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digital inputs and outputs. You load the program "
Stereo Filter" with an "I/O
Identifier" of "22."
For convenience, you load the routing configuration "AES 8 track A only," which makes
connections as shown above. Connections are in fact made to the dead inputs 3 through
8 and the dead outputs 3 through 8, but it doesn’t matter in this case. You aren’t
attempting to pass signals on these "dead connections" ! You’re only using the live inputs
1 and 2 and the live outputs 1 and 2. Again, making a "dead connection" isn’t a bad thing
as long as you don’t fool yourself into thinking that it’s actually passing a signal!
The moral? Not all the inputs and outputs on a given DSP are necessarily live. Exactly
how many are live depends on the program that is being run. To prevent signals from
becoming "lost," keep the "I/O Identifier" and its impact on your routing configuration
in mind!
Before we leave this section, we should mention that, although we just asked you to
always keep the "I/O Identifier" in mind, you will seldom need to alter a chosen routing
configuration to suit a program in practice. You’ll find that things tend to work out better
than the "bad news" examples above might lead you to believe!