My ADA8000 has gone belly up, and it's broke too! (Subject of another post) and I have been trying other options. I have an olde Roland Stereo Interface which has Optional SPDIF and the RCA (Coax?) phono plug type digital in/outs and this will do the job.

But when I use the RCA output to the input of my interface, the timecode 'slips' every few seconds.

I have a DM24 also which I have tried as both Master and Slave for the clock.

I have tried Word CLock(using BNC connectors), ADAT, etc to try and fix the 'slip' which causes a little pop.

The Roland has neither word clock not any other visible means of setting as master/slave as regards clock source. SO I have tried it as slave both to the DM24 and the interface in my PC.

The interface has always seemed quite happy with the ADAT for the sync. But when I try the SPDIF optical out of the Roland to the input of my interface I get no signal, though I can if I use the RCA connections between the same two devices.

Now the burning question - will a stereo optical signal be passed to an 8 channel i/o ADAT, which is what my PC interface (soundcard) uses. Or even though the both share the same connectors one cannot be recognised be the other.

I had this notion that the Stereo SPDIF output will be picked up by channels 1+2 of the ADAT?

ANother quick question - do the BNC connectors have to be terminated using one of the T-shaped connectors with the resistor on both devices. I have a single cable running between the DM24 and soundcard.

Can anyone tell me why I bothered going digital - hardest question of the lot!

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