Table Of Contents - Alesis ADAT-HD24 Reference Manual

Welcome! .......................................................... 3
About the ADAT HD24...................................... 3
Important features of your ADAT HD24 .... 3
ADAT HD24 key features:.................................. 5
How to Use This Manual........................... 6
Important Safety Instructions...................................7
Instructions de Sécurité Importantes (French) ...... 8
Beim Benutzen dieses Produktes beachten Sie
bitte die folgenden Sicherheitshinweise:
(German) .......................................................... 9
CE Declaration of Conformity........................... 10
Instructions to the User (FCC Notice) ................ 10
Quick Start Guide.................................................. 11
If you can't wait to get started:.......................... 11
Front panel tour-left side................................ 14
Front panel tour-right side ............................. 15
Locate/auto buttons ............................... 15
Special features....................................... 15
About the Display............................................ 16
Rear panel tour................................................ 17
Connections......................................................... 19
Unpacking and Inspection................................ 19
Mounting on a Shelf or Non-Rack
Enclosure ............................................... 19
Installing in a Rack .......................................... 19
Thermal Considerations in Rack
Mounting............................................... 19
Power ............................................................. 20
AC Power Hookup ................................. 20
AC Grounding ....................................... 20
Analog inputs and outputs............................... 21
From the console to the HD24's inputs:..... 22
About Audio Cables ............................... 23
Typical input jack hookups...................... 23
Sync In/Out .................................................... 24
ADAT Optical Digital Inputs and Outputs ........ 25
About 16-bit and 20-bit signal transfers .... 25
High sample rate operation ..................... 25
Footswitches ................................................... 29
The LRC Remote.............................................. 29
Basic Recording and Playback ................................ 31
About the hard drives ...................................... 31
Songs.............................................................. 31
Making A Recording ........................................34
Time Counter..........................................34
Transport Buttons....................................35
Recording ........................................................35
Sample Rate Selection ..............................35
Track Selection and Setting Levels ............36
The meters .......................................................37
Peak hold modes .....................................37
Setting the Recording Level......................38
Input Select......................................................39
Digital Input ...........................................39
Clock Source settings when recording
the Digital Input......................................39
Using All Input .......................................39
Input Monitor Controls.....................................40
Auto Input..............................................40
All Input.................................................40
Playback ..........................................................41
Scanning.................................................41
Scrubbing ...............................................41
Pitch Control....................................................42
Using Locate Points ...............................................43
Locating ..........................................................43
Special Locate Points ........................................43
Other Locate Commands ..................................45
Creating A Playback/Record Loop ....................45
Automated Recording ......................................47
Rehearsing..............................................48
Working with Drives ..............................................49
Mounting and selecting a drive .........................49
How Drives Get Mounted........................50
Dismounting drives.................................50
Adding additional drives..................................51
Disk size and recording time ....................51
Backing up your work ......................................54
Editing ................................................................55
Editing Controls...............................................55
Using the Edit Start and Edit End Points ............56
Adjusting the Edit Start and Edit End Points ......57
Using the Cut and Copy Commands..................58
Using the Paste Command ................................60
Undo ...............................................................62
The Edit Buffer and Levels of Undo ..........62
Track Slip ........................................................63
More about editing...........................................64
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