Manual
A16
MK-II
professional 16 channel AD/DA converter
advanced audio applications
FERROFISH
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Page 3: ...as digital interfaces Furthermore you can also transmit signals between these two interfaces The two TFT screens display the levels of all inputs and outputs in high resolution The A16 MK II combines...
Page 4: ...rresponding buttons Pressing MENU opens the main menu where you can navigate with the SAMPLE RATE and SYNCHRONIZATION functions Pressing MENU again will then confirm the selected function choice main...
Page 5: ...this sampling rate as a slave It is not possible to connect two master devices with each other even if set to the same sampling rate Because the units are not synchronized even the smallest variation...
Page 6: ...e from the ADAT MADI signal whether it works with one of the higher sampling rates you may select these via SAMPLE RATE manually In the next step you decide which digital data to be converted by the A...
Page 7: ...the device s output will be connected to the next device s input Hence you can connect for example four A16 MK II in a row in order to use the maximum number of 64 MADI channels However in case of hi...
Page 8: ...I data stream frame will be generated However four channels will be combined in order to achieve the higher data volume Since this 48kHz data stream can t be differentiated from a real 48kHz signal yo...
Page 9: ...A16 MK II has two pairs of this interface Similar to MADI the number of available channels is only half or only a quarter in case of higher frequencies Frequency ADAT Channels 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 2 x...
Page 10: ...can output a master wordclock or accept and then throughput a signal from other devices status screen The status screen is a useful help when configuring the A16 MK II giving an overview of the digita...
Page 11: ...en in a way that in case of analog full scale a headroom of 6dB remains to avoid any digital clipping Hence you can amplify the inputs by max 6dB without the converters of the A16 MK II distorting the...
Page 12: ...h of the 16 channels depending on the selection either the input channels or the output channels In the first step you select those faders you want to move You may select various groups of faders or i...
Page 13: ...z After pressing MENU again the display switches to the output routing Here you can choose what you want to set on the analog output channels and the ADAT outputs Press and hold MENU in order to leave...
Page 14: ...DI 4 destination analog X O O O O O ADAT O X O O O O MADI 1 O O MADI will be routed through if not assigned otherwise MADI 2 O O MADI 3 O O MADI 4 O O Example 1 64 x in 64 x out with four A16 MK II In...
Page 15: ...own two ADAT converters in this example the A16 ultra by Sonic Core you can incorporate them as shown In doing so set the routing for the two A16 MK II as follows Device Routing 1 analog MADI 1 16 1 A...
Page 16: ...urther information After starting the program select the MIDI interface to which the A16 MK II is connected Then press connect All devices connected to MIDI will now be recognised and displayed in the...
Page 17: ...ou can select the desired A16 MK II the logo shall be applied to You can load a JPG BMP or an image in another common graphics format using the function file control The image will be scaled to the sc...
Page 18: ...23 EWG This device complies with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules RohS This device has been soldered lead free and fulfills the requirements of the RohS dir...
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