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{{Short description|Digital audio tape format}} {{About|the digital tape format|the digital audio transfer standard|ADAT Lightpipe|Indonesian law|Adat|the tRNA-specific ADA|adenosine deaminase}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox storage medium | name = Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT) | logo = ADAT logo.svg | image = Victor XG180 S-VHS videocassette.jpg | caption = An [[S-VHS]] tape, which is also used for ADAT | type = [[Magnetic cassette tape]] | encoding = Lossless real-time | capacity = | blocksize = | read = Rotating head | write = Rotating head, helical scan | standard = | owner = [[Alesis]] | use = Professional [[digital audio]] | dimensions = | weight = | extended from = [[S-VHS]] | extended to = | released = {{Start date and age|1991}} | discontinued = }} [[File:ADAT-XT.jpg|thumb|An ADAT XT 8-channel digital audio recorder]] '''Alesis Digital Audio Tape''', commonly referred to as '''ADAT''', is a [[magnetic tape]] format used for the [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] of eight [[digital audio]] tracks onto the same [[S-VHS]] tape used by consumer [[VCR]]s, and the basis of a series of multitrack recorders by [[Alesis]]. Although originally a tape-based format, the term ''ADAT'' later also referred to hard disk recorders like the [[Alesis ADAT HD24]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Michael |title=Alesis ADAT HD24 |url=https://www.mixonline.com/technology/alesis-adat-hd24-369644 |website=MIX |publisher=Future plc |date=July 1, 2002 |access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref> In 2004, recognizing the ADAT for "beginning a revolution of affordable recording tools," it was inducted into the first-ever [[TEC Awards]] [[TECnology Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TECnology Hall of Fame 2004|url=http://legacy.tecawards.org/hof/04techof.html#23 |date=2004|access-date=December 20, 2023}}</ref>
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