DMTi
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Modular Digital Multitrack to K2500
Application
This is the reverse of the preceding scenario: you have a track on a modular
digital multitrack tape which you want to load (sample) into the K2500 for
manipulation and/or MIDI-triggered playback.
What you need
• The K2500 must be equipped with the Sampling option and either the KDS
digital input/output option or the KDFX digital effects option.
• The
DMTi
must have an ADAT or DA-88 (TDIF-1) option, depending on
which type of modular digital multitrack you are using.
Hookup
• Using the 3-meter KDS cable supplied with the
DMTi
(
or the optional 15-
meter KDS cable), connect the KDS Output on the K2500 to the KDS input
on the
DMTi
. (If this sounds backwards, remember the KDS interface has a
Return path—that’s what we’ll be using.)
• Connect the modular digital multitrack to the
DMTi
using the cable(s) pro-
vided with the recorder for connecting two decks together. DA-88-format
decks use a single 25-pin “D” connector, while ADAT-format decks use one
optical and one sync cable for input and a similar pair for output.
• If you want to use an external source of word clock as the sync master,
connect that source to the
DMTi
’s
Word Clock In
put.
Settings
• Determine which pair of MDM tracks you want to sample. Select that pair
with the
Destination 1
knob, by setting it to one of the
MDM
positions. The
Destination 1
knob routes the signal to the
KDS Rtn
bus.
• In most cases,
Clock Select
should be set to
KDS
. It can also be set to
Int
48K
or
MDM
, if the source tape was recorded at 48 kHz (the KDS bus runs
at 48 kHz). Alternatively, if you are using an external 48 kHz clock master,
you can set
Clock Select
to
WDCLK
.
• Set the following parameters on the K2500’s Sample Page: Input to “Digital”
and Src to “Rtn”.
Note: if you want to sample from the MDM at a rate other than 48 kHz, you
can go from one of the
DMTi
’s AES/EBU outputs into the K2500’s digital input.
See Page 22.