Play - Alesis ADAT-M20 Owner's Manual

Transport Controls and Basic Recording, Chapter 8
8.3 P
LAY
How Play affects tape motion depends on the tape's status.
If the tape
is...
Stopped
Playing
Formatting
Locating
Locating
Recording
8.3 P
A LAY
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 J /S
OG HUTTLE
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.
8.4 J
A OG
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...
Turn wheel
clockwise
Turn wheel
counterclockwise
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
Pressing Play causes...
Playback
No change (playback continues)
No change (formatting continues)
Playback after the locate is
complete
Pressing Play twice stops
autolocation and begins playback
Punch out, and enter Play
B
UTTON AND
W
HEEL AND
M
ODE
Result...
Tape moves forward at a rate
proportional to rotation
speed (1/8X to 1X play
speed)
Tape move in reverse at a
rate proportional to rotation
speed (1/8X to 1X play
speed)
S S
YNC TATUS
S
EARCH
A M20 R
LESIS
You see...
Play button lights steadily
Play button lights steadily
Play button lights steadily
Play light flashes during
locate, then stays lit when
locate is complete
Play button lights steadily
Play button lights steadily
You see...
The Search and Play buttons
light, and right arrow above
wheel lights
The Search and Play buttons
light, and left arrow above
wheel lights
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EFERENCE ANUAL
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