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Re: [xl7] Digest Number 471

2002-11-06 by drK

On 11/6/02 2:27 PM, "punkpk@..." <punkpk@...> wrote:

>> The symptoms still suggest a lack of proper clock synchronization with the
>> decrease over time due to the XX7's clock drifting into proper range.  Is
>> there a way you can verify?  What type of digital input are you driving?
>> 
> 
> That's typical when first powering up. You'll likely hear the clocking static
> for about 5 seconds or so until the clock locks. I work with a lot of
> differing sample rates from 44.1k to 96k and whenever I first power up a
> piece or switch the master clock's rate, it takes a few seconds for
> everything to sync up.
> 
> jt burke

True, but not in this case.  The symptom was that the audio got better, not
right.  The presence of some degree of noise in the signal still pointed to
a synchronization problem.

I have, BTW seen sync problems cause aperiodic pops happening about once
every 10 seconds or so.  Otherwise everything sounded fine.


drk

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