User`s guide

ADAT Bridge I/O30
Prepare Your ADAT Tapes Before You Begin
If you plan to do any recording from
Pro Tools to one or more ADATs, make sure
that you have an ADAT formatted S-VHS
cassette prepared for each ADAT in the sys-
tem (see your ADAT Reference Manual for
specific instructions). Because this can be
time consuming, it is a good idea to allow
plenty of time for formatting before you
begin recording with your ADAT. When
formatting ADAT tapes, be sure to set the
sample rate to either 48 kHz or 44.1 kHz,
depending on the rate at which you wish to
record.
▲ Refer to your ADAT manual for details on re-
cording or playback at 44.1 kHz. Different
ADAT models have different requirements for
formatting tapes and/or configuring the unit.
About Pro Tools Monitoring Modes
Use Input Only Monitor if you wish to be
able to hear incoming material on record-
enabled Pro Tools tracks before you initiate
recording. Use Auto Input Monitor to hear
incoming material only during actual re-
cording.
Recording Tracks from an ADAT
to Pro Tools (Unsynchronized)
Each ADAT Bridge I/O allows you to digi-
tally transfer up to 16 tracks at once be-
tween Pro Tools and ADAT.
To perform the unsynchronized transfer
described in this section, the ADAT Bridge
must be the primary interface in your
Pro Tools system.
This basic setup has no provisions for syn-
chronizing playback or recording of the
two devices. You will have to manually
start and stop recording/playback of
Pro Tools and the ADAT independently.
To record ADAT tracks into Pro Tools:
1 Set the ADAT clock to Internal.
2 In Pro Tools, create a new session or open
an existing session.
3 In the Pro Tools Session Setup window:
• Set Channel 1-2 input to ADAT.
• Set the Pro Tools Sync Mode to ADAT
Optical.
• Choose the sample rate that matches the
sample rate of the material on the
ADAT(s).
4 In Pro Tools, create the number of desti-
nation audio tracks you want to transfer
from ADAT. Make sure the destination
tracks each have a different voice assign-
ment in the Pro Tools session.
5 Use the Input Selector of each destina-
tion track to assign its input. With the
ADAT Bridge I/O as your master Pro Tools
interface, this is done for you automati-
cally: Pro Tools track inputs 1-8 correspond
to Group A optical inputs (1-8) and track
inputs 9-16 correspond to Group B optical
inputs (9-16).
6 Select a Pro Tools monitoring mode
(Auto Input Monitor or Input Only Moni-
tor).
7 Record enable your destination tracks in
Pro Tools.
8 Click Record and then Play in the
Pro Tools Transport window.
9 Press Play on the ADAT to being playback
into Pro Tools.