Tascam Digital Mic Amplifier MA-AD8 Owners Manual

 
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MA-AD8 
Digital Mic Amplifier
OWNER’S MANUAL
 
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Important Safety Precautions 
IMPORTANT (for U.K. Customers) 
DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. 
If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your
home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then
obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or
consult your dealer.
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 MA-AD8 Digital Mic Amplifier 
The TASCAM MA-AD8 Digital Mic Amplifier pro-
vides eight channels of analog-to-digital conversion at 
20-bit resolution into TDIF-1 digital audio format, 
suitable for connection to a suitably-equipped digital 
mixing console or to a DTRS recorder, etc. The unit is 
housed in a convenient and compact 1U rack-mount 
format.
Two TDIF-1 connectors are provided, allowing the 
simultaneous connection of a digital mixing console 
and digital recorder. Each...

 
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When one of these switches is in the up position, the 
signals passed to the  
DIGITAL I/O1 
 connector for the 
corresponding channels will be the appropriate mic 
inputs (the XLR connectors on the rear panel). 
When one of these switches is in the down position, 
the signal passed to the  
DIGITAL I/O1 
 connector for 
the corresponding channels will be the two appropriate 
channels of the digital audio received at  
DIGITAL I/
O2 (AUX)  
w 
.
This...

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BDIGITAL I/O1 (FROM MIC INPUTS)
This connector is typically used to connect a TDIF-1-
equipped mixing console. 
The digital audio signals received at this connector 
will always be passed through to the DIGITAL I/O2 
(AUX) w connector. This cannot be changed.
The digital audio signals output from this connector 
are selected from either the MA-AD8 A/D converters 
or from the signals received at the DIGITAL I/O2 
(AUX) w connector, depending on the settings...

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the DIGITAL I/O2 port À. They are then passed 
straight through to the DIGITAL I/O2 port connected 
to the mixer 
Á.
If necessary, other analog inputs (e.g. MIDI-sequenced 
instruments) may be played through channels 1 
through 8 of the mixer simultaneously with the 
replayed digital tracks from the DTRS recorder.
The advantage of using the MA-AD8 in this situation 
is that the digital audio cabling is permanent—no dis-
connection and re-connection of...

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1.4.2 Block diagram
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