SoundCraft Digital 328 v2 Setup Manual

1212 I/O Card 1212 I/O Card 1212 I/O Card V 2.0 Revised: 04-12-00

1 Contents 1111 Connecting The System 2 2222 Digital 328 Setup 3 3333 Korg 1212 Setup 5 4444 Using The 1212 With The 328 8 5555 Additional Information 9 Digital 328 v2 and Digital 328 v2 and Digital 328 v2 and Digital 328 v2 and Korg 1212 Setup Guide Korg 1212 Setup Guide Korg 1212 Setup Guide Korg 1212 Setup Guide

2 Audio connections should be made as shown in the diagram below. Toslink Optical cables must be connected between the ADAT Out ports of the 1212 card to the ADAT In ports of the 328 and vice versa. Coaxial digital S/PDIF cables must also be connected from the 1212 S/PDIF output to the 328 S/PDIF input and vice versa. In this way, the ADAT connections allow digital transfer of either direct outputs for input channels 1-8 to the 1212 card, or the Digital 328’s 8 Group outputs. The S/PDIF output from the console can be assigned to either the Mix output or 1 of 3 stereo auxiliary outputs (Aux 1/2, Aux 3/4 or FX 1/2) The 328 S/PDIF Input can be configured to be a digital Stereo Input or as a digital 2 Track Return. Besides the audio connections, the 328 Wordclock Output should be connected to the 1212 Wordclock input, to enable the 1212 to synchronize to the 328 wordclock. In this configuration, the 328 is wordclock master, and the 1212 is the wordclock slave. Connecting The System Connecting The System Connecting The System Connecting The System 1 328 ADAT Out 1 � 1212 ADAT In 1212 ADAT Out � 328 ADAT In 1 1212 S/PDIF Out � 328 S/PDIF In 328 S/PDIF Out � 1212 S/PDIF In 328 Wordclock out � 1212 Wordclock In Audio Connections Audio Connections Audio Connections Audio Connections Other Connections Other Connections Other Connections Other Connections

3 To configure the Digital 328 as the wordclock master, enter the 328 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. Press to confirm the samplerate setting and to return to the menu pages. To ensure that the Digital 328 Tape Ports are set to ADAT to work with the 1212, 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’. Press the Down cursor arrow once, to set the wordlength: The 1212 is capable of 20-bit recording, and so for optimum results, 20-bit wordlength can be selected here. If your audio sequencer software only allows 16-bit recording, 16-bit should be selected. The sequencer manuals should be consulted for further information. Set the desired wordlength on the 328 with the rotary encoder, and press confirm the setting. Press the button to return to the main menu: Internal:44.1kHz Internal:48.0kHz 24 > Bank Source:ADAT or 24 > Wordlength: 24 2 Digital 328 Setup Digital 328 Setup Digital 328 Setup Digital 328 Setup Wordclock Wordclock Wordclock Wordclock Tape Ports Tape Ports Tape Ports Tape Ports

4 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 Return 2, 2 Track Tape Return, providing that the AES/EBU input has not already been assigned to that input. Commonly the 1212 S/PDIF output would be routed to Stereo Input 2, or the 2 Track Tape Return input. Press to enter the menu pages, scroll through the pages until the ‘SPDIF I/P Setup’ is highlighted and press . Using the rotary encoder, select the destination for the S/PDIF input, and press to confirm the setting. Press to return to the menu pages. < SPDIF Input > Route To: STE-1 < SPDIF Input > Route To: FX-1 < SPDIF Input > Route To: 2TRK < SPDIF Input > Route To:NOWHERE S/PDIF Input S/PDIF Input S/PDIF Input S/PDIF Input Assigning a digital source to an input will override any analogue signal present on that input. NOTE If the S/PDIF input is not required, NOWHERE should be selected in the menu. NOTE

5 The 1212 must be set up to receive the wordclock transmitted by the 328 (via the BNC connection). Open the Korg 1212 Utility program, accessed via the Korg ‘1212 IO’ program group on the taskbar: Wordclock Wordclock Wordclock Wordclock 3 1212 Setup 1212 Setup 1212 Setup 1212 Setup

6 Click on the ‘Clock Source’ pull-down menu in the ‘Word Clock & Sample Rate’ section, and select ‘S/PDIF-ClockIn’. This sets the 1212 to receive wordclock from its BNC input: Now the 1212 must be configured to playback at the same samplerate as the 328. Click on the ‘Sample Rate’ pull-down menu in the ‘Word Clock & Sample Rate’ section. Here the samplerate which the 1212 plays back can be set between 44.1kHz and 48kHz: Sample Rate Sample Rate Sample Rate Sample Rate

7 This should be set to the same samplerate as the 328 was set to in the ‘Wordclock’ section in chapter 2 of this guide. If the 328 and 1212 are (wrongly) set to different samplerate settings, audio from the 1212 will playback at the incorrect speed. Now click on the ‘File’ drop-down menu, and click on ‘Save as Default…’: Answer ‘OK’ to the window that follows, to confirm that you wish to save the current settings as the default settings. Now, every time that Windows is loaded the Korg 1212 will be automatically set to receive wordclock from its BNC input, and to playback at the desired samplerate. Saving Settings Saving Settings Saving Settings Saving Settings

8 The 1212 will commonly be used with a software sequencer/hard disk recorder to allow play back and recording of 8 individual tracks of audio, via the ADAT I/O. Here, the software application must be configured to access the 1212 ADAT I/O via the relevant Windows device drivers that came with the 1212. When playing back audio tracks from the software application, tracks 1-8 will be accessible from channels 17-24 respectively in the Tape Fader Bank on the 328. To record a signal onto a track within the software application, send the required channels to Tape Sends 1-16. See the 328 manual for full instructions on how to send a channel to tape. Ensure that the relevant Korg device drivers are fully installed for the software application to correctly access the 1212 ADAT I/O. You may wish to utilize the 1212 S/PDIF output to transmit a stereo signal to the 328. Again the software application must be configured to access the 1212 S/PDIF output via the relevant Windows device drivers that came with the 1212. The stereo 1212 S/PDIF input will be accessible on the 328 from either Stereo Input 1, Stereo Input 2, FX Return 1, FX Return 2, 2 Track Tape Return, depending on the 328 S/PDIF input setting (see the ‘S/PDIF input’ section in chapter 2 of this guide). The 328 can also be configured to transmit a stereo signal back to the 1212 via the 1212 S/PDIF input. Here the 328 can be set to either transmit any of the following signals to the 1212 S/PDIF input: Aux 1/2 sends, Aux 3/4 sends, FX 1/2 sends, Groups 1-8 and Control Room The desired setting can be configured via the ‘S/PDIF O/P Setup’ menu on the 328 (see the 328 manual for full instructions). Again, ensure that the relevant Korg drivers are fully installed for the software application to correctly access the 1212 S/PDIF I/O. 4 Using The 1212 With The 328 Using The 1212 With The 328 Using The 1212 With The 328 Using The 1212 With The 328 Accessing The 1212 ADAT I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 ADAT I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 ADAT I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 ADAT I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 S/PDIF I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 S/PDIF I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 S/PDIF I/O From The 328 Accessing The 1212 S/PDIF I/O From The 328

9 If used in conjunction with an ADAT, the system should be connected as follows: Additional Information 5 Additional Information Additional Information Additional Information ADAT ADAT ADAT ADAT Digital 328 Digital 328 Digital 328 Digital 328 Korg 1212 Korg 1212 Korg 1212 Korg 1212 1212 Timecode 1212 Timecode 1212 Timecode 1212 Timecode Conditioner Conditioner Conditioner Conditioner ADAT Sync ADAT Sync ADAT Sync ADAT Sync Cable Cable Cable Cable Sync In ADAT I/O ADAT I/O S/PDIF I/O Wordclock

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