Alesis HD24 & BRC sync question

[Robert Harvey]

This is my first post so Hi there, and I hope it doesn't look like I'm hijacking this, but I have an Alesis HD24 which I love and would heartily recommend to Ed, as well as a BRC which will only operate (without little random popping noises) when the two are synced to 44.1, If I were to get, say an ART Syncgen and uses it as the master clock would this enable them both to sync at 48?

Thanks,

Robert

[zenguitar]

Hi Robert,

Rather than keeping your question hidden in another thread I've split it off as a new topic. I've also renamed it. Hopefully that will get it seen and generate some useful replies.

Andy

[James Perrett]

It has been a little while since I dealt with ADAT sync but don't you just set the sample rate on the BRC and the ADAT's follow suit? Of course, if you are feeding digital signals to the ADAT's you will need to ensure that the ADC's are clocked from the BRC too.

[ed.king]

The BRC needs a 48 clock via the wordclock in. If you check out the BRC user manual there is a refernce to this, the clock does of course get passed on downline.

[Robert Harvey]

Thanks Ed, (and Andy and James) The BRC has an internal clock at 48kHz which drives the slave HD24 but, and this is the infuriating thing, it will only sync (noiselessly) at 44.1kHz) which means you have to physically wind down the Pitch control on the HD24 to get them to sync. It works, but it’s just less than satisfactory. I’ve had the HD24 for about five years and love it: it’s bulletproof, the sound (or its ability to reproduce what I put into it) is faultless and it’s so easy to use; I also have an iMac and Logic but I just prefer the hands on-approach of a 24 channel mixer and the HD24 although I fully appreciate the Logic setup is far more powerful. (Old dogs, new tricks etc.) I got hold of the BRC on Ebay a couple of years ago but the syncing problems meant I left it alone and plodded on with the LRC which sadly has a mind of it’s own with its irritating hit and miss attitude to go zero or locate punch points so I thought I’d have another go with the BRC… So I’ve gone ahead and ordered an Art Syncgen and a couple of BNC cables in an effort to finally nail the syncing problem. I’m sure there will be sighs and raised eyebrows at my tenacity and reluctance to accept modern methods but I really love the simplicity of this thing and think it sounds fantastic. I find it irritating that the BRC is supposed to be be the master at 48kHz, but it will only noiselessly sync with the HD24 at 44.1kHz. I will report my findings whether anyone is interested or not!

Robert

[ed.king]

I know exactly what you mean, when I was using this configuration the issue was resolved by using an Alesis AI-1 (discontinued but sometimes seen for sale on e-bay etc) taking the 48 w/c out into the BRC and configuring it as w/c master. I ran 2 DAWS downline from this and a digi desk back into the recorder with no problems once set up.