Alesis ADAT Reference Manual page 7

Information while the optical cable carries all the digital audio. The new chorus on
track 15 will be an exact digital duplicate of the one on track 2. Feel particularly
inspired one day, but can't make up your mind about which lead solo to go with?
Fill five or six tracks of a single S-VHS cassette tape with your hottest playing.
Take the best performance, or the best parts of each one and recompose the
entire solo on a new track. All in perfect sync, all sample accurate, all in the digital
domain. The popular recording practice of composite vocals is just as easy, and
more effective than ever with ADAT to support your efforts.
AI-1 AES/EBU and S/PDIF Digital Interface with Sample Rate Converter. If
you need to integrate your ADAT recordings with digital recording equipment from
other manufacturers, an optional accessory box, the Alesis AI-1, can isolate the
digital audio signal 2 tracks at a time from the optical interface's 8-track data
stream, and assign that pair to the industry standard AES/EBU and S/PDIF
interfaces. This allows for direct digital connection, with sample rate conversion,
to and from other digital audio recorders, DAT recorders, CDs, hard disk
recorders, synthesizers, and more.
LRC Remote Control. Each ADAT is supplied with the LRC Remote. This handy
device duplicates ADAT's front panel play, record, fast forward, rewind, stop and
3 point autolocate system. You can also control the monitor select functions.
Highly sophisticated and comprehensive optional BRC Master Remote
Control. The BRC is the brains of the ADAT System. It supplies sophisticated
synchronization and overdubbing functions for multiple ADAT machines, remote
control of virtually all recorder functions, reads and generates SMPTE time code,
and generates MIDI Time Code (MTC) and MIDI clocks. The BRC can control up
to 16 ADATs for a total of 128 tracks of digital audio.
RMB Remote Meter bridge option. When using the BRC in a multi-ADAT
system the RMB Remote Meter Bridge provides localized viewing of 32 channels
of LED meters. It's designed to mount on top of the BRC (or be rack mounted) so
that you can install your ADATs in a remote rack and control functions and view
critical metering of the recorders directly from one location.
Easy interfacing with professional, project and home studios.
ADAT includes a balanced 56 pin ELCO connector for +4dBu interfacing, typical
in professional studios. For the home and project studio using -10 signals, ADAT
includes unbalanced -10dBV inputs and outputs on 1/4" jacks. For convenience,
the balanced and unbalanced inputs and outputs work simultaneously.
Voltage-tolerant power supply. ADAT accepts any AC
voltage between 90 and 250 volts, without the need for external converters.
Compatibility with multi-channel mixdown formats. ADAT
is ideal for quadraphonic, surround, and theatrical sound applications that require
more than two channels for the final master.
For more information on digital recording, see Appendix 1. Appendix 2 is a glossary
of digital recording-related terms that may be helpful as you read this manual.