All user reviews for the Alesis HD24

- What is the connection (analog, digital, MIDI)?
Jacks symtriques (in and out)
- What is the precision of the chantillonage (bits / kHz)?
44.1 Khz 96
- What is the used storage media (ZIP, MiniDisc, hard disk ...)?
2 hard drives (including 1 provided original 40GB)
- How many tracks can be recorded / played back simultaneously ...?
24 tracks 44.1 khz 48 and 12 tracks 88Khz 96Khz (reading and writing)

USE

- Is Gnrale setup simple?
Yes, quite simple, not too much trouble, we look a little at the beginning but the manual is pretty clear.

SONORITS

On-board converters are not good. I strongly advise to use external converters. Personally, I have a RME ADI-8DS.

NOTICE GLOBAL

- How long have you use it?
6 months
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
2 models, the D80 and D160
- How do you report qualitprix?
Very good
- With the exprience, you do again this choice ...?
Difficult to say but I think that you can import and export files from the hard drive thanks to the optional FW interface, it allows a computer spar registration and priphrique therefore allows not wreck the hard drive of the computer for recording and playback.

Support: two removable hard drives.

I note that I do not use ANY MIDI functionality.

USE

Simple general configuration. The manual is comprehensive and covers the needs of most users, in my opinion.

SOUNDS

I will not here to comment on the converters, having possessed THAT this unit. For my part, I find the excellent dynamic (though some catches have missed, I always found afterwards that it was a setting or configuration error: the HD24 was never responsible for this decline )dropoff window

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it and 18 months of intensive (daily, sometimes for 6 to 12 hours non-stop) in home studio (I said that I know of no other recorder like this; I bought it, tried it, I ' I was immediately seduced -I also think soon purchase a second to work 48 tracks)

PLUS:

- Exceptional reliability: never (never!) Any judgment, any bugs, any crash. This device seems indestructible.

- Ease of access: After a careful reading of the record and some returns to here from time to time, handling is easy.

- Working with two removable hard drives, with which backups are a breeze (although the reliability of HD24, I always backup on two separate disks).

- Price: possession of a recording professional quality made me dream for years (I owned a Tascam TSR-8 (excellent) and hesitated between the HD24 and 24 runs in 2-inch strip, because I 'have a holy horror of computers (which I do not denigrate here >> I have friends who do wonderful work on PC and I recognize the lure) So, the price, even if it is ... respectable, does not seem to me High; quuoi it is, I consider the quality / price as EXCELLENT!

- Look wonderful, but it is obviously very subjective ... The bar graphs are very readable and screen, for my part, pleasant and well dimmensionné.

The LESS

- Quite noisy fan (at the end of the sessions, its judgment is a relief)

- White screen print on pale green keys hard to read

- The supplied remote is ridiculously basic. After 6 months the fast reverse scroll key only worked only half the time! A gimmick, and I weigh my words. I try now BRC (Big Remote Control The remote GROSSE Alesis compatible with the HD2) on which I will table a notice soon.

- Some hard drive malfunctioning. Ex: I have a Seagate "monte" (to "charge" the ignition) up to 98% and hangs, therefore unusable. It is curious and annoying (I'm trying all possible combinations of horsemen, nothing happens, so that was the cause on Wesrtern Digital). I expected to find a satisfactory hard drive and I bought two others (Western Digital 280 GB, I will give later references) that give me satisfaction.

I would do this choice course in a heartbeat!

16 inputs / 16 outputs on 1/4" balanced jacks.
Recording into hard disk (with the possibility to use two disks with two bays.
24 tracks can be recorded simultaneously.

UTILIZATION

The overall setup is child's play.

SOUNDS

Fairly transparent converters as far as I can remember.
Irreproachable audio quality.

OVERALL OPINION

i used it almost two years for live recordings.
It's the perfect tool to record bands live.
You need to take the direct outputs of the mixer and connect them to the inputs of the HD-24, easy as that!
At home, you can transfer the files to a pc via the 1394 fireport to mix on the pc.
Be careful not to use big hard disks.
I limit them to 240gb. Beyond that it does bizarre things.,
Especially with certain HDD brands, I seem to recall that western digital worked fine.

Excellent value for money (it's 24 tracks all the same), I don't think there's anything better at this price point to this day.
The proof is that its price doesn't go down.
It's a product I recommend and would buy again with my eyes closed.

Support: two removable hard drives.

I note that I do not use ANY MIDI functionality.

UTILIZATION

General configuration very simple. The manual is comprehensive and covers the needs of most users, in my opinion.

SOUNDS

I will not here review the converters, having owned this unit ONLY. For my part, I find excellent dynamics (though some have taken missed, I always found afterwards that it was the wrong adjustment or configuration: the HD24 was never responsible for this decline )

OVERALL OPINION

I use it and then 18 months of intensive (daily, sometimes for 6 to 12 non-stop) home studio (I said that I know of no other such enregistreurde; I bought, tried, j ' I was immediately captivated I also think to buy a second soon to work 48 tracks)

The PLUS + + + + +:

- Exceptional reliability: never (ever) any judgment, any bugs, any crash. This device seems indestructible.

- Accessibility: after a careful reading of the record and some returns to it from time to time, the handling is easy.

- Work with two removable hard drives, with which backups are a breeze (although the reliability of the HD24, I always backup on two separate disks).

- Price: possession of a professional quality recording made me dream for years (I owned a Tascam TSR-8 (excellent) and hesitated between the HD24 and a 24 track 2 inch tape, because j 'have a holy horror of the computer (which I do by no means denigrates here >> I have friends who do wonderful work on PC and I recognize the appeal) So, the price, even if respectable ..., I do not (too) high, anyway, I consider the price / quality ratio as EXCELLENT!

- Look, but it is obviously very subjective ... The meters are very readable and the screen, for my part, pleasant and well sized.

------ The LESS:

- Quite noisy fan (at the end of sessions, its judgment is a welcome relief)

- Screen printing on white keys pale green difficult to read

- The supplied remote is ridiculously basic. After 6 months, the scroll was not working fast back only half the time! A gimmick, unworthy of the machine it drives ... and I mean it. I'm trying right now a BRC (Big Remote Control, Remote BIG Alesis, compatible with the HD24) on which I will table a notice soon.

- Some hard disk malfunction. Ex: I have a Seagate "up" (to "load" to the ignition) up to 98% and hangs after. It is rather curious and annoying (I'm trying all possible combinations of jumpers, to no avail). I waited to find a satisfactory hard drive and I bought two others of the same model (Western Digital 280 GB, I will give later references) that give me satisfaction.

I would do of course this choice in a heartbeat!

PS: I emphasize that this opinion is only my opinion. It is only a modest contribution and a thank Audiofanzine site, so precious and rich. Good music at all!

Recorder numrique 24 tracks in 24 bit hard disk (44 or 48 kHz), the possibility of acqurir 96 kHz, but the number of tracks is 12.
Can acqurir 24 tracks at the same time, analog or digital (not both at the same time). Adat sync and MTC in 30 frames only. Affordable, if we Whereas it is a 24 track pro.

UTILIZATION

Trs simple to use for everything that used a recorder adj. For others too, but it will read the manual (but well explained in English).

SOUNDS

It assurment the highlight of the craft. The sound is beautiful, breathes well, even low volume. The converters are honntes, but for the most demanding, it is possible to acqurir external converters (which coteront the price of the recorder).

OVERALL OPINION

Enchant this product, I use quotideinnement for 6 months. What j'apprcie most was the fact that with the hard drive, time rewind Reduces ing is on a Journe was recorded 1 / 2 hour, this pleased to clients of the studio! The other strong point is to save the data on the second hard disk recorder (very practical). The buttons to arm the tracks are small and seem fragile, but a big advertisement for tlcommande is ending for. The connection is symtriques jacks. Too bad this is not the Elco as the Adat. In this regard, the recorder is full compatible with Adat (audio sync). APRS 6 months of use, one congratulates you for purchasing such a machine.

Connectivity complte, damage missing the Elco analog, and no SMPTE. Just the MTC. Too bad also that tlcommande "MRC" announces the release of the device has never been established.
As against two hard drives in the same machine, it is a idegniale (back up fast). Please note that all hard drives do not work well. Maxtor show often (the drive is not recognized, while vosu have recorded over the day, good day anxiety!). Seagate and Fujitsu are not a problem. Specially also: when you said your tracks on your favorite software (with the Fire that anyone with HD24 port MUST buy if he wants to make the edition), and you bring the tracks, the locators are DCAL 1. The zero-are over, the first one becomes available. Boring as we have not understood. A bug that the download of the update has not rsolu.

UTILIZATION

Easy, simple, easy ... Everything that had a recorder in hand will be fluent in 2 minutes. For others, the user manual is rdig (in French, on the site tlchargeable Alesis)

SOUNDS

Honntes converters. I use 2 years external converters (who rate more expensive than the recorder) and is even better. But considering the price, we could not expect miracles. Overall, satisfactory offer. Otherwise, this machine is a rve: never plant it (not like those of ndd &@**$&#"" ordis)

OVERALL OPINION

I am one of the first purchasing a HD 24 in Belgium when it was released. Several CDs have t raliss with him, I do not regret my purchase at all, except that the price has really dropped between lemo output and now it's annoying when tjs a achte device that has just been released. But I do not regret this purchase, which I use every week in a professional setting.

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UTILIZATION

- Configuration: pretty simple
- Sound editing: minimum, it is a simple recorder (finally)
- Manual: sufficient

SOUNDS

- No opinion
- NC (not concerned)
- I think

OVERALL OPINION

- Qqs months
- Ease of use (not 50,000 screens to navigate)
- Other stuff like a machine to do anything that upset me very quickly (I used an Alesis xt before)
- Excellent
- Yes

two restrictions: a little: no way to copy paste a piece on the hard drive and mm, more serious: A LOT OF HARD PBS, capricious or fragile machine that? In any case, I lost a piece just finished this weekend ...
7 / 10 because of that

24 analog input / output jack balanced (+4 dBu level so) plus 24 ADAT I / O. Midi in and out, footswitch and remote control. Ethernet port for data backup and update the software.
24 tracks recorded in 24 bit 44.1 kHz or 48 IDE hard disk. Small problem, it does not always recognize, however, comes with Maxtor HD. Other brands seem to work.

UTILIZATION

The device is very simple for everyone who is familiar with multi-track recording. Editing is a bit tedious but all the classics are present. This can sometimes save a blunder.

The manual is clear and precise.

SOUNDS

I do not use the HD24 converters but those of my DM24 so I do not know what they are worth.
For the dynamic characteristics refer to the manufacturer.

OVERALL OPINION

He was perfectly integrated into my system and running in perfect sync with my DM24 and my pc. All transport functions are from my table at the exeption of the "jog / shuttle." No crashes except with the Maxtor, it's not like Windaube ). I also have his older brother (Adat Black face) and I am very happy with my purchase. Small flat (because it is one), the noise of the fan. Added to the PC it bothers me a little mix .. The transfer of tracks by Ethernet is long but the purchase of Fireport is a good alternative.

For CHARACTERISTICS, see below ... CHARACTERISTICS nice, it can stall 5, a possibility of flying the 120 tracks ... It's rare, but may need it for the freaks "an instrument, a trail" ...

UTILIZATION

Very simple configuration, the manual is sufficient for small dtails own brand. Those beginners on ancient multi tracks will not be lost, it's really a "magnto" old-technology DtDs as support instead of the good old band ...

SOUNDS

The converters are their job properly, in complete neutrality and that is what we had. For lovers of the conversion "extreme", start with the lock to an external clock, type bigben, you redcouvrirez these converters, and 24 tracks of 48kHz flies, you'll find that investment in convertos of external major brand is justified by no ... The dynamic is not food, and it is the principal.

OVERALL OPINION

Discoveries I have a few years ago, and used rgulirement of live recordings for 2 years ... A stability never taken into default, has not crash!! And for the record "live" is critical. Quality sound recording to the appointment, simplicity of use ... A decision that happiness. He even when some small default, the tlcommande mrc "pro" not found (but it is REALLY out??), It makes a little noise, not much, but it ' is tiring time, and transfer files via the ethernet port (meaning be super fast ...) which caps 450Ko / s, which is terribly slow, so one MUST prvoir Fireport option.
Competition, mainly Tascam, Fostex, Mackie, are also excellent recorders DtDs 24 tracks, but either in terms of connectivity, flexibility (able to mix on his favorite daw barrires without any file format ...) , robustness, reliability and especially prices, no possde the strengths of this adorable HD24 ...

A smart investment for those who want simple and very effective ...

I USE IT WITH ADAT AT 48 Khz, THE SOUND IS VERY AIRY AND CLEAR

UTILIZATION

IT'S NOT VERY EASY AT FIRST SINCE I USE IT WITH THE 01X AND THE I88X, SO ADAT AND ANALOG, 16 ANALOG AND 8 ADAT. PRETTY COMPLEX ROUTING. i RECOMMEND YOU TO USE THE FIRE PORT OR ANOTHER ONE, BECAUSE SYNCING IS VERY RANDOM WITH NUENDO 4.

SOUNDS

VERY GOOD SOUND, THE CONVERTERS ARE MORE THAN CORRECT. THERE ARE SURELY BETTER ONES, BUT ALSO WORSE ONES.
Overall opinion 8/10
IT'S FINE. PERSONALLY, I DON'T WANT TO PART WITH IT. IT'S A VERY, VERY RELIABLE UNIT. I WOULD
BUY IT AGAIN WITHOUT PROBLEMS.

OVERALL OPINION

BEN MOI PERSO I AM NOT YET READY TO GIVE UP, VERY RELIABLE MACHINE. I do it again
CHOICE WITHOUT PROBLEMS.

The documentation is in English and very complete.

UTILIZATION

Very good machine, easy to use, intuitive and well designed.

If I were to knit pick, the negatives for me would be:
- The noise of the fans that cool the hard drives. But hey it's not a gas plant either.
- The transfer rate of Ethernet is actually ridiculous ... and Fireport option is too expensive for my taste. There are alternative solution to mount the hard drive on a computer (see HD24 tools). But I have not yet ordered the drawer compatible to get into my tower.

SOUNDS

The converters seem quite right.

OVERALL OPINION

You should know that if the HD24 loses its electrical power short of recording, data will be on the disk but will be inaccessible because it did not have the time to write the TOC. You will find (among other) solutions for recovering data on this site:
https://ringbreak.dnd.utwente.nl/ ~ mrjb/hd24tools /

Another solution: lug an onduleur ...

I use this product for 8 years.
24 tracks 16/24 bit 48kHz
It is excellent, reliable and robust, good dynamics if the preamps follow.

UTILIZATION

Very simple setup.

SOUNDS

Very transparent, rendering depends mainly on the converters used.

OVERALL OPINION

It is excellent, reliable and robust, excellent purchase which I will not part from.
FYI I prefer to make the recording in dtd rather than through sound cards.
Comparison between a mix on protools and the former I had a lot more dynamism and an incomparable grain leaving the "factories". (on the other hand, it is not the same job and only the ear is a guide ...)

Digital and analog
It records onto hard disks (40, 80 gb or more), 2 hot-swappable caddies.
16 bits and 24 bits / 44.100 and 48.000 Khz (there's a more expensive 96.000 version, too)
It can take all sort of mics, but consider a preamp for +48V.
8, 16 and 24 simultaneous tracks in groups of 8 only.

UTILIZATION

Relatively easy setup but it's better to study it before the session.
Nothing replaces your mileage!
No effects nor internal sounds, it's a recorder, period.
The user's manual is downloadable and clear enough.

SOUNDS

The converters are good, if you consider their value for money.
The same goes for the transparency.
Good dynamic response, but not enough because it depends on all the hardware you use with it (microphones, preamps, etc.).
For example, a digital recording + Berhinger ADDA 8000 preamp (yes, yes!) + Audio Technica AT 2020 mics (indeed!) + ART wordclock (absolutely!) + good cables and connectors = excellent results to record acoustic sounds.
Different strokes for different folks, depending on your budget.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it for about five years.
There's simply no equivalent in terms of value for money and the number of tracks-functionalities.
Awesome sturdiness and reliability.
The Fireport is pretty effective to make relatively fast track transfers.
A good competitor to soundcards in terms of reliability.
Small capacity hard disks (40 gb) are more reliable.
The removable hard disk caddy system us very handy.

Consider connecting your gear via the wordclock BNC, it's very stable.

In conclusion, it's a good hardware unit that you can optimize choosing adequate hardware.

The HD 24 can be rack mounted.
Don't skimp on the quality of the cables and connectors (multicore, adat, bnc, etc.).