Alesis A6 Recording Equipment User Manual


 
Chapter 6: Modulation and Envelopes
ANDROMEDA A6 REFERENCE MANUAL 137
TIME Page Parameters
The TIME page is where the selected envelope’s stage duration (TIME) and stage
slope (
SHAPE) parameters are adjusted.
Tip: Although you can select any parameter simply by turning its corresponding soft
knob, this action also changes the parameter’s value which isn’t always
desirable. Sometimes you just want to review the current settings of the
parameters on a page without changing anything.
On Envelope pages, you can select a parameter without changing its value by
pressing its page’s soft button. For these pages pressing a soft button once
selects the page, pressing it again selects the parameter to the right of the active
parameter in the Parameter Row. Repeated pressings cycle though all
parameters from left to right. We call this handy little feature tabbing.
Parameters in the table below marked with a are also mod destinations – they can
be modulated by another source.
DISPLAY
PAGE PANEL LABEL
PARAMETER
DISPLAY
OPTIONS
or RANGE
DESCRIPTION
TIME
DELAY
DELAY
Delay Time
OFF ···
131
.
05
S
From the moment a Note On occurs, this
parameters sets the amount of time that elapses
before the envelope begins its
ATTACK stage.
ATTACK
ATTACK
Attack Time
2 M ··· 131.05 S The amount of time it takes the envelope to rise from
minimum to maximum amplitude, from 2 milliseconds to
131.05 seconds. Note that Attack (and Release 2, next page)
differs from the other envelope times in that a 2ms time
minimum is required.
fl DECAY 1 D1TIME
Decay 1 Time
OFF ··· 131.05 S
The amount of time it takes the envelope to decrease from its
maximum amplitude to the D2 LEVEL.
fl DECAY 2 D2TIME
Decay 2 Time
OFF ··· 131.05 S The amount of time it takes the envelope to decrease from
the D2 LEVEL to SUSTAIN level. The SUSTAIN level is the
target level whether a note is being held or not.
DISPLAY
PAGE PANEL LABEL
PARAMETER
DISPLAY
OPTIONS
or RANGE DESCRIPTION