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In Reply to: Are the sonic benefits of clock-syncing signficant? posted by High-end Dreamer on March 23, 2002 at 19:31:45:
Know why people have been complaining about the sound of Pro Tools for so long? Simple: When using the USD's (Digidesign's Universal Slave Driver) internal clock as the master, you introduce jitter into the recording chain. Jitter is a form of distortion, and that's why stock Pro Tools "sounds bad," according to many. You get what you pay for, and the USD is a relatively inexpensive device with a crappy source clock.
However, you have a wonderful option in this setup: Get an outboard source clock, such as Rosendahl or Aardvark Aardsync, and hook it into the USD's word clock input. (Besides, you can't nix the USD since it's how Pro Tools interfaces clocking & timecode functions to the outside world.) Does anyone know if the clock is any better in the Pro Tools HD SYNC box?
Another option with Pro Tools or any other other DAW is to use converters that offer a better clock than the USD. Hell, you'll be hard-pressed to find anything worse! The most common alternative to the Digi 888|24 is the Apogee AD-8000 (stock or SE). The Apogee has a good clock, certainly world's better than the USD, and good quality converters. In the land of pro audio, there will always be better and worse options, depending on what your budget is. While that's a general rule, I've found it to be true every time.
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