ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 - Manual (Page 183)

Chapter 7: LFOs, S&H and Process
A NDROMEDA A6 R EFERENCE M ANUAL 181
DISPLAY
PAGE
PANEL LABEL
PARAMETER
DISPLAY OPTIONS
or RANGE DESCRIPTION
INPUT — MOD SOURCE
LIST
Any of the A6’s
79 modulation
sources.
Use soft knob 1 to scroll through the list of
possible sources as input for the Tracking
Generator.
— LEVEL -100 ··· +100 This parameter sets the amount of input that
will go into the Tracking Generator. Keep in
mind that negative values invert the action of
the selected source. For example, if Velocity is
the source and a negative value for
LEVEL is
used, playing harder will send to lower stages
of the Tracking Generator.
— OFFSET -100 ··· +100 This parameter sets the offset for the selected
modulation.
— ENABLE OFF, ON This parameter is used to turn the Tracking
Generator outputs on or off.
E NGINE O PTIMIZER
The Engine Optimizer can improve how your patch responds to changes in
amplitude, filter or pitch. In the vast majority of cases, the patch will sound best if
the Optimizer is left at the
NORMAL setting. This parameter is stored separately per
program.
To get to the Engine Optimizer, press the PROCESS button and select the ENGINE
OPTIMIZER from the menu and hit soft button 1 (or just hit the PROCESS button
again). From here you can select optimization options for the Oscillator and Filter
chips.
The Optimizer can be used to improve how certain patches sound with respect to
transients. For example, for a kick drum, the filter optimizer set to
FAST
PERCUSSION should make it sound punchier, with a snappier attack. For a pad-type
sound, the WARM PADS DARK BASS setting should make it sound warmer and
cleaner.
The NORMAL DEFAULT settings should be just fine for most patches. Unless you see
some improvement using the optimizer, just leave it on NORMAL DEFAULT .