Front Panel Tour-Right Side; Locate/Auto Buttons; Special Features - Alesis ADAT-HD24 Reference Manual

Front panel tour—right side
Editing buttons
The and
EDIT START EDIT END
buttons define a region of a
track (or tracks, as determined
by the button) that
TRACK EDIT
can be selected for editing.
Press to remove the region
CUT
(leaving silence on the track),
and to copy it without
COPY
removing it.
PASTE
audio that was cut or copied
starting at the EDIT IN point,
overwriting data on the
selected track(s). If you decide
the edit you made was a
mistake, press
UNDO
to the way it was.
You can only
UNDO
edit operations.
Recordings and
overdubs can't be
undone.
S e e
detailed information on editing
in the ADAT HD24.

Locate/auto buttons

allow you to instantly access
seven different locations in
the current Song:
LOCATE 0
returns to the zero point,
while instantly
LOCATE 1-6
locate to those points stored
in memory.
SET LOCATE
the current location in the next
locate point (above that shown
in the display). When
is on, the HD24 will
PLAY
automatically start playing
when a locate point is reached.
The key sends the HD24
LOCATE
to the location currently shown
in the bottom of the display.
See
details.
ADAT HD24 Reference Manual
Display buttons
These buttons relate to the icons
at the bottom of the display.
INPUT SELECT
analog or digital input.
SOURCE
HD24's sample rate will be set
by the INTernal clock, the
WORD IN
pastes the panel, or the
If the clock is internal,
RATE
sample rate (44.1, 48, 88.2, or 96
kHz).
to go back with the cursor keys below,
allows you to select which of
the current Song's 24 locations
will be accessed when you
press the
for
records
CURSOR
(M),
is currently shown the middle
AUTO
of the display—selecting songs,
naming them, answering
questions. See the next page for
examples of how these are
used.
STOP, PLAY, RECORD
for they do on any recorder. Tap
REW
in either direction, or hold them
to continue scanning.
toggles between
CLOCK
selects whether the
jack on the back
input.
OPTICAL
SAMPLE
allows you to select the
, along
LOCATE SELECT
key.
LOCATE
buttons: (L),
YES NO
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Song buttons
Press to select any of
SONG SEL
64 song locations to record or
play back.
NEW SONG
initializes a blank song,
allowing you to choose how
many tracks it will have, etc.
Use to delete a song
DEL SONG
from the hard drive, and
to name a song or locate point.

Special features

As long as the clock source
display shows ,
INT PITCH
you to speed up or slow down
the playback or recording
speed.
is used for important
UTILITY
housekeeping tasks such as
setting the ISP address,
etc.
is an editing
TRACK SLIP
function that allows you
to time-delay or advance
any tracks up to 170 ms.
Press when you want
MIDI
to see the menus that
control MIDI Time Code
generation, MIDI
Machine Control input,
etc.
See
The
AUTO RETURN
buttons allow
AUTO RECORD
you to set up a "loop" so you
can record a section over and
over, until you get it right.
allows you to hear a
REHEARSE
punch in as if it were being
recorded, without erasing it.
Details are covered in
NAME
allows
and
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