Applications; Overview; Combined Multitrack/Mixdown Deck - Alesis ADAT-XT20 Reference Manual

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PPLICATIONS
O
VERVIEW
This chapter is designed to give you an idea of the multitude of applications for
the XT20. These applications are not broken down into great detail. Therefore,
where applicable you will need to refer to other sections of this manual for
instructions on how to setup the XT20 for a particular job.
C
OMBINED
The XT20 can serve as a combination 6-track multitrack recorder and 2-track
mixdown deck. Record your audio onto tracks 1–6, then run them through a
mixer, using the sub or group outs to send them back to tracks 7 and 8. Tracks 7
and 8 will contain the stereo master recording; their outputs should then be
connected back to the mixer's 2-track playback inputs.
INPUT
OUTPUT
LOCATE/PLAY
LRC REMOTE
In addition, an external synchronizer connected to the XT20's [SYNC OUT] can
output SMPTE or MTC to simultaneously synchronize a MIDI sequencer to tape.
This way, you can mix down not only the first 6 tracks from the XT20 but your
"virtual" tracks on the sequencer as well, all onto tracks 7 and 8.
If you are using a multiple machine system (with one or more XT20s and/or
ADATs), you can dedicate any two tracks in the system for a stereo mix. Because
all machines are perfectly synchronized to one another, you can punch-in and -
out of the mix itself. This opens up all sorts of possibilities, like changing the
EQ, effects and other mix settings for different sections of the mix.
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HAPTER
M
ULTITRACK
Mixer Inputs
1 2 3 4 5
PUNCH
DIGITAL
IN/OUT
IN OUT
/M
IXDOWN
Bus Outputs
INPUT
OUTPUT
6 7 8
SYNC
IN OUT
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