Etting, Plits and, Ayers – ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Playing the A6

NDROMEDA

A6 R

EFERENCE

ANUAL

ETTING

PLITS AND

AYERS

Splits and layers are constructed from Mix Channels in Mix mode. So 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.

O SET UP LAYERS OF

ROGRAMS IN

IX MODE

To create a layer, we’ll “stack” one Mix Channel on top of another. This is
accomplished by assigning the same keyboard range to both Mix Channels. This
effectively creates two note commands for every one key that is played on the A6’s
keyboard:

1. Press the

1/9

button. The display will show you the

STATUS

of Mix Channel 1

on the right side of the screen. If

OFF

, press the

1/9

button again or use soft

knob

to turn Mix Channel 1

. The LED above the

1/9

button will blink.

2. Do the same for Mix Channel 2: press the

2/10

button. If the the status of Mix

Channel 2 is OFF, press the

2/10

button again or use soft knob

to turn Mix

Channel 2

. The LED above the

2/10

button will blink; the LED above the

1/9

button will light steady.

3. We only want to use two Mix Channels, so make sure that the LEDs above the

remaining

MIX SELECT

buttons are off. Also, press the

SHIFT

button to make

sure that Mix Channels 9 - 16 are off as well.

4. Next, we will assign a different Program to each Mix Channel and adjust the

performance parameters. Press the

1/9

button to select Mix Channel 1. Press

soft button

to enter the

PROG

page:

a. Use the

PROGRAM GROUP

and

PROGRAM NUMBER

buttons to assign a

Program to this Mix Channel.

b. Use soft knob 1 to set the Mix Channel’s output level and soft knob

to set

its panning position. For our purposes in this example, set

PAN

-100

(all

the way left).

c. Use soft knob

to set the

OUTPUT

MAIN

. Mix Channels normally default

MAIN

, so just make sure that

MAIN

is selected. Settings for

SEMI

CENTS

and

MIDICH

are optional for this example.

d. Press soft button

to display the

KBD

page. Make sure that

KBD LO

is set to

C-1

and

KBD HI

is set to

. These are the default settings for a Mix

Channel’s keyboard range which spans the entire MIDI note range of 0 -
127. Last, make sure that

ENABLE

is set to

- ON -

e. Settings on the

CNTL

page for

MIDIIN

and

MIDOUT

are optional for this

example.

5. Press the

2/10

button to select Mix Channel 2 and soft button

to re-enter the

PROG

page. Follow sub-steps a. through e. above in setting up Mix Channel 2

with the exception of step b. where you want to set the panning to

+100

instead of

-100

. By panning Mix Channel 1 hard left and Mix Channel 2 hard

right, it’s easier to hear the layer.

6. Play the A6’s keyboard. For every key you play, you should hear two

Programs at the same time. Note that the A6’s 16 voices are divided between
the two Mix Channels. Each Mix Channel plays eight voices.