Managed to snag an A16 ultra nearby. Pick it up tomorrow. Noticed it had Z-link. Was that on more than a Luna? Every card I've ever seen that is a pulsar or higher has been a breakout cable and a pair of toslink optical ports, or a blank plate.
Most things that used FireWire type connections were pretty good. Wondered if there were io plates with z-link out there.
And something else. Downloaded the manual. There was a section about using balanced cables (TRS) and if you had to use TS mono cables, to only push them part of the way in. Thought I must be reading that wrong. Do I really have to swerve mono/unbalanced/TS cables on it?
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yes, there were z-link i/o plates.
z-link is not firewire, it only uses a firewire cable. connecting to firewire+damage.
make the proper cables to go from balanced to unbalaced. btw-the impedance and level of balanced and unbalanced are different....
z-link is not firewire, it only uses a firewire cable. connecting to firewire+damage.
make the proper cables to go from balanced to unbalaced. btw-the impedance and level of balanced and unbalanced are different....
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Re: A16
supplement ...garyb wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:17 am
make the proper cables to go from balanced to unbalaced. btw-the impedance and level of balanced and unbalanced are different....
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Sorry, wrong pic.
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Yeah, I get that. It's clearly not FireWire. It's z-link. I've had a couple of pieces that used their own proprietary link over the cable format. They were good. RME being one.garyb wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:17 am yes, there were z-link i/o plates.
z-link is not firewire, it only uses a firewire cable. connecting to firewire+damage.
make the proper cables to go from balanced to unbalaced. btw-the impedance and level of balanced and unbalanced are different....
Yeah, cables is basic stuff.
What I'm asking is, would mono cables actually damage the unit?
If so I'll have to label it up to make sure nobody else tries.
How is it for clocking? I want it to be a slave.
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that cable will not work because positive and negative polarity will cancel each other out if „mixed“ on a single tip.
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Re: A16
Would like to download the PDF, but the link doesn´t work anymore.
Tried to print entire site and tried to make a screenshot and convert to PDF,- but bad and unusable results unfortunately.
Bud
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Bud, I am pretty sure I have that Rane pdf somewhere, but I’ll have to find it on the weekend as I won’t have access to it for a few days. Send me a pm reminder on Saturday and I will have a look thenBud Weiser wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:54 am
Would like to download the PDF, but the link doesn´t work anymore.
Tried to print entire site and tried to make a screenshot and convert to PDF,- but bad and unusable results unfortunately.
Bud
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try it from this link:Bud Weiser wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:54 am
Would like to download the PDF, but the link doesn´t work anymore.
Tried to print entire site and tried to make a screenshot and convert to PDF,- but bad and unusable results unfortunately.
Bud
https://www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/p ... ection.pdf
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thank you djM,- that worked !djmicron wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 11:11 am
try it from this link:
https://www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/p ... ection.pdf
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tangent,- thx a lot for the offer !t_tangent wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:38 am
Bud, I am pretty sure I have that Rane pdf somewhere, but I’ll have to find it on the weekend as I won’t have access to it for a few days. Send me a pm reminder on Saturday and I will have a look then
But meanwhile I´m covered (see above).
Have nice days and a bit more free time on upcoming weekend now.
best
Bud