Paul Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Another interesting comparison is modular digital multitracks > such as ADAT and DA-88. Anybody know how sync works on those > beasties?
I think ADAT sends a wordclock-like pulse over the optical link. One machine is master. All the others slave their converters to that. Given sample synchronicity, doing the tape I/O is just a buffering task that each device can manage independently. Synchronizing the A/D converters is important for serious multi-track recording. Otherwise, there can be phase and jitter artifacts when mixing the tracks. I would suppose that Tascam does something similar. -- joq
