ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 - Manual (Page 57)

Chapter 2: Playing the A6
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ERFORMANCE
F
EATURES
KBD MODE Controls
The KBD MODE
(“keyboard mode”)
functions allow for quick
and easy access to three
of the most common
performance
characteristics of the
keyboard:
UNISON X
which provides several
unison playing modes,
DETUNE which allows
you to set an amount of
detuning among the
voices when in unison,
and switching between
POLY and MONO playing.
UNISON X Button
In the classic sense of the word, unison is a performance mode which slaves all
voices to one key or one received MIDI Note. In the A6, unison is a set of keyboard
modes in which “all-voices-play-with-one-key” is just one of the options.
Pressing this button enables the UNSN-X parameter on the KBMODE page, and lights
the UNISON X LED. This parameter allows you to select the number of voices that will
play with one key or one MIDI In note. Minimum is two voices, maximum is 16. In
STACK mode, the maximum number of voices are played, automatically allocated to
maintain polyphony. For example, if you play 1 note, all 16 voices will stack on it; if
you play 4 notes, each note will be a stack of 4 voices.
DETUNE Knob
Turning this knob also displays the
KBMODE screen, selecting the DETUNE parameter
on the KBMODE page. This parameter allows you to adjust the unison DETUNE
parameter. Turning this control clockwise adds detune amounts to voices playing in
unison.
POLY/MONO Button
Pressing this button toggles the Keyboard Mode between
POLY (polyphonic) or MONO
(monophonic) type. Pressing this button also initiates the KBMODE screen, selecting
the POLY parameter on the KBMODE page to show which Keyboard Mode is currently
active. This parameter interacts with the UNISON X mode, permitting a polyphonic
version of unison.