Sonic Core A16 Ultra broken?
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2020 11:23 pm
I bought a SonicCore 16 Ultra a few months ago (through this forum). I haven't been too happy with it, as it's a bit hummy, but it worked ok.
But then the power supply died, so I ordered a new one at FerroFish. That worked, but the connector does not fit properly.
Anyway, yesterday I switched from 44.1 to 88.2 for a project, and since that action the A16 gives me lots of distortion on the outputs.
I am using one adat in (A) and 8 analog outs. The system is clocked through wordclock.
I have two theories:
1. it is broken
2. there's a sync problem.
I tried a lot of things, including powering up with one button pressed (either the samplerate button, or the sync button). That gives interesting results, and anyone who can tell me what's the use of this, please do. But it didn't help in the distortion problem, unfortunately.
Oh, of course I make sure the whole system is at the same clock rate. The master clock is a Benchmark ADC, and there's a Steinberg UR824 that's slaved to that, just as the A16 is.
BTW so it's a soniccore A16 Ultra, not a Ferrofish one.
But then the power supply died, so I ordered a new one at FerroFish. That worked, but the connector does not fit properly.
Anyway, yesterday I switched from 44.1 to 88.2 for a project, and since that action the A16 gives me lots of distortion on the outputs.
I am using one adat in (A) and 8 analog outs. The system is clocked through wordclock.
I have two theories:
1. it is broken
2. there's a sync problem.
I tried a lot of things, including powering up with one button pressed (either the samplerate button, or the sync button). That gives interesting results, and anyone who can tell me what's the use of this, please do. But it didn't help in the distortion problem, unfortunately.
Oh, of course I make sure the whole system is at the same clock rate. The master clock is a Benchmark ADC, and there's a Steinberg UR824 that's slaved to that, just as the A16 is.
BTW so it's a soniccore A16 Ultra, not a Ferrofish one.