Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual Track Output Selection, Input Signal Routing Analog and Digital

Input Selection and Routing, Chapter 6

If no digital signal input is detected, the D indicators for the channel(s) without a digital signal source will flash until signal is detected.

6.3TRACK OUTPUT SELECTION

It is not necessary to select an output destination. Audio data always appears simultaneously at the analog, ADAT optical, and optional AES/EBU outputs. Audio always appears at the same-numbered output it was recorded on.

6.4INPUT SIGNAL ROUTING (ANALOG AND DIGITAL)

The Input Route button selects how the M20’s analog and digital inputs are routed to the 8 tape channels. If no track buttons are pressed within 10 seconds of entering Input Route Mode, the M20 automatically exits.

Operation	You press…	You see…
Enter Analog Routing	The Input Routing button	Every track’s A indicator
page (available only if at		lights, display says
least one track pair’s		“Select analog input trks”
input has been set to “A”
using Input Select mode)
Choose Analog Routing	Input (white button	Odd/Even lights tracks 1
	below record) for Track 1	&2, Half & Half lights
	or 2 to select Odd/Even,	tracks 1—4, One-to-One
	Track 3 or 4 to select Half	lights tracks 1—8
	& Half, Track 5, 6, 7, or 8
	to select One-to-One
	(default; see diagram
	below)
Enter Digital Routing	The Input Routing button	Every track whose Input
page (available only if at	again (or press twice if	Select is set to Digital’s D
least one track pair’s	not already in Input	indicator lights, display
input has been set to “D”	Route mode)	says “Select optical src
using Input Select mode)		trks” or “Select I/O card
		src trks”
Choose Digital Routing	See section 6.4b	See Section 6.4b
Exit Input Routing mode	Press the Input Routing	Channel indicators and
	button until the Input	track select buttons
	Route indicator turns off	return to their normal
		status

Analog and Digital Routing not available in Track Copy mode: If the Digital Source

has been set to Track Copy, Input Routing sets which internal tape tracks will be copied (see 6.4b).

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