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Hooking up the Digital 8YBus to Tascam Modular Digital Multitrack Recorders
(Refer to Figure on next page.)
Cabling and Hookup
1. Connect the digital cables between the Tascam tape decks and the DIOY8 cards in the Digital 8YBus.
Note: You must use the special dubbing cables provided by Tascam, part number PW88D (1 meter) or
PW88L (5 meters). These cables are reverse wired. Do not use a standard DB25 computer cable, which
D i g i t a l 8 Y B u sis wired straight through pin-to-pin.
2. Connect the sync cables (Tascam part number PW88S) between the master deck and the slaves in a
daisy-chain fashion. The master deck must have an SY-88 sync card installed. Make sure the last deck
has a Termination Plug connected to its SYNC OUT connector.
3. Connect a BNC cable from the first DIOY8 (Tape 1-8) cardOs SYNC connector to the WORD SYNC IN
connector on the master deck.
4. Connect MIDI cables between the MIDI OUT connector on the Digital 8YBusO Remote CPU and the
MIDI IN connector on the SY-88, and between the MIDI IN connector on the Digital 8YBusO Remote
CPU and the MIDI OUT connector on the SY-88.
Settings
D8B
1. Click on the OSetup� button in the bottom menu bar of the SVGA monitor to open the General Setup window.
2. Click on the ODigital� icon on the left side of the window to open the Digital I/O dialog box.
3. Click on each Tape Input and Output box and select TDIF for each DIOY8 card installed.
Tascam
1. On the front panel of the Tascam, select WORD CLOCK as the clock source.
2. Also on the front panel, turn the DIGITAL IN on.
3. Set the Machine ID on each recorder, with the first deck (master) having the lowest number and the
last deck having the highest number. DA-88s start with ID #0 and DA-38s start with ID #1.
DA-88DA-38
Deck 101
Deck 212
Deck 323
Note: If using a DA-88 as the master and a DA-38 as a slave, assign the DA-88 ID #0, and the DA-38 ID #2.
Other Notes
1. You must turn on the Digital 8YBus first, then turn on the Tascam recorders.
2. Make sure the MODE dip switch on the SY-88 has the 2nd dip switch in the up position and all the rest
of the switches down. This selects the MIDI input.
3. To determine the firmware version installed in the DA-88 and the SY-88:
DA-88 N Hold down the STOP/PLAY/REC buttons while powering up the DA-88 to display the DA-88
ROM version.
SY-88 N Hold down the PLAY/REC/FF buttons while powering up the DA-88 to display the SY-88 ROM
version.
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