Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual 4A Analog Input Routing, Input Selection and Routing

Chapter 6, Input Selection and Routing

6.4A ANALOG INPUT ROUTING

The three analog routing modes accommodate 2, 4, or 8 bus mixing consoles. With two buses, connect them to inputs 1 and 2. With four buses, connect them to inputs 1 through 4. With 8 buses, direct outs or a patch bay, run each bus out to its like-numbered M20 input. The analog routing choices are:

∙Odd/Even: Press either the Track 1 or 2 button. Input 1 feeds channels 1, 3, 5, 7, and Input 2 feeds channels 2, 4, 6, 8. To record on an odd-numbered track, route the signal(s) to bus #1 or left. To record onto an even-numbered track, route the signal(s) to bus #2 or right. By simply putting the desired track into record, the proper signal will get there, even though it is not connected directly to the track’s input jack.

∙Half & Half: Press either the Track 3 or 4 button. Input 1 feeds channels 1, 5; input 2 feeds 2, 6; input 3 feeds 3, 7; input 4 feeds 4, 8). To record on tracks 1 or 5, route the signal(s) to bus #1. Likewise, to record onto tracks 2 or 6, route the signal(s) to bus #2, and so on.

∙One-to-one: Press either the Track 5, 6, 7, or 8 button in Input Routing mode. This is the power-on default, where each input feeds its corresponding channel. To record on track 1, send the signal to mixer bus 1, to record on track 2 send the signal to mixer bus 2, etc. This is also the recommended mode when feeding the M20 from a mixer channels’ direct outs.

Alternate method: In Input Routing mode for analog inputs, the All Safe button selects the odd/even configuration and the All Input button selects one-to-one.

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