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  • Page 1

    A LESIS CADI R EMOTE CONTROL FOR THE M20 P ROFESSIONAL 20- BIT D IGITAL R ECORDER O WNER ’ S M ANUAL F IRST E DITION V ERSION 1.00 A PPLIES TO M20 O PERATING SOFTWARE V ERSION 1.10  1998 A LESIS C ORPORATION[...]

  • Page 2

    CADI, Appendix C CADI M ANUAL 1.00[...]

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    CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 1 A PPENDIX C CADI R EMOTE C ONTROL The CADI (Controller/Autolocator Desktop Interface) remote control is a centralized control surface designed exclusively for controlling up to eight Alesis M20 digital multitrack tape recorders. The CADI essentially duplicates the front panel of the master M20 (identified as ID1), and adds co[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 2 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 I MPORTANT S AFETY I NSTRUCTIONS AND C OMPLIANCE N OTICES S AFETY SYMBOLS USED IN THIS PRODUCT This symbol alerts the user that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying this unit. This symbol warns the user of uninsulated voltage within the unit that can cause [...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 3[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 4 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 CE D ECLARATION OF C ONFORMITY Manufacturer’s Name: Alesis Corporation Manufacturer’s Address: 1633 26th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA declares, that the product: Product Name: CADI Product Type: Remote Control for Digital Multitrack Recorder conforms to the following Standards: Application of Council[...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 5 I NSTALLATION The CADI is intended for use on a desktop, or attached to the optional Alesis BRC Rollaround Stand, available from your dealer. Attach the CADI’s bottom panel to the baseplate of the BRC Stand via the four included screws, NOT to the side panels. The CADI is not rack-mountable. C ONNECTIONS Th[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 6 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 On power-up: • The display will briefly show the software version of the CADI’s internal ROM. Note: this is NOT the software version of the connected M20. • The Bank 1-32 button lights. • The Online buttons for any connected M20s or ADATs light (offline M20s are placed online when the ID1 machine dete[...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 7 B ANK S ELECTION AND T RACK E NABLES The CADI has record and input buttons for four M20s, arranged as four groups of 8. There are also four sets of record and input select buttons for the Aux/TC tracks. Two buttons, Aux and TC, enable the Aux or TC tracks for input and record enabling. (Note: If tracks are en[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 8 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 M ACHINE S ELECTION AND S TATUS O NLINE /S ELECT B UTTONS (1-8) Each Online button toggles the online status of the corresponding connected M20. A lit button indicates an online M20. If an online machine becomes disconnected (e.g., communications error, sync cable disconnection, power off, etc.) while this bu[...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 9 When operating from a CADI, the master M20 controls the following functions for online slaves: Track Status Group Locate 0 Locate Tape Counter Metering Group Set Locate Rewind Clock Source SMPTE Chase Roll Back FFwd Sample Rate Pre-roll Replay Stop SMPTE Rate Post-roll Rehearse Play Time Code Source Auto Reco[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 10 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 M ASTER R EMOTE F UNCTION B UTTONS R OLL B ACK This locates back a user-defined amount, starting from the ABS tape time at the moment the Roll Back button was pressed (even during a locate). Example: defining a 10 second roll back moves the tape from 10:00 to 09:50 upon pressing Roll Back. During a roll back[...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 11 R EPLAY This locates back to the last location where play mode was initiated. This location cannot be edited, and corresponds to the moment a button was pressed to initiate play. After initiating Replay, the Replay button lights and the Rewind or FFwd button flashes. Notes • Pressing Play updates the Repla[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 12 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 S ETUP This unique CADI function allows you to switch several timecode-related variable settings simultaneously. It can recall any of 10 stored (namable) setups at any time (except when recording or chasing SMPTE) for each of the following master (ID1) M20 functions: • SMPTE Chase • Internal Generator ?[...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 13 A UDIO R OUTING B UTTONS Input Select, Input Route, and Aux Route configurations use the Input Enables for setup. Pressing any audio routing function button causes the Input Enable buttons of online M20s to indicate and perform the route editing. D IGITAL S OURCE Pressing the Digital Source button once cause[...]

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    CADI, Appendix C C- 14 CADI M ANUAL 1.00 I NPUT S ELECT This button flashes for 10 seconds when the mode is active; the display says “Use track input switches.” If you don’t press any track input buttons during this time (or if there is any 10-second period during input selection when no switches are pressed), the function times out, then rev[...]

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    Appendix C, CADI CADI M ANUAL 1.00 C- 15 S PECIAL C ONTROL S EARCH M ASTER M ODE This function accommodates situations where you want to use jog on a machine that is not the master (e.g., to find a particular point on the tape of that machine only). In this case, you don’t want the non-master machine to follow the master, but instead, to act as a[...]