ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 User Manual
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Chapter 2: Playing the A6
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A
NDROMEDA
A6 R
EFERENCE
M
ANUAL
GRAPH and 1 - 8 Parameters
The
GRAPH
page is used to set the Note, Velocity, Gate and Type values for the 16
steps:
• Pressing soft button
1
(
GRAPH
) repeatedly cycles through the
NOTE
,
VEL
,
GATE
and
TYPE
parameters for the selected Step.
• Soft knobs 1 through 8 are used to select and adjust the values in each Step.
• The graph on top shows the settings for all Steps at once. The Parameter and
Value rows of the display show the settings for eight Steps at a time (Steps A -
H or Steps I – P). Repeatedly press soft button
8
to tab between the two groups
of Steps.
PAGE
PARAMETER
OPTIONS
or RANGE
DESCRIPTION
GRAPH
NOTE
E-11 ··· G+10
Semitones
This parameter sets the note value of the Step. A
setting of
C0
indicates that the sequencer will
play the note being played on the A6’s
keyboard or the incoming MIDI Note.
VEL
Velocity
0 ··· 127
This parameter sets the velocity amount of the
note set in the
NOTE
parameter, above.
64
is the
default setting.
GATE
0 ··· 100
This parameter sets the gate time or duration of
the note set in the
NOTE
parameter, above.
TYPE
NOTE, REST
This parameter selects the type of Step, whether
it plays a note or a rest.
If
NOTE
is selected, the Step outputs the note set
in the
NOTE
parameter along with its associated
VEL
and
GATE
settings.
If
REST
is selected, the Step outputs the
GATE
time only, effectively playing a musical rest.