DigiSnake for HD Omni DB25 AES outputs

[rokitpowr]

Hey guys, I'd be very grateful if someone could please confirm the correct DigiSnake for the HD Omni's DB25 AES outputs? I'll be sending one pair of outs to an Avocet & another to a HEDD, the HEDD's AES out going back in to the Omni via the single AES XLR input.

I've searched without success, but after checking the pin out diagram in the Omni guide, I'm guessing that it has got to be the DB25 to 4 XLR Male and 4 XLR Female version, where basically the 4 females XLR's are wasted as there are no AES input channels on the DB25 connector?

Further to this, in the Omni guide it states...

HD OMNI provides one DB–25 connector for eight channels of AES/EBU output. Each of the paired channels is a balanced three-conductor signal, and supports 192 kHz sample rates in Single Wire mode.

...yet on the Avid store page for the DigiSnake it states...

Below 192 KHz, AES/EBU carries 2 channels per line, so this snake transmits 8 out and 8 in via the 8 XLR connectors
At 192kHz sample rate, the 192 I/O is using dual wire transmission. This means the AES snake transmits 4 out and 4 in at 192 kHz. In this case, the connector labeled "output 1&2" is output 1, "output 3&4" is output 2, and so forth

I've found no mention of any custom cable configurations specifically for the Omni, but the above suggests that Avid's own snake isn't able to support the specification of their hardware, not that I'd be using 192 but it just makes me wonder.

http://shop.avid.com/store/product.d...24141988167440

Thanks in advance for any clarification.

Ed

[rokitpowr]

Okay to answer my own query & FYI anyone else who may come across this thread.

However obvious it seems to me now, there isn't any official clarification anywhere but I risked it, & went ahead & ordered anyway.

I can confirm that the 'DB25-XLR M+F AES/EBU DigiSnake' is required for the DB25 AESx8 output on the HD Omni, the Female inputs of course are redundant owing to the design of the unit's IO.

(Oh Avid why didn't you make it easy & give us 8 AES inputs, you gave us the 8 ADAT inputs after all )

I also ordered the 'DB25-XLRM DigiSnake' for the Omni's x8 analog DB25 output, which works great.

Ed