Connecting to the H8000FW’s outputs
Different versions of the H8000FW support a wide range of possible outputs, as described in the chart below. Be aware that, as described above, the external outputs must be fed from the MAIN Outputs block.
The available outputs are:
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AES/EBU |
ADAT |
FireWire |
H8000 |
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8 channels |
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H8000A |
4 channels |
4 channels |
8 channels |
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H8000FW |
4 channels |
12 channels |
8 channels |
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CONFIGURING THE OUTPUTS
The MAIN Outputs block is used as a “binding post” to select the outputs that are to be fed from DSP A or DSP B. Each unit in the H8000FW series has a number of default outputs, which are always connected to the corresponding output of the MAIN Outputs block as shown below:
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H8000 output |
H8000A output |
H8000FW output |
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AES/EBU 1 and SPDIF 1 |
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AES/EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 |
Analog 2 |
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AES/EBU 3 |
Analog 3 |
Analog 3 |
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AES/EBU 4 |
Analog 4 |
Analog 4 |
5 |
AES/EBU 5 |
AES/EBU 1 and SPDIF 1 |
AES/EBU 1 and SPDIF 1 |
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AES/EBU 6 |
AES/EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 |
AES/EBU 2 and SPDIF 2 |
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AES/EBU 7 and Analog 1 |
AES/EBU 3 |
AES/EBU 3 |
8 |
AES/EBU 8 and Analog 2 |
AES/EBU 4 |
AES/EBU 4 |
The remaining (non-default) outputs may be connected to any of the MAIN Outputs channels, or to any of the non-default external inputs, with the exception that FireWire outputs may not be directly connected to FireWire inputs. The H8000FW example below shows that ADAT out 1 may be connected to any MAIN Outputs channel, or any ADAT in channel. The permanently connected default outputs are also shown.
The outputs are configured using the outputs menu under the SETUP key. There is one page for each output block, including the MAIN Outputs described earlier.
Here is an example of a mixture of signals feeding the ADAT outputs. The other blocks are shown below as unconnected in the interest of clarity.
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Note that on software V4.6 and earlier, the Main out block signals are named according to the corresponding default output.
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Here is a complete example using the H8000FW.
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FireWire1 in feeds the MAIN Inputs, which connect to DSP A.
DSP A feeds DSP B which feeds the MAIN Outputs.
The MAIN Outputs are connected to FireWire2 out.
Thus we have 8 input channels on FireWire1 which go through the 2 effects blocks one after the other and are sent back up FireWire2. The MAIN Outputs signals also feed the default outputs Analog out and AES/EBU out in the normal way.
In addition, AES11-18 in are connected to ADAT out, and ADAT in is connected to AES11-18 out, both without any effects processing.
The drawing above has a lot going on and may be a little hard to read, so it might be more helpful to look at the routing screens that produce it.
Here we can see that FireWire1 channels 1 to 8 are connected to MAIN Inputs
DSP A gets its inputs from MAIN Inputs, with the signals renamed to show what is connected to MAIN Inputs, i.e. FireWire 1 to 8.
DSP B gets its inputs from the outputs of DSP
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