Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual Safety Mode ALL Safe, Monitor Inputs ALL Input

Chapter 5, Track Record Enabling and Monitoring

5.5SAFETY MODE (ALL SAFE)

To prevent any accidental recording, pressing All Safe places all tracks (channels 1-8 plus Aux and TC) into a safe (non-record ready) mode. This is particularly useful when mixing.

Operation	You press…	You see…
Place all tracks into a safe	All Safe	All track record ready
(non-recordable) mode		lights and auto-enabled
		track input lights turn off
Exit safe mode	All Safe	All track record ready
		lights, and auto-enabled
		track input lights return
		to their state prior to
		pressing All Safe

5.6MONITOR INPUTS (ALL INPUT)

Pressing All Input sets all tracks, excluding the TC track, to monitor the input signal regardless of the record-ready/auto-input status (section 5.3). Tape playback cannot be heard while All Input is on. While enabled, the track input buttons will have no effect. This is useful for live recording situations.

Operation	You press…	You see…
Have all tracks (except	All Input	All Input Enable lights
TC) monitor the input		(except TC) are lit solid
signal
Exit All Input mode	All Input	All Input Enable lights
		return to their state prior
		to pressing All Input

This function can also be used while All Safe is on.

ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06 5-3