Editing S-VHS (section)

==Use for digital audio==
[[File:ADAT-XT.jpg|thumb|300px|An Alesis ADAT XT 8-channel digital audio recorder]]
In 1991, [[Alesis]] introduced [[ADAT]], an eight-track digital audio recording system that used S-VHS cassettes. An ADAT machine recorded eight tracks of uncompressed audio material in 16-bit (later 20-bit) resolution. The recording time was one-third of the cassette's nominal playing time, e.g., a 120-minute S-VHS cassette held 40 minutes of eight-track audio.

[[Studer]] produced the V-Eight (manufactured and sold by Alesis as the M20) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tangible-technology.com/studer/v81b.html|title=Studer V-Eight (Alesis M20) Product Review|website=www.tangible-technology.com|access-date=2018-07-28|archive-date=2022-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117033110/https://www.tangible-technology.com/studer/v81b.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the V-Twenty-Four digital multitrack recorders. These used S-VHS cassettes for 8-track and 24-track digital audio recording, at a significantly lower cost than their DASH reel-to-reel digital recorders. The videotape transports were made for Studer by Matsushita.