SoDA lets you select any digital audio channel for SMPTE use, input and output. Any source of audio that gets digitized can become a SMPTE input. That means any analog input on a converter box, such as Tango24 or Zulu, digital mixer, or MDM tape machine that is connected to Dakota can be used for SMPTE. Similarly, any analog output can become SMPTE out. And with a click of a mouse button, the SoDA input and output channels revert to their normal audio use. Of course, if you don't want to lose an audio channel to SMPTE use, you can attach a Sierra to Dakota and get dedicated SMPTE I/O jacks as well as 8 MIDI input and output ports.