Alesis ADAT-XT manual Auto Input Monitor, ALL Input Monitor

Basic Operations: Chapter 4

INPUT MONITOR

The Input Monitor controls consist of two buttons: [ALL INPUT] and [AUTO INPUT].

AUTO INPUT MONITOR

This feature determines what you will hear from the XT’s output jacks when a track is record-enabled (REC LED flashing): tape, or source. The [AUTO INPUT] button toggles the Auto Input Monitor on and off. When a track is monitoring its input signal, its INPUT LED will be lit.

•When the Auto Input Monitor is off (AUTO icon in the INPUT MON icon group is off), all record-enabled tracks will monitor the input signal and all other tracks will monitor the taped signal.

•When the Auto Input Monitor is on (AUTO icon is lit), it allows input monitoring of record enabled tracks while in record, stop, rewind or fast fwd; but not in play.

The reason for having these two options is to accommodate different stages of the recording process. Leaving the Auto Input Monitor off is the “normal” option and is what you would use when first recording tracks. When performing punch-ins and overdubs, you will probably want to turn the Auto Input Monitor on so that you can hear what was recorded on tape for a given track right up to the point you want to punch in. As soon as the XT punches into record mode, the tape signal is replaced by the input signal so you can hear what’s being recorded to tape. After you punch-out, the monitor reverts to tape.

Typically, Auto Input should be on when the Rehearse feature is used (see page 52).

ALL INPUT MONITOR

When the [ALL INPUT] button is on (ALL icon in the INPUT MON icon group is lit), the Auto Input Monitor setting is overridden so that all tracks monitor their input signals regardless of their record enable status. All eight track INPUT LEDs will be lit. When All Input Monitor is off (ALL icon is off), the Auto Input Monitor setting determines track monitoring.

The All Input Monitor will automatically be turned off if Track Copy mode is enabled (by pressing the [TRACK COPY] button (see page 38).

The following table indicates the status of tracks that are record-enabled and tracks that are not depending on the status of the [AUTO INPUT] and [ALL INPUT] buttons.

Record-enabled tracks = ■ ; Tracks not record-enabled = ❑

Transport	Auto = Off	Auto = On	Auto = Off/On
Function	All = Off	All = Off	All = On
Stop,Pause,	■ = Input	■ = Input	■ = Input
Rew.,F.Fwd	❑ = Tape	❑ = Tape	❑ = Input
Play	■ = Input	■ = Tape	■ = Input
	❑ = Tape	❑ = Tape	❑ = Input
Record	■ = Input	■ = Input	■ = Input
	❑ = Tape	❑ = Tape	❑ = Input

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