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SoundCraft 328 XD manual

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    18 21 24 27 30 35 40 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 RIGHT STE-2 STE-1 SELECT MUTE SOLO MIX dBFS 0dBFS = 18dBu STEREO INPUTS GROUP LINK CHANNEL / XD X D EXIT P ARAMETER FUNCTION OUT TH RU MIDI IN OUT IN IN OUT S/PDIF OUT IN AES/EB U W OR D CLOCK CL OCK W ORD/SUPER KORG 1212 328 XD[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 1 1 1 1 328XD AND 328XD AND 328XD AND 328XD AND KORG 1212 KORG 1212 KORG 1212 KORG 1212 Conn ecting t he syst em 2 328XD C o nfig ur at io n 3 Kor g 12 12 Co nf ig ur ati on 5 Usin g the 1212 with the 328 XD 8 Addi ti on al I nfo r mati on 9[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 2 2 2 2 CONNECTING THE SYSTEM Audio Connections Audio conn ection s should be made as s how n in the diagram below. Toslink op tical cables m ust be connec ted be twe en the A DAT O ut p orts of the 12 12 ca rd to the A DA T In ports of the 328 XD an d vice versa. C oaxial d igital S/PDIF cables must al[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 3 3 3 3 328XD CONFIGURATION Wordclock To configur e the 32 8XD as the wordclock master, enter the 328X D Me nu pa ge by pressing the <M ENU> button to the right hand side of the L CD dis play. U sing the PA RAM en c oder bene ath the dis play, scroll up or down until the ‘Clock Source Sel’ men[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 4 4 4 4 S/PDIF Input The 3 28X D S/ PDIF inp ut ca n be route d to an y one of the followin g inputs: Stereo Input 1, Stereo Input 2, FX-1, FX- 2, 2 Track Tape Return, provided that the AES/EBU input has n ot already been assigned to that input. Com mo nly the 1 21 2 S/ PDIF outpu t wou ld be route d to[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 5 5 5 5 1212 CONFIGURATION Wordclock The 1212 must be set up to receive the wordclock transmitted by the 328 XD (via the BNC connection). Open the Korg 1212 Utility pro gram, accesse d via the Korg ‘1212 IO’ pro gram group on the taskb ar:[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 6 6 6 6 Click on the ‘ Clock S ource’ pull-dow n m enu in th e ‘ Word Cl ock & Sa mple Rate’ section, and select ‘ S/PDIF- ClockIn’ . This sets the 12 12 to recei ve w ordcloc k from its B NC inpu t: Sample Rate Now the 12 12 mu st be configured to playback at the sa me sa mple rate as t[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 7 7 7 7 This sho uld be set to th e sa me sa mp le rate as the 32 8X D w as set to in the ‘Wor dcloc k’ sectio n in c hapter 2 of this manual. If the 328XD and 1 212 are set to different sample rate sett ings, audio from the 1212 will play back at the incorr ect speed. Saving Settings Now click on t[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 8 8 8 8 USING THE 1212 WITH T HE 328XD Accessing the 1212 ADAT I/O from the 328XD The 1212 will com monly be used with a software sequ encer / h a rd disk recor der to allow play back and record 8 individu al tracks of au dio, via the AD AT I/O. Here, the softw are a pplic ation must be con figured to a[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 9 9 9 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION If used in conjunct ion with an ADAT, the system should be connected a s follo ws:[...]

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    Soundcr aft 328XD an d Korg 1212 Setu p Guide 10 10 10 10 SOUNDCRAFT HARMAN INTERN ATION AL IN DUS TRI ES LT D CRANBORN E HOUS E CRANBORNE RO AD POTTERS BA R HERTS EN6 3JN UK TEL: +44 (0) 1 707 66 5000 FAX: +44 (0) 1 707 66 0742 EMAIL: info @s oun dcraft.com SOUNDCRAFT USA 1449 D ONEL SON PIKE NASHVILLE TN 3 7217 U SA TEL: 1-615-360-0471 FAX: 1-615[...]