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User’s Guide M-32 AD © RME
20.5 Digital Multicore
Using optical MADI, the converters of the M-series are perfectly suitable as a replacement for
an analog multicore. Such a setup provides several advantages:
• No big and heavy cable drum
• Up to 64 channels bi-directional with just one duplex cable
• Flexible setup
• Transmission of MIDI signals included
Stage and FOH do not need to have the same number of channels. For example while 16 chan-
nels are sent to the stage, 64 channels can be sent from the stage to the FOH.
The multicore consists of a MADI ring connection of all converters. Within the chain one unit is
operated with its internal clock, all others are synchronized to their MADI input signal.