Backing Up Via Analog I/O - Alesis ADAT Reference Manual

6.2

BACKING UP VIA ANALOG I/O

If you need to back up a tape and have misplaced the fiber optic cable, don't panic.
Hook up the eight analog outputs from the source ADAT to the eight analog inputs on
the target ADAT, put the target ADAT into Record mode, and the source ADAT into
Play mode. Although there may be an almost imperceptible loss of quality compared
to a digital transfer, ADAT's exceptional audio quality is such that you may not even
notice the difference between the two tapes. If the two ADATs are synchronized via
the Sync In/Out 9-pin connection while the copy is made, the timing will still be
sample-accurate.
Similarly, you can use ADAT's analog outputs to back up the tape to a high-quality
analog deck, such as an eight-track recorder with Dolby SR, or to bounce to eight
tracks of a multitrack analog recorder, digital recorder, or hard disk recording system.