Alesis cadi Manuel D’Utilisation

Appendix C, CADI

CADI M

ANUAL 

1.00

S

PECIAL 

C

ONTROL

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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
“temporary locate master” so all machines (including the ID1 master) park where the
designated search master machine parks after a jog or shuttle operation.

To set which online machine controls the parking address for all machines:

1. Press and hold Search for 2 seconds to enter Search Master Edit mode (releasing the

Search button before 2 seconds toggles in/out of Search mode).  The display shows
“Search Master: n” (n = 1 — 8 or None).

2. While holding Search, use the numeric keypad buttons (1-8, 0) or Up/Down buttons to

select a search master.  Releasing the Search button exits the edit mode without
changing the Search mode status.

Selecting a machine other than ID1 as a search master and activating Search mode (Jogging
or Shuttling) causes the display to indicate momentarily “Machine n Search Master” (n = 1 -

8) or “No Search Master” when None is selected.  If you pause a search, ID1 will query the
search master, update ID1’s tape counter, and locate all connected machines to the position
of the designated search master.

When search master equals None, ID1 will not send a locate command to the slaves.  All
decks will remain parked after a search.  Upon exiting Search mode, Pressing Play will
follow the Locate-Before-Play rule (assuming Locate Before Play is on).  The default search
master is machine 1, and the selection is not retained through an ID 1 power-cycle.

Releasing the Search button exits Search Master Edit mode, and the CADI reverts to
displaying the previously exited page (with the exceptions of the Aux Routing Group).  If a
routing group mode is active, holding the Search button for 2 seconds will auto-exit any of
the routing modes (excluding Digital Source) and enter Search Master Edit mode.