Home | Electric Guitar | Acoustic Guitar | Bass | Effects | Keys & Synth | Drums & Perc | Software | Computer | Recording/Live Sound | MIDI
|
127th AES Convention Coverage (New York, NY Oct. 9-12)
PRESS RELEASE
NAMM: Standalone Master Clock from Apogee
January 21, 2003
Advertisement
Apogee has now made their clocking technology available as a stand-alone master clock in the Big Ben. At the heart of any word clock regeneration is a phase lock loop (PLL). Currently, and most commonly in audio applications, the PLL is a combination of analog and digital elements without the ability to dynamically adapt to the nature of the external clocks. That's where Apogee's new C777 clock comes in (patent pending). The C777 utilizes an entirely digital process, that Apogee has developed using Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) technology available along with DSP based digital filtering, providing aggressive jitter reduction. With a stable, crystal based digital PLL ticking away as it's heart, Big Ben is able to intelligently manipulate incoming signals and adapt to them accordingly. Not that you would dare expect it from a master clock, Big Ben gives you the option of real-time format conversion. Use Big Ben's intuitive digital display to go from S/PDIF to AES, AES to ADAT, ADAT to S/PDIF, etc. With an eye toward future connectivity standards, Big Ben has room to grow with a Firewire card option that will provide clocking and format conversion functionality to Firewire equipped devices. In digital audio, as in comedy, timing is everything. But if your audio path has got the jitters that's no laughing matter! Enter Apogee's exclusive Adaptive Loop Filtering technology. ALF maximizes Big Ben's clocking ability with an intelligent low pass filter. Because the C777 has made all incoming signals into data (1's and 0's) Big Ben is able to dynamically compensate for excessive jitter and even improve already acceptable clock signals to levels unattainable until now. No matter what your input looks like, ALF can adapt and overcome all obstacles to create a stable, reliable, low jitter clock source. What if Big Ben encounters the ultimate disturbance in clocking, a dropped signal? Not to worry, with "SureLock" Big Ben will compensate by remaining locked on the last relevant frequency sent by the delinquent device. When the signal resumes, Big Ben will gradually, and smoothly re-synchronize without interruption. Yet another feature to help you stop watching the clock is Big Ben's termination sensing ability. Very often in an elaborate audio chain word clock signals are improperly terminated. Big Ben will chime in with a visual indication of over or under termination on it's digital display for each word clock output, allowing you to troubleshoot more quickly and get back to business. Features & Specifications
Inputs:
Outputs:
Specs:
Availability: 2nd Quarter, 2003. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.apogeedigital.com/.
Recent Apogee headlines
Similar Products at Musician's Friend
|
||||||||||||||||||
