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<blockquote data-quote="Jason Kelly" data-source="post: 51079" data-attributes="member: 278">Re: Midas Pro6 Clock Failure?Hi Kip,As far as I&#039;m aware we have never had a physical clock fail on one of our consoles. So this is definitely not a &#039;known issue&#039;.Without the details and specifics of how the two systems were connected its hard to know exactly what happened here. If the PRO6 was sharing input channels with a Digi (Avid?) console its almost definite that a DN9650 was involved somewhere in the chain. As there would need to be a conversion between our 96kHz AES50 protocol and MADI. At this point the two consoles would actually be on separate clocks anyway, as the DN9650 acts as a bridge between the two systems allowing each one to clock from its own source. Whether the Digi was acting as the MADI sides master or the DN9650 was wouldn&#039;t really matter. Where the Digi console was being fed its signal from on the PRO6 system would have an effect on the circumstances it would lose the inputs coming from PRO6. Whether DL431 mic splitters were part of the system would also offer a different set of options here too.Reasons for audio stopping on both consoles could be many, a simple CAT5 or RJ45 connector problem could be the cause. In my experience many of this type of problem end up coming down to simple cable/connector issues. But like I said without knowing details of the situation and the system I can only speculate.I just wanted to make clear that clock failures are definitely not a frequent or known issue. Please feel free to PM if you&#039;d like to.Thanks for your time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jason Kelly, post: 51079, member: 278"] Re: Midas Pro6 Clock Failure? Hi Kip, As far as I'm aware we have never had a physical clock fail on one of our consoles. So this is definitely not a 'known issue'. Without the details and specifics of how the two systems were connected its hard to know exactly what happened here. If the PRO6 was sharing input channels with a Digi (Avid?) console its almost definite that a DN9650 was involved somewhere in the chain. As there would need to be a conversion between our 96kHz AES50 protocol and MADI. At this point the two consoles would actually be on separate clocks anyway, as the DN9650 acts as a bridge between the two systems allowing each one to clock from its own source. Whether the Digi was acting as the MADI sides master or the DN9650 was wouldn't really matter. Where the Digi console was being fed its signal from on the PRO6 system would have an effect on the circumstances it would lose the inputs coming from PRO6. Whether DL431 mic splitters were part of the system would also offer a different set of options here too. Reasons for audio stopping on both consoles could be many, a simple CAT5 or RJ45 connector problem could be the cause. In my experience many of this type of problem end up coming down to simple cable/connector issues. But like I said without knowing details of the situation and the system I can only speculate. I just wanted to make clear that clock failures are definitely not a frequent or known issue. Please feel free to PM if you'd like to. Thanks for your time. [/QUOTE]

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