Solid State Logic MX4 - Manual (Page 15)

Driver Settings
Accessing Audio and Clock Settings
Using the Device Manager:
Open the Device Manager, expand SSL Soundscape
Devices, double-click MX4 Device, and click the I/O
Settings tab.
For Windows XP and Vista, the MX4 audio and
clock settings can be accessed via the Device
Manager, or by using the TRack.exe application
which is included in the driver download package.
You will find the explanation of all parameters in
the TRack section below.
Using the TRack Applet:
Run TRack.exe, which is located in the SSL Soundscape Driver Setup Folder and does not require any prior installation.
Right-click MadiXtreme n (where ‘n’ is the number of the card, i.e., MadiXtreme 1 if you use a single MX4), and click Properties.
• The MX4 Properties window is divided into three
sections. The top section (Clock) allows you to define
the clock settings you require for your studio. The
middle section (Format) controls the audio
configuration. The bottom section (Status) shows
whether the MX4 is correctly synchronised to a clock
signal and whether the MADI inputs are locked to a
valid incoming MADI signal.
Clock Settings
Master and Slave option boxes
When multiple MX4s are used in the same host computer, they must all be locked to the
same clock signal. One of the cards must be set as the ‘master device’, the other(s) must
be set as ‘slave device(s)’ by ticking the Master or Slave option box. If a single MX4 is
used, only the Master setting can be selected.
Please note that setting a card to Master does NOT mean that the card is used as a ‘clock
master’. It simply means that it is the ‘SSL Master Device’, and that other SSL cards
must receive its clock reference signal (directly or indirectly), or be clocked from the same source. The ‘SSL Master Device’ can
itself be clocked from an external clock source.
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