File Streaming Technology
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File Streaming Technology is the term used by Alesis
for the proprietary file system used for their ADAT HD24
recorder which was released in 2001. FST is most notable for being designed from the ground up for audio purposes.
The file system has gone through two major revisions; FST version 1.0 and the latest version, FST version 1.10. The latter adds long file names (64 characters, as opposed to 10 characters in 1.00) as well as the possibility to create up to 99 projects, each containing up to 99 songs.
The file system has an undo space of roughly 3 minutes in size (1 track, 48 kHz 24 bit audio)http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Feb02/articles/alesishd24.asp. FST stores audio of several tracks in an interlaced/adjacent manner. FST does not support virtual tracks, and as such the HD24 recorder based on it behaves much like a tape-based recorder.
, the file system is patent pending; however, no patents for FST are known to have been published to this date, suggesting that the patent was rejected or that the patent process was never completed.
Alesis
Alesis is a company based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, that designs and markets electronic musical instruments, digital audio processors, audio mixers, digital audio interfaces, recording equipment, drum machines, professional audio and electronic percussion products...
for the proprietary file system used for their ADAT HD24
Alesis ADAT HD24
The Alesis HD24 is a 24-track hard-disk audio recorder. It is the successor to the hugely successful tape based Alesis ADAT.- Advantages over tape-based ADAT :There are numerous advantages that the HD24 has over the tape-based ADATs...
recorder which was released in 2001. FST is most notable for being designed from the ground up for audio purposes.
Limitations
The FST file system uses unsigned 32-bit sector addressing, allowing it to work with drive capacities up to 2 Terabyte.The file system has gone through two major revisions; FST version 1.0 and the latest version, FST version 1.10. The latter adds long file names (64 characters, as opposed to 10 characters in 1.00) as well as the possibility to create up to 99 projects, each containing up to 99 songs.
The file system has an undo space of roughly 3 minutes in size (1 track, 48 kHz 24 bit audio)http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Feb02/articles/alesishd24.asp. FST stores audio of several tracks in an interlaced/adjacent manner. FST does not support virtual tracks, and as such the HD24 recorder based on it behaves much like a tape-based recorder.
Patents
According to AlesisAlesis
Alesis is a company based in Cumberland, Rhode Island, that designs and markets electronic musical instruments, digital audio processors, audio mixers, digital audio interfaces, recording equipment, drum machines, professional audio and electronic percussion products...
, the file system is patent pending; however, no patents for FST are known to have been published to this date, suggesting that the patent was rejected or that the patent process was never completed.