Alesis ADAT-HD24 FirePort 1394, Reference Manual

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chapter 1 • quick start guide
ADAT HD24 Reference Manual
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Front panel tour—right side
Editing buttons
The
EDIT START
and
EDIT END
buttons define a region of a
track (or tracks, as determined
by the
TRACK EDIT
button) that
can be selected for editing.
Press
CUT
to remove the region
(leaving silence on the track),
and
COPY
to copy it without
removing it.
PASTE
pastes the
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 go back
to the way it was.
You can
UNDO
only
edit operations.
Recordings and
overdubs can't be
undone.
S e e
Chapter 6: Editing
for
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
LOCATE 1-6
instantly
locate to those points stored
in memory.
SET LOCATE
records
the current location in the next
locate point (above that shown
in the display). When
AUTO
PLAY
is on, the HD24 will
automatically start playing
when a locate point is reached.
The
LOCATE
key sends the HD24
to the location currently shown
in the bottom of the display.
See
Chapter 4: Using Locate Points
for
details
.
Display buttons
These buttons relate to the icons
at the bottom of the display.
INPUT SELECT
toggles between
analog or digital input.
CLOCK
SOURCE
selects whether the
HD24's sample rate will be set
by the INTernal clock, the
WORD IN
jack on the back
panel, or the
OPTICAL
input.
If the clock is internal,
SAMPLE
RATE
allows you to select the
sample rate (44.1, 48, 88.2, or 96
kHz).
LOCATE SELECT
, along
with the cursor keys below,
allows you to select which of
the current Song's 24 locations
will be accessed when you
press the
LOCATE
key.
CURSOR
buttons:
YES
(
▲
),
NO
(
▼
),
<
and
>
control whatever
is currently shown the middle
of the display—selecting songs,
naming them, answering
questions. See the next page for
examples of how these are
used.
STOP, PLAY, RECORD
work as
they do on any recorder. Tap
REW
or
FFWD
to jump 5 seconds
in either direction, or hold them
to continue scanning.
Song buttons
Press
SONG SEL
to select any of
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
DEL SONG
to delete a song
from the hard drive, and
NAME
to name a song or locate point.
Special features
As long as the clock source
display shows
INT
,
PITCH
allows
you to speed up or slow down
the playback or recording
speed.
UTILITY
is used for important
housekeeping tasks such as
setting the ISP address,
etc
.
TRACK SLIP
is an editing
function that allows you
to time-delay or advance
any tracks up to 170 ms.
Press
MIDI
when you want
to see the menus that
control MIDI Time Code
generation, MIDI
Machine Control input,
etc.
See
Chapter 8: Synchronization
and MIDI.
The
AUTO RETURN
and
AUTO RECORD
buttons allow
you to set up a "loop" so you
can record a section over and
over, until you get it right.
REHEARSE
allows you to hear a
punch in as if it were being
recorded, without erasing it.
Details are covered in
Chapter 4:
Using Locate Points.