Nuendo DD8 Digital Format Converter from Steinberg
May 24, 2001
Steinberg Media AG announced the development of the NUENDO DD8 converter, a compact 1U
19" rack-mounting device featuring digital conversion between digital signals in the following
formats: ADAT, TDIF, SPDIF and AES/EBU.
Switchable 24-bit sample rate converters (SRC) allow for both highest quality sample rate
conversion and clock unlinking of all AES/EBU inputs.
All of the Nuendo DD8´s digital I/Os support 96kHz/24-bit. As ADAT; optical and TDIF are
usually restricted to 48kHz, the unique DS mode (double speed) allows two channels to be used
for the transmission of onechannel's data. The sample split algorithm used is compatible to
S/MUX and Double Wide, and also implemented in the Nuendo 96/52 PCI audio card. With this in
mind the Nuendo DD8 is an ideal addition for Nuendo 96/52 PCI owners in need of real time
digital conversion.
The Nuendo DD8 is a reference quality 8 channel format converter featuring numerous exceptional
features like Intelligent Clock Control (ICC), SyncCheck,SyncAlign, Bitclock PLL, digital
patchbay functions, and active jitter reduction through SD-PLL and 96kHz/24bit sample rate
conversion. AES/EBU to ADAT/TDIF and ADAT/TDIF to AES/EBU work both entirely independently and
intelligently coupled. Dedicated LEDs display the state of the incoming and outgoing signals
and all operations currently running inside the device.
Nuendo DD8 features:
- 8 channel AES/EBU (4 x stereo, XLR) to ADAT optical/TDIF-1 converter
- 8 channel ADAT optical/TDIF to AES/EBU (4 x stereo, XLR) converter
- ADAT optical inputs, 24 bit, using bitclock PLL for sample accurate lock
- ADAT optical outputs, 24 bit, fully compatible with all devices using this interface
- TDIF-1 interface, 24 bit, low jitter PLL, Emphasis support, DA-38, DA-88, DA-98 compatible
- Sample rate conversion 96 kHz/24 bit switchable for the AES/EBU inputs
- Copy Mode allows for copying data to an output of the same format (ADAT to ADAT) etc.)
- Clock unlinking (re-synchronisation) by SRC
- Active jitter reduction by Serial Double PLL and SRC
- Digital Patchbay, allows for copying, duplicating and distributing of the digital input
signals
- SyncCheck, unequalled technology for checking clock synchronicity
- SPDIF mode switchable for the second ADAT optical output
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