About The Display - Alesis ADAT-HD24 Reference Manual

quick start guide • chapter 1

About the Display

Time counter
shows the current location (from
the Song Start point, zero in ABS
time) in hours, minutes, seconds,
and frames.
The alphanumeric
display:
This does different things,
depending on what's
going on at the time. In
this example, it shows the
current Song (number 01,
titled "HD24".) On the
second line, it's showing
the length of the song: six
minutes, 13 seconds, and
20 frames. It's also
showing that this song has
24 tracks. As shown, the
cursor (underline) is
beneath the Song number,
and pressing the
YES
Song 02. If a screen is asking a question (like,
Delete Song?), you press
you wish.
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Status icons
show the current settings
controlled by the
CLOCK SOURCE AND SAMPLE
(switches underneath
RATE
the display) and the
icon shows the
MONITOR
status of
ALL INPUT AND
AUTO INPUT
the left of the display).
(L) button would change to
(L) or
YES NO
Auto Icons
light whenever the
AUTO RECORD, AUTO
PLAY, AUTO RETURN,
functions are
REHEARSE
engaged.
Locate point
display:
INPUT,
Each Song has its own
set of 24 Locate points.
This shows you which
one the HD24 will
access if the
button is pressed. It
(switches to
also shows you if the
point is being used as
the START, END, punch
IN or OUT point of one
of the AUTO features.
See
(M) as
HD FREE SPACE indicator
shows how much
recording time is available
on the selected disk at the
current track width and
sample rate. The small
yellow indicator to the left
or
shows whether Drive 1 or
Drive 2 is selected (it's 2 in
this display)
LOCATE
for details.
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Tracks
available
(Not in all
displays.) Shows
how many tracks
are available in the
current Song—in
this case, all 24.
Tracks take up
disk space even if
they're not
recorded, so don't
initialize a song
with more than
you need.
See page 30 for
information on
setting the track
count of a song.
Write-protect
status
(Not in all
displays.) An icon
of a locked
padlock will
appear in songs
that have been
protected from
changes. An
unlocked padlock
icon will appear in
songs that are
NOT write-
protected.