If my eyes don’t deceive me, the phrase “Word Clock” exists in multiple Cubase 14 documents, and in multiple repetitions. Online help or pdf download, it doesn’t seem to matter. And to make this even funnier, it seems to exist in earlier Cubase documentation versions as well. I only looked tried a version 13 manual.
This is what happens when you show someone new to word processing how to do Find and Replace, they check the “Do not ask again” box because it’s almost lunch time, and proceed to automatically create 11 occurrences of ‘word clock’ in your current version release user manual. I can tell you that stuff like this will really cause confusion. I only know about it here because my audio interface uses optical ADT connection to additional audio inputs box, and the audio interface uses the clock on the additional input box, which can act as a ‘world clock’ for your environment (if I recall correctly from 4 years ago).
On further thought, since these are PDFs, it’s possible that someone used a pdf IT tool to crawl through your entire database of PDFs and make the change globally. Globally haha, get it … All around the globe. Hmm, I wonder if the error was propagated to your other foreign language versions of the docs?
Hth. Just trying to be consultative here and not confrontive. Your comments and corrections are appreciated and welcome as always.
Not sure what you’re expecting but both of my audio interfaces which are sync’ed via Word Clock literally have “Word Clock” printed on the rear panels and in the software consoles.
I think you’re asking the OP, but farther back than I care to admit it was common to use the term “World Clock” to describe the NTP source in older Windows networks to ensure kerberos authentication functioned properly. So when I first saw “Word Clock” used to describe the clock source in digital audio I thought it was a typo.
I don’t know where my synapses crossed on 'word clock ’ vs ‘world clock’ but I gladly stand corrected. I chuckled when Thor.HOG mentioned world clock in relation to NTP’s Authoritative Server/Kerberos, in old Windows server networks. I dealt with that more than I care to remember in the NT4 days.
Correction: I also note I used “ADT” in my OP, meaning ADAT.
Well, that explains a lot, I was just completely baffled when reading the first post, as I just couldn’t see the typo
I have never heard the term “world clock” before, but then I never really had to administer windows servers (had my fair share of fun with kerberos, though…)
What’s funny is when I was writing World Clock, I was going to say “as in ‘Global’ not ‘world time zones’” and thought “well, ‘Global’ can mean the same thing.” It is kind of funny how our brains create logical affinity to our initial exposure to things.
This may be a bad example, but my first exposure to “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” was Hall and Oates and not The Righteous Brothers; to this day the original still just doesn’t sound right. I mean, I just have to clap my hands between “you’ve got a love… a love…” Silly, but interesting
Just for fun, I searched my internal library and found this Win XP blast from the NTP past. Remember that back in the day, the internet was not everywhere and local IT knowledge was often required for site visit solutions. WinXP Clock Synchronization Server Change.pdf (19.9 KB)
Just for more fun, I think I found the official Word Clock repository:
I looked a little more into this just fun. Right under my in the new Cubase 14 manual, pages 1420 through 1431, is an excellent reference chapter titled ‘Synchronization’. It describes synchronization as used for audio, midi, and video in a daw environment. Very helpful. Thanks Cubase. And again thanks to everyone above who chimed in and set me on the path of truth and science-based FAQs.
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in the new Cubase 14 manual, pages 1420 through 1431, is an excellent reference chapter titled ‘Synchronization’. It describes synchronization as used for audio, midi, and video in a daw environment. Very helpful. Thanks Cubase. And again thanks to everyone above who chimed in and set me on the path of truth and science-based FAQs.