ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 - Manual (Page 58)

Chapter 2: Playing the A6
56 A NDROMEDA A6 R EFERENCE M ANUAL
Keyboard Mode Parameters
Pressing the UNISON X , POLY or MONO buttons, or turning the DETUNE knob will
display the KBMODE page. Note that the display shows PROG MODE or MIX MODE
(depending on the mode selected). Separate keyboard settings are available for each
mode.
SOFT KNOB
PAGE TAB
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
KBMODE DETUNE UNSN-X POLY MONOVX or
MIXMVX
*Mix mode only
ASSIGN
KBMODE Page Parameters
PAGE PARAMETER
OPTIONS
or RANGE DESCRIPTION
KBMODE
Keyboard
Mode
DETUNE
Unison Detune
0 ··· 100
± cents
Only effective if UNSN-X mode is active.
This parameter controls the “width” of the voice
tuning in Unison mode: the pitch of each voice
will be staggered up and down towards the
selected tuning offset.* Being able to detune
voices in unison mode provides a very “fat”
and rich unison sound.
UNSN-X - OFF -
STACK
2 ··· 16
Sets the number of voices that will be played by
one note from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of
16, or off. If it is set to STACK, all available
voices will be stacked up automatically on the
keys being played.
POLY POLY The keyboard/MIDI In plays voices poly-
phonically. One voice is used for each note
played (or received). If
UNSN-X is on, the
number of voices used per note is determined
by the setting of the Unison-X parameter.
MONO This setting allows only one note to sound,
even you’re playing a chord. Each new note that
is played/received while the note is held will
simply change the pitch of the playing voice.
The characteristics of
MONO mode are
determined by the MIXMVX and ASSIGN
parameters described next.
*See About DETUNE on the next page.