The Pull-Down Menus - Alesis ADAT-HD24 FirePort 1394 Reference Manual

adat FST PC
When this is the selected Transfer tab, the Format buttons tell
FST/Connect which of the four possible audio file types you want
the exported FST tracks to become as they are transferred to your
PC's hard drive.
We have given you these four options because they are the most
widely used in audio editing platforms. They are:
This is the audio file type most prevalent in PC-
WAV
compatible computers.
This format is more likely to be found in Macintosh
AIFF
applications.
Also a Macintosh-native file type, the Sound Designer
SD2
II format has made large inroads into the high-end
musical and post-production environments.
DIG/SD This is the file type generated by Sound Designer I. It is
expected by most audio applications to be a 16-bit
format. If this is the file type you would like to generate,
be sure to see page 28 for information on setting the
export format to 16-bit.

The Pull-Down Menus

As in most applications, above the main window of FST/Connect
you'll see a series of pull-down options. The first four correspond
to the smaller windows inside the main window.
When you press the Alt key, you'll notice the first letter of each
word in the pull-down menu has its first letter underlined. These
indicate which key to press in order to access the contents of that
particular menu. For example, Alt + P opens the Project pull-
down menu as in the picture below:
Pressing the C key will access the "Create" sub-menu of the
Project pull-down menu, as shown.
Each pull-down menu provides most of the features and
information found in the corresponding window, with the
exception of the Transfer window. However, all of the pull-down
menus offer features that are unavailable anywhere else in
FST/Connect. These features are described on the next page.
Operations
In order to use either of the
exported Sound Designer file
types in a Macintosh computer,
certain procedures must be
followed. SD2 files the must be
"unflattened," and DIG/SD files
must have their File Type
changed. These procedures are
necessary because of differences
in the way Macs and PCs handle
files. For detailed instructions,
see the section on pages 29-30.
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