Specifications

CONFIGURING THE MAIN INPUTS 53
Configuring the DSP input sources 55
Configuring the MAIN Outputs 55
CONNECTING TO THE H8000FW’S OUTPUTS................................................................................................................................................57
Configuring the outputs 57
FURTHER INPUT AND OUTPUT OPTIONS........................................................................................................................................................60
DIN 1/2 Allows the Selection of Either AES/EBU or S/P DIF for the First Digital Input Pair............................................................61
DIN 11/12 Allows the Choice of Either AES/EBU or S/P DIF for AES11/12. ................................................................................61
OPTO in – controls the function of the optical input connector (H8000FW only)..........................................................................................62
OPTO out – allows use of optical output connector for optical S/P DIF (H8000FW only) ..........................................................................63
Signal Flow Example..................................................................................................................................................................................64
Storing and Loading Routing Configurations ............................................................................................................ 66
Programs’ Effect on Routing Decisions..........................................................................................................................................................69
Controlling Levels 72
The Level Meters.........................................................................................................................................................................................72
Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Inputs .................................................................................................................................73
Input Levels, Wet/Dry Ratios, and Output Levels for Each DSP ...............................................................................................................75
Controlling the Level of the Analog and Digital Outputs...............................................................................................................................76
DIGITAL SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................................................................78
Digital Setup Overview 78
S/P DIF 79
Sampling Rates 79
The System Sampling Rate – A Digital Audio Primer.................................................................................................................................80
Using the Internal Clock..............................................................................................................................................................................81
Selecting the Internal Clock’s Rate ............................................................................................................................ 81
The Status of The Digital Inputs When Using the Internal Clock............................................................................. 82
Understanding the "System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator" When Using the Internal Clock ............... 83
Using an External Clock ............................................................................................................................................................................84
Selecting the External Clock..................................................................................................................................... 84
Selecting a clock source when connected to a computer (H8000FW only).................................................................... 85
The Status of the Digital I/Os When Using the External Clock.............................................................................. 86
Understanding the "System Sampling Rate and External Sync Indicator" When Using the External Clock ............. 87
Sample Rate Conversion (SRC)................................................................................................................................ 88
Word Clock Termination ......................................................................................................................................... 88
Word Length (Bits) 89
Input Word Length .................................................................................................................................................. 89
Output Word Length
............................................................................................................................................... 90
BYPASSING AND MUTING .................................................................................................................................................................................90
System Bypass .......................................................................................................................................................... 90
Machine Bypass
........................................................................................................................................................ 91
EXTERNAL CONTROLLERS ...............................................................................................................................................................................92
Setting Up the External Controllers 92
Foot Pedals 1 and 2.....................................................................................................................................................................................92
MIDI Setup............................................................................................................................................................. 93
External Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages 96
"Manually" Selecting an External Controller for Modulation ................................................................................... 98
"Manually" Selecting the External Controller for Triggers....................................................................................... 100
External Controller Selection
.................................................................................................................................. 102
Parameters Common to Both External Modulation and External Trigger Menu Pages. __________________________________ 102
MIDI Running Status ____________________________________________________________________________ 103
Automatically" Selecting a MIDI External Controller ........................................................................................... 103
Scaling the External Controller
.............................................................................................................................. 104