chip provides a very stable digital clock to ensure
jitter-free digital signal flow all the way through the
device.
Digital sound quality is not just “digital sound quality”:
Having a stable digital clock is crucial to the sound
quality.
Get perfect alignment of all your digital signals
With integrated JET™ technology, the Impact Twin is
able to perfectly align all digital signals from external
digital sources. This means that all supported digital
formats will be aligned to ensure maximum digital quality.
JET – patent pending. Next generation of jitter
elimination and sync handling, based on experience from
TC’s “flag ship” products System 6000, EQ station and
AIR speakers.
DICE II has been specially developed for high performing
digital interfaces S/PDIF, ADAT, 1394 and AD/DA. DICE
II is based on many years of research and experience
from making products for the top professional market
including studios and broadcast industry.
The DICE II’s hardware based FireWire audio streaming
engine ensures robust, glitch free performance,
independent of how many channels are being streamed.
APPENDIX – MISC APPENDIX – DICE BACKGROUND
Shortcut Keys
The various main pages of the TC Near Control Panel
can be accessed using the following shortcut keys:
Function Access Key(s)
Device Pages
Mixer M or 1
Tuner T or 2
About A or 3
System Settings CTRL + S
Alternate between devices CTRL + 1 to CTRL + 4