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socket to eight line inputs on the mixing desk; this will need a 25-way D-sub on one end and eight
connectors appropriate to the desk’s line inputs on the other. (Pre-made looms are available from
professional audio suppliers.)
This setup would also be appropriate to use the OctoPre as an input stage with any type of 8-channel
analogue device.
Because the Clarett OctoPre’s ADAT OUT ports are always active, you can also simultaneously record
the performance on a DAW (or other recording device) with an ADAT interface.
5 .
Clarett OctoPre in ADAT
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Line mode
Clarett 8PreX
Clock set to ADAT on Clarett OctoPres
Clock set to Internal using Focusrite Control
Computer
running DAW
and Focusrite Control
Clarett OctoPre 2
Clarett OctoPre 1
To Mixer
Channels
11 to 18
To Mixer
Channels
1 to 10
To Mixer
Channels
19 to 26
ANALOGUE MIXING DESK
This example shows how to connect a greater number of DAW tracks to an analogue mixing desk
for mixdown. The 10 analogue outputs of a Clarett 8PreX interface are connected to desk Channels
1 to 10. Its OPTICAL OUT ports are connected to the OPTICAL IN ports of two Clarett OctoPres with
ADAT
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LINE mode selected on both. A loom similar to that used in Example 4 is then used to connect
the two OctoPres to Channels 11 to 26 of the desk.
The Clarett 8PreX would normally be the sync master in this situation, so its clock source is set to
INTERNAL (via Focusrite Control). The clock source on both Clarett OctoPres is set to ADAT, so both
are synchronised to the Clarett 8PreX via the ADAT optical connections.
