Burl Audio B80-BCLK – a word clock distribution card for the B80 Mothership chassis, with nine independent clock outputs.
The BCLK card occupies one of the Mothership chassis slots and provides eight BNC-style word clock outputs plus one AES/EBU output, drawing an extremely low-jitter clock signal directly from the BMBx motherboard and carrying it over the Burl BackBone to every slot in the chassis. Two independently programmable banks let you output different multiples of the main system clock at the same time, which matters when integrating devices running at different sample rates within the same recording system.
Two independent clock banks at different multiples
During a session run at 96 kHz, for example, one BCLK bank can output a 48 kHz clock for older digital gear, while the second simultaneously supplies 96 kHz or 192 kHz for newer converters, without needing separate external clock generators for each rate. That solves a common problem in studios mixing equipment from different generations, where individual devices expect a different multiple of the same reference clock.Up to 92 clock outputs from a single chassis
Using several BCLK cards across different slots in a B80 chassis expands clock distribution up to a maximum of 92 outputs from a single unit, removing the need for a separate rackmount word clock distributor in large studio installations or broadcast systems with multiple independent digital paths requiring synchronization.KEY FEATURES
- Nine clock outputs: 8 x BNC, 1 x AES/EBU
- Two independently programmable clock multiple banks
- Very low jitter on the generated clock
- Clock distributed over the Burl BackBone to every chassis slot
- Up to 92 clock outputs using several BCLK cards in one B80 chassis
- Occupies a standard conversion card slot in the Mothership chassis
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Card type: word clock distributor for B80/B16 Mothership
- Number of outputs: 9 (8 x BNC, 1 x AES/EBU)
- Number of independent banks: 2, separately programmable
- Clock source: BMBx motherboard
- Distribution bus: Burl BackBone (BBB)
- Maximum outputs in a single B80 chassis: 92
- Supported multiples: e.g. 48 kHz, 96 kHz, 192 kHz simultaneously on different banks
