Alesis ADAT HD24 Digital Hard Disk Recorder

The New ADAT HD24 Offers Incredible Performance and StabilityQuoted from the Alesis Press Release: “The hard disk recording medium is recognized for its fast access to data and editing capabilities. At the same time, existing digital tape is very convenient, robust, affordable, and removable. To give hard disk some of the same level of utility as tape, Alesis had to overcome limitations such as data fragmentation which occurs in traditional hard disk recording formats. In order to achieve this, Alesis engineered a new method of writing on hard drives, specifically designed for music recording. Unlike the writing schemes employed by computer-based systems, this new method dramatically reduces fragmentation of data, and the required “seek time,” providing a much greater level of stability in recording and playing back data. Using this method of writing, seek and play functions are much faster than existing systems – under 100ms – and data fragmentation which can cause crashing, is greatly diminished. As a result, very low-cost, low RPM hard-drives can be used with exceptional results. For the first time, at about $90 for a 20 gigabyte hard drive, the cost of the hard disk storage medium equals that of ADAT tape in cost per gigabyte – less than $5. Entire 24-track projects can be stored on a single removable drive. Finally, Alesis engineered custom drive caddies and protective storage cases to establish today’s affordable IDE drives as the new exchange medium for music recording. Drives are hot-swappable, and fast back-up – a few minutes for an entire drive – is possible between 2 front-panel drive bays. The HD24 ships with 2 drive caddies and a 40 gigabyte hard drive”

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Alesis ML-9600 Masterlink Recorder

The MasterLink™ Alesis ML-9600 combines hard disk recording, editing, digital signal processing, and the world’s most advanced high-resolution CD-R format for creating professional, fully finished 2-track masters. Here’s how it works: record your 2-track mixes onto MasterLink’s internal hard disk. Arrange songs into playlists with precise control of fades and track start points. Fine-tune your master with built-in DSP Finishing Tools™, then record it to CD using inexpensive CD-Rs. MasterLink will create standard 16-bit Red Book CDs, as well as AIFF-compatible high-resolution discs up to 24-bit, 96kHz. Learn More…

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