Alesis ADAT-HD24 FirePort 1394 User Manual download pdf (Page 28)

Operations

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 on the

FST drive or on your PC’s hard drive; if the file shows up in the

Track list, it can be previewed. To do this, find the button labeled

“Preview” to the right of the Track window. When only one

track is selected, the triangle inside the button will be black.

Click on this button and the track will begin to play. As it does,

the numeric counter will increment, displaying the current

location within the audio file.

Selecting multiple tracks

It’s also possible to select multiple files at once for importing or

exporting. If one track is already selected, hold the Shift key and

click on another track. All tracks between the two you’ve selected

will be highlighted, indicating that they will be exported or

imported when you click on the button below the Preview window.

Of course you can select all the tracks in the Track window at once

using the Control and A keys.

Once you’ve determined which tracks you want to export or

import, look for the button below the Preview window. It will be

labeled “Export” or “Import” depending on which Transfer tab

you have selected at the top of the Transfer window. Once you

click on this button, the transfer will begin. If you are exporting to

your PC, the tracks you have selected will be transferred to the

folder listed in the Directory window. If you are importing to the

FST drive, the folder listed in the Directory window shows you the

source folder that contains the tracks you are transferring.

The Format window

This is actually a sub-window inside the Transfer window, but it

handles such an important task that it needs its own section in this

User Guide. Depending on which Transfer tab is selected at the

top of the Transfer window, the button selection made inside the

Format window will either translate an FST file into one of four

audio formats as it is exported to your PC, or it will decide what

sort of files you will be able to view within the Track window as

you are preparing to import audio files into your FST drive.

PC Æ adat FST

This is the simpler of the two tabs to describe, so we’ll start here.

When it is selected, the Format buttons tell FST/Connect which

of the four possible audio file types you want to see. In turn,

FST/Connect will filter out audio files of the other three types,

blocking them from view. All four may actually be inside the same

folder on your PC, but only the type you select with the Format

buttons will be displayed.

Once you have selected the file type you want to see, you then

may select one or more of those tracks in preparation for

importing them to the FST drive. During the “Import” process,

the audio file will be translated from its current format to the

FST format.

Some sound cards may

not be capable of playing

back files that were

recorded at the higher

sample rates (88.2k and

96k). If you are having

trouble playing back files

of this sort, refer to your

sound card’s technical

documentation.

emember, if you don’t

see any files listed in the

Track window when you

have the PC->adat FST

Transfer tab selected, try

checking the other three

ormat buttons before

using the Browse button

to go look for the files.

or crucial notes on

importing sd2 and dig/sd

iles, see pages 29-30.

Only one track may be

reviewed at a time. This

is why the Play button is

rayed out when more

than one track is selected.

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