{"id":1712330,"date":"2010-02-26T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=1712330"},"modified":"2010-02-26T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T11:08:04","slug":"adat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/adat\/","title":{"rendered":"ADAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> ADAT Optical<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlesis Digital Audio Tape\u201d or ADAT was          pioneered by Alesis to simultaneously record eight tracks of  digital audio at          one time.&nbsp; The ADAT lightpipe          protocol was developed to stream eight channels of 20 or 24 bit  audio over an          optical cable at 44.1kHz or 48kHz to allow for digital transfers  between ADAT          digital recorders.&nbsp; Today \u201cADAT\u201d is          used as the standard abbreviation for the ADAT lightpipe  protocol and is still          used to transfer eight channels of digital audio over a single  fiber optic          cable. 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