Chapter 6, Input Selection and Routing

ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06 6-3

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.