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Safety Instructions 

Carefully read the applicable items of the operating instructions and these safety 
suggestions before using this product. Use extra care to follow the warnings 
written on the product itself and in the operating instructions. Keep the operating 
instructions and safety suggestions for reference in the future.   

1.

Power 

Source. The product should only be connected to a power supply which is described

either in the operating instructions or in markings on the product.

2.

Power 

Cord 

Protection. AC power supply cords should be placed such that no one is likely to

step on the cords and such that nothing will be placed on or against them.

3.

Periods of Non-use.  If the product is not used for any significant period of time, the product's
AC power supply cord should be unplugged from the AC outlet.

4.

Foreign Objects and Liquids.  Take care not to allow liquids to spill or objects to fall into any
openings of the product. 

5.

Water or Moisture.  The product should not be used near any water or in moisture.

6.

Heat.  Do not place the product near heat sources such as stoves, heat registers, radiators or
other heat producing equipment.

7.

Ventilation.  When installing the product, make sure that the product has adequate
ventilation. Improperly ventilating the product may cause overheating, which may damage the
product.

8.

Mounting.  The product should only be used with a rack which the manufacturer
recommends.  The combination of the product and rack should be moved carefully.  Quick
movements, excessive force or uneven surfaces may overturn the combination which may
damage the product and rack combination.

9.

Cleaning.  The product should only be cleaned as the manufacturer recommends.

10. Service.  The user should only attempt the limited service or upkeep specifically described in

the operating instructions for the user.  For any other service required, the product should be
taken to an authorized service center as described in the operating instructions.

11. Damage to the Product.  Qualified service personnel should service the unit in certain

situations including without limitation when:
a.

Liquid has spilled or objects have fallen into the product,

b.

The product is exposed to water or excessive moisture,

c.

The AC power supply plug or cord is damaged,

d.

The product shows an inappropriate change in performance or does not operate
normally, or

e.

The enclosure of the product has been damaged.

Summary of Contents for MMT-8

Page 1: ...ALESIS MMT 8 MT Service Manual P N 8 31 0018 A...

Page 2: ...olely your responsibility and Alesis shall have no liability for any such repairs or service work All such service or repairs are performed at the sole risk of the person performing the service or rep...

Page 3: ...DISTRIBUTOR OR AUTHORIZED REPAIR SERVICE CENTER IN THE PROVISION OF REPAIR SERVICES OR TO BE OR MAKE REPAIRS AS AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER ALL REPAIRS DONE BY ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN AN AUTHORIZED AL...

Page 4: ...adiators or other heat producing equipment 7 Ventilation When installing the product make sure that the product has adequate ventilation Improperly ventilating the product may cause overheating which...

Page 5: ...pacitors that begin to leak excess current after a significant amount of time 5 Cable Checks Wiggling cables can reveal intermittent failures such as loose cables or poorly soldered headers Remember t...

Page 6: ...00 Power Supply 1 2 10 Battery Backup 1 3 00 The 8031 Micro Controller 1 3 10 Reset 1 3 20 Memory Mapped I O 2 4 00 Tape I O 2 5 00 MIDI I O 3 6 00 Keypad Decoding 3 7 00 Metronome Output 4 8 00 Upda...

Page 7: ...although a 1 to 20mV range is more normal then a problem exists Usually it indicates a bad or simply wrong SRAM or a short somewhere along the MEM PWR line Note that for a short time Sony 58256 PM hi...

Page 8: ...e just right For example if an MMT 8 was shut off while in record mode it s possible the 8031 was put into reset in the middle of writing a two byte pointer into memory If only one of those bytes is w...

Page 9: ...reduce the chances of bad saves Note however that the MMT 8 does not compare the tape to the contents of memory It simply verifies that the information on the tape is valid MMT 8 data 7 Experimentatio...

Page 10: ...Alesis MMT 8 Service Manual 1 00 4 9 00 Troubleshooting...

Page 11: ...single part or song was loaded in or a cassette was verified 5 26 88 1 08 1 When in record on a part in loop the display will no longer remain displaying RECORDING after looping The display will still...

Page 12: ...this feature can be used to locate directly to any beat within the current step of the song 9 Fixes bug that caused a track to stop playing if the track was shifted forward in time 1 to 48 384th note...

Page 13: ...selected when playing an empty part 2 If an empty part is recorded for 683 beats either by recording through the entire part or rewinding with loop on to a beat before 683 and punching in without hav...

Page 14: ...MENTS F0H SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE STATUS BYTE 00H 00H 0EH ALESIS I D NUMBER 00H MMT 8 I D NUMBER Following the above 5 bytes will be a block of data representing the contents of the MMT 8 s memory In order t...

Page 15: ...pointer to song 00 104H MSB of absolute pointer to song 01 105H LSB of absolute pointer to song 01 106H MSB of absolute pointer to song 02 107H LSB of absolute pointer to song 02 1C8H MSB of absolute...

Page 16: ...ata 0EH LSB of offset from start of part to address of start of track 2 data 0FH MSB of offset from start of part to address of start of track 2 data 10H LSB of offset from start of part to address of...

Page 17: ...sb set to 1 while a 5 byte packet has the 1st byte msb set to 0 Each packet contains one of the following seven events Note event with duration controller 0 121 event program change event after touch...

Page 18: ...b Pitch bend msb Sysex format 01111101 Sysex flag 125 1vvvvvvv sysex byte 0 127 bccccccc b 1 EOX b 0 then c sysex byte 00000000 not used deeeeeee d 1 EOX d 0 then e sysex byte A sysex message ends and...

Page 19: ...02H Tempo of song in BPM 03H 10H 14 digit ASCII name of song 11H Step 1 part number 00 99 12H Step 1 play tracks bit 0 track 1 bit 7 track 8 0 off 1 on 13H Step 2 part number 14H Step 2 play tracks 15...

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Page 40: ...2 11 7805 1 VR1 NAT ONLY MAIN NAT IC 74HC138 DEMUX 2 14 0138 1 U5 MAIN NAT TI IC 74HC541 OCTAL BUFFER 2 14 0541 1 U3 MAIN NAT TI IC 74HC573 LATCH TRI ST 2 14 0573 1 U11 MAIN NAT TI IC 74HC574 TRI STA...

Page 41: ...MAIN RES 1 5M 1 8W 5 0 00 0155 1 R6 MAIN RES 2K 1 8W 5 0 00 0202 1 R11 MAIN RES 220 1 8W 5 0 00 0221 21 R46 60 33 38 MAIN RES 2 2K 1 8W 5 0 00 0222 4 R26 27 30 31 MAIN RES 3 3M 1 8W 5 0 00 0335 1 R15...

Page 42: ...Alesis MMT 8 Service Manual 16 13 00 Service Manual History 7 21 94 V1 00b Preliminary Release...

Page 43: ...Alesis MMT 8 Service Manual 1 00 17 INDEX...

Page 44: ...Alesis MMT 8 Service Manual 1 00 18 NOTES...

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