{"id":12292,"date":"2001-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=12292"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"hooking-up-digital-8bus-adat-digital-multitrackrecorders-external-sync","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/hooking-up-digital-8bus-adat-digital-multitrackrecorders-external-sync\/","title":{"rendered":"Hooking up the Digital 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cabling and Hookup<br \/>1. Connect fiber optic (lightpipe) cables between the ADAT&#8217;s DIGITAL IN and the DIO-8 card&#8217;s<br \/>ADAT OPTICAL OUT, and between the ADAT&#8217;s DIGITAL OUT and the DIO-8 card&#8217;s ADAT<br \/>OPTICAL IN.<\/p>\n<p>2. Connect the 9-pin D-sub sync cables between the Sync Box (SYNC OUT) and the first ADAT&#8217;s SYNC IN connector. Then connect the sync cables in a daisy-chain fashion between the remaining ADATs. Connect the SYNC OUT on the last ADAT to the SYNC IN on the Sync Box to complete the loop.<\/p>\n<p>3. Connect MIDI cables between the MIDI OUT connector on the Digital 8-Bus&#8217; Remote CPU and the MIDI IN connector on the Sync Box, and between the MIDI IN connector on the Digital<br \/>8-Bus&#8217; Remote CPU and the MIDI OUT connector on the Sync Box.<\/p>\n<p>Settings<br \/>D8B<br \/>1. Click the &#8220;Setup&#8221; button in the bottom menu bar of the SVGA monitor to open the General<br \/>Setup window.<br \/>2. Click the &#8220;Digital&#8221; icon on the left side of the window to open the Digital I\/O dialog box.<br \/>3. Click each Tape Input and Output box and select ADAT for each DIO-8 card installed.<\/p>\n<p>ADATs<br \/>1. On the front panel of the ADAT, select DIGITAL IN.<\/p>\n<p>Other Notes<br \/>1. 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