Transferring Files With Explorer - Alesis ADAT-HD24 Reference Manual

using Ethernet • chapter 9

Transferring files with Explorer

Once you're sure that:
• the computer has the correct network
settings
• the HD24's IP address and passwords are
set, and
the HD24 is in FTP server mode
•
you're ready to launch software in the computer
that can download files from the HD24. Note that
you can't download audio using the digital audio
editing software itself...you have to perform this
intermediate step of downloading audio into a
folder first. Then, within your audio software, you
place or import the files into the editing window of
software such as Emagic's Logic Audio,
Digidesign's Pro Tools, Steinberg's Cubase or
Nuendo, MOTU's Digital Performer, or Cakewalk.
As mentioned on page 74, any web browser
software can "contact" an ADAT HD24 connected
to it. File transfer software can do this job more
quickly, but as an example of how the process
works, the following example uses Microsoft
Explorer software.
To download a Song from the
HD24 using Explorer:
1. Launch the browser software.
2. In the address line (URL) of the browser, enter
"ftp://" followed by the IP address of the
HD24 that you previously set on page 5 of the
Utility menu. For example we used:
ftp://192.168.1.100
Hit the RETURN key.
If your computer starts to dial a modem, or if the
next screen doesn't appear in a few seconds, click on
the STOP icon of the browser and recheck the
network settings of the computer (see page 76).
3. A pop-up window may appear asking for your
User ID and password. If so, enter the user
name and password you entered into the
Utility menu of the HD24.
Within a few seconds you should see a screen
that looks like this:
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The "Readme" pages are "web pages" built-in to
the HD24, and explain the structure of the files so
other people can download and return files to
them.
4. Click on the name of the drive (Drive1, or
Drive2, if present).
You'll see a list of the Songs currently on the
drive.
5. Click on the name of the Song you want to
download.
You'll see two folders, one with the name "AIFF"
and the other with the name "WAV".
If you want to download all the tracks in
the Song:
6. Click, hold and drag either the AIFF or WAV
folder to your desktop, depending on the
type of file your computer software needs to
import.
Many programs can deal with either file format,
but generally speaking, most PCs tend to use
.WAV files, and most Apple Macintosh software
uses AIFF files.
If you want to download only certain
tracks of a Song:
6. Click once on either the AIFF or WAV folder.
A screen like this will appear:
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