ADAT

thumb|An S-VHS tape, which is also used for ADAT

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Storage medium.name: Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT)
Storage medium.logo: ADAT logo.svg
Storage medium.image: ADAT-XT.jpg
Storage medium.caption: An ADAT XT 8-channel digital audio recorder
Storage medium.type: Magnetic cassette tape
Storage medium.encoding: Lossless real-time
Storage medium.read: Rotating head
Storage medium.write: Rotating head, helical scan
Storage medium.owner: Alesis
Storage medium.use: Professional digital audio
Storage medium.extended from: S-VHS

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thumb|An S-VHS tape, which is also used for ADAT

Alesis Digital Audio Tape, commonly referred to as ADAT, is a magnetic tape format used for the recording of eight digital audio tracks onto the same S-VHS tape used by consumer VCRs, 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. 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.