JimDaneker

Yes, but that only applies if you want to sync your Scarlett to the Helix; in that case, the Helix would be the master audio clock. I need to do the opposite: I need the Helix to slave to the rest of my studio and be a word clock slave. I run a large Yamaha digital console, multiple UA Apollos, and a Grace Design mastering controller/DA, all sync'd to a master clock. So, I need the Helix to lock to my Apollos.

Correct - I'm not using Helix as an interface - just as an external FX processor for my DAW. And the "clock" I'm talking about is digital audio sync clock - not tempo/MIDI clock. When you connect two devices via SPDIF, one of them has to be a clock (sync) master, and apparently the Helix has no provision for this, unless it just does it automatically when it sees an incoming SPDIF signal - but I can't find answers to this anywhere.

Hello, I'm trying to set up my Helix in an SPDIF loop so I can route anything from my DAW to the Helix and back via SPDIF. But I can't find anywhere that mentions the Helix slaving to incoming word clock.. I sure hope I'm just missing something. I would hope/assume it just automatically clocks to an incoming SPDIF signal - otherwise what's the point of an SPDIF input? I have a pretty elaborate studio setup, and running everything from the Helix as clock master isn't an option. Surely it can function in a SPDIF send/return loop?