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Your First Session With The ADAT XT20: Chapter 2

ADAT XT20 Reference Manual 19

MAKING A RECORDING

Recording on the XT20 is very similar to most multitrack tape machines. The

process involves formatting a tape (see previous tutorial), putting one or more

tracks into record-ready, adjusting record levels on your mixer, setting the input

monitor mode, locating to the start tape address and engaging record. In this

tutorial, we will be recording from the analog audio inputs at the start of the

audio portion of the tape (0:00:00.00).

TRACK SELECTION AND SETTING LEVELS

You’ll find the RECORD ENABLE buttons ([1]–[8]) for all eight tracks

on the left side of the front panel, beneath the display. A track is

considered “safe” when its [REC] LED is off, in “record-ready” when its

[REC] LED is flashing, and in record when its [REC] LED is lit solid.

To record-enable a track:

❿ Choose a track to record on, and press the track’s associated

RECORD ENABLE button [1]–[8]. The selected track’s [REC] LED will

flash to indicate it is in record-ready.

❡ Send an audio signal to the track(s) you have placed into

record-ready.

Adjust the levels on your mixer so that the “average” level is at -15 dB

on the peak meters of the XT20 and the loudest section never goes

beyond 0 dB. Digital audio recording is different from analog recording,

and therefore requires a different method when setting levels. For more

information, see Setting Levels on page 48.

① To take a track out of record-ready (safe), press its associated

RECORD ENABLE button again. The selected track’s [REC] LED will

turn off to indicate it is safe.

TIME COUNTER

Before recording, you should familiarize yourself with the transport

buttons, and the 7-segment TIME counter in the top left corner of the

display. Ordinarily, the TIME counter will show Absolute (ABS) time,

which is the exact time reference being read directly off of the

formatted tape. The tape position is displayed as hours:minutes:

seconds.hundredths-of-a-second. (This counter may be changed to show

30 frames per second, see page 60 for more information.)

ABS

0H 15M 48S 21

Pressing the [ABS/REL] button will toggle the display between ABS

Time and Relative Time. The display will either indicate ABS or REL

to the left of the TIME counter.

REL

0H 01M 29S 03

Relative Time reflects the current tape position relative to where you

set the Relative 0:00:00.00 position. This is similar to resetting the

tape counter on a cassette deck. However, the XT20 gives you the option

of reading the actual tape position (ABS Time) or the tape position

relative to the location you marked as 0:00:00.00 (Relative Time).

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