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.

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