Transport Controls and Basic Recording, Chapter 8

8-2 ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06

8.3 PLAY
How Play affects tape motion depends on the tape’s status.
If the tape
is… Pressing Play causes… You see…
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
complete Play light flashes during
locate, then stays lit when
locate is complete
Locating Pressing Play twice stops
autolocation and begins playback Play button lights steadily
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.
8.4 JOG/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
clockwise Tape moves forward at a rate
proportional to rotation
speed (1/8X to 1X play
speed)
The Search and Play buttons
light, and right arrow above
wheel lights
Turn wheel
counterclockwise Tape move in reverse at a
rate proportional to rotation
speed (1/8X to 1X play
speed)
The Search and Play buttons
light, and left arrow above
wheel lights
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).