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DIGIGRID DLS/DLI
5.3 Adding SoundGrid Devices
To add another SoundGrid device, click on the arrow in an empty rack slot. From the list of available devices, choose the one that
you want to add—in this case, a DigiGrid MGB coaxial MADI interface. In this image the DLS is grayed out, and therefore unavailable,
since it is already claimed (in this case by you).
The new device is visible in the rack slot. Unless changed by the user, it remains the
clock slave and is colored green.
Use the same menu to change the assignment of clock master from one device to
another, or to remove the device from the rack slot.
SoundGrid Studio uses Ethernet to stream audio between devices on a SoundGrid
network. Synchronization clock is also carried over Ethernet. This method of providing
clock is called Sync Over Ethernet (SoE). SoundGrid I/O devices can clock by other
means, but SoE is by far the most common (and convenient) way to provide clock
information to network devices.
The rst device added to rack is designated the SoE clock master and is placed in the rst rack slot. In the example presented here,
the DLS is the clock master, indicated by the blue “Master Clock” overlay.
Each populated device slot displays the mode, clock status, and sample rate of the I/O. The DLS is the clock master device, indicated
by its blue color and the icon text: On, Master Clock, INT (48 kHz). DigiLink-compatible I/O devices are not visible here since they are
bridged to the SoundGrid network through the DLS and not connected directly to SoundGrid. Only the DLS is seen in the slot.
Now you know how to assign I/O devices and designate a device as the clock master.