ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

NDROMEDA

A6 R

EFERENCE

ANUAL

ELECTING

ROGRAMS

You don't have to know what all the knobs do to enjoy the A6; it comes pre-
programmed with hundreds of sounds. You can simply listen to these sounds and
find out more about them later. When playing the A6, the instrument operates in
one of two play modes: Program mode and Mix mode. In Program mode, the
keyboard plays a single sound across the entire keyboard. Program mode has 3
banks: User, Preset 1, and Preset 2. Each bank has 128 different Programs, so you
have a total of 384 Programs to audition. In Mix mode, it may play different sounds
in different ranges (a split), a stack of sounds on top of each other, or combination of
splits and stacks. There are two banks in Mix mode (one User and one Preset) for a
total of 256 Mixes. Between the two modes, you have 640 "patches" to select from.

To select Programs and Mixes:

To select a Program, make sure that the A6 is in Program mode: the LED next to
the

PROGRAM

button should be on. If not, press the

PROGRAM

button.

The easiest method of selecting Programs or Mixes to use the row of direct-select
buttons just above the Ribbon Controller. Pressing a 2-digit

PROGRAM GROUP

button

selects the “tens group”...

and pressing a single-digit

PROGRAM NUMBER

button selects the specific Program:

To select a Mix

, make sure that the A6 is in Mix mode: the LED next to the

MIX

button should be on. If not, press the

MIX

button.

2. To select a specific Program, press a

PROGRAM GROUP

button then a

PROGRAM

NUMBER

button. Pressing the “

” button, for example, plus the “

” button

selects Program

, Mix

, or

PROG 58

in a Mix Channel.

3. You can move among Banks by pressing the

BANK

button:

For example, when the Andromeda is in

PROGRAM

mode, you have three Program Banks from which to
choose Programs: two factory Preset Banks and the
User Bank (where you store Programs that you create).
Use the

BANK

buttons to switch among these three

Banks. Mix Mode works the same: when MIX Mode is
active, use the

BANK

buttons to switch among the two

Mix Banks (one Preset and one User).

As you change programs, you'll notice various lights on the top panel will change.
Disregard this for now.