[slinkelist] Switching question

[Thomas W. Humphrey]

I believe you will find, as I did, that switching this way will not be
satisfactory, for the reason that the processor takes a good bit of time to
re-initialize its decoding circuits every time the processor's input is
switched.  This means you will miss the first half-second of music each time
you switch changers.

You can readily test whether this will be a problem, by doing the following-
Connect one changer to a digital input of the processor (and NOT to an
analog input associated with the digital input).
Put the changer in pause at the beginning of a song that starts loudly.
Switch the processor input to an input other than the changer, then switch
back.
You should see that the processor detects an optical carrier signal, but
does not set up, because it is not receiving digital signals on the optical
carrier.
Now release the pause.  The processor will set up and then the music will
start.
Now do a |<< to play the start of the song again and see if it was all
played back the first time.

On my Sony STR-DE925, I lose about a half-second before the processor
changes, so lose a half-second every time the digital input on the processor
changes.  When you set up your playlists to alternate changers every song,
this becomes completely unacceptable.

The solution to this problem, if you have it, is to use optical digital
switching, upstream of the processor.  If you do this, the processor stays
set up even when the input switches (it is unaware of the switching), and it
accordingly plays all of the digital signal after the switch.  The DXS does
upstream optical switching under Slink-e control.  I use an Audio Authority
1177 digital input switcher which I have hacked to allow Slink-e control.

Tom.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Cole" <iancole@earthlink.net>
To: "Veciana Hiram" <veciana_hiram@bah.com>; <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Switching question


> Yes, if you look in the nirvis help file (in your start-menu shortcuts or
on
> the website), look at the topics "How to: Control a Sony S-link receiver
> from CDJ" (under CDJ -> Advanced Techniques) and Using Event Maps under
the
> main CDJ heading.
>
> If you don't have an s-link receiver, these instructions are still
relevant,
> you'd just be using different devices and commands.
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Veciana Hiram <veciana_hiram@bah.com>
> To: <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> Cc: Manny Martinez (E-mail) <manny.martinez@citicorp.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:44 AM
> Subject: [slinkelist] Switching question
>
> > I am using a slinke with 2 CX450's and currently have them connected to
> > individual optical inputs on my processor (since the 450 does not
provide
> > digital passthroughs, only analog).  Can I use the slinke to switch (via
> > infrared) the processor input automatically depending on which unit is
> > playing?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Hiram Veciana
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