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Chapter 4: Basic Operations

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RECORDING A “BENCHMARK” TAPE

We recommend that you format and record a new tape with any signal, such as

a test tone, in a single pass with no overdubs during the first week of operation.

Store this tape in a safe, dry location and don’t use it for any other purpose.

Such a “benchmark” tape is useful to determine if the error correction rate is

increasing over time because the heads need to be cleaned, or if a tape is

defective (see page 100).

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INTRODUCTION 2
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL 2
Introduction/Contents 3
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CONTENTS 4
APPLICATIONS 91 6
TROUBLESHOOTING 99 6
ERROR CODES 105 7
SPECIFICATIONS 110 7
GLOSSARY 112 7
INDEX 119 7
SETTING UP 8
AVOIDING GROUND LOOPS 9
ABOUT AUDIO CABLES 11
BASIC AUDIO HOOKUP 12
“THREADED” VS. “UNTHREADED” 13
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 14
Chapter 1: Setting Up 15
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YOUR FIRST SESSION 16
WITH THE ADAT 16
-- -- -- 17
FORMATTING A TAPE – A MUST! 18
RECORDING WHILE FORMATTING 19
0H 15M 48S 21 20
0H 01M 29S 03 20
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TRANSPORT BUTTONS 22
RECORDING 22
PLAYBACK 23
REVIEWING AND CUEING 23
ADAT XT20 Reference Manual 23 24
LED will turn on 24
LOCATING 25
AUTOMATED RECORDING 28
PITCH CONTROL 30
TRACK DELAY 30
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TRACK COPY 32
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS 32
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Chapter 3: Connections 35
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Larger Key Notch 36
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In 8 p l k Out 8 A E F 37
ANALOG INPUT SELECT MODE 38
SYNC IN/OUT 39
Ovt 16dt 40
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FOOTSWITCHES 43
THE XT20 REMOTE 43
BASIC OPERATIONS 44
COMPLETE FORMAT 45
FORMAT EXTEND 46
Pr 0t 0 FF 47
Pr 0t 0 n 48
READING THE DISPLAY 49
DISPLAY ICONS 50
Chapter 4: Basic Operations 53
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BASIC EDITING 56
EDITING INDIVIDUAL DIGITS 57
INPUT SELECT 58
DIGITAL INPUT 59
TRACK COPY 59
INPUT MONITOR 61
Stop,Pause 62
Rew.,F.Fwd 62
PEAK MODE BUTTON 63
PEAK CLEAR BUTTON 63
FINE METER MODE 63
Basic Operations: Chapter 4 64
ADAT XT20 Reference Manual 63 64
RECORDING A “BENCHMARK” TAPE 65
RECORD ENABLE 66
SETTING LEVELS 66
TRANSPORT CONTROLS 68
RECORD/PUNCH IN OR OUT 70
SAMPLE RATE (CLOCK) 71
FA dE 2@ 1 72
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➃ through ➆ 77
AUTOLOCATION CONTROLS 78
SETTING LOCATE POINTS 80
AUTO LOOPING 81
AUTO RECORD 82
TAPE LENGTH 84
FOOTSWITCH CONTROLS 86
USING THE XT20 LRC REMOTE 87
ADAT XT20 Reference Manual 87 88
MULTIPLE ADAT 89
SYNCHRONIZING MACHINES 90
FORMATTING MULTIPLE TAPES 91
MASTER FORMAT DISABLED 93
RECORDING DIGITAL AUDIO 94
MAKING DIGITAL BACKUPS 96
IGITAL CLOCK CONSIDERATIONS 99
0H 00M 00S 00 100
COMBINING XT20S AND ADATS 101
POLARITY DIFFERENCES 103
CONNECTIONS 104
APPLICATIONS 106
LIVE/LONG-TERM RECORDING 107
COMPUTER CONTROL 108
LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES 109
MODULAR RECORDING 109
DIGITAL RECORDING 113
CONCEPTS 113
WHY S-VHS? 114
TROUBLESHOOTING 116
CHECKING SOFTWARE VERSION 117
ERROR RATE DISPLAY 117
ADAT HEAD LIFE 117
ADAT HEAD MAINTENANCE 118
DRUM TIME DISPLAY 119
TAPE MAINTENANCE: SAFE TAPE 119
MAINTENANCE/SERVICE 120
ERROR CODES 122
Appendix C: Error Codes 126
SPECIFICATIONS 127
Digital Inputs/Outputs 128
GLOSSARY 129
IBER OPTICAL CONNECTOR 131
OUSE SYNC 131
UNBALANCED AUDIO SIGNALS 133
Glossary 134
SET LOCATE button, 56, 57 138
QuadraSynth User’s Manual 140

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