Pinot User Manual
9
PREPARING FOR RECORDING WITH PINOT
Your basic and most versatile setup will look similar to the picture below. It uses a Playback Designs DAC
(Merlot) for monitoring your audio.
Pinot ADC
Merlot DAC for monitoring
Recording
Software
Analog Sources
USB
PlayLink (PLINK)
Fig. 1
This configuration allows you to monitor every sample rate and format that the Pinot supports.
If you are using a different branded DAC for monitoring your audio, then your setup will look like this:
Pinot ADC
Recording
Software
Analog Sources
USB
AES or Coax
Non Playback Designs DAC for monitoring
Fig. 2
This configuration is limited to monitoring PCM up to 192kHz and only single rate DSD.
