Contents
2 ADAT LX20 Reference Manual
What is Tape Formatting? 24
3 POWER-UP AND TAPE FORMATTING 26
Power-up and Tape Insertion 26
Setting Tape Length 27
How to Format Tapes 28
About Type I and Type II Formats 28
Defeating The Write Protect Tab 28
General Formatting Procedure 29
Recording While Formatting 31
Re-Formatting a Previously Formatted Tape 31
Notes About Formatting 31
Recording a “Benchmark” Tape 31
4 RECORD AND PLAYBACK BASICS 33
Understanding the Time Counter 33
Change Display Format 33
Set the Input Mode for Analog Audio 33
Choose Analog Or Digital Input 34
Digital Input Re-Routing 34
Select Track(s) for Recording 35
Tape Motion Control: The Transport 35
Stop 35
P l ay 36
Record 36
Other Transport Buttons 36
Step-By-Step Procedures 37
Recording 37
Playback 37
Reviewing and Cueing 38
Monitoring 38
Default Mode 38
Auto Input 38
All Input 39
5 AUTOLOCATION AND LOOP FUNCTIONS 41
Autolocation 41
Return to Zero 41
Locate Points 41
Auto Play 42
Auto Return 42
Looped Playback 43
Loop Limit 44
Deferred Play and Record 44
6 PUNCHING AND AUTOMATED RECORDING 45