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Re: Are the sonic benefits of clock-syncing signficant?

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Posted by Roland on March 24, 2002 at 14:36:41

In Reply to: Are the sonic benefits of clock-syncing signficant? posted by High-end Dreamer on March 23, 2002 at 19:31:45:

In a professional enviroment it is absolutely imperative that there is only one master clock source, or you are asking for trouble. With the advent of digital desks, linked to computer digital outputs and then DAT machines and possible peripherals (reverbs, ect) the decision is usually based on the possible clock source. A lot of rubbish is talked about low jitter clocks, any manufacturer worth his salt uses low jitter devices. In the aforementioned scenario, it is likely that the Desk would have to be the master clock source, as some of the peripherals are unlikely to be connected direct. I've just bought a 24bit 96khz AD encoder from a firm called RME, not a cheap unit, but in professional terms at the lower end of the cost scale, and both the subjective performance, alongside the technical performance can match the best in the business. I'm not a lover of Prism converters, as the only recordings I've heard made on them sounded a little "brittle" but they have many advocates.

Regards

Roland Clarke

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