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ADAT Lightpipe A widely used eight-channel optical digital audio interface developed by Alesis as a bespoke interface for the company\'s digital eight-track tape machines in the early 1990s (Alesis Digital Audio Tape). The interface transfers up to eight channels of 24-bit digital audio at base sample rates (44.1 or 48kHz) via a single fibre-optic cable. This \'lightpipe\' is physically identical to that used for the TOSlink optical S/PDIF stereo interface foun

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