Specifications

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Thanks for purchasing The Alcorn McBride Digital Audio Machine™. The Digital
Audio Machine replaces tape machines, CDs and solid state audio players in
permanent audio playback installations, providing hours of high-quality,
maintenance-free digital audio.
Any 16-bit 44.1 Khz WAV file, stereo or mono, may be played. This format is not
compatible with the MPEG Layer-2 Audio format of the Model AM-2. A shareware
utility, CoolEdit (available on our website), may be used to convert between the two
formats. The 16-bit linear PCM format provides higher quality audio playback than
the MPEG format, but consumes about ten times as much storage space per minute.
With the falling price of Flash Memory, the incentive for MPEG audio compression
has disappeared, and the Digital Audio Machine has been re-cast as a high-
performance audio source with the introduction of the AM-3.
Editing your audio files is easy with the software included with your unit. Then just
copy the file to a PC-Card, plug it into the Digital Audio Machine, and you’re ready
to go. You can even transfer files from the PC-Card to the optional internal hard
drive to provide hours of playback time.
Where vibration is a
concern, Flash Cards
are the best choice.
For data storage, the unit provides a socket for installing removable PC-Card
(PCMCIA) media, either Flash Card or hard drive.
The Digital Audio Machine can be serially controlled using standard, ASCII-based
Pioneer Laser Disc protocol. Parallel control is also possible through the use of
contact-closures or voltage inputs.
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The Digital Audio Machine offers a wide range of features including:
• Plays from PC-Card Storage or internal hard drive.
• Uses Both Flash Cards and PC-Card (PCMCIA) Hard Drives.
• Stores over 500 Tracks.
• Sophisticated Play List Capabilities.
• Serial RS-232 Control is Pioneer LDP compatible.
• Parallel Contact Closures provide push-button control of 15 tracks.
• Audio Editing Software Included.