Black Lion Audio Revolution Clock – World Clock

OVERVIEW

Your music deserves the best!

Revolution Clock delivers rock-solid clocking to keep all of your digital audio devices running in perfect sync over BNC, S/PDIF, optical, and AES/EBU at even the highest sampling rates; 44.1kHz – 384kHz sample rates are supported over BNC. With only 0.5pS RMS of jitter at the BNC outputs, your devices will be running in perfect sync, and your productions will sound their absolute best. Once a system is set up and clocked correctly, many users observe a greater sense of space and depth thanks to more accurately-reproduced reverbs and stereo imaging. Some even notice elements of their mixes they didn’t even hear prior to synced clocking!

Why clock?

Short answer: For supreme audio fidelity when using multiple digital audio devices.

Long answer: When running multiple digital audio devices simultaneously without clock sync, clocking jitter can result in smearing of the stereo field, and is particularly noticeable in transients and higher-frequency material like cymbals and lengthy reverb tails. It’s also worth noting that the effects of superior clocking are cumulative. Noise reduction and jitter may be hard to discern on a two-track recording of vocals and guitar. But if you record a 64-track production through poorly clocked hardware, all that noise and jitter begins to stack up!

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Patented Macro-MMC Technology

All Revolution clocks employ Black Lion Audio’s patented Macro-MMC technology, developed from years of experience in creating dedicated word clocks, as well as their interface modification service. Macro-MMC is a unique clocking technology that ensures low noise and minimal jitter, accomplished through strict component selection and proprietary methods of signal propagation. They start with a high quality oscillator (timing signal) and apply proprietary methods of signal transfer throughout the unit to keep the quality and accuracy intact all the way up to the output of the device.

Clock Nearly Anything

Revolution Clock I/O includes connections for BNC, S/PDIF, ADAT, and AES/ABU. And if you’ve got a device in your studio that accepts clock in, the Revolution Clock can drive it – up to seven devices, four over BNC.

Set and Forget

Revolution Clock is easy to set up. Simply connect your existing digital devices to the clock outputs (we recommend a 75 ohm purpose made BNC word clock cable) and set those devices to receive external clock. Use the encoder to choose your sampling rate. Done.

MEMS Oscillators for Superior Stability

While many popular clocking solutions use quartz crystal oscillators, Black Audio have chosen MEMs (Microelectromechanical systems) oscillators for Revolution Clock. They choose MEMs after conducting a blind shootout with the traditional quartz crystal oscillators used in their XB clocks. The MEMS oscillators won in terms of subjective sound quality, but also won out objectively. Many clocks are oven stabilised for less sensitivity to temperature fluctuations; MEMs require no thermal solution for stability as their stability is less affected by temperature.Furthermore, MEMs oscillators enjoy greater shock resistance than quartz crystals… but as if that wasn’t enough, Black Audio took shock resistance one step further with the addition of their Suspended Oscillation technology.

Fantastic Price to Performance Ratio

Revolution Clock delivers low-jitter synchronisation on par with clocks that can be extraordinarily expensive. Why pay more when you can get world-class performance at a Black Lion Audio price?

FEATURES & TECHNICAL SPECS

• The best word clock Black Audio have ever made
• Patented Macro-MMC technology for jitter and phase noise reduction
• Supports sampling rates of 44.1kHz – 384kHz
• Diverse connectivity:
  • 4 BNC outputs
  • 1 S/PDIF output
  • 1 ADAT optical output
  • 1 AES/EBU output
• Built rugged and road-worthy; Black Lion tough