9.5

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Synchronization

Activating VST System Link

The VST System Link networking signal is carried on only one bit of one channel. This means

that if you have an ADAT-based system which normally carries 8 channels of 24-bit audio, once

you activate VST System Link you will have 7 channels of 24-bit audio and one channel of 23-

bit audio (the least significant bit of this last channel will be used for networking). In practice

this makes no discernible difference to the audio quality, since you will still have around 138 dB

headroom on this channel.

To set things up, open the VST System Link panel:

PROCEDURE

1. Select Studio> Studio Setup.

2. In the Devices list, select VST System Link.

The VST System Link settings are shown to the right of the Devices list.

3. Use the ASIO Input and ASIO Output pop-up menus to define which channel is the

networking channel.

4. Activate the Active checkbox at the top left of the panel.

5. Repeat the steps above for every computer in the network.

RESULT

As the computers are made active, you should see the Sending and Receiving indicators flashing

on each active computer, and the name of each computer should appear in the list at the bottom

of the pane. Each computer is assigned a random number – do not worry about this, it is just so

the network knows internally which one is which.

● You can double-click on the name in bold (which is the name of the computer you are

working on) and set it to whatever other name.

This name will appear in the VST System Link window of every computer on the network.

NOTE

If you do not see the name of each computer appearing once you have made it active, you need

to check your settings. Go through the procedure above again and make sure that all ASIO cards

are listening to the digital clock signals correctly, and that each computer has the correct inputs

and outputs assigned to the VST System Link network.