Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual M20 Hidden Functions, POWER-ON Button Combinations, Appendix

APPENDIX 1

M20 HIDDEN FUNCTIONS

POWER-ON BUTTON COMBINATIONS

Holding the following button combinations when the M20 is powered-on will allow access to the following special functions:

∙Play and Record

Performs a user reset which initializes all parameters to their default values. The display will show “Initializing …”

MISCELLANEOUS BUTTON COMBINATIONS

Accessing hidden functions involves holding the Peak Clear button in combination with the following buttons:

∙Stop

Displays drum head hours.

∙Eject

When pressed on the master unit, only the master tape is ejected, i.e. the eject command is not sent to the slaves.

∙Record

This allows the user to record on a write-protected tape. It toggles between “OVERRIDE WRITE PROTECT” which allows recording regardless of the write- protect tab status, and “SENSE WRITE PROTECT” which only allows recording if the write-protect tab is intact. Note that this function can only be toggled if a tape is loaded. The override is reset to sense the write-protect tab whenever a tape is ejected.

∙Auto Return

Displays the number of continuous auto-loops.

Accessing other hidden functions involves holding the Peak Mode button in combination with the following buttons:

∙Stop

The transport enters deck standby mode. In this mode, the cassette remains loaded in the transport and the tape is completely withdrawn into the cassette.

∙Eject

This performs an auto-inject. When a cassette is partially inserted (as is the case when a cassette remains in the transport door after an eject command), the cassette will automatically load into the transport.

ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06 A1-1