Alesis ALESIS M20 owner manual 6A Punching Into Record, 6B Punching OUT of Record

Transport Controls and Basic Recording, Chapter 8

8.6RECORD

This button’s operation depends on whether One-Button Record (section 13.4) is enabled or disabled.

You press…	If tape is	If tape is moving	You see…
	stopped
Record, and	Recording	Recording	Record button lights
while holding,	begins	begins
press Play
Record	Recording	No change in	If recording, record
	begins	existing status	button lights

If the Format light is lit, entering Record mode will format the tape (see Chapter 4 on formatting).

8.6A PUNCHING INTO RECORD

There are five ways to punch into record while the tape is playing.

∙Press and hold Record, then press Play at the punch-in point (or vice versa).

∙With One-Button Record enabled, press Record at the punch-in point.

∙Use the Record Enable buttons for enabled source inputs. If no tracks are record-enabled and you press Play and Record, the Record button will flash to indicate Record mode is pending. At the punch-in point, press the appropriate Record Enable buttons (dynamic punch, section 13.13, must be enabled for this function to work).

∙Use a footswitch (section 8.6e).

∙Program Auto Record (section 8.8).

8.6B PUNCHING OUT OF RECORD

There are five ways to punch out of record.

∙Press Stop. The transport punches out of record, then stops.

∙Press and hold Record, then press Play.

∙Press Play.

∙Use the footswitch (section 8.6e).

∙Turn off a track’s Record Enable button (dynamic punch, section 13.13, must be enabled for this function to work).

8-6 ALESIS M20 REFERENCE MANUAL 1.06