Time Counter & Abs/Rel Button; Locate - Alesis ADAT-XT20 Reference Manual

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The TIME Counter (found at the top left section of the display) is used
to indicate the current tape position.
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ABS
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The [ABS/REL] button toggles the TIME counter between Absolute Time
mode and Relative Time mode. The XT20 will indicate which Time
mode is selected by either displaying ABS (for Absolute Time) or REL
(for Relative Time) just to the left of the TIME counter.
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REL
ABS Absolute Time: This is the XT20's time reference, which is
created when a tape is formatted.
REL Relative Time: This is based on the XT20's time reference of a
formatted tape, but is relative to where the tape was positioned when
LOCATE 0 was stored.
The Locate Points ' addresses are displayed in the format of the
display mode you've selected. They always refer to the same tape
position regardless of the display mode.
See the Autolocation section later in this chapter for more information
about the difference between ABS Time and Relative Time.
When no tape is present the counter will display "-- -- --
•
--".
• When an unformatted tape is played, the display will read
"noFo" and the FORMAT icon will flash.
The TIME counter (in either Absolute Time or Relative Time modes)
indicates time code in hours:minutes:seconds.100ths-of-seconds.
minutes seconds
0 : 03 : 28 : 15
hours
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Pressing the [LOCATE 0] button will take you either to the absolute
0:00:00.00 position (if ABS Time mode is selected) or to the relative
0:00:00.00 position (if Relative Time mode is selected). The Absolute
0:00:00.00 position never changes, since it is derived from the timecode
that was written onto tape during the formatting process. The Relative
0:00:00.00 position is user-definable.
You can set the Relative 0:00:00.00 position at any time by pressing the
[SET LOCATE] button followed by the [LOCATE 0] button. This
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100ths-of-seconds
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