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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.0 ABOUT THE BRC
Congratulations! You’ve just purchased an incredible tool that will
assist in streamlining your recording projects. The BRC master
remote control is the key element that makes the most of the ADAT
digital recording system. Whether using it in a professional
commercial studio, recording a live performance, or working in post-
production, here are some of the features that illustrate the type of
control using the BRC/ADAT system will afford you:
• Sample accurate syncing capabilities. Using ADAT’s exclusive
Proprietary Synchronization Interface, the BRC can control up to
16 ADATs for a total of 128 tracks, and lock them together in
perfect synchronization. Each ADAT tape is “formatted” (a simple
operation that can be done before or during recording) with a
proprietary Alesis time code that is much more accurate than
SMPTE or other time code systems. This process time-stamps the
tape to an incredible single-sample accuracy; that is, 1/48,000th of a
second.
Because of this incredibly tight sync performance, multiple
ADATs are virtually free of the evils of incoherent phase between
tracks playing on different machines. This means that when you
lock two or more ADATs together, you’re really creating the
equivalent of one large digital tape recorder.
And since the ADAT/BRC sync system is internalized and sample
accurate, you get machine synchronization without giving up an
audio track (which would otherwise be required for SMPTE);
accurate tape counter readings without annoying slippage; and
intelligent sample-accurate autolocation functions.
• Easy and familiar front panel controls. If you’ve ever used a large
remote control for a multitrack tape recorder, then you probably
already know how to use many of the functions on the BRC.
Familiar controls like play, record, fast forward, rewind and the
track select buttons perform the majority of functions you’ll need.
Other functions (like Auto-Punch, Looping, Pre-Roll and Post-
Roll), may be toggled on and off by pressing their respective
button; an LED set inside each button will light to indicate when a
function is turned on. These same functions can be edited by first
pressing the EDIT button, and then the toggle button whose
function you wish to program.
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