User manual ALESIS BRC

[. . . ] These same functions can be edited by first pressing the EDIT button, and then the toggle button whose function you wish to program. 1 · Modular recording. This is the feature that makes ADAT and the ADAT/BRC system perhaps the most flexible multitrack recorder ever designed. Because ADAT's S-VHS tape format is so inexpensive, you can easily afford to record alternate versions of vocals, solos, background accompaniments; whatever your creative urge requires. Modular recording means you can build as many tracks as you desire while you're recording and do composite editing with the BRC and ADAT's Optical Digital Interface (see next section) before the final mixdown. [. . . ] If in SMPTE mode, the display will read 00:00:00:00 (hours:minutes:seconds:frames); if in BARS mode, the display will read 01­01/00 (bars:beats:sub-beats). The name and address will be updated as you scroll through the stored locate points; 4. To display the Loop End point, press the LOOP button again; The display will show: En YY "LocNamyy" ww:xx:yy:zz 5. The name and address will be updated as you scroll through the stored locate points. Just as when setting the Loop Start point, only the locate number can be edited; 43 6. Press the LOOP button to toggle between Loop Start and End point displays. If the desired loop point does not correspond to a stored locate point, the locate point's tape address may be edited. Use the Cursor buttons to place the cursor under the desired field and use the Numeric Keypad, UP/DOWN buttons, or the COPY TAPE LOCATION button to enter the new values. Note: To use the COPY TAPE LOCATION button, it must be set to Normal mode in the MIDI/UTIL section (see section 5. 3F). Important: The locate number is the only information stored for a loop point, not the locate point's address. Therefore, if the locate point's address is changed, the loop point will change accordingly. The loop's end point location must be after the start point location. If the end point occurs before the start point, then LOOP is disabled (LED off). If you try to enable this function, the display will read the following for one second, or for as long as the LOOP button is held: Start pt must be before end point 4. 2B Automatic Looping By activating both the Loop and Auto-Play functions, you create a continuous loop. This is useful when using the Auto-Punch function to record multiple takes. To engage automatic looping, press the LOOP button; the AUTO-PLAY button will turn on automatically. These functions may be combined with other functions, such as Rehearse, Pre/Post-Roll and Crossfade Record, to promote more advanced recording and editing functions. 4. 3 AUTO-PUNCH The AUTO-PUNCH button is used to enter and exit Auto-Punch mode. When pressed, its LED will light to indicate that you are now in Auto-Punch mode. When in Auto-Punch mode, punching-in and punching-out is automatically handled when recording, using the Auto-Punch points (see below). When the button is pressed again, the LED will turn off to indicate that you are no longer in Auto-Punch mode (i. e. all punch-ins and outs must be done manually). 44 To perform an Auto-Punch: 1. Press PLAY and RECORD while the tape position is before the Punch-In point. [. . . ] This will display the current software version the BRC is running under. The display will look like this: 7: Software Rev X. XX . . . where X. XX is the software version number currently installed in your BRC. 86 CHAPTER 6: APPENDICES 6. 0 APPENDIX 1: SPECIFICATIONS Internal Memory Song Memory: Locate Points (per song): # of Preset Locate Names: Song Contents: 20 20 (with user-variable names) 16 (user configurable) 20 Locate points and their names, Auto Punch on/off and punch points, Loop on/off and loop points, Tape Offset on/off and offset type and amount, Track Delay on/off and amounts, Pitch Mode and value, Ext Sync on/off and sources (locate reference and clock source), Gen Sync on/off and types, Tempo Map, Song Start, Song Name and SMPTE Start Offset To ADAT (TOC ­ "table of contents") using Save Setup To Tape; or to MIDI (sys/ex) using MIDI/Util 2: Dump Sysex Memory Backup: Remote/Sync Remote Control Connectors: Two 1/4" phone jacks (Transport Remote Control and/or Locate/Play footswitch jack, and Transport Remote Control and/or Punch In/Out footswitch jack) User Remote Functions Accessible (and available on the LRC): Play, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind, Record, Locate 0, Locate 1, Locate 2, Set Locate, Auto 2>1 (Loop), Auto Play, Auto Input and All Input Sync Connector: One 9 pin D-Sub connector (Sync Out) Sync Capability: Automatic Master Syncing of up to 16 ADATs (128 tracks) Internal Sample Clock: 48 KHz nominal. 44. 1 KHz = -147 cents Sync Generation: MIDI Time-Code, SMPTE (all formats), MIDI-Clock (w. Song-position Pointer), and 48 KHz word clock 87 External Sync: SMPTE (all formats), Video (composite or black-burst), and 48 KHz word clock General Front Panel Controls and Indicators: Illuminating transport controls for Play, Stop, Fast Forward, Rewind, and Record. [. . . ]