BIG PROBLEM WITH PULSAR2 ADAT A!!!!

guitarcat · Post by **guitarcat** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 11:09 am

have a Pulsar2 Card (Classic I/O)...now the following thing happens...i always thouhgt i'm wrong but now i'm 100% sure that it's not my fault...always when i try to sync something to ADAT A the LED is flashing around like crazy...i have no idea why...the strange thing is it happens only @44.1khz...with 48khz everything works perfect...i tried it both ways...set Pulsar to Master doesn't work and even if i slave it...only a flashing LED in the Saplerate-Settings...isn't that strange...with the ADAT B Port i have no Problem at all...is my ADAT A port broken or is it a BUG...i need both ports because i record from my Yamaha 01v and my Motu 2408mkII...any ideas???...please help!!!

thanx

guitarcat

sandrob · Post by **sandrob** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 5:10 pm

wellcome, guitarcat!

i'm sorry about your problem, but i can't help you.

people here are helpfull but you have strange problem.
did you ask cw for help? what they say?

Post by **garyb** » Fri Oct 11, 2002 8:35 pm

well,i don't want to say ot even one more time,but i must say it again.if all else fails format the drive and reinstall.sometimes computer data becomes corrupt.if that doesn't work,well maybe there is a hardware problem...tried swithing cables?tried useing canned air to clean the adat ports?

all just random shots in the dark........

guitarcat · Post by **guitarcat** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 2:12 am

thanx for the answers!...i checked all...but nothing helped...looks like a hardwareproblem...as looks like i have to record my stuff in 48khz and then sampling down to 44.1khz...i think i can live with that...thanks again...

guitarcat

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 2:35 am

Resampling is not a good thing to do.

I suppose you've:
-checked and swapped cables,
-cross-wired to see if it isn't the non-CW ADAT port that flips,
-checked your mixer's spec's
-tried both devices as Sample Rate Master (one at once of course;)
-if the ADAT A keeps refusing, can you sync via SPDIF and then sync the ADAT automatically along?
-...

guitarcat · Post by **guitarcat** » Sat Oct 12, 2002 5:05 am

i checked everything believe me...nothing helped!!!...but thanx anyway...

guitarcat

es1276 · Post by **es1276** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 6:25 am

Same problem here.
Any comments ?

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astroman · Post by **astroman** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 1:15 pm

someone correct me if I'm wrong, but if you want to use the Pulsar, the Yamaha and the Motu simultaneously there's only one possible setup: the Pulsar must be master and both the other units have to slave to it.
Otherwise you'd have to provide a separate clock via BNC and syncplate.

cheers, Tom

es1276 · Post by **es1276** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:26 am

I think it´s not a setup problem like master/slave settings or cables.
It only happens occasionally with ADAT port A at 44.1 kHz. (see guitarcat´s posting above)

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astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:58 am

actually I referred to the first post of the topic. Guitarcat tried various setups, but there is only one choice possible for the 3 devices to run together.
Pulsar master and the other devices slave - anything else is bound to fail.
It may not be noticable at once under certain circumstances. From time to time my adat mixer runs quite well without sync. With lot of distorted sound it might be even more difficult to notice

Unfortunetely (if you have the correct setup) it's impossible to decide if the error is caused by hardware failure or by a missing or damaged software module.
Both cases have been reported

cheers, tom

es1276 · Post by **es1276** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 12:33 pm

I think one Pulsar II with one A16 (the old one) is a quite easy setup, isn´t it ?
there should be a way to make it work.
Any ideas ?