Datanoise OctaWave Eurorack Edition

Datanoise OctaWave Eurorack Edition

Usecases

• Adding 8 or more outputs (with mutliple OctaWave) to your ADAT setup
• USB Audio 8ch Interface setup using MCHstreamer
• Up to 32 channels audio with RME Digiface and 4x OctaWave
• Live Performance Setups (with FX chains etc.)
• Analog Mixing w/ DAW
• DJ Setups (a 4 deck setup with 2 stereo outputs each)
• Quadrophonic / 5.1 / 7.1 / Surround Sound setups / mixing

Setup instructions

• Connect your ADAT output (e.g. from your Audio Interface, such as RME Digiface, MiniDSP MCHstreamer) with an optical cable to the ADAT input of the Octawave
• Make sure your Audio Interface is running at 44/48kHz Sample Rate. Sample Rates above 48kHz are not officially supported. Using 96kHz will result in only 4 audio outputs being available due to limitations of ADAT.
• Power the OctaWave DAC via USB Type-C. You can use a power bank (make sure it doesn’t shut down with too low power consumption), a 500mA USB Power Supply or connect it straigt to your computer. For lowest noise and best performance, we recommend using a brickwall adapter.
• Connect your outputs to your gear (mixer, effects, ..)

Control Voltage (CV) Output

The OctaWave has DC-coupled outputs which can be used to send control voltage to Modular Synthesizers. The voltage outputs is around +/- 3.063V DC rail-to-rail. You can offset the voltage in your eurorack system to achieve around 5 octaves tracking or use an attenuverter to scale it to +/- 5v or 0-10v.

Troubleshooting

Link LED is not lit?
– Check if your ADAT output is wired correctly. The port should be glowing red.
– Check if your sample rate is correct

Power LED not lit?
– Check if the Power Supply is connected or if the plug is correctly inserted.