SoundCraft 328xd Quick start guide

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CONNECTING THE SYSTEM
Audio Connections
Connect audio connections as shown in the diagram below. ADAT Optical cables must be connected from
the ADAT Out port of the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T card to an ADAT In port of the 328XD and vice versa.
Coaxial digital S/PDIF cables can also be connected from the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T S/PDIF output to the
328XD S/PDIF input and vice versa. Connect the 328XD wordclock output to the wordclock input of the
Lexicon Studio LDI-12T with a suitable BNC wordclock cable.
The ADAT connections allow digital transfer of either direct output for input channels 1-16 to the Lexicon
Studio LDI-12T card, or the 328XD’s 8 Group outputs. The S/PDIF output from the console can be
assigned to either the Mix output or 1 of 3 stereo auxiliary outputs. The 328XD S/PDIF Input can be
configured to be a digital Stereo Input or as a digital 2-Track Return. The wordclock cable will allow the
Lexicon Studio LDI-12T to synchronize to the internal clock of the 328XD.

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328XD CONFIGURATION
Wordclock
To configure the 328XD as the wordclock master, enter the 328XD Menu pages by pressing the
<MENU> button on the right hand side of the LCD display. Using the PARAM encoder beneath the
display, scroll up or down until the ‘Clock Source Sel’ menu is highlighted, and press <ENTER>. Here,
either the internal 44.1kHz clock or the internal 48kHz clock must be selected, depending on the
sampling rate at which work is to be carried out. Press <MENU> to return to the menu pages.
Tape Ports
To ensure that the 328XD Tape Ports are set to ADAT to work with the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T, enter the
328XD Menu pages by pressing the <MENU> button on the right hand side of the LCD display. Using
the PARAM encoder beneath the display, scroll up or down until the ‘Tape Port Select’ menu is
highlighted. Press <ENTER> and press the Up cursor key until the ‘<Tape Ch17-24 >’ menu page is
displayed. Using the PARAM encoder set the Bank Source to ADAT.
Press the Down cursor key once to set the wordlength. The Lexicon Studio LDI-12T is capable of 24-bit
recording, and so for optimum results, 24-bit wordlength can be selected here. If your audio sequencer
software does not allow 24-bit recording, 20-bit or 16-bit should be selected. The sequencer manuals
should be consulted for further information. The wordlength is set on the 328XD with the PARAM
encoder. Press <MENU> to return to the menu pages.
S/PDIF Input
The 328XD S/PDIF input can be routed to any one of the following inputs:
Stereo Input 1;
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FX Return 1;
FX Return 2;
2 Track Tape Return,
provided that the 328XD AES/EBU input or internal osciallator has not already been assigned to that
input. Commonly the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T S/PDIF output would best be routed to a Stereo Input or
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NOTE:
Assigning a digital source to an input will override an analogue signal, if present.
Press <MENU> to enter the menu pages, scroll through the pages until the ‘SPDIF I/P Setup’ is
highlighted and press <ENTER>. Using the PARAM encoder, select the destination for the S/PDIF input.
Press <MENU> to return to the menu pages.
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If the S/PDIF input is not required, NOWHERE should be selected in the menu.

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LDI-12T CONFIGURATION
Wordclock
The Lexicon Studio LDI-12T must now be set up to receive the wordclock transmitted by the 328XD.
Open the Lexicon Studio Control Panel, by double clciking the Lexicon Studio icon in the taskbar. and
select ‘Clock Source’ from the page options.
Click on the drop down menu and select WCBNC as the clock source input.
If the BNC wordclock cable is connected, the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T should slave to the clock on the
BNC wordclock input.
If a wordclock cable is not connected, the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T must slave to the clock on one of its
ADAT or S/PDIF inputs. Set the Lexicon Studio LDI-12T to use the clock source from the ADATDATA 12T
input or the SPDIF 12T Input as required using the method described above.
Audio Data
The Lexicon Studio LDI-12T must now be set up to transmit and receive audio data to and from the
328XD. Open the Lexicon Studio Control Panel, by double clciking the Lexicon Studio icon in the taskbar
and select ‘CtrlI/O’ from the page options.

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Leave the virtual faders for the input and output level at their default positions, this is correct for the
328XD.
Now select S/PDIF RCA in the ‘Input’ settings, this forces the Core32 to recieve the ADAT signal from the
328XD.
The in the ‘Output’ settings select S/PDIF RCA / ADAT OPTICAL, this forces the Core32 to send audio from
the ADAT port to the 328XD.
Please refer to the Lexicon Studio documentation for other system settings.

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