Ripoff? "Word Clock" BNC Cables

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Post by kslight » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:17 am

Usually you can clock over ADAT without extra cabling.

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Post by GooberNumber9 » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:27 am

It certainly seems like "word clock" cables are just overpriced 75 ohm coaxial with BNC connectors. If you want an affordable cable that is labelled "word clock", buy Hosa cables - should be available at Guitar Center and definitely online. Looks like on some forums the big concern is connector quality.

Also, having messed around with clocking and word clock, I gotta go with kslight and recommend you try to clock it all over ADAT if you can make it work.

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Post by I'm Painting Again » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:54 am

you can clock over adat or AES but its reported that signal + clock on the same line might have some interference..I'm not certain though never had to do it..

and a $40 BNC cable is indeed a rip-off

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Post by Scodiddly » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:06 pm

Any 75-ohm video cable would be fine. Over most likely distances a 50-ohm cable would also be fine.

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Post by The Scum » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:50 pm

There was a time that I was synching interfaces with a short piece of solid-core 18 ga wire, and an alligator wire. The 18 ga was just stripped and stuffed in the hole of the connector, with the alligator to join the grounds. But the interfaces were maybe 6" apart...
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Post by Nick Sevilla » Tue Sep 23, 2014 5:54 pm

Hi crandallwarren,

I am sure you can do the clocking through the ADAT lightpipe. Use two wires, to ensure they can talk to each other both ways.

There is no interference when using this method, as it is using LIGHT, not voltage,
and it has plenty of bandwidth to cover any need you may have.

Just make sure to follow instructions for both devices, and test it out before committing to a recording that is essential.

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