• Blackmagic Design

  Decklink HD Studio – AES/EBU

  Posted by Grant Guston on April 10, 2007 at 6:24 pm

  Why are there Male BNC connectors for AES/EBU, when most cables are XLR type? Am I really going to have to pay $75+ for two impedence transformers and mo $ for cables? Please advise.
  Thanks.

  Aaron Neitz replied 19 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Aaron Neitz

  April 10, 2007 at 7:20 pm

  Because technically Decklink is using SPDIF…. 95% of the time, you can plug a cheap RCA->XLR converter to it and most machines will read AES (DAT’s, Digibeta, etc…).

  It is a little frustrating, though.
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  Grant Guston

  April 11, 2007 at 12:41 am

  Thanks CharlieX,

  Could I just cut off the male BNC and put on an XLR connector?
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  Aaron Neitz

  April 12, 2007 at 4:41 pm

  Uh, probably… but I wouldn’t go cutting my OEM cables without good reason 🙂

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