ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06 2-1

CHAPTER 2

CONTROL AND CONNECTOR
BASICS

2.1 ABOUT THE FRONT PANEL

Referring to Fig. 1, the front panel includes:
• S-VHS cassette door and Eject button
• Main vacuum fluorescent display (toward the center) with two sets of 10-character 7-
segment readouts. The left readout shows the current tape location. The right readout
shows information such as incoming SMPTE time, locate address, current offset, etc. A
24-character alphanumeric display above the 7-segment display shows edit location
points, pre/post-roll times, pitch value, and various messages.
• 9 function buttons (below the main display)
• 5 transport buttons
• 4 locate-related buttons
• Rehearse button
• Jog/shuttle wheel and search button
• 15-button numeric keypad for data entry
• 15 editing switches
• Secondary vacuum fluorescent display with VU meters for the 8 audio channels and
auxiliary track, the time code track signal, error lights, track input and record lights, and
input selection and routing indicators.
• 22 track enable and track record buttons
• 6 routing, source selection, and metering buttons
• Online/offline button
• Recessed power switch