Hey guys... I just bought my first audio interface with digital I/O - the RME UCX (next to a complete new audioworkstation yipiee
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). So now I would like to record the Solaris via SPDIF and ask for advice. So here are my question (please excuse if they seem stupid but this digital-sync stuff is entirely new for me):
1. Is it enough to connect the Solaris SPDIF OUT via a Toslink cable with the SPDIF IN of the RME or do I have to establish a second connection (RME-OUT to Solaris-IN) to a have "2-way-connection"?
2. How do I decide if the Solaris or the RME should be Master respectively Slave? - advantages/disadvantages
3. The manual says that the Solaris runs on 48kHz as Master and on 96kHz as Slave (how do I actually switch between the two modes btw?)...
so I assume that I have to set the sample rate of the RME to the corresponding value depending on the chosen Master-Slave-Setting...
then I need to set the project-sample-rate of cubase also to the same value - right? - that could lead to projects running on a sample rate of 96kHz with Solaris being Slave for example (or 48 if Solaris is the Master)... is that right?
4. Cubase manual says if you have any digital INPUT you need to have a Word Clock conection between audio-hardware and external gear... Solaris has no Word clock...so SPDIF is enough?
5. And finally ... cubase needs to be set to external clock to detect tempo...
Thank you in advance for your advice on this
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Hey guys... I just bought my first audio interface with digital I/O - the RME UCX (next to a complete new audioworkstation yipiee :D ). So now I would like to record the Solaris via SPDIF and ask for advice. So here are my question (please excuse if they seem stupid but this digital-sync stuff is entirely new for me):
1. Is it enough to connect the Solaris SPDIF OUT via a Toslink cable with the SPDIF IN of the RME or do I have to establish a second connection (RME-OUT to Solaris-IN) to a have "2-way-connection"?
2. How do I decide if the Solaris or the RME should be Master respectively Slave? - advantages/disadvantages
3. The manual says that the Solaris runs on 48kHz as Master and on 96kHz as Slave (how do I actually switch between the two modes btw?)...
so I assume that I have to set the sample rate of the RME to the corresponding value depending on the chosen Master-Slave-Setting...
then I need to set the project-sample-rate of cubase also to the same value - right? - that could lead to projects running on a sample rate of 96kHz with Solaris being Slave for example (or 48 if Solaris is the Master)... is that right?
4. Cubase manual says if you have any digital INPUT you need to have a Word Clock conection between audio-hardware and external gear... Solaris has no Word clock...so SPDIF is enough?
5. And finally ... cubase needs to be set to external clock to detect tempo...
Thank you in advance for your advice on this :)