I have it connected to my UR816c from the ADAT out on the Universal Audio to the ADAT in on the UR816c.
In the control panel for the Steinberg Driver, it is set to INTERNAL for clock source and 44.1khz.
The Universal Audio is set at 44.1.
The manual for the UR816c says to do all this AND use a separate wordclock connector cable from the out of the UR816 to the wordclock in of the external device (the universal audio).
I am getting occasional and quiet clicks when I plug something into the channels going into ADAT into the UR816, but plugging something into one of the analog ins of the UR816 does not give me the same clicks. This suggests something with either the new Universal Audio unit or the timing.
Note: the “lock” light on the UR816 glows continually orange, and the lock light on the UA4-710 glows continually green.
I have tried the same thing at a different sample rate (48khz) and it was actually worse.
I tried setting the clock source to “external” in Cubase and it was actually somewhat better - even though I think this is wrong.
Does this mean I need the wordclock cable? Won’t the timing between the two be locked via ADAT?
Or is it more likely I have discovered that one unit or the other is faulty?
Okay, I’m new to this whole clocking thing, but I think I got it. Thanks, DR.
The fix seems to be to select “Adat In” as the clock source for the Steinberg, which seems to be what you meant by option 1.
I just always thought that the interface was typically supposed to be the master, so anything else connected to it would be the slave.
In this case, I guess I have it set up for the UA 4-710 to be the master and my interface to be the slave, which I guess is fine.
Would I be correct to say that it IS fine, with the provision that if I wanted to change sample rates in a Cubase project, all I’d have to do is reach over and turn the knob on the UA 4-710 to 48khz and then make the change in Cubase, and the interface - being the slave - which change itself to follow?
Or is there anything else I’m not considering?
By solution 2, your suggestion would be using a BNC cable out from the Steinberg and in to the UA 4-710 and setting the UA 4-710 to W/C?
I have a behringer ada8200 connected to my UR816C though the Adats, and the behringer is set to SLAVE.
No Wordclock cable between the two.
I do not have to make any settings on both devices, samplerate is set in Cubase.
Yes, 2 optical cables.
The UR816C sends the clock data indeed, it is the master.
My Behringer ADA is the slave (you have to do that on the Behringer via a switch on the device)
if you’re not using a separate master clock then that’s my preferred option then your DAW software can select the correct sample rate
yes but “if” you need to work at different sample rates you need to change it on the UA - and you always need to have the UA plugged in and running…unless you change the clocking back to internal.
looks like you’ve got it 100 %
that’s what I’d do - I know it’s an extra cable but feels like a better solution. Keep your PC/MAC as the master and clock everything to that…you may get more digital gear too so you can (within reason) chain more bnc cables together. Google “wordclock termination” too - might or might not be an issue for you
your system is clocking over adat just fine - exactly as Chris pointed out. Chris’s system is different because he only has an adat OUT on his A/D box so there is no clock reaching it.
I have just bought the UR816 to replace MOTU 2408 Mk3 after MOTU orphaned the device. I am running ADAT I/O cables in both directions to an old Behringer DDX3216 mixing console, making the UR816 the Master. Since clock is already coming via ADAT from the UR816, should there still also be a wordclock cable going from OUT on the UR816 to IN on the Behringer? And if I connect the w/c cable, will that cause a conflict between the two clock sources, or do they handshake somehow?
