Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual AUX Routing Input and Output

Input Selection and Routing, Chapter 6

6.5AUX ROUTING (INPUT AND OUTPUT)

The analog Aux track of the M20 is a unique feature that has special application in Search mode, because it allows you to hear audio at extremely slow speeds for cueing. The Aux Routing feature allows you to automatically mix other tracks for recording onto this track.

The back panel Aux Input is permanently routed to the Aux track. The Aux Routing button selects whether additional inputs will also feed the Aux track (e.g., if tracks 1 and 6 are routed to the Aux track, then the Aux track will record tracks 1 and 6 and the Aux Input). You can route any track or group of tracks to the Aux track. If no track buttons are pressed within 10 seconds of entering Aux Route mode, the M20 automatically exits this mode.

It is also possible to automatically record a copy of whatever tracks are currently armed onto the aux track, so the Aux track always contains the last overdub only. This is called “Auto” mode.

Operation	You press…	You see…
Enter Aux Route mode	The Aux Routing button	Aux Route indicator
		flashes
Select Aux tracks	The desired channels’	Aux indicator (below VU
manually	Track Input buttons	meter for each selected
		track input) lights
Select Aux tracks	Aux Input button (white	“Auto” indicator below
automatically (this	button above Aux Rec	the Aux track input
directs all record-enabled	Enable)	lights; any individual
tracks to the Aux track)		track “Aux” indicators
		disappear
Exit Aux Route mode	The Aux Route button, or	Aux Route indicator
	wait 10 seconds without	turns off; channel
	pressing any buttons	indicators and track
		select buttons return to
		their normal status

Aux routing takes effect only after Record: The routing to the Aux track changes only upon entering Record mode. Thus, even with Auto Routing enabled, the current manual or previous auto routing remains in effect until the Aux track goes into record.

Aux output routing: When in Jog/Shuttle mode (section 8.4), the Aux output routing always follows the input routing. Example: If tracks 1 and 5 are routed to the Aux track, then the Aux track output (which sums tracks 1 and 5 and feeds them to the Aux Out) will appear on both outputs 1 and 5, unless tracks 1 and 5 are selected as inputs. This makes it unnecessary to keep a channel on the console dedicated to the Aux output.

If you turn off Auto mode (press Aux Routing, then press the Aux Input button), the Aux routing tracks do not return to what had been selected manually prior to automatic Aux selection; they will show the tracks last armed and recorded.

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