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RME Audio ADI-6432(r) User Manual
Summary of ADI-6432(r)
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User's guide adi-6432 r bnc multichannel audio digital interface syncalign tm synccheck tm intelligent clock control tm steadyclock tm hi-precision 24 bit / 192 khz 64-channel bidirectional format converter madi - aes-3id interface midi embedded in madi rs232 embedded in madi midi remote control.
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2 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme important safety instructions ..................................4 general 1 introduction ...............................................................6 2 package contents .....................................................6 3 brief description and characteristi...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 3 technical reference 14 technical specifications 14.1 inputs ................................................................... 30 14.2 outputs ................................................................ 30 14.3 midi – rs232 ......................................
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4 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme important safety instructions attention! Do not open chassis – risk of electric shock the unit has non-isolated live parts inside. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer service to qualified service personnel. Mains • the device must be earthed – never use it with...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 5 user's guide adi-6432r bnc general.
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6 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 1. Introduction with the adi-6432r bnc you have an incredibly versatile digital interface to your supply. From small project studios to broadcast and television, this advanced digital interface is the perfect solution for many tasks. As a consequent continuation of...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 7 4. First usage – quick start 4.1 controls and connectors the front of the adi-6432 features nine buttons with 31 leds, and an extensive status display including 97 more leds. Madi input determines the current input for the madi signal (optical/coaxial). The state o...
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8 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme the rear of the adi-6432r bnc provides the following connections: 64 bnc connectors (aes- 3id i/o), two madi optical, two madi coaxial (bnc), two word clock (bnc), two midi (5-pin din), one rs232 (d-sub), and two mains power. Madi i/o optical: standard madi ports. ...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 9 4.2 quick start configuration starts with choosing the madi input, bnc or optical. The state of the input signal is displayed by a total of 38 leds. Shown are active input, automatic input selection, receiver state, sync, 56 or 64 channel format, 48k frame or 96k f...
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10 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 5. Accessories rme offers several optional components for the adi-6432, for example madi optical cable: onk0100 madi optical network cable, 1 m (3.3 ft) onkd0300 madi optical network cable, 3 m (9.9 ft) onkd0600 madi optical network cable, 6 m (19.8 ft) onkd1000 m...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 11 all entries in this user’s guide have been thoroughly checked, however no guarantee for cor- rectness can be given. Rme cannot be held responsible for any misleading or incorrect informa- tion provided throughout this manual. Lending or copying any part or the com...
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12 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme note on disposal according to the guide line rl2002/96/eg (weee – directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment), valid for all european countries, this product has to be recycled at the end of its lifetime. In case a disposal of electronic waste is not p...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 13 user's guide adi-6432r bnc usage and operation.
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14 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 8. Front panel controls 8.1 madi input the button input sets the input to optical or coaxial. The section input state helps to avoid errors caused by wrong, missing or not correctly connected inputs, and makes handling the digital madi format much easier. A total ...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 15 8.4 clock the source and frequency of the unit's clock is configured in the clock section. The but- tons clock let you step through the options external clock (aes, madi, word) and internal clock (44.1 or 48 khz). The button state sets internal, but also the exter...
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16 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 9. Inputs 9.1 madi both madi inputs are located on the rear of the adi-6432. The bnc input's ground-free design is built according to aes10-1991. The input's impedance is 75 ohm. It will operate without error from about 180 mvpp. The optical input uses a fddi (iso...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 17 10. Outputs 10.1 madi at the rear side of the adi-6432 there are two madi outputs. The bnc output is built according to aes10-1991. The output's impedance is 75 ohm. The output voltage will be 600 mvpp when terminated with 75 ohm. The optical output uses a fddi (i...
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18 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 11. Word clock 11.1 word clock input and output steadyclock guarantees an excellent performance in all clock modes. Its highly efficient jitter suppression refreshes and cleans up any clock signal, and provides it as reference clock at the bnc output (see section ...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 19 11.2 operation and technical background in the analog domain one can connect any device to another device, synchronization is not necessary. Digital audio is different. It uses a clock, the sample frequency. The signal can only be processed and transmitted when al...
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20 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 11.3 cabling and termination word clock signals are usually distributed in the form of a network, split with bnc t-adapters and terminated with resistors. We recommend using off-the-shelf bnc cables to connect all devices, as this type of cable is used for most co...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 21 12. Midi and rs232 12.1 midi transmission madi allows for a transmission of 64 audio channels over long distances with a single line – perfect. But what about midi? Be it remote control commands or sequencer data, in practice only a single madi line will not suffi...
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22 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 12.3 remote control software a free remote software for windows and mac os x can be downloaded from the rme website. It can use any existing midi port within the system to perform remote control and status re- quests of any number of supported rme units via a simp...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 23 12.4 rs232 many devices in the professional range of pa and live sound solutions can be remote controlled using serial communication. The most common standard for those is rs232, the interface known from any computer (com port). Small and cost-efficient converters...
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24 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 13. Application examples 13.1 digital aes-3id multicore the adi-6432 is perfectly suited to build up a digital aes multicore. Up to 64 channels can be realized, transmitted via madi optical cable lossless and undisturbed to places in a distance of up to 2.000 mete...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 25.
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26 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 13.3 madi to madi converter madi has been used for quite some time now and therefore not all interfaces from different manufacturers are compatible with each other. An ams neve logic dfc e. G. Only accepts the 56 channel input format and when a 64 channel signal i...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 27 the number of adi-6432s necessary is identical to the number of madi signal sources, so it's two for this example. The first adi-6432 serves as madi to aes converter. Its aes outputs are connected to the aes inputs of the second adi-6432. The second adi-6432 is us...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 29 user's guide adi-6432r bnc technical reference.
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30 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 14. Technical specifications 14.1 inputs madi • coaxial via bnc, 75 ohm, according to aes10-1991 • high-sensitivity input stage ( • optical via fddi duplex sc connector • 62.5/125 and 50/125 compatible • accepts 56 channel and 64 channel mode, and 96k frame • sing...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 31 aes-3id • 32 x, transformer-coupled, grounded, according to aes3-4-2009 • output voltage professional 4.5 vpp • format professional according to aes3-1992 amendment 4 • single wire: 32 x 2 channels 24 bit, up to 192 khz word clock • bnc • max. Output voltage: 5 vp...
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32 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 14.6 firmware the adi-6432's main part has been realized using programmable logic. By re-programming of a little component called flash-prom, both function and behaviour of the unit can be changed at any time. At the time of writing this manual, the unit is shippe...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 33 15. Technical background 15.1 terminology single speed sample rate range originally used in digital audio. Typical applications are 32 khz (digital radio broadcast), 44.1 khz (cd), and 48 khz (dat). Double speed doubles the original sample rate range, in order to ...
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34 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 15.2 lock, synccheck and syncalign digital signals consist of a carrier and the data. If a digital signal is applied to an input, the re- ceiver has to synchronize to the carrier clock in order to read the data correctly. To achieve this, the receiver uses a pll (...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 35 15.3 madi basics madi, the serial multichannel audio digital interface, has been defined already in 1989 as an extension of the existing aes3 standard following several manufacturers' wish. The format also known as aes/ebu, a balanced bi-phase signal, is limited t...
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36 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 15.4 steadyclock the steadyclock technology of the adi-6432 guarantees an excellent performance in all clock modes. Its highly efficient jitter suppression refreshes and cleans up any clock signal, and pro- vides it as reference clock at the word clock output. Usu...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 37 16. Block diagram.
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38 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 17. Midi implementation chart adi-6432 17.1 basic sysex format value name f0h sysex header 00h 20h 0dh miditemp manufacturer id 63h model id (adi-6432) 00h..7eh, 7fh device id. 7fh = broadcast (all ids) mm message type nn parameter number (see table 1) oo data byt...
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User's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 39 17.4 table no. No. Name set value value resp. Data bytes 00h 0 settings byte 1 x x hex coded value of byte (see below) 01h 1 settings byte 2 x x hex coded value of byte (see below) 02h 2 info byte 1 x hex coded value of byte (see below) 03h 3 info byte 2 x hex cod...
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40 user's guide adi-6432r bnc © rme 00h 0 settings byte 1 msb / 7 0 6 madi input: 0 = bnc, 1 = opt 5 madi frame: 0 = 48k, 1 = 96k 4 madi format: 0 = 56ch, 1 = 64ch 3 0 2 lock keys: 0 = unlock, 1 = lock 1 msb / 1 serial i/o baud rate: 0 = 9600, 1 = 19200 lsb / 0 lsb / 0 serial i/o bd rate: 2 = 115200...