Word clock with analog audio

A clock generator is always required. For purely analog audio, the internal word clock has to be used for clocking because a digital clock generator is not available. If an external word clock is connected but no usable signal is detected, the EM 6000 automatically switches to the internal word clock.

For the analog audio outputs on the EM 6000, the clock rate is unimportant because it always operates at the better clock rate of 96 kHz. The selection of the clock rate affects only the clocking for the AES3 stream and the Dante® interface (see Word clock with digital audio).