Cadac X16 - Manual (Page 21)

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3.5 X16 MADI Merge Operation
The following chapters describe in detail the operation of the X16
when configured to merge multiple MADI streams together.
3.5.1 48kHz Mode MADI Merge
In this mode the X16 can receive up to four optical MADI streams
sourced from a maximum of four Cadac M16s, or other devices. The
first 16 channels of each MADI stream (channels 1 to channels16)
are derived from the sixteen channels of each M16. Subsequent
channels within each of the MADI streams (channels 17 and above)
are not required and ignored.
The X16 combines the first sixteen channels of each MADI input to-
gether, ascending from Input 1 (In1) through to Input 4 (In4), there-
fore creating a single stream of 64 channels (when operating in
Extended MADI mode.) This combined MADI stream is made avail-
able to all eight MADI output connectors.
In Standard 56 channel MADI mode, the last 8 channels from Input
4 (In4) - M16 Unit 4/channels 9 through 16 - will not be combined into
the MADI output stream.