Alesis ALESIS M20 JOG/SHUTTLE Wheel and Search, 3A Play Button and Sync Status, 4A JOG Mode

Transport Controls and Basic Recording, Chapter 8

8.3PLAY

How Play affects tape motion depends on the tape’s status.

If the tape	Pressing Play causes…	You see…
is…
Stopped	Playback	Play button lights steadily
Playing	No change (playback continues)	Play button lights steadily
Formatting	No change (formatting continues)	Play button lights steadily
Locating	Playback after the locate is	Play light flashes during
	complete	locate, then stays lit when
		locate is complete
Locating	Pressing Play twice stops	Play button lights steadily
	autolocation and begins playback
Recording	Punch out, and enter Play	Play button lights steadily

8.3A PLAY BUTTON AND SYNC STATUS

When the M20 is playing and in sync, the Locked indicator (under the last field of the tape counter) will light solid.

If the M20 loses sync while playing (either as a master or as a slave), the Locked indicator will turn off.

8.4JOG/SHUTTLE WHEEL AND SEARCH

The jog/shuttle wheel provides convenient access to capstan-engaged rewind, fast forward, and “scrub” functions (in scrub mode, audio normally comes from the analog Aux track). In master/slave situations, the master’s jog/shuttle wheel controls the slaves, regardless of the slave’s physical wheel position.

Pushing the Jog/Shuttle wheel selects between the two modes, as indicated by LEDs above the Search button. The Search button works with the Jog/Shuttle wheel, as described toward the end of this section.

8.4A JOG MODE

Jog advances or rewinds the tape at a rate proportional to thespeed of wheel rotation. This allows you to move the tape as if you were “rocking the reels” on a n analog machine.

Action…	Result…	You see…
Turn wheel	Tape moves forward at a rate	The Search and Play buttons
clockwise	proportional to rotation	light, and right arrow above
	speed (1/8X to 1X play	wheel lights
	speed)
Turn wheel	Tape move in reverse at a	The Search and Play buttons
counterclockwise	rate proportional to rotation	light, and left arrow above
	speed (1/8X to 1X play	wheel lights
	speed)

When in Jog mode and the transport is idle, the Search and Play buttons will remain lit, and the Stop button will light steadily (indicating that jogging is paused).

8-2 ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06