Alesis ADAT-HD24 FirePort 1394 User Manual

Reference Manual

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Important Safety Instructions 9 Important Safety Instructions (English) Safety symbols used in this product This symbol alerts the user t

Important Safety Instructions 10 12. Use only with a cart, stand, bracket, or table designed for use with professional audio or music equipment.

Important Safety Instructions 11 Instructions de Sécurité Importantes (French) Symboles utilisés dans ce produit Ce symbole alèrte l’utilisat

Important Safety Instructions 12 12. N’utilisez qu’avec un stand, ou table conçus pour l’utilisation d’audio professionnel ou instruments de mus

Important Safety Instructions 13 Lesen Sie bitte die folgende Sicherheitshinweise (German) Sicherheit Symbole verwendet in diesem Produkt Di

Important Safety Instructions 14 12. Verwenden Sie ausschließlich Wagen, Ständer, oder Tische, die speziell für professionelle Audio- und Musikin

Important Safety Instructions 15 CE Declaration Of Conformity See our website at: http://www.alesis.com FCC Compliance Statement This devic

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1 Getting Started 17 Unpacking the FirePort 1394 In addition to this manual, you should find the following items inside the FirePort 1394’s box

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1 Getting Started 18 Connecting/Disconnecting the FirePort 1394 The first thing to do is attach the four bracket stands to the FST drive caddy, one

Operations 2 19 Routine connections Once you have everything working, these are the steps to observe when connecting an FST drive to the FirePort

1 Getting Started 20 Installing FST/Connect The brain behind the FirePort 1394’s “brawn” is FST/Connect. This is a software program developed by Al

2 Operations 21 The FST/Connect Main Window The main window of FST/Connect has four major subdivisions, each of which contains between two a

2 Operations 22 To get the FSP reading for recording time available at 96 kHz, click anywhere in the window to the right of the “At” box and select

Operations 2 23 The Song window As stated earlier, each Project can hold up to 99 songs if you’re using file system 1.10. The Song window is the

2 Operations 24 The Transfer window Occupying over half of the main window, the Transfer window sports a majority of the features found in FST/C

Operations 2 25 To switch between the two tabs, click on one or the other with the cursor, or use the Left and Right cursor keys. You’ll notice th

2 Operations 26 If you have a single track selected, you can listen to it through your computer’s sound card. It doesn’t matter whether the file is

Operations 2 27 adat FST Æ PC When this is the selected Transfer tab, the Format buttons tell FST/Connect which of the four possible audio file

Table Of Contents 1 Introduction...3 Welcome!...

2 Operations 28 Drive There are five options here: Select Switch between multiple FirePort 1394 systems Format Completely erase or format an

Operations 2 29 Essentials of Exporting and Importing There are still some very important things to cover regarding exporting and importing. They

2 Operations 30 Importing SD2 files from a Macintosh application Once you are done editing the audio file on the Macintosh, here is what to do in o

Operations 2 31 Other notes about importing Bringing files from a PC into an FST drive is similar in some ways to copying tracks between songs on

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3 Applications 33 In this chapter we’ve compiled some points of interest about FST/Connect. They are divided into two categories: Tips and Tric

3 Applications 34 Window Navigation and Shortcuts As you work with FST/Connect’s main window, you’ll want to remember that there are a number of k

Applications 3 35 Selecting certain tracks for import/export When you’re working in the Track window, you don’t have to select only tracks or fi

3 Applications 36 Starting and restarting FST/Connect and FirePort 1394 You may start and restart FST/Connect without turning off the power to the

4 Troubleshooting 37 Troubleshooting Index Symptoms Cause Solution FST Drive contents don’t show up in window/ “No Drive Communication” m

Table Of Contents 2 Essentials of Exporting and Importing ...29 Exporting and Importing SD2 files...

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Warranty / Contact 39 Alesis Limited Warranty ALESIS CORPORATION ("ALESIS") warrants this product to be free of defects in materi

Warranty/Contact 40 Alesis Contact Information Alesis Distribution, LLC Los Angeles, CA USA E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www

Introduction 3 Welcome! Thank you for selecting the Alesis FirePort 1394™, the perfect complement to your Alesis Adat HD24 hard disk record

Introduction 4 About the FirePort 1394 and FST/Connect software The Alesis FirePort 1394 is designed to complement the ADAT HD24 hard disk record

Introduction 5 Provides multiple file transfer formats The FST/Connect software allows you to move data to and from an FST hard drive in the fo

Introduction 6 Key Features of the FirePort 1394 and FST/Connect software 1. Lightning-fast file transfer over industry-standard FireWire conn

Introduction 7 How to Use This Manual This manual is divided into the following sections describing the various functions and applications for