User manual ALESIS CADI

[. . . ] ALESIS CADI REMOTE CONTROL FOR THE M20 PROFESSIONAL 20-BIT DIGITAL RECORDER OWNER'S MANUAL FIRST EDITION VERSION 1. 00 APPLIES TO M20 OPERATING SOFTWARE VERSION 1. 10 ©1998 ALESIS CORPORATION CADI, Appendix C CADI MANUAL 1. 00 APPENDIX C CADI REMOTE CONTROL 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 controls specific to multi-machine applications. Example: if you press a record button on an M20 controlled by the CADI, the corresponding CADI record button will light, and viceversa. However, Alesis recommends performing all commands directly from the CADI unless a machine is offline. [. . . ] Furthermore, if any offline machine parameters are changed, when it goes online again the CADI will not recognize the changes. LOCKED LEDS The 8 dedicated LEDs for eight M20s indicate lock status during Play and Record modes as follows: · · · LED lit = The corresponding M20 is sync-locked LED flashing = The corresponding M20 has lost lock at some point but remains in Play mode. This light remains flashing even if the unit regains lock to make sure you know lock was lost. LED off = The corresponding M20 is stopped or in a fast wind mode (including Locate). The LOCKED indicator in the CADI's display lights when all online M20s that are in Play or Record mode have locked. ERROR DISPLAY The ERROR indicator in the CADI's display lights when any online M20 has an interpolation error. The error counter (in UTILITY menu #21) shows the error rate of the top (ID1) machine only. CADI MANUAL 1. 00 C-9 CADI, Appendix C MASTER REMOTE FUNCTION BUTTONS ROLL BACK 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, the Roll Back button lights and the Rewind button flashes. The display shows the Roll Back Time as "nnsec", where nn is 00 - 59 seconds. The display returns to the previously selected page. Adjust Roll Back time The Numeric Keypad or Up/Down buttons edit the field. Another edit parameter button (e. g. , SMPTE Chase), or the Edit button again Exit Roll Back time edit Notes · · · · · Play can be deferred during a roll back, which will follow the same "Locate Before Play: On/Off" rules as a normal locate. Multiple Roll Back button presses do not accumulate (e. g. , pressing Roll Back once for a 25 second roll back, then pressing Roll Back again before the M20 has located, does not produce a 50 second roll back). While in the Edit Roll Back page, the Roll Back button will remain active for executing a roll back. The roll back time is retained in memory even if the ID1 machine is turned off then on again. A roll back cannot be executed when an online machine is in Record mode. C-10 CADI MANUAL 1. 00 Appendix C, CADI REPLAY 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 Replay location register, even when machines are playing, except when pressing Play to punch out of Record mode. In record mode, using the Play button to punch outdoes not update the Replay location register. When in One-button Record mode, and not in Play mode already, pressing Record to punch in updates the Replay location register. Play can be deferred during a Replay operation, so Replay will follow the same "Locate Before Play: On/Off" rules as a normal locate. Pressing Replay during a locate operation ends the locate and initiates Replay mode. The Replay address is volatile, so turning the ID1 machine off then on again returns the Replay address to its default value (00:00:00:00. 00, ABS time). TRACK ENABLE GROUPS You may store and recall four different Groups of Track Enable settings as follows: Action Select track enables that will make up a Group Store a Group You press. . . Corresponding Input and Record enable buttons are lit or flashing The display shows "Track Group n Stored, " where n is the Track Enable Group button you selected Input and Record enable buttons associated with the Group are lit or flashing . . . and hold the Set Group button, then press one of the Track Enable Group buttons (1 - 4) The desired Track Enable Group button (1-4) Recall a Group Group settings are volatile, so turning the ID1 machine off then on again clears all Group settings. ALL CLEAR This button clears all record and input enabled tracks, including TC & Aux Enables, unless All Input is enabled. [. . . ] When in analog input routing mode, the display indicates "Select analog input tracks. " The input enable buttons light for selected tracks. If all inputs are set to digital, press Input Route once to select digital routing, and use the Input Enables to select individual tracks. When in digital routing mode, the display indicates "Select dig (Optical, Trk Copy, or I/O Card) Src Tracks. " The Input Enable buttons light for selected source tracks. If the inputs are mixed between analog and digital, the digital routing page will appear first. [. . . ]