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TheTascam Digital Interface[1] (TDIF) is a proprietary format connector defined byTASCAM that is unbalanced and uses a25-pin D-sub cable to transmit and/or receive up to eight channels ofdigital audio between compatible devices. Unlike theADAT lightpipe connection, TDIF uses a bidirectional connection, meaning that only one cable is required to connect the eight ins and outs of one device or another.
The Initial specification available to implementers was called TDIF-1 Version 1.0.
The first product with this connector was the TASCAM DA-88. That implementation did not include the ability to derive aword clock synchronization between the DA-88 and another TDIF-1 device, so a BNC WORD CLOCK connection was required as well.(cite: DA-88 users manual) Later TASCAM products included the ability to sync to the TDIF-1 connection, although that still excluded the DA-88. (cite:DA-38 users manual). Other manufacturers vary in their completeness of implementation.[2]
The signal labelled "word clock" in the TDIF-1 spec is delayed 270 degrees (90 degrees advanced) with respect to the word clock visible from the BNC word clock output. This is because the TDIF-1 spec was derived from the digital audio transmitter of the NEC uPD6381DSP used in the DA-88.
The TDIF-1 Version 1.1 specification includes parity and other channel information bits.TDIF-1 Version 2.0 includes specification for double speed and quad speed (e.g. 96 kHz and 192 kHz) rates at reduced channel counts.[3]
The TASCAM X-48 supports 96 kHz at full channel count over 6 TDIF-1 connectors, using a post Version 2.0 specification.[4]
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