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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Clark" data-source="post: 68584" data-attributes="member: 2763">Re: Does X32 produce uninterrupted audio during a reboot?I would believe that even were this not the case with muting the outputs on startup, it would be impossible for the audio to continue through a power-failure/reboot as it is all in the digital domain. The reason this happens with analog outboard equipment is there are bypass relays in place which will tie a set of inputs and outputs together in the event of power failure. Being that the first and last things encountered within the X32 are A/D and D/A converters, the software would need to be fully in control of these converters and the routing of the audio from an input to an output, nothing is hard-wired via relay when turned off. I presume that in the process of booting the console it would be unable to fully control the routing and such until fully booted, just as any computer needs time to finish loading its operating system before it can begin other tasks.If this is not what you were asking or was already evident then I apologize.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris Clark, post: 68584, member: 2763"] Re: Does X32 produce uninterrupted audio during a reboot? I would believe that even were this not the case with muting the outputs on startup, it would be impossible for the audio to continue through a power-failure/reboot as it is all in the digital domain. The reason this happens with analog outboard equipment is there are bypass relays in place which will tie a set of inputs and outputs together in the event of power failure. Being that the first and last things encountered within the X32 are A/D and D/A converters, the software would need to be fully in control of these converters and the routing of the audio from an input to an output, nothing is hard-wired via relay when turned off. I presume that in the process of booting the console it would be unable to fully control the routing and such until fully booted, just as any computer needs time to finish loading its operating system before it can begin other tasks. If this is not what you were asking or was already evident then I apologize. [/QUOTE]

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