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This is an Alesis ADAT XT 8-track digital recorder. It has spent most
of it's life in a smoke-free studio, and works great. The LRC and
manuals will be included in the sale. Here's some more info: Four short
years ago, Alesis revolutionized the concept of the home recording
studio by introducing its 8-Track Digital Multitrack Recorder, the
ADAT. That introduction changed the way musicians thought about
recording music, and its influence was felt way beyond the home and
project studio owner - pro studios began adding this phenomenal machine
to their existing collection of analog recorders. And now, in 1995,
there are better than 70,000 ADATs in use in studios around the world.
Of course, Alesis kept upgrading the original ADAT design by improving
the operating software, as well as releasing their Big Remote Control
(BRC). But many wondered, now that the digital multitrack wars have
really heated up, what was the company going to do to top the
introduction of the original ADAT. At the recent AES Show held in New
York City this past October, Alesis presented the world with its newest
generation multitrack, the ADAT XT. Carrying a suggested list price of
just $3499, the XT offers a number of major improvements. The most
noticeable at first glance is the XT's professional-looking,
custom-designed, brushed aluminum chassis - a significant cosmetic
advance over the original machine. But since beauty is, as they say,
only skin deep, the engineering team at Alesis decided to add something
ADAT owners had long hoped for: The XT's transport mechanism is now
significantly faster than its predecessor. Its advanced transport
software continuously monitors autolocation performance, and the head
constantly reads ADAT's built-in sample-accurate time code, even in
fast wind mode. The result is faster search and lock times so your
creativity doesn't get put on hold while you wait for your tape to
rewind or fast-forward. Yet despite the speed increases, ADAT XT's
intelligent transport handles your tapes with care via new Dynamic
Braking software controls. Also new are the XT's advanced editing
features which can be accessed directly from the front panel, so you
can make flawless copy/paste edits between machines or even within a
single unit. The new Track Copy feature allows you to make a digital
clone of any track (or group of tracks) and copy it to any other track
(or tracks) on the same recorder. This feature lets you assemble
composite tracks for digital editing: Record six "takes" of a guitar
solo on separate tracks, then choose the best sections from each track
and use Track Copy to digitally build a single new track from the
selected sections. There's also an on-board 10 point autolocator system
with auto-play, auto return and auto-record subsystems. Auto record is
so accurate that it lets you automate punch-ins/punch-outs that are
accurate to 1/1000th of a second - a heck of a lot faster than you or I
could do it manually. A Rehearse mode lets you enter and exit record
modes without actually laying down tracks to tape. Even the XT's
display has been improved. The new unit ships with a beautiful vacuum
fluorescent display that lets you monitor your record/playback levels
(with three modes of peak display), set selectable absolute and
relative tape counter time, and view complete status information on the
unit's many sophisticated functions. Of course, Alesis didn't forget
all of the musicians and engineers that already own an ADAT, so they
thoughtfully included both the ADAT Multichannel Optical Digital
Interface, as well as the ADAT Synchronization Interface, which means
you can easily link the ADAT XT up to any existing ADATs, as well as
the Fostex RD-8 and any other ADAT-compatible units that might be
released. How about specs? Well, the original ADAT was pretty awesome,
but believe it or not, the XT is able to improve upon those features
with user-selectable 44.1 and 48 kHz sampling rates, an 18-bit
digital-to-analog converter (per channel), a 20-bit analog-to-digital
converter (per channel), plus a +4dBu ELCO I/O, as well as unbalanced
-10dBV I/Os via RCA connectors. Of course, one of the many other
benefits of owning an ADAT is the fact that it records to easy-to-find,
inexpensive S-VHS video tapes, a real money-saver. Record your tracks,
mix down, then store your finished masters for archival purposes. You
can even supercharge your ADAT system by adding a BRC (Big Remote
Control) for commanding up to 128 tracks and 460 nameable locate points
from a single location, as well as full SMPTE and MIDI sync, plus
extensive digital editing power. I'll ship anywhere in the lower 48
states for $20. Check my feedback....over 1000 positives !!!