From The Console To The Hd24'S Inputs - Alesis ADAT-HD24 Reference Manual

connections • chapter 2
From the console to the
HD24's inputs:
What's INPUT NORMALLING?
Most affordable analog consoles don't
have 24 outputs. Even those with 24 or
32 tape inputs usually have only eight
busses or group outputs. Luckily, the
HD24 is designed so it can still be used
with eight, four, or even two-bus
consoles, thanks to a feature called
input normalling that allows signal
from the console plugged into one
track to appear at others. For example,
if you have an 8-bus console, simply
connect from the bus/group outputs to
the first 8 tracks of the ADAT HD24.
Signal from the first input will appear
at tracks 1, 9, and 17 without forcing
you to repatch any cables, once you set
the INPUT NORMALLING feature.
To connect from the group
outs of a mixer:
You can choose between five different Input Modes:
2-Input Mode, 4-Input Mode, 8-Input Mode, 12-
Input Mode, and 24-Input Mode. These can provide
five different analog audio input hookup options:
2 Bus Mixer: Connect the mixer's two bus
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outputs to the HD24's
2-Input Mode on the HD24 by holding down
the
INPUT SELECT
Select Audio
Input Tracks
Then press either Track Select buttons [1] or [2];
notice that the INPUT LEDs for tracks 1 and 2
remain lit until you release the
button.
4 Bus Mixer: Connect the mixer's four bus
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outputs to the HD24's
Select 4-Input Mode by holding down the
button until you're prompted to select
SELECT
the tracks; press either Track Select buttons [3]
or [4]. The INPUT LEDs for tracks 1 through 4
remain lit until you release the
button.
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and
INPUTS [1] [2]
button until the display reads:
INPUT SELECT
[1] through [4].
INPUTS
INPUT SELECT
8 Bus Mixer/Direct Outputs:
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the mixer's eight bus outputs (or 8 direct
outputs) to the HD24's
Select 8-Input Mode by holding the
SELECT
button from [5] - [8]. The INPUT LEDs for tracks
1 through 8 remain lit until you release the
. Select
INPUT SELECT
12 Bus Mixer: You've got the drill by now,
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right? When the display reads "S e l e c t
Audio Input Tracks", press a Track
Select button between 9 and 12, and the lower
inputs will "normal" to the higher tracks (1 to 1
and 13, 2 to 2 and 14, etc.)
24 Bus Mixer (or Direct Outs): Same
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deal—press
above to have the "normal" setup with each
track "hearing" its own separate input.
INPUT
In the first four modes, the HD24 internally
connects the inputs to the higher tracks (for
example, Input 1 goes to tracks 1, 9 and 17 in 8-
Input mode).
INPUTS
button and pressing any Track Select
button.
and press a track 13 or
INPUT SELECT
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Connect
[1] through [8].
INPUT