Solid State Logic 4.3 - Manual (Page 42)

Soundscape Mixpander
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Setting the Master Clock
For digital devices to transmit and receive audio data they must be synchronized using a “Master
Clock” signal. The clock master device generates and transmits this signal, the clock slave device
(or devices) receives it and locks to it.
The SSL Soundscape Mixpander does not have an on board Master Clock generator. Therefore it
must receive a Master Clock signal from the Alpha-Link unit (the SSL Soundscape Mixpander +
Alpha-Link combination will typically be the “clock master”). Set the Master Clock source to
Internal under menu: Settings|Master Clock. Note that the selection button on the front panel of
the Alpha-Link is disabled when the Alpha-Link is used with an SSL Soundscape Mixpander. If
the Alpha-Link is connected to another digital device (e.g., via MADI in the case of an Alpha-Link
MADI SX/AX), this other device should be set to lock to the Master Clock signal received from the
Alpha-Link.
WARNING: Do not to turn up the monitoring level until Master Clock synchronization is
established between the card and interface unit, as it is possible to get high noise levels
with un-synchronized A/D and D/A Converters.
Please refer to the Settings Menu chapter of the SSL Soundscape Mixer Reference Guide for more
detailed information.
Mixer concepts
The SSL Soundscape Mixer is a totally user configurable environment. Every input, output, send,
EQ module, effect plug-in or peakmeter etc., is a “mixer element” that can be inserted anywhere
you want it in the Mixer. Mixer elements can also be copied or dragged to a new place in the signal
path and entire mixer columns can also be copied. This means that you can create the exact mixer
configuration that you need for any given project, down to the last detail.
The only fixed parameters are the number of streams, number of buses and number and type of
physical inputs and outputs available per SSL Soundscape Mixpander (according to the XLogic
Alpha-Link model connected to that card).
However, you do not need to build an entire console every time you get started on a new project!
Mixer configurations can be loaded and saved, and a number of such mixer files are provided to
get you started.
Before we describe the default mixer loaded on startup (64 Ch Mixer.mix), we need to define the
terms “inputs and outputs”, “buses” and “streams” in the SSL Soundscape Mixer context: