How do I synchronise the unit to external equipment?
There are two aspects of synchronisation that need to be considered. Firstly there is the digital audio clock signal which drives the A-D and D-A converters and ensures that you are operating at exactly 96kHz (or whatever sampling frequency you’ve chosen). This clock signal can be derived from the external clock socket on the rear of the unit. When selected a low jitter master clock signal is derived from the incoming source and used to lock all the internal clocks to it. Secondly, there is often a need to synchronise to external equipment such as video cameras or other bits of equipment that have timecode facilities. In this case, in addition to the clock signal described above, you’ll want to use either Linear Time Code (LTC) or MIDI Time Code (MTC) to provide the time stamp information at the start of each recording. The BLACKBOX RECORDER will never need to chase Time Code (as many old analogue machines had to) as the regular digital clock will ensure that everything stays in sync o
